The Worleys

This is the view I mostly get when I go to visit Ava. She is always asleep! She is very pretty when she sleeps. She is filling out. When you hold her, you can actually hear her breathe! Okay, that is probably not unusual, but she is so tiny, that when I hear her breathe, I am amazed at the sound. I am also amazed that I can "feel" her breathe through my hands as I hold her. It is surprising the things you have forgotten to marvel about when your kids are grown! Now a picture of the proud Dad and proud Pop. Mike looks so much more relaxed in this picture. He has been able to hold Ava a lot in the last two weeks. He just got back from a seminar in South Carolina. First thing he did when he got home was call Jay and find out how Ava and Sarah were doing. He can hardly wait to see her tomorrow! As you can see, the two grandmothers are pretty happy about this new arrival. We are both ready, willing, and able to spoil her as much as we can. Susan was so lucky to be able...

Here she is! Our first grandchild! What a surprise! She was four weeks early! Jay woke us up around 6 am Sept 30 to tell us they were at the hospital, and it was for real! They were in labor! He told us to go back to sleep, go to church and call them later. Like we could go back to sleep! We waited about 30 minutes, then called Aunt Jenni. The First Family Photo! Jay, Sarah, Ava It was quite a day! Jay, Mike, and I had all been to the UT game the night before. It rained, we got soaked, the Longhorns lost. We had to drive home wet. By the time we had taken hot showers, it was getting late. Jay and Sarah didn't go to bed until around 1 a.m. they tell us. Sarah got up to go to the bathroom around 3:30 a.m., her water broke, and the long day began. Ava was born about 11 hours later. Ava is so tiny! She weighed 5 lbs. and was 17 1/2 inches long. She came out face up, so her pretty little nose got flattened a bit. She is so delicate! Tiny little fingers and toes. And lo...