We Have....

...a new niece! She was born at 9:35. That's what my phone said anyway, as I listened to her little kitten cry from right outside the door. I didn't realize how quickly her labor was progressing, so I didn't bring my camera. :( We thought we'd each run up for a few minutes to visit and then bring the kids home for bed. But instead a baby was born while we were there! She's very cute. At first I thought she looked like Lily did when she was born, but with bigger lips. But when she opened her eyes she looked a LOT more like Dan to me than Lily did.
When I ran downstairs to let Jess come up and meet her, he got to bring Lily to meet her sister. He said she was really quiet, but sweet, and smiled at her.

She was also just about a pound heavier than Lily was, just like Caso was a pound heavier than Paige. What's with these 2nd babies in this family? I just hope my 3rd isn't ANOTHER pound heavier. I don't want to be delivering any 10 pounders.


(Pregnant girls who don't want me to scare them, skip to the next paragraph)
AND.....labor is terrifying. I'm pretty good at forgetting how bad it is once I'm through with it each time, so I won't live in fear of the next delivery. But then you listen to and watch someone else do it and remember just how bad it really is. I'll probably have nightmares about it tonight. Ha. Luckily, it's also a really amazing experience, and SOOOOO worth it. Even if you do think you'll die during contractions. Babies are the best!!

Good work Veronica, and congratulations!