bonus points if you recognize this as a bulldozer. i have a long vacation post that will come later this week, but a shorter note of great import today: last week, my first baby turned four. we had a week-long birthday celebration, starting with a birthday party at the grand canyon with my dad's side of the family on monday june 16 ... then a wednesday june 18 (john's actual birthday) bulldozer birthday party with our dear friends in phoenix and their children - one of whom is almost precisely three months older than john so they're a great match ... wrapped up with yesterday's present-opening-extravaganza featuring all of the presents that were mailed to our house in our absence. we are so blessed to have so much family - of both the birth-given and the life-chosen variety - to celebrate with our kiddo. we are also so blessed to have this amazing four-year-old in our lives. he is the most challenging thing we have ever done, and one of the two most b