Update

A brief update and a few comments:

• Our house, thankfully, did not burn down in the GAP Fire.
• We went on vacation to the Northeast as planned while the fire was in full swing, leaving our house in the hands of fate and firefighters.
• We visited Tom's family and a good group of our friends both at Thompson's Lake and Cooperstown, NY.
• It was an excellent time - Cyanne was thrilled to spend so much time with her family, namely her Nanna, Grandpa, and Aunts Mart & Anna.
• Cyanne did very well on all plane trips. There were a few segments of high-pitched crying and wailing but overall, she was a trooper. Even during the saga of our return trip...
• Which took a toll on all of us - let us just say that being awake for over 24 hours, changing airlines, canceled flights, traveling through 3 airports, waiting in Las Vegas for hours on end - until 3 AM - does not sit well with a 9 month old. But, given all of that, Cyanne did an excellent job. She napped as best as she could. Explored airport floors and chairs. Ate while watching a good sampling of humanity walk by. Our arms built additional muscle and endured fatigue due to holding her for hours on end both during flight and in airports.
• Las Vegas, it turns out, is not so bad for walking around and shushing an infant. While the buzz, whirl, and colors of the slot machines may be overstimulating, it turns out they can also provide good background noise to aid a baby in falling asleep. Though perhaps, anything would accomplish that at 2 AM (5 AM EST!)
• We were very glad to come home to an unburned house. We experienced such an intense range of emotions packing up and leaving our home. We were not sure if we would return to our house or to a pile of ashes. We are very happy that our task now is to move back into the house...

Thank you for all of your calls, texts, emails and notes expressing concern during the fire. It meant a lot to us.
It was a very scary, intense time. We remain very thankful for the outcome.

We will post photos soon - both of the fire, smoke and ash, and of our wonderful trip back East.

We are glad to be home but miss all of you who we were thrilled to see last week.