Dear Commissioners-

I am so, so, sooooo sorry I have been taking longer than normal with your pieces. I've been so busy and so tired at the end of the day and I've a wee bit of postpartum baby blues that's just now starting to clear. The fog is lifting, and I am going to get back to work soon. Eventually.

In other news, Ava is getting past the "ugly gargoyle" stage and starting to look like a real person. She is awake a lot more often and behaves more like a baby and less like a potato. Henry's turned into a GREAT big brother- much more so than I expected. He can bring me her diapers and likes to lay right on my side and pet her hair when she's sleeping. This is a contrast to how he acts with other kids- he likes to slap other toddlers around at the playground, which makes me frown but makes hooband laugh.

A lot has been going on at Casa de Ellie, but hopefully I'll be back in the swing of things soon.