Here are various photos of the first few weeks as if the others aren't enough!

Oscar and Elsie. Just about everyone has asked how the pets are coping with the new addition. The kitties don't seem to know what has happened, but Oscar is fascinated, curious, and sometimes alarmed. He does not like crying--it makes him pace. He is desperate to lick Elsie head to toe. He is always underfoot when we are holding her. And he could not understand the bili bed (biliruben blue light bed). Rocky was perplexed by it as well.

Some pregnancy and planning photos... Here are the photos of Beth pregnant and photos of the nursery as we were planning for Elsie's arrival.

Cousin Bryce comes first! My sister Barbara and her husband Mike welcomed Bryce Winston Boukater on Sunday, September 10, 2006 at 9:24 am. He weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces, and was 20 1/2 inches long.





My parents felt doubly blessed to become grandparents for the first time twice within the same week. Elsie was born a mere six days later!

Baby Elsie has arrived! David and I are thrilled to announce the birth of Elizabeth Locksley Thompson. She arrived Saturday, September 16, 2006 at 4:41 pm weighing in at 5 lbs., 15 ounces, and coming in at 18 3/4 in. long.

And here are some family pics:

Before this blog is full of baby pictures, we thought we'd give Oscar a shot to get some blog time.

Here is our new blog space--a place to post baby news and updates, pictures, etc.