Hanging on...

Well, we're hanging in there. We all have colds, poor little Snuffle Pig included. I've observed that the grossness factor goes up exponentially with each added person who can't wipe their own nose when an epidemic strikes. Oh well. I thought I'd just share some recent pictures with you, since I'm too sleep-deprived to actually write anything meaningful.

First off, you may recall that Phook had a birthday. We got a fairly decent little family photo snapped that day, excepting a sleepy Snuffle Pig:

The Pig actually passed out out of doors on his grandma's lap mid-party. This is unprecedented. I think he's got an admirer though:

He eventually woke up and looked like he was plotting something:

Phook has a great aunt who is not much older than Big K who lives in Colorado, is childfree, and sends rad gifts. She sent Phook a dome tent for her birthday. You couldn't actually camp in it, because it doesn't stake down, but it's close. Nothing has ever pleased Phook more. She crawled in it when we set it up, and promptly declared it "cool." (Her description.) It is not quite 6 feet square, and it has been set up in her big girl room since arriving. One night after Snuffy went to bed, the rest of us crammed in it. And I do mean crammed. And then we took this picture of ourselves. And I know you want to see our nostrils, so here you go:

Here is a nice picture of my children. Pay no attention to the political messaging:

This past Friday, another person had a birthday. Yup, big ol' Big K hit the big ol' 32. I made him a distressingly complicated and time-consuming homemade red cake. And then I employed my professional-quality decorating skillz on it:

The next day, Snuffle Pig turned 3 months old. We honored the occasion by busting out the exersaucer, because he always seems to want to be standing up these days. This looks more like a toddler to me than a 3-month-old, but I guess you'll have that when your son is pushing 18 pounds:

Phook got into some Drano when I was working on that cake. I'm kidding. Some clown gave her a bigass blue sucker and she proudly displayed the results:

And Snuffy likes to stick out his tongue too:

And that is all.