What a couple weeks we have had. I am sure after reading this, you will all forgive my lack of posting for the past month. Since last you heard from us, Pumpkin has had a staph infection, followed by pneumonia, followed by strep throat; Mama has thankfully and uneventfully sailed through the first 6 months of being pregnant for Maggie, quit her job, started an entirely new job in a completely different field of law, and decided we needed a bigger house; and Daddy has received his realtor's license and we got Pumpkin's "big girl" furniture. Big month for us. I apologize for not writing sooner. Obviously, in addition to pregnancy hormones and just the general hot-and-fatness of being pregnant in July in Louisiana, I've also been under a good deal of legitimate, external stress. The decisions of whether to, how to, and when to quit my job cost me several nights of sleep. Those nights were followed by the newfound wakefulness of wondering whether I will ev