And then there were four...

On April 14, at 7:47am, Cole made his way into the world. Emma gets a little brother to love, torment, educate and inspire. Denelle and Andrew get a beautiful son to complete the family of which we always dreamed.

Like his sister, Cole was a c-section delivery so Denelle was in hospital for a few days. That said, she recovered faster this time so we came home sooner than expected. I'm writing this while Denelle is nursing Cole and Emma has gone to bed after a hectic day trying to hug her new baby brother. As the nurse said: "she's going to be a big help...whether you want it or not!"

I have the next two weeks off work to help Denelle settle into a new routine, figuring out the different schedules with two kids under the age of 2. Of course, "baby routine" is as much an oxymoron as "military intelligence" or "low-fat cheesecake" but the parents among you know what I mean.

The picture above of Emma and Cole was taken on Sunday, with Emma already well established as the doting older sister. We bought new batteries for the digital camera, so hopefully there will be regular updates.

Hope all is well in your worlds. It's fantastic in ours!
Andrew, 4/18/2006.