I'm OK, and I apologize for the long absence!

I sincerely apologize to those who've been worried and left nice comments.  Actually, to anyone who's been worried.  I really should have put up a post saying I wouldn't blog for a while.

I've been gone from this blog, from Racialicious commenting and from Twitter for more than a month now. I did a volunteer trip to DC, spent a weekend in New York City, and visited BB and Sunny's home state several times.  This weekend, I picked up BB at the airport curbside and flew him back to what should now be his permanent home. 

I've been under a lot of stress, and I had a very, very strong attack of the typical internet paranoia that strikes a lot of foster care bloggers.  There was some drama we almost got sucked into.  I had dipped my toes in Facebook, but now I think Facebook is a bad fit for me and I won't be updating or adding any more friends or relatives to the list. 

I just started a two-month maternity leave. I appreciate the fact that I get leave when so many other mothers don't, but I think this is also going to be a difficult time.  Although I'm happy to finally have BB with us -- and Sunny and BB are fantastic together -- it's very intensive to care for BB.  Luckily his foster mom has been giving me great advice, including tips on how to get him to eat his veggies.  He's taking a nap in the other room right now.

Please let me know if you have any questions and I'll try to get started blogging again by answering them! I'm going to make it my goal to update at least once a week from now on, and slowly get caught up on the blogs in my Reader as well.