In case we don't return...

Remember us at our best.

And pray for us as we brave treacherous roads... Oh, and happy holidays, too.

Sweet way to start the day

Maybe you're like me, and you woke up to a baby who mysteriously ended up in bed with you. You'll later learn that you brought her to bed around 1 a.m. because you didn't have the presence of mind to get her to go back to sleep in her own bed. Anyway, you wake up because she's pulling your hair, clawing your face and kicking you in the back. So you bring her out into the living room and decide to set her down with some toys so you can use the restroom. You think you're safe.

You forget your husband left half of a Twix bar on top of the end table in the living room.

You come back out to see her relishing every moment with this candy bar. You remember all the work you and your husband have put into keeping foods like this out of the baby's mouth. But then you see the look of pure joy on her face. And you laugh.

And though she pretends to feel guilty for the camera, you know that your little family's battle between sugar and sanity has begun.

And I'm back in the game...

WE HAVE INTERNET!!! Can you hear the angels singing? Can you hear the children rejoicing? Oh so much has happened, and I have had virtually no means of communicating.

But to tide you over, here's this little nugget. Our little McNugget in her Halloween costume.

(But now I'm wishing I'd dressed her up as a McNugget. How cute would that be?)