happy feat...

I am poor at keeping this space updated, but I have another new niece! Hannah was born to my sister Amanda and her husband Paul, 5 days after my other niece.

She is awesome and hilarious and still trying to figure out how her face works (as evidenced in the photo - she's not actually crying).

The other thing I wanted to put out there is that I live on the top floor of a 29 storey building. I just came back from a run and I managed to climb every single stair up to my apartment. .... Thought it deserved a mention, though it's nowhere close to the accomplishment of having a baby!

Cas

aunts go marching...

I have a niece! Me, and my 4 other sisters are all officially aunts. Finally!

Coming from such a large family, and being one of the youngest, I thought being the cool, young, hip aunt was a done deal. I figured I would start my reign at the top at 17 or 18, max....as it turns out...Not so much.

At first I felt dismay, followed by desperation, then resignation, that I had less and less hope of being the cool, young aunt I always wanted to be. However, last Christmas both my brother and his wife, and my sister and her husband announced impending August due dates within a week of each other! Lo and Behold, after much shower-throwing, tiny outfit buying, and belly rubbing, the first of the two - Addison Ward - arrived on Tuesday afternoon!

Two of my sisters and I were lucky enough to go to Hamilton with my parents and see Addison at just a few hours old...I have to admit my bias, but I think she's pretty cute!
Now, I am headed home for the weekend - hopeful for the arrival of the second surprise...looking forward to "he" or "she" instead of "it".

I feel this double blessing - this beautiful familial expansion - can only be some sort of concession to the fact that I am not as young, cool, or hip an aunt as I anticipated I would be...but c'mon - "favourite" is still in the bag :)

Cas