his mama's child - i used to sleep with a mess of stuffed animals, too. our family is not a group that will every be described as morning people. i've discussed this a little bit before , but it seems to be a recurring theme in our lives. oh sure, when we absolutely must, we're perfectly capable of getting up and running at the crack of dawn -- or before -- to catch a plane, get to a doctor, whatever. but mornings are not typically a bright and chipper time of day for us. my husband and i are "snoozers" -- fans of hitting the snooze button. this is an invention i sort of wish had never graced us. i'm constantly running nine minutes behind (or 18 minutes) and i am always thinking, "if you just hadn't hit snooze that one last time, you'd have been fine ..." (or "if you'd just set your alarm nine minutes earlier you'd be fine ...") as a result, mornings are also sort of constantly rushed and frantic and "oh d...