Willow Grace!!!!!

On January 18th at 12:20am our lives were once again turned upside-down with the arrival of our third child and second daughter Willow Grace! She is all of 8 pounds, 1 ounce and 21 1/4 inches long! Willow and I are both doing well and recovering with the spoiling efforts of friends and family! Her birth took place in the comfort of our own home...which was a really amazing experience in itself! I'm sure there is much more to say, but this is a start at least!

The kids both took to Willow immediately with much bouncing and laughing and baby kissing! Avery was especially fond of holding her and threw quite a tantrum the first time we separated her from her little sister before she was ready. Willow doesn't look quite as comfortable here, but she was a good sport!

Xander remains an attentive, caring and sensitive older brother! He held her until Willow started to make some diaper filling noises that started to make him uncomfortable...and that was it for him that day! He has yet to remember her name, but has stopped calling her Pete which we're seeing as an improvement at least since he's been set on the name Pete from the beginning!

Today, day two of Willow's life, she has seemed to be awake more than asleep already...we're hoping that means good things for the night to come! Already she seems to be taking in the world around her!

Willow spending her first night in her little bassinet! Although I don't think she's made it very long in there before we just have her join us in bed! We'll see where things end up for nights!