Sam and Sophie, whose endearment for each other can clearly be seen in the above photograph, are both a year old/older today. I am sorry to say, Sophie's progress over the past year has been markedly more accelerated than Sam's. While Sophie has increased her verbal and physical dexterity exponentially, Sam appears to be largely unchanged on both fronts over the past year - perhaps even declining. Sophie's hair is growing into a respectable punk-rockesque 'do. Alas, Sam's receding forehead tells another story altogether...
So, congratulations to you both! And Sam - hope you do better in the year to come. You've got some strong competition...
Brad taught us all how to play video games in one sitting in the back of a van on family roadtrips to Florida (or was it Hatteras?), and how to play poker and even how to create blogs. He continues to school us in all things cool, and is currently living it up in So Cal pursuing his glamorous career as a research assistant for CSI:Miami (the one with clown-boy). Props to Brad, and best of luck in this your 35th year. 