Happy birthday to my youngest, Jillian, who got a very special early birthday present this year:
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So Jill and Lillianna will share the same birth month, along with my wife, her father, Jesus, Stan Lee, and several other people in the extended family. We'll just call it a party month.
Here are the birthday girls along with dad, Doug Mapes:
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Happy birthday, Jill! Something tells me that coffee maker we got you is going to get quite a workout for the next eighteen years or so. Love you guys!
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That's sister/aunt Charis in the background. It's my turn to hold the baby, Charis!