We have a new grand baby! Carter Brooks Hill was born at 4:15 pm today and is just gorgeous. He is skinny at 6# 15 oz with long narrow feet and long fingers. We all thought he had dark brown hair, but Libbie's Mom just called and said after he was cleaned up and returned to his Mother his hair is more golden. He has blond eyebrows and blond eyelashes. He does have the distinctive Just-Hill cleff chin and the paternal side of the family is proud that three out of three babies have our chin.
He was very alert in the nursery and Joel said his eyes watched him as they got to know each other. Joel also told us that Libbie was marvelous during the whole day and started pushing about 3:15 pm with baby by 4:15 pm. Waiting is never easy, but Joel got so busy that he didn't come out and tell us that things were happening. So Jan and I were standing in the hall trying to determine for ourselves what was happening. When we saw a nurse bring in a scale for weighing babies, we both looked at each other and started to tear up! We guessed that the baby was indeed here.
Aimee and Reagan arrived around 1:00 pm with Justin and Lauren arriving shortly thereafter. Libbie's father and step-mother arrived from San Antonio shortly after Joel announced the birth to us, timing it almost perfectly. Ray and Ethan made it in time to see Libbie and then to walk to the nursery to see Carter.
We all just finished a delicious Thai dinner which is why this note is so late tonight. I'll post pictures in the morning because Justin has my camera in his car and he is still visiting with the Vandersteegs down the street.
More later -Janet
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I couldn't figure out how to manage these pictures, but wanted to post them for everyone to see.