Happy Birthday to Lauren, Happy Birthday to Nick, Happy Birthday to Sylvia and Happy Birthday to Hana. July is our birthday month, as you can see. We've been celebrating since June 30th, actually, starting with Hana's first birthday in Japan. This year, the birthdays were especially exciting because we were in Japan for three of them. We timed our Japan visit so we could celebrate Hana's first birthday, then Nick's birthday and then my birthday. We've had lots of cake and blowing out candles the past 30 days. It's the one thing that has always made our summers so special which is why I love summer. Last night, we celebrated Lauren's birthday. Lauren wanted to go to La Rustica for her birthday so we happily obliged since it's one of our favorite neighborhood eateries. It was busy last night and we had to wait for our table (they don't take reservations.) But it wasn't a problem since it gave us time to e