Aside from being the official nappy changer (apparently Tabitha has a phobia about changing them- love how she didn't share that information with me until after she was pregnant), I am basically Tabitha's slave. I do what she tells me or she hits me where I live and breathe. Love how women do that to us.

I'm also her bookkeeper for the store as the last thing I want is for her to go to jail for tax evasion. How she hasn't been audited, I have no idea. Before I took over, she had receipts stashed everywhere. No wonder she had so many CPAs over the years. I heard the last one had to spend some time in a mental institution after doing her return. I can see why.

It wasn't fun in the least. Kind of like trying to control a rabid lion with a flyswatter. But the good thing about being an ancient general is that I have a lot of experience going up against impossible odds, and turning them around to my favor.

As for powers I wish I had, the ability to control my wife's family wouldn't be a bad one. Oh and to magically change a diaper without touching it. I still haven't figured out what we've fed Valerian to produce some of the things I've seen come out of him. If I didn't know better, I'd swear Simi has been sharing snacks with him.

Some day's better than others. They're actually not that bad, once you accept the fact that they're all insane, and that you won't be able to have a conversation with one of them without your head feeling like it's going to explode.

That being said, they're highly entertaining. You're never bored and the best are the late night/early morning calls when someone needs bail money. Yeah, I could be a comedian just telling their stories alone.

Bill keeps me sane for the most part. He has a lot of good pointers for surviving in the midst of madness. But I wouldn't change a minute of it or any of them. I love my family, insanity and all.

It was a shock at first. I never thought I'd see him again. But I'm very glad that he lived and that things got better for him. In spite of everything, I always loved him as a brother and was sickened by what my family did to him.

I wouldn't say that we're close, but it's getting better. Small steps, you know? We talk from time to time.

Already on it. Last thing I want is for my son to be anyone's victim. That's one thing Tabby and I agree on about parenting. If you don't know how to fight, then you'll never know how to win. But I won't allow him to be a bully either.

Chaos. Complete and utter. We always have a small celebration at our home and then we spend most of Christmas Day at someone else's. The sisters rotate who hosts the day, and what we do depends on our host and what religion she practices.

The one thing that never changes is that there's plenty of food and presents to go around. One thing you have to say about the Deveraux clan, their official family motto is anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

Yes, they will definitely be back in many, many more books,