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i must beg your pardon
pleasepleaseplease excuse my delay
guess we have been off in la la land
enjoying every second having daddy'o  back on the scene
i just couldn't pull myself away
for one single second
to record a thing
so let's catch up:
today is a special day over here
 today marks mr. man's birthday
  i know.
first homecoming,
then birthday big big celebrations all around
can you see the smiles plastered on our faces?
   the girls and i tried to getas dolled up as we couldfor the big welcome
this was us a little over a week ago
obviously off in family landenjoying all the wonderfulness thathaving the five of us together again
soccertrackeating ineating outdaddy's weekend waffles
 big bed non-stop laundry cycles
*thank you, honey, for being the laundry guy.
we and our clean clothes thank you
morning notes
and that's just off the top of my head
 now we get to wish hima happy birthday
48  holy cowthat's almost half a century
tonight we will eat pizzasurround mr man with as much love and adoration as this family can muster
and of course our birthday traditionaround the table staring mr man himselfalways the best parthappy birthday, honey.we love you to no end
and welcome home, sailor