So we all came home from the hospital on Friday. Both Marie and Quinn were doing well, so the docs said there was no need to stay longer. It sounds like some people want to extend to 5 days, but Mari just wanted to go home. This has been her best c-section of the 4, which is certainly a welcome development. I have had a totally different mind set going into this birth which I attribute to Kai's concussion and also having to move. Basically, I was waiting for something to go really wrong. So far, nothing has. Everything came off without a hitch at the hospital, and Gma Ohki has been holding down the fort at home. The kids are all taking Quinn in stride. Jerome is relatively indifferent, Asha is doing motherly stuff, and Kai seems to like his new little brother just fine. Speaking of Kai, he continues to try to climb nearly everything in sight. The above picture is an example of something he does every day: scale the cupboard in front of the sink, balance himself on his midsection, and make mischief with the water.

I am compelled to include a quote from the economist this week, which said: "There are few international conferences at which delegates can hope to be presented with a souvenir ball of dried human faeces. Indeed the World Toilet Summit may be the only one". This was from an online story on toilets of the future. That's all for now.