Our daughter Michela (also known as Child Unit 1) has her birthday this week; we cannot celebrate in person because she is out of country in northern Iraq for the summer. Since time zones are messed up and our Friday is really her weekend, I thought I would post this a little bit before her birthday.

I told her to go ahead and buy herself a nice birthday meal at Applebee’s. She, like most of you, finds my humor lacking in originality, substance and appeal.

Instead of a present (until you get back), I have put together a collection (a few hundred) of my favorite Michela pictures and hope she (and you) will enjoy a stroll down memory lane. If you have pictures of your own, well, have at it.

Happy birthday Michela! – Mom and Dad. Love you.