Here I am with my newest niece - Samantha Noelle Peck, daughter of my sister, Susan and her husband, Mark. Beautiful Samantha was born on 12/29. This picture was taken two days later. As you can see, Samantha has managed to get me in a rare good mood (I had just finished taking round 5 of chemo).

Congratulations, also, to Rollin and Amy Bredenberg for being matched with their adopted baby! You can read about her on their blog. Rollin is the behind-the-scenes man behind this website - he created and maintains it for me.