Wide Awake at 3 a.m.

What a year! Gracie and Shiloh both celebrated their first birthdays, both Mags and I switched jobs, we bought the home we plan to grow old in, and Shadow spent the entire year fighting cancer. About six weeks ago, during surgery, we found that Shadow had another, much more aggressive cancer, and the doctors felt that she only had a few days or weeks left. But we’ve been taking special care of her and, to the surprise of all the doctors, and to our joy, she continues to purr us to sleep at night! We took this picture today — the first one ever with all of us. It was quite the adventure, but well worth it! Especially since Shadow is on her ninth life…

Happy Holidays from the Hanaokas (00:24)