Jeremy is 4

How can it be possible?  Our "baby boy" is now fully potty-trained and weaned, and there isn't a trace of infant left in him.   There seem to be even flickers of a little man inside, the way he said, "Are you nervous, Grandma and Grandpa?  Don't worry, I'm tough" when he overheard them asking Fran questions about how to care for him this October.  We'll be going to Africa for two weeks on a vacation we bought through a silent auction to benefit his school; Papa will also be helping.

But I digress.  Jeremy had a spectacular double-birthday, first celebrating with Papa and Grannie (who has a birthday later this month), his God-parents, and other friends in California, and then in a huge party in Denver.  We hadn't planned on the second party initially, but he has been invited to so many parties, and was so excited to have his friends come to his party, that we felt compelled to do it.  26 children came (plus their parents) to My Gym for what was a rollicking good time.  Jeremy agreed to having folks give donations to Life is Better (the rescue that found Bella) in lieu of gifts, even though we ended up having to give her back due to Jeremy's allergies.

The first party was mellow fun at Lake Temescal, 5 min from his grandparents house with a few local friends.  Jeremy especially had fun playing with Maxwell, a 5 yr old son of our friends Angee and Marta, who had brought a Spider Man costume for him to run around in.