Happy Birthday Liam!!!

Today is our little guy’s first birthday! We sure do miss him (and Aidan). But it isn’t too long now before we get to bring them home—and then both boys will get the party they deserve. Everyone here at home can’t wait to meet our new sons. As much as we have missed the boys it has been nice being at home for a little bit. Yes, being sick sucked, but we have gotten to spend some really nice time with family and friends. The boys will never lack in love and attention with the great group of people that surround us. The past few evenings have found us with a busy social calendar as we have spent a great deal of time discussing our trip with others over dinner. I think the heavier American meals are getting to me and Terri as we both look forward to having the Kaz foods again—although I have really enjoyed having the opportunity to have stouts and porters again.

My sister and brother-in-law have really jumped all over being aunt and uncle. They sent us a package that darn near needed to be lifted with a crane to get it in the house. They packed an incredible amount of goods for the boys including books, toys, and clothing—quite a bit of which had Harley-Davidson logos on them—gee, whose influence could that be, Mike? Now I need to figure out how to get a Harley like my brother-in-law, Mike, or risk being trumped in the really cool department by the boys' uncle. It is going to be a hard battle to win as he is good looking, in shape, regularly kicks my ass in golf and has all these shiny medals for bravery in the line of duty. I think I will just tell the kids that their uncle is mentally unstable and leave it at that. Actually, I can’t think of a person who I am more proud to have as the uncle of our boys. And Kim, if you are reading this, you really overdid it with all the good stuff—but thank you, how you did all this with your crazy schedule, I will never know. It is all really cool, especially the engraved picture box with the boy’s names on it. There was also a nice card from my nieces welcoming the boys into the family.

We love you boys!!! We'll be back before you know it!