a Goddaughter arrives!!

Ruthann Marie Pehl was born on June 16th, to the delight of everyone :-)

It was a Monday, and it just so happened that Emily and I were driving into the LA area that afternoon, so we were able to stop by the hospital that evening to have a visit with Ruthann and Jenny! As it so happened, we had the chance to say hello to Curtis, Thomas, and Jenny's mom as well.

Ruthann slept alot the first time we met her...as a matter of fact, we didn't see her eyes at all until Saturday when we all trekked over to visit her at home - we(Zifnab, Lanth, Jonathan, Em, and I) were all excited to see her eyes when she finally woke up during that visit. In this picture, she's looking in Zifnab's general direction as he's the one holding her ;-)

In this second picture, Em is holding her - I love this, because you can see how tiny Ruthann's little feet and toes are.

We all loved meeting her, and /I/ am looking forward to more visits with her soon :-)