More baby joy

First came my sweet niece Dayla Elizabeth, and now my dear friends Phil and Rachel (whom I visited in May) have welcomed their daughter, Annika Claire, now two weeks old.


Look at what a tiny peanut she is...not even 6 pounds and absolutely perfect!




Quite content.




And happy to snuggle.




Always coming up with interesting positions for her cute little hands.




Klaus the dachshund used Annika as a pillow before she was born, so it only seems fair that he now return the favor.




Happy family at rest.




And hard at work devising strategies for one-handed eating. Corn on a stick...it's like the state fair!




I'm delighted I got to visit dear Annika so soon after her arrival, and I'm even more delighted that we'll be neighbors for the first year of her life. I'll be working diligently as Godmother Extraordinaire, so I'm sure she'll be reciting the Small Catechism before we graduate next May!

(Bonus: my brother now has Skype, so Dayla can be in on the fun too! I'll be running some kind of baby academy before you know it.)