Charlotte

For us the most important thing about yesterday was our Granddaughter's FIRST Birthday! As many of our "comrades in The Foreign Service" can understand, missing important Family events is the hardest thing's we have to do. BUT-- with today's technology we were able to do the next best thing and Skype with her! She was so very cute {can't believe how much she has grown} She sat on the couch with her Daddy and repeatedly said Hi..clapped her hands and blew us kisses!!! She loved her gifts- the doll being her favorite. We watched her walk around carrying her doll being so gentle with it; at one point she had a balloon in one hand and a bottle of  Daddy's unopened Beer in the other--it was funny to watch our son move so fast as he quickly raced around to "replace" things out of her reach! LOL Marissa was busy decorating the Party tables while her Mother Jan helped out in the kitchen, everything looked beautiful! One wall was decorated with brightly colored framed pictures of Charlotte s First year while out front guest were greeted with a big welcome sign and a giant air house bouncer! {Marissa said that the people coming for the Super Bowl Party would probably have more fun with it!} It was wonderful being able to spend a virtual hour with them..even got to sing Happy Birthday to the baby.
Tomorrow we hope to be able do the same thing with our Granddaughter Shealynn, as she turn's 9!!!!! February may be a short month but, it's our busiest with five Birthdays and our Anniversary! Rich has already mentioned that he needs to set up a special account for this month.
I cant close out this update without mentioning Super Bowl XLVI New York Giants VS New England Patriots The Giants defeated the Patriots on a last minute touchdown after trailing the Patriots 17-9 early in the third quarter. Giants put up the last 12 points of the game for the win 21-17!!!!!!!!!!! Exciting game and I'll end with Thank you New England Patriots and Goodnight.