Excited Big Sister

As you can tell, Ava was thrilled with the idea of holding her little sister for the first time.

Postprandial Charlotte

Charlotte

While we are not the prolific bloggers we once were in the recent past, and given the fact that much of this blog's recent entries have centered around the happenings of Ava over the past two years. . . we thought it was only fair to give some adequate press time to the new addition to our household. . . Charlotte. Charlotte Mary came into the world quite a bit easier and faster than Ava did, albeit with a little more collateral damage to Emily in the process. Weighing in at 8 lb., 10.9 oz., she nearly approached Ava's birthweight of 8 lb., 12 oz. She's fairly long, like Ava was, measuring 21 inches.

She's demonstrating that she's fairly content, with nary a cry, but more satisfied with little 'grunts' and 'squeeks'. Aside from Emily healing from surgery, the next few weeks will most likely prove most difficult for Ava, but change is inevitable, and realizing that you're not the center of the universe forever is probably a good lesson. Chris' lesson for the day is that he is quickly becoming an endangered male species in the Barwacz household, being outnumbered by the more prickly estrogenic conundrum.

So welcome Charlotte, or "Charlie", we're looking forward to seeing what you're all about.