Welcome Baby Beatrice!!

As most of you know by now, John, Henry, and I welcomed a beautiful baby girl to our family on Tuesday morning. After months of anticipation and excitement, Beatrice Farrey Archer arrived at 8:42 AM. Weighing in at a whopping 6 lbs. 4 oz. and measuring 21 inches long, she is certainly a beautiful little girl.

The German birth experience was certainly different from what I experienced when I had Henry - an interesting and somewhat amusing story to tell. I am very happy to home with my family and grateful my parents were here to help.

Henry has welcomed Beatrice with open arms. He was anxious to share his dinosaurs and other toys with her upon her arrival. Beatrice arrived bearing gifts for him as well. Somehow, between eating and sleeping she found time to shop for a few new toy animals for her big brother. We were thrilled that Henry has shown no signs of jealousy so far and is very loving with his new sister.

Nana bought Henry a new "Big Brother" tee shirt to wear to school the day Beatrice was born. Below are a few pictures from his day at school and pictures of Beatrice, of course. Enjoy.

Thanks for all of you emails, phone calls and well wishes. We are a very lucky family.