This is how River feels most of the time these days

Poor Kid

Iris almost 3 weeks!

The above picture is Iris and River, both at 1.5 wks old. Remarkable the resemblance! 

It's a...

GIRL!!!

Welcome Iris Anne! She came barreling into the world at 5:26am Wednesday March 31st after about 6 hours of labor. I'm a bit late on updating this blog but we've been very busy and very lazy since she came. Busy in the fact that Seth's parents came out when she was 1 week old to stay for the month and lazy in the fact that the week before that we did nothing but lay around with our new little girl, adjusting to a family size of 4. Such fun having a girl. I really thought she was a boy and Seth was totally convinced she was a girl. I was hoping for a girl but dared to dream, since the Hock genes are skewed, in favor of boys. And everyone is asking how River is getting along, well he is LOVING his new sister, so much so that he already gave her his cold. It's hard keeping his fingers out of her mouth, nose and eyes..he's fascinated with her. And Iris is such a sweet, mild tempered baby (so far). She loves to be held, rocked and sung to. She is a real joy.

So without further a delay here is our little precious girly. These pics were taken by our good friend Ken, who is amazingly talented, as you can see. (These were taken when she was just 4 days old so more recent ones coming soon :)