and then life begins again

Welcome to the world baby girl Leigh!!

At 9:59 pm (Eastern time) on December 28, 2009, my sister in law Christine and her husband Jamie welcomed their daughter. All 8 pounds, 10 ounces, 21 inches long!! Congratulations guys and welcome to the world of parenthood, where every scratch and bruise breaks your heart and every accomplishment (no matter how small) makes you beam with pride. Where you can be so frustrated by an hour of no stop fussiness and crying but within a second of seeing that smile you forget what you were mad about. Where Christmas and birthdays and every other holiday take on a new meaning, and you forget what you used to do on your days off before the baby was born.

So now the countdown begins...we leave for Florida Feb. 7 and it is going to be a long six weeks.