Gurra and Gunilla are leaving for vacation in Mallorca tomorrow so they won't be here for Jamie's birthday party. This is actually the case for many of the folks we wanted to join us, but such is July in Sweden. Luckily for us, though, they made time to pop over this afternoon and brought presents including a puzzle, a rolling bear, some play plastic food and, oh my goodness, the most incredible handmade airplane! Gurra started working on it in February and it shows because this thing is amazing down to the last detail. Jamie's legs are a bit short now, but by next summer he'll be able to pedal it all over the place. It has a real upholstered seat and dash with instruments, a steering shaft, authentic markings as though it was in the Ohio Air National Guard in Toledo, plus the name of the plane, Jamie "Cry Baby" A., painted on the side. Dudes, I was speechless. Actually, I wasn't. I went on and on about how awesome it is, but none of my words were enough. We were so touched by all the work that went into it and so excited for when Jamie is old enough to understand how truly cool it is. You know, so that he can understand why all the kids in the 'hood want to hang out at his house.
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