get used to the flash, baby girl!

karina is a beautiful little girl! i had my hands on that baby less than 30 seconds after we stepped in the hospital room... she is a "big baby" but she's SO tiny! she has had a great first day-- it even looks like she's working on her first smiles! mom & dad are doing well... just ready for a little sleep tonite. ethan was more excited about the buttons on the hospital bed than his new cousin... so we didn't get any great pictures of him adoring her... yet! (we have 3 more months to practice those. :) ha.) karina looks like she has her mommy's eyes and her daddy's little chin and not so little cheeks. she and ethan do look like cousins, though she has these long, elegant fingers and toes, and ethan's are STILL squatty little fat things. so.. it's neat to see their differences and similarities already. hope you enjoy the pictures. i'm bringing them krispy kreme in the morning, so i'm sure i'll have more pictures tomorrow.

OH! and our friends carrie and freddie had their 3rd baby right next door to kristie & jeff an hour after karina was born! they didn't find out what they were having, so brian robert was a fun surprise for all of us today! he looks JUST LIKE his big sister ansley! it was great being able to see both the babies today. they are sort of related, which is also fun... kristie's sister is married to carrie's brother. so they're almost in-laws...

ok, here's the pictures. be prepared for many more!










carrie looks so good for just delivering her 3rd baby in 3 years! and baby brian is getting ready to sweep all these baby girls off their feet! (he's the only boy so far in a bunch of baby girls at church.)