Drew, Katie, and Alex meet Will

April 18th: Daddy and Nana brought the kids to the hospital to meet their new baby brother! Drew was very excited to hear the news that morning that he had a baby brother...though his first question was not whether it was a boy or a girl, but what time was he/she born! He's a bit obsessed with time right now! Katie said she wanted a sister and was a little upset he was a brother...until she met him. She ran right into the room and her face just lit up when she saw him for the first time, then she wanted to hold him right away!

That's a happy look!

Rich had shown the kids the video of Will right after he was born, so Alex was already familiar with her "baby brother" and she came running in to meet him too, yelling "baby brother, baby brother!" It was too sweet. As soon as Katie hopped up, Alex climbed up beside me and said "I hold baby brother too."

Then it was Drew's turn. He was still so excited to have a brother! And he kept saying that Will was just the perfect name!

They gave me an extra big room in the postpartum unit this time...they said they saved the rooms for moms with lots of kids ;) It worked out well, because the kids (especially Alex) had lots of room to run, and they actually lasted several hours in the hospital visiting! Alex really liked my gigantic water bottle, and she was so funny carrying it around since it was almost as big as her! (And there's Nana holding Will, somehow we didn't get a close up picture of them!)

After a while, Alex pooped out and climbed up to rest with me, she even put her legs under the covers! We found some good Nick, Jr. cartoons and the girls ate an apple while we hung out together. It was such a nice time.

Here are attempts at our first "family of 6" pictures. Nearly impossible to get a decent picture of this many people! Our beautiful family...