And an update on the update...I had no sooner finished typing those lines the other night when O. woke up howling. It took us hours, many hours of back rubbing, shushing, and butt patting to get her to go to sleep and stay asleep. But she did. There has been a little back sliding and arguing over who's getting up in the middle of the night, and it still takes her awhile to go down, but all in all, she's doing great and everyone is sleeping better. I told Alish today that we are on to the next challenge and she said, "Oh no, that was it. It's all smooth sailing from here. You just sit back and wait for her to graduate from college."

-p.