When I am old(er) and in need of a lift, I will simply click play on this rendition of a 4 1/2 year old Hollis singing Happy Birthday to Daddy. It will very likely generate even more emotion than it did when I first heard it yesterday. (and by “emotion”, I mean I was leaking a clear fluid from my orbital- ok, I was crying…)
birthday
b3rthday!
Hollis Caroline Hughen has now been part of our world for THREE years. This was cause for a vibrant, circus-type celebration with as many of Hollis’ friends as could be fit under our own little big top.
HCH: Year 1 in pictures
Click the image below to view the full 50+ pic chronological slide show of Hollis’ first year. Meticulously prepared and curated especially for looped playback during her birthday party.
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Hollis 1.0
And we’re back! Birthday #1 complete with Hollis’ extended family, good friends, sugar skulls, and one smashed cupcake.
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