Sharing a birthday with your first son makes everything different. Suddenly there seem to be a lot more people involved in the day! 

Loolie gave birth to Woody a year ago today, and that was no small thing. Remembering our experience from this time last year brings with it some strong emotions. 

Then, armed with the knowledge of what it is like to be a parent, suddenly I have to include my parents in the party too. 35 years ago they went through the same thing! I can’t leave them out of the picture…. and they have not even met Woody yet. 

So, happy birthday everyone. 

(Yeah, so, I did leave everyone else out of the picture. And it’s an old picture too. Looking through our photos I have decided that we have to try to get more pictures that include all three of us - because we only have a few.)