adorable pictures are about the only thing keeping me sane at the moment. if i could sleep for more than 20 minutes at a time without waking up feeling like i'm going to cough up a lung, that would be nice. *sigh*

tiggy, I hope you feel better soon.

PMM, lori - I can't even link just to one picture with all my words around it, they're all so great! Lillian should be in the dictionary next to "photogenic", "beautiful", "gorgeous eyes", "wonderful faces" and, well, there are just so many words - and you take really good pictures, too, so I can almost feel like I can crawl in them and play with her, not just watch. I can practically feel her joyful spirit shining through.

And Gracie, and her grins and her smiles and her funny faces and her snuggling. lori, I can never thank you enough for all the pictures of the twins you post.

And, in more making-my-day-better topics, according to the Buffista Calendar, today is a triple Buffista birthday: both Jesse H and Theodosia celebrate their birthdays today, as well as Rayne, whose posts I haven't seen in forever, but I hope she gets the well-wishes somehow.

Happy birthday, Jesse! Happy birthday, Theo! With lots of wishes for a great day and a wonderful year!

Hippo Birdies, Jesse!

I'm on dialup from my Aunt's house, before anyone else is awake and wanting the phoneline, so just essentially dropping in to say hi, howdy, and glad to hear everyone is still alive!

I learned yesterday that porcupines will climb willow trees in search of the young sweet twigs. Not that I got to see it, because spring is still far away, but my uncle had to clad his willow tree trunk in metal to dissuade them from eating the whole thing. This explains why you don't see many willow trees growing wild in the Catskills, I think.

Happy Birthday, Theo!

Happy Birthday, Jesse!

I've been at work now for 1.5 hours and have done nothing. I really hope no one has expectations for today.

Happy Birthday, Jesse and Theo!!!

Yes, Happy Birthdays!

Happy birthdays! Jesse, Theo and Rayne is an excellent trifecta of birthday goodness.

The only problem with the Gracie and Squeakaboo pictures was that I kept wanting to say, "Oooh, this one! This one! Look at her here!" and I realized I would have ended up linking to every single picture. They're both such expressive, funny, sweet-faced girls.

Though I do love this one; it's such a good feeling, when they're all nestled snugly against you and feeling content and safe, but just awake enough to pat and poke and explore you. And the Midnight Snacker What Snacks At Midnight is just unearthly gorgeous.

Birthday happies for Jesse and Theo!!

Happy Birthday Jesse!!!

Happy Birthday Theo!!!

Are Boxing Day sales a big thing south of the border? (Even though I know you don't have boxing day.) Or is Black Friday your only big super discounted sale day?