Sunday, May 28, 2006

Little Sisters Are Gifts

Yesterday, I decided to fix a few things. No, nothing broken at the house. You see, the twins (Connor and Olivia) had their birthday party at an odd time when I would be at work. So, I drove off to Boulder City and gave them their present. As you can see in the photo, Olivia was more concerned with opening it while Connor was focused on smiling for the camera. Amazing kids. I then spent a few hours with my brother-in-law Cory working on some wood flooring he was putting in. I left after we got around the stairs so I could have time to head to the hospital.

No bad news. See, here's a photo of Connor and Olivia at the hospital eating popsicles. They are such good kids. I also read one of their Batman books to them (I don't think the understood all of it but they got a good grasp of things when Batman caught the Riddler.) That was fun. But, the main reason I went to the hospital and made the trip was because my sister gave birth to a baby girl named Lillian Jane on Thursday. I got the news on Friday morning when I got back from work and wasn't going to be able to visit the next day. Michelle was expecting to leave the hospital that day but wasn't feeling up for it (I mean geez... she had a C-section just days before but there is something about the Hennessy blood that makes you want to tell doctors that they don't know what they are talking about.)

I was actually afraid that I wouldn't find the right hospital so I followed Cory's mom there. (Las Vegas for some reason likes the name St. Rose and has a few hospitals starting with that... maybe it's a Knights Templar thing.) The baby is beautiful as you can tell from the picture (sitting on Cory's mom's lap) and very hungry. As expected, Michelle didn't want to be in the photo. The baby gets the name Lilian from my grandmother Lilian Hennessy and Jane is the middle name of Cory's mother. After hearing about the name, I hit Best Buy to pick up Depeche Mode's Playing The Angel for my sister (the song "Lilian" has been released as a dance single.) Actually, upon writing this, I don't know if they or grandma spell it with 1 or 2 L's. Before leaving, I got a chance to tell the twins that having a little sister is special as "I have one also, your mom."

5 comments:

Bar L. said...

Martin, this is such a sweet post - why can't all men be more like you? Congrats on the new niece - she is perfect looking! What you said to the twins was precious. It touches me to see the love in your family. You're blessed.

LoraLoo said...

What a beautiful baby! Congrats to the whole family on the new addition. The twins are growing up so fast - they are adorable.

Fred said...

Congrats, Martin. Your family continues to grow. The twins are adorable, too.

Lucy Stern said...

The baby looks happy and content. How big was Lillian? Connor and Olivia are adorable. Aren't you lucky to have such cute kids? Congradulations!

Anonymous said...

Hi Martin! Searching for anything on new baby Lillian (w/2 'L's btw), and found you. Hope you are well. Oh, this is your cousin Eric's wife, Jenny, in Sacramento. Connor and Olivia are growing so fast. Baby Lillian Jane is gorgeous and looks healthy too. Please say hello to everyone.