Meet Miss Piper

Or No. 2 as Daughter Sarah called her

Or "The Expected One"

(or Ethel)

as I called her

She made her debut last Thursday

at almost 7 p.m.

While we were on I35 between Kansas City and Des Moines

But we got in early the next morning

We got to hold her

She is precious!

Piper Elizabeth is her name

"Piper" because Daughter Sarah and her Andy like it

Elizabeth which is also her Mom's middle name

I was petitioning for

"Martha Linda" after the grands

(and calling her Emyl)

or

Nevada

after her great great grandmother and also the town where her mom was born

or 

Ethel

after my grandmother and since they already have a Lucy . . . 

Sigh!

Piper it is!

Older Sister Lucy likes her new little sister

A "baby" as she calls her.   And very quietly, "Piper"

Our presents for Piper?

A granny square stocking

(because there are only three

those three dating 40 years ago when I bought them for us and daughter Sarah)

I made Piper's -- and I'm not a crocheter!

It was truly a gift from the heart.

And although a tad different (it may be bigger -- but that's okay, Piper as second deserves more loot)

And since I gave all of the "good stuff" (read family items)

to Lucy,

I'm making a little needlepoint door hanger for Piper

when the door's shut and this hangs from the knob,

Lucy knows that Piper is sleeping!

We stayed a week

My daughter is awesome --

a new mom with a just turned two year old

And the house filled with in-laws

for a week

For both sets of parents came

Because of the new little one

And stayed!!!!

The in-laws are now all back home

But oh, how I miss Piper . . . and Lucy!