Blessed with another piece of Heaven!

Kinsley Sage Smith

I'm an aunt! Kinsley was born December 20th, 2010! She weighed 6lbs 14oz. The waiting room was pretty exciting. Audrea was having a scheduled c-section. Everyone started throwing out times of birth so we decided to bet on it, $5 dollars each. My bet was 5:55pm. Everyone thought I was crazy because they took her back around 5:20. 5:58 is when the hospital played the tune on the Overhead system that a new baby had been born. I won the bet, but I cried...

a couple minutes later Damon came out and told us we had a baby! There's only a handful of moments in life that you wish you could pause and relive over and over. Seeing her little footprint on Damon's arm was one of them. Damon has proven to be such an awesome dad. It was soo reasuring that he was with Audge every step of the way. He definately has his own way of making Audge laugh at perfect times. I was soo anxious to get in there to see her and also to see Audge and make sure she was ok.

And she was beautiful! Such a tiny little thing. She was healthy and she was finally here! Part of me can't wait for all the future events we will go through with this little girl, but the other part wants her to stay this small forever. I have the cutest niece!

Derek was pretty excited about being an uncle. We talked about Kinsley all the time before she was born. I never knew just being an aunt would be this rewarding. Amazing how something soo small could have such a huge impact.

I didn't want to put her down. I was soo in love! Even now I love to hold her.

Peyton loves her already! What kind of mischief will these two get into?

She's such a sweet baby.

If you're wondering why I'm putting up a long post about my niece here is your answer. She will, no doubt be a huge part in my family's future and my blog. Growing up my cousins were a major part of my life so I'm excited my children now have their first cousin. My sisters have all been aunts for the past 2 years to my daughter and the past 5 months to my son. They have all played humongous roles in my children's lives and have done soo much for me that I will never forget. Especially Audge, she's been like Peyton's second mom. So to be able to be an aunt to her daughter is a special blessing. Not only am I excited about being an aunt, or my children having a cousin, but I'm the most excited that my sister is now a mother. I've seen how amazing she is with children and to finally be able to love her own daughter is huge! I know she will be the greatest mom and this little girl has no clue how good she's going to have it! It didn't really feel like Derek and I were a "family" until we had Peyton. Family is everything that matters most to me and now Damon and Audge have started their own family and I'm excited to be a part of that, even just a small part! I love them!