Bits & Pieces

Several highlights from the last few days:

• Lucy had her tongue clipped yesterday. She was born slightly "tongue tied", which runs in Sarah's family, so kindly Dr. Shapiro sent us to A Specialist. Despite some tears and a surprising amount of blood everything's fine and Lucy will play the violin again.

• Lee has whipped this place into shape and I think it looks great. She is amazing and we're sorry to see her go back to Chicago tomorrow morning. Plans for another visit are already on the table; we're delighted that she isn't sick of us.

• My mom, Sally, is here and my dad, John, arrives tomorrow. This is a very special time for us and I'm so happy that we have our family here, I couldn't ask for more.