Isabella Novita

Isabella Novita made her grand entrance around 7:10am on October 12, 2006. She's absolutely gorgeous with lots of dark hair, big brown eyes, and a figure which follows her mother (she was around 6 1/2 lbs or 2.8kgs). Within minutes of her birth, she had her eyes wide open seeking out her new family members. Grandma was there, and later in the day other aunts and uncles also made it to Hermina Hospital.

I managed to camp out on the VIP room's couch for a couple of days, and finished the entire season of "Prison Break" in only two days. ;) Novita was in good spirits and welcomed many visitors to the hospital room.

Kiana stayed for two days, highly amused by the baby room and the dozens of little ones wrapped up behind the viewing window. She's been very accepting of Isabella and has tried to kiss and hug her as often as possible. To help keep Kiana from feeling left out, we've bought her a tiny little Pomeranian puppy named "Puma", they seem to be a perfect match.

I really wish my side of the family could be here, but hopefully we'll be able to see everyone soon! With a 9 day vacation approaching this Friday, we should have plenty of time to be with Isabella and Kiana and enjoy our ever-expanding family. Photo taking will be in full force during that time, and I'll do my best to keep things updated a bit better than I have. I apologize to the "future" Kiana and Isabella for sharing one website for both of you, but until I figure something else out, this will have to work.

So, Isabella Novita, welcome to this journey we call life. We will love you forever more.

Here are a few photos taken the day after we came home from the hospital. More photos can be seen on her flickr site here. If you click 'all sizes' the most recent ones were of sufficient resolution to download and print quite large (for Court and Mom especially).

The New Little Big Sister