Lyla and Her Dad

Here she is, all (corrected weight) 7 pounds 8 ounces of her. Mom and Dad and families are doing well. It turns out hiccups are 'hipos' in Spanish, a good word to know.



Cousin EG looks like Dan looked when first holding Isabella - and Plot remembers himself feeling the same with BZWZ -- like you've been handed this amazing package and she is yours from here on out. There are no words for that particular Dad-little girl tenderness.

It's the same with a son, of course, but...different. With a son, you're connected in the brain, forever and ever. With your daughter, it's all that plus you've got to protect her, even long past the time when it's necessary. Twenty years after. Fifty.

Cousin EG knows all this already, you can see it in the photo.

No photos of Cuz Two Names yet, she'd kill me if I posted the one I love. More will come.