Results are in...
I told Marie I would dress up (tie and all) and take her out to dinner if she was able to round up 20 comments on my blog.

This was due in part, to the fact that I spent hours on a covert mission to take secret pictures of Lily and post them to the world, and only received a handful of comments for my effort. I suppose that's what I get for posting once a quarter. However, Marie laid down some blogfood™ and had 10 responses within 12 minutes. I guess I was jealous of her massive blog network.

So Marie rose to the challenge, marshalled the troops, and BAM! comments from susie's and jenny's and michelle's galore! I now have 23 comments on my blog...


However, I feel a bit cheated. I should have laid down some ground rules about repetitive posters (like Marie, who posted 3 times). Her family also participated in multiple posting. Her mother went so far as to post the same exact thing twice!!

But I didn't set any rules, so Marie wins. But I guess I win too, as I'll get to spend an evening with my gorgeous wife. When you stop and think about it, the only losers will be the grandparents when we ask them when they'll be available to babysit...