A Christmas miracle, of sorts

While we're busy bathing in angst and stress, our friends Lisa and Jacob are in the midst of their very own life-changing, world-affirming experience. To sum up, they're having a baby. Rather than tell the story poorly and in snippets, I'm just going to suggest you go read their blog and find out all about their adorable, soon-to-be-U.S.-bound daughter.

Seriously, it's much better and more interesting than anything we have to report right now. And if you'd leave a comment, Jacob would appreciate it.