The Puddles

A quote from an email I received from Ainsley’s teacher:

Ainsley just came in and told me she has a new baby Cousin, baby Grace. She said “She’s a girl, not a boy like Gordon, and she is really heavy, she weighs 11lbs and is 11 feet. long”. I said “wow, that’s a big baby!” and she said “yeah, she’s a big girl.”  “But, she’s not my baby sister, she’s my baby cousin, that’s why she’s bigger.”

Emily Grace arrived via c-section yesterday at 10lbs. 12 ozs.  Ben was 5lbs 5ozs., so technically I think Deb gave birth to two babies.  She is a cutey.  We went to visit her today in the hospital and she fussed every time she was picked up, but settled right down as soon as she was nestled in someone’s arms (Madie, Ben, and Ainsley all got to hold her and get her to quit crying. Now they are fighting over who the best babysitter would be.).  No problem at Aunt Katherine’s house. We don’t like babies to be upset.  We never mind holding babies for hours on end (because we get to return them at the end of the day).  Let’s face it. It has taken me years to finally put Gordon in a time out.  (I think we were both traumatized by that episode, but Debra made me do it.) Ben kept telling Uncle David that she kept opening just that one eye (he so desperately wanted credit for getting her to open her eyes) in order to see him.

Gordon is staying with us for a few days and as usual is having a blast.  When Chris offered to take him up to see his little sister, he put his shoes on and was ready to leave.  Two hours later after we got to the hospital and hung out with baby for awhile, we asked Gordon if he wanted to go home and he kissed his parents goodbye and walked out the door.  I guess two hours was enough for any two year old to be trapped in a small room with an adorable little baby with whom he now shares mom and dad’s attention for.  Poor guy.  He sure did awesome for the time he was there.  None of the playing in the toilet like Ben did when he came up the hospital to see Ainsley for the first time (we have cute video of Madie singing to Ainsley while you hear this thumping sound of Ben slamming the toilet lid over and over again.).

So Emily is a winner.  She is cute in all of the right places. My children all love her and have managed to tell complete strangers that they are cousins again (that comes off sounding really weird when you hear it).  Madie is ready to babysit her tomorrow.  All of the kids got to hold her and that totally rocked their world.

All pictures are thanks to David at teamdglphoto.com.