Around 3 in the afternoon, the day Maria was born, Josh brought the kids over to meet her. They had all seen her briefly that morning before we left for the hospital. All the siblings were very anxious to hold their new sister. Micah just kept laughing with excitement while holding his new baby “aria” (he was having trouble remembering the m).

No one seemed bothered that the new baby was a girl, instead of a boy. And our boys kept commenting about how cute Maria was.