Sweet

I love this picture, for many reasons.  I love that Abigail is throwing a fit at being taken from her mom. (I have since made headway with her); I don't love that John is being kicked in the face, but I love the look on his face and I see how patient he is trying to be; that Grace is in another world involved in whatever is in her hand; that Simon is busy directing someone or something, that Catie looks like she is ready to steel away to North Mountain in her Elsa cape ; that Eli and Cam look like they are ready to drop from a camping trip the night before but are always obedient; and that Mim loves posing for pictures anytime. (I also love the photo-bomb; it's Charlie, cousin of the London Birds).

I love this picture because it shows real life and real people.  I also love it because it is the last picture Gordon and I have with all the grandkids before the Londoners took flight across the ocean,

And now - we have another baby that is not in the picture.  And here's the big news about that that I didn't mention in my post about her yesterday - and it's this:

WITH THE BIRTH OF MELISSA LOU, WE WENT FROM BEING 50% MALES AND 50% FEMALES TO FEMALE DOMINANCE!  (By one anyway:)

The fact that we have all of these beautiful little females in our family is sweet. Yes, Sweet is the best word to describe it.

Sweet.

Meet our new grand daughter

Melissa Lou Bird

or 

Missy Lou, as I like to call her:) 

Lou is my mother's middle name and Laura's family has called her Lou 

for most of her life, so it's a name with a lot of significance.

She was born to Ben and Laura on Friday night, September 5th, 

around 8:30 pm. and was 7 lbs 2 oz. and 16 days early.  

She has a full head of the softest brown hair that smells like baby and she is a Cuddle Bug.

She looks a lot like her sister Catie, only with brown hair and a couple more pounds

on her (couldn't get away with saying that any time but now!)

She is a sweetie, that Missy Lou.

We are so happy that she joined our family