Oh Leslie, he is SO beautiful!!

When Amy was born, my Mom had been deceased 3 years, so I really had no one (my MIL and I didn't get along, she was an alcoholic) to look to for advice. You are so lucky your Mom was there. To not only bond with you and those gorgeous kids of yours, but to just have someone to talk to, ya know, at a time when a woman needs another woman's opinion.

Don't be sad. Go get a Video Cam for your computer and have her get one. When I was in Michigan that's how I visited with my daughter and friends over the holidays. It was wonderful and cheap cuz you could chat all day long with each other.

They're cheap at Wal-Mart. I just love modern technology.

Cheer up and smother those kids with kisses from Auntie Donna and the fur crew.