June 5th - Josie's new swim hat

June 1st

May 31st

Josephine's first bath...

The boys love to play in the hamper on the weekends when I'm doing laundry.

May 30th - "I read a book to the baby!"

May 29th

She is really a very good baby so far, but Ronny couldn't resist taking a picture of a not-so-very-good time.

May 27th

May 26th - Grandma time

May 24th - Coming home

We were able to convince our doctors that we could escape the hospital on Sunday night and we made it home right before the boys went to bed. One change since the last time we had a baby at the hospital was the installation of a baby lo-jack system. There is a little sensor on Josie's right foot in the picture below and apparently if she got close to the elevators or exits, the hospital would shut down. It was a good sign when they cut the band from her little ankle.

May 22nd - Big Brother Party

The day I went into labor with Josie, there was a surprise party at school in room 3. I was already at the hospital when Grandma went to get the boys and brought Jack to Charlie's classroom for cupcakes that the boys got to frost (yum!). Charlie opened presents for him (a big brother t-shirt) and for his little sister (cute outfits!). The kids all got to diaper a baby for practice too. So far Jack has helped with diapering just once, but we'll get him changing the messy ones soon, I'm sure. Charlie's friend Jonah was the other honored big brother in the classroom. His mom is due to have a little boy at the end of June. Many thanks to the Wanda and Sandi for the great party and presents. Sorry I missed the festivities. :) I'm so glad that Grandma had her camera.

May 23rd - Welcome Josephine Grace

Welcome our newest member of the family - Josephine Grace. Josie made her appearance at 12:08am this morning, May 23rd, 2009. She weighs 9 pounds and is 21.5 inches long.

Josie's brothers are proud as can be with their "Big Brother" t-shirts. Charlie loved holding and tickling his little sister.

The boys are having a great time with Grandma.

Nana and Papa stopped by for a visit too.

May 21st - My due date

Oh yes, that is my enormous belly. Today is my due date and I'm a bit dismayed that her royal highness is still in residence. I've never made it to my due date before. Jack was 8 days early and Charlie was 6 days early. Needless to say, I expected our little girl to make an appearance DAYS ago.

So the eviction notice has been drafted and an induction is scheduled to begin Monday night/Tuesday morning. There is still a chance she will make her move this weekend, but if not we should be meeting our baby girl on Tuesday.

9-months pregnant

8-months pregnant

7-months pregnant

6-months pregnant

5-months pregnant

4-months pregnant

3-months pregnant

May 8th - The National Space Trophy Dinner

Friday night we went to the National Space Trophy Dinner, our annual black tie event. It was a wonderful night. Miles O'Brien was the master of ceremonies, our friend Zeb won a Stellar Award, and Mike Griffin (past NASA Administrator) won the National Space Trophy.

It was 13 days before my due date and I received lots of looks and comments. During the reception before dinner, a nice lady stopped me and said, "If anything happens, there is a nurse/midwife at table 35." I laughed and said, "If you hear screaming from table 40, just come running!"

The evening is always fun to share with Jenny and Ian.

I love when Miles O'Brien is the Master of Ceremonies. He is so funny!

They gave Mike Griffin this flight jacket and I was excited to see the WB-57 patch in the bottom center area.

Thanks to Lauren Harnett, JSC Photographer, for the great pictures at the event. I had the pleasure of working with Lauren on the C-9 when I was working with the Reduced Gravity Office last year. She takes great photographs!

April 26th - Painting project

Charlie 2006

Jack-o-lantern 2004