First Day With Violet

Hi Guys...my name is Violet and I'm new here. Very new in fact -- I was just born yesterday! I've had some visitors here in the hospital and it's been nice meeting everyone. I met my big sister, Ayda, my aunt Mimi, my friend Alyssa, and Nana and Pup! It was a very busy day and I slept through most of it. I was awake for a little while when my big sister showed me some videos on this funky screen thing.


My sis was very gentle with me and I really liked sitting in her lap and snuggling up next to her.


I don't know if you have noticed or not...but I have a lot of hair. Mimi gave me this upsweep...


As far as babies go, I'm a really good one. I sleep a lot and don't cry very much. I have such a great family that I feel really lucky! Here are some more photos of them!



I'm such a good, healthy baby that I am actually going home today! Mama is feeling fine and we're ready for the comforts of home. Daddy went to pick up Ayda from school today and we're going to just hang out until we can go home! I'm going to ride in the back seat with my sister! How exciting! My Grandma and Grandpa from New York are coming to visit next week. I'm getting sleepy just thinking about all the excitement...

Introducing: Violet Anne

Guess who's finally a big sister? That's right ME! Ayda Sue Ellen Sonnenberg has a little SISTER named Violet Anne. I KNEW Mama was going to have a girl!


She looks just like I did when I was born...though people think Violet's hair is longer than mine is. Mama did such a good job having Violet -- she was in labor for something like 5 hours. It sounds like it hurt a lot.

Violet came out of Mama kicking and squirming around. Mimi says she had her eyes wide open! I guess she came out looking for me. I can't wait to show her around.

Spooky Spiders

Halloween will be here before ya know it, so Nana and I did some decorating this weekend. We made these spooky spiders to hang on a tree in Nana's foyer. I put the googlie eyes on them...aren't they creepy?


One even crawled over to Daddy and got up on his head! I took this photo before he realized what it was....

I can't wait to show you photos of my awesome Halloween costume Mama has been sewing me. I'm going to be a MERMAID!

Beauty

Aunt Mimi here.
I got the photos of my wedding back from the fabulous Mark McCall. When I saw this photo tears sprang to my eyes. Such a gorgeous snapshot of two of my favorite girls in the world. Pretty soon a new baby will be here with the family...but this precious shot of Ayda and Jennie will be a cherished reminder of "before."