HAMBONE

That is correct. Simeon John-Calvin Counihan survived to his two year birthday. We're ecstatic. Simeon is by far our craziest Counihan yet. He makes us swing instantaneously from mind-splitting exasperation to absolute side-splitting laughter to heart warming tenderness. Simeon is absolutely in the driver's seat of his little world, and many times in my driver's seat (as evidenced by the hazard lights, windshield wipers and heater blasting immediately upon ignition after he's been snooping around front). With all this, his favorite past time is reading books! Sometimes our life feels a bit like a running of the bulls in Pamplona. Simeon is eerily similar to a bull in his approach to nearly everything, I believe he has legitimately tackled every member of our family at least once, including Dad. Our Mr. Sims, Simeon the Giant, Hambino, Simmers, Simo, Monkey. He is truly a tugboat, a freight train, a big teddy bear. He has an infectious smile, he is amazing at including others and showing affection, he is brave, agile and strong beyond his years (this can be dangerous) and to his credit he shrugs off his spills with little theatrics. He loves to stand in the middle of our family hug after evening prayer. Simeon is the spice of our life, we are looking forward to what the years may hold.

Destructor.