Surprise! Its a Boy?

I'm proud to say that I am an aunt for the sixth time - the first time on my side of the family. My sister Stacia had her baby on February 2nd (Groundhog Day) - and I'm so proud of her because not only did she labor hard in Germany away from her family, but she got the surprise of her life! In fact we all did. Instead of giving birth to an Addison Lynn, Stacia gave birth to an Anthony Wayne Jr! The crazy thing is, she had many more sonograms than a woman in the States would have, and they told her she was having a girl. Oops!

The first thing she said when Anthony (her husband) told her it was a boy was "but everything's pink..." Luckily, between friends there and family here, we've been able to scrape together some blue things so he's not stuck wearing pink dresses :) However, I am excepting donations of the clothing kind to send to her if anyone needs to unload some baby boy stuff.

Here's baby Anthony Wayne Edwards Jr. (aka A.J.):

Stacia and AJ - At least there was a yellow outfit

For the first day, he had to sport the pink blanket. Stacia enjoyed having to explain to everyone that he's a boy regardless of the color of his blanket.

Anthony and Anthony

Dear Stacia,

I'm so proud of you and I'm still in shock that my little sister is a mommy! You're no longer that little girl pounding at my bedroom door, taking joy rides in my car, or crawling into my bed in the middle of the night. It's hard for me to picture you as woman who has matured past the age of 10 - you're still my little sister! I spent so many years begging you to leave me alone and now that you're an ocean away, I miss you like crazy. I wish you were here so I could share the moments with you. I want to hug you so bad!

I'm so happy for you - you're doing what you've set out to do and becoming the person I've always known you could be. Your baby boy is another life changing experience and I know this is where you'll shine. It's the most wonderful, difficult, amazing, challenging, beautiful, and rewarding role you'll ever be privileged to have. And I know you'll be wonderful at it!

Congratulations - you have a beautiful son!

Love-

Kristin