This weekend we celebrated C's 1/2 birthday.....wow, in 6 months I will be the parent of a double digit child! Following that celebration, MK attended her first official "friend" birthday party for a little girl in her class. Selfishly, I was glad to see the little girl cry when everyone sang to her....MK cries when we sing Happy Birthday to her, she says it scares her. Sunday afternoon we spent with Ryan's family, had a cookout and the boys brushed up on their baseball skills with their cousins. Monday we were up bright and early to claim our place for the annual Labor Day parade in the town that I grew up in. This parade is like no other.....it is all about the candy and how much candy you get and that is pretty much what it has always been about. As a child, I remember being disappointed when we traveled to Disney World for the first time, viewed the parade and they did not throw candy....that wasn't a parade! The children, of course, loved it and will now be needing monthly visits to the dentist.

Following the parade, we all gathered at my parent's house to celebrate my nephew's second birthday. Strange to think that on his birthday two years ago, we knew nothing of MK....not even that she was born and waiting for us in China.