Surprise!

Even though our daughter wasn't due till April 15, my wife and I found ourselves driving up to the hospital around 10 pm on March 10. By 4:47 am the next morning, Anna was here. She came right at 35 weeks - and after a thorough check by neonatologists, we were told that all seemed in order. Then, the pediatricians stated that despite her early arrival, Anna was "rated 36+". Cue sighs of relief. For me, one of the next hurdles was going to be the transition at home with our four pets. Thankfully, that has gone smoothly as well. Our two dogs are calmly interested, our younger cat Miranda has ceeded control of Amanda's lap to Anna, and Pinkie has been the opposite of what we expected. I really expected problems with our older cat, as she tends to get alarmed by any sort of commotion and doesn't back down from a fight. Thus far, Pinkie has been very affectionate, and wants to hang out with the family, possibly more so than any of the others. So far, so good.