Dad and Mom said it was my turn to share some news.  Seeing as how I’m the oldest girl, and it was appointed to me to invoke the patron Saints of my newest little sibling, I get to tell about him.  My new little brother, Cruz, was born in the evening on Sept. 13th – 8:11 pm, to be exact.  He was bigger than Jr. and I were when we were born, but not quite as big as Squeaker.  Mom says he is the same as she was at birth – 8 lbs. 10 oz.  I guess labor was short, 5 hours total.  Well, 5 hours is a long time to me, especially when that’s how long I have to wait before dessert!  Oh, I almost forgot, Cruz was 22 1/8 inches long.  About the same as Squeaker.  We sure love him, and Mom says he’s a good baby.  I must agree – he lets me hold him without getting fussy, which is always a good thing. 

So, without further ado, here he is!

If you think he looks like Daddy, well, you’re not the first.  Just wait, it gets better. 

How’s that for a line-up?  What a cutie, eh?  Mom calls him her little gorilla boy, because he has wide hands like Daddy’s, and he had more bulky looking limbs at birth than the rest of us kiddos.

Life just gets busier around here, which is why we are so late in getting the blog updated, but then you all are used to that by now, eh?  Anyway, here are a few more pictures of Cruz and some of the rest of us, too.  To start off, how about a couple of the kiddos with daddy?  That second one is something about hear no evil, speak no evil… I don’t get it myself, we just did as we were told.

And from the baptism, Cruz with his Godparents and then with mom and dad…

The big kids… pictures taken over the Summer. 

Don’t ask me what this next one is about… I guess Dad thought it was a Kodak moment, which makes no sense (Kodak makes something called film… what does that have to do with pictures?).  We went with him to the hardware store to help him find some things… we weren’t much help.  Then there’s a picture of Gerard looking a little, uh, forlorn.  I think that’s the word mommy used.

And some more of the new addition!

And one more each of the proud older siblings.  Yes, I was posing for that picture in the middle, but you have to admit, it’s pretty cute if I do say so myself. 

Thanks for visiting the blog.  Mommy says she will do her best to get a few more pictures and a couple videos up in the near future, but don’t count the days or you’ll get bored pretty fast.

Bumblebee signing off.  God bless you all!