Birthdays are humbling.  Family and friends sending cards, gifts, receiving phone calls, and surprise cookie cakes truly touched my heart.  

My parents got me a web cam and it was a blast talking and SEEING my family for a couple hours.  Chail is finally calling me “Ta Ta” or “Tee Tee” (Auntie)!  He had called me that last time I saw him, but I wasn’t sure if it was a fluke.  Then, on my birthday while we were Skyping  Luke said, “Who is that?” (pointing to me on the screen) and Chail gleefully announced, “Ta Ta!”  Oh how I melted into a big ‘ol puddle. 

This year was even more humbling because it was my first birthday as Chuck’s wife.  True to who he is, from morning until night he made me feel like a Queen.  (Although I must say, that is how he consistently treats me anyway!)