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July 23, 2013

Our First Speech

July 23, 2013/ Jay Heinrichs

Jay decided to put his mouth where his video camera is. And for some reason he started talking about having a kid.  See it here.

 

July 23, 2013/ Jay Heinrichs/ 1 Comment

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