... Kyla Joy!

My sister, Jennelle, had her baby on Friday afternoon! Kyla Joy was born at 8lbs, 19 inches long. What an angel! She has big blue eyes and a head full of brown hair.

Matthew and I drove out on Thursday night so we could be there to look after Jake and Zoey while Mom and Dad went to the hospital at 5:30am Friday. Jennelle was being induced because she is so small- it was hard on her last time when Jake went to full term.

It was a good thing, because Kyla was already 8 lbs and this was 2 weeks early! Jennelle did great with the labor. It wasn't until after the birth that she had problems- one of the nurses gave her some pain medication without telling her what it was. If she had known, she would've told the nurse not to give it to her- it made her really sick last time. So there she was, all happy and smily after delivering Kyla and THEN she gets sick. Poor thing.

Jake and Zoey were really excited about their new little sister. We took them to the store on the way to the hospital so they could pick out a balloon to bring their baby sister. Zoey picked out a massive horse (we're talking 4 foot by 3 foot!) and Jake brought her a sunshine balloon. The nurse was really sweet to include them in giving Kyla her first bath- they had big blue doctor's gloves on while they wiped her down.

Kyla has a very mild, sweet, temperment from what we can tell so far. She seems to know Mommy and Daddy's voices- it noticibly soothes her. She loves being wrapped up and cuddled.

What a miracle she is!