We're still here - it's just that:

I've switched to a MacBook (long live Apple!) and haven't bothered to figure out how to download photos yet.

Even if I had figured it out, the battery on the digicam is dead and we haven't gotten a new one.

Sascha has been doing the Birthday Countdown for months....she was really excited when she had 50-60 days to go, but now that she has only 14, she is not as excited. Or maybe she is SO excited that she can't bear to talk about it.