'A duck!... A baby duck.' (Squealing about a birthday card on her third birthday on Puerta Vallarta, Mexico.

'When you kiss someone, your heart goes out to them, and when you're done kissing them your heart goes back in.'

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we've put us in an impossible situation.

'Families are about love overcoming emotional torture.'

“No it's not. It's a big hot!” At 2 years old. After being warned that the car seat was a little hot.