Game on

The US State Department, in all its wisdom or perhaps just its inability to find its ass with its own hands, has pushed out the new DNA requirement by one week, allowing us to sneak in under the wire, take the baby and RUN.

Once again, it's time for chocolate old-fashioneds and extra Pilates. But this time I will be smiling and showered when I walk into Colonial Donuts, and will even willingly stop by our local department store to pick up the pink ribbons, bows and bands that I was so sure that I would never, ever put on any child of mine.

Watch out, Madelena Sofia. Mama is coming to get you.