A Baby Girl

Those who don't know, we had a 90% chance of having a baby boy.  So we had things all ready for a little boy.  But after being born, the nurse was cleaning up our baby and said she was a girl.  Boy were we shocked at the announcement.  But the shock wore off and we were very excited to welcome little Rachel Sue Keeler into our lives.

Isn't she beautiful?  I know that I am biased as Rachel's mom, but I think she is such a beautiful and precious baby daughter.  Here are a couple pictures of our family.

My mom brought Whitney to the hospital to meet her new little sister.  It is a good thing we had practiced saying 'Isaac' over and over with Whitney.  Oh well.  Now we can practice saying Rachel.  It was really cute seeing Whitney want to hold the baby.  She kept holding her arms out to get a turn at the baby.  Thank you so much to my mom and the rest of my family for watching Whitney for us.  That made everything a lot easier. 
  Finally, here is a picture of poor Rachel going home.  Remember that we thought we were having a boy.

Rachel seems to think the car seat is only okay if it is in motion.  Just sitting in the car seat is not acceptable.  I guess we will see how she does on a long car trip.  So we have a beautiful and wonderful new addition to our family.  It will take some adjustment to go from having one toddler to having two children, but it will be a good adjustment.  I hope everyone has happy holidays.