Grace has arrived!!

Monica Grace Barnett
born 2:06 on Sept. 26, 2013
21 inches long
8 pounds, 4 ounces
and a head full of dark hair!!

 Will she be our first baby to like the pacifier?


















Daddy has always like spiking babies' hair!!

 Grace (& Stacy) got home Saturday morning to boys very eager to hold her.  We've all agreed she favors Caleb the most (which makes Caleb so very happy!!!)

Special visit from Anne Marie...

Anne Marie literally arrived in town for business the moment of Grace's birth.  We were so glad she came to visit in the special first hour of Grace's life.

Last few days waiting for Grace...

We went walking along the Wissahickon, hoping to encourage Grace to make her appearance unassisted.

Happy birthday, Caleb!!!

Caleb had an incredibly special night with his friends, Sam & Matt, at the Phillies game.

Many thanks to Sam's mom for treating him to a night he'll never forget!!

Caleb's birthday, continued.....

We had cupcakes at school, and Paul and I read HOLLER LOUDLY to his class.

Then, for dinner, we had Caleb's favorite ...... spaghetti!  I discovered an awesome (and easy) recipe on allrecipes.com for the pasta sauce.  Hopefully, this will be an annual tradition as we all enjoyed it.  Some of us had meatballs, but Caleb had his meat of choice - chicken fingers with lots of ketchup!

 Then, for dessert - his favorite, red velvet cake - designed like a bey blade (total accident, but it did sort of look like a bey blade nonetheless!)

Can't believe this boy is 7!!!  We love you, Caleb, and we're so very glad you were born!!