Meeting Baby Eva

A wonderful and surprising thing happened this weekend. Christoph and I were in Germany visiting my pregnant sister-in-law, just one week shy of her due date. As we sat down for dinner she calmly announced that her water had possibly broke. Since this was her second pregancy she was pretty relaxed about it. We fisnished dinner together and then she and her hubby clamly left for the hospital. We stayed behind with Katja, the big-sister-to-be.

Early the next morning, at about 5:30, Christoph and I had a new niece -- Eva. We went to the hospital a few hours later to meet and hold her. It is amazing looking into the eyes of person who is just 7 hours old. I was really overwhelmed actually as she eyed me sideways from her sweet little pink face.

Here are some before and after pictures....