Until I have kids of my own — which is at least a few years away so nobody get worked up — I plan to continue using Carina as my pseudo-child. And yesterday she turned 1! Very exciting. Gavin and Jen invited everyone over for a birthday party / Memorial Day cookout and a good time was had by all. Carina ditched us for a 2-hour nap in the middle of her own party, and then she chose to eat grapes instead of cake, but oh well. She’s only 1. 
We enjoyed the photos, been missing Carina for a few days.