baby cousin is here

kennedie has been anxiously anticipating the arrival of her baby cousin! she has been very aware of auntie t.t.'s belly & her baby cousin inside. although she had refused to guess on the baby's sex - when asked if baby cousin was going to be a boy or a girl - she would simply reply that it was going to be a baby! (of course! how silly of me to ask) 

needless to say, kennedie was very excited when i announced to her thursday morning that t.t might be having her baby today! i went to work as usual, and since grandma is here, kennedie stayed home with her in case we needed to dash to denver. at 2 that afternoon, we learned that t.t had been admitted to the hospital, so we took off right after school!

we got to meet sweet lillian grace tis later that night. she was born at 6:42p.m., weighed 8 lbs 8 oz (whoa - baby! - nearly a lb bigger than kennedie was!) and was 20 3/4 inches long (but almost and inch shorter - if you don't happen to know - matt & tina are both taller than tommy & i, you can see how surprising that was to me!) she is absolutely perfect & a very quiet, content & hungry :) baby girl! kennedie was so excited to hold her - but only did so the one time. she was quick, however, to run over and offer hugs & even her 'white one' to baby lily when she was sad. she's going to be a terrific big cousin :)

 we visited little miss lillian & her mommy & daddy many times over the next couple days. back & forth from their house to the hospital, with a little shopping in between of course - was a lot for kennedie (a hospital room isn't exactly the best place for play time!) but kennedie did very well - she played pretend kitchen/house in the sink area of the room & was pleased to watch some of her movies when everyone was chatting. we even worked in a trip a nearby park - which was really cool & she loved all the new types of fun play things!

baby lillian, her mommy & her daddy are now at home adjusting to life as a family of 4 (they have a dog, benson). we can't wait to go and visit them all again soon!