Babies, Babies

I became a great-aunt for the 21st time last night. My neice Jody gave birth to a baby girl, Jenna, a little after 8 p.m. Yikes, I just realized I don't know the middle name.

Jody's sisters were in the delivery room with her, so after I got off work, I picked up my 8-month-old great-neice Lucy from the hospital. For some reason no one seemed to excited to have her in the delivery room. Lucy wasn't too excited to be with us for awhile either. Nick was about to cry along with her.
When I fed her a bottle, she was fussing a bit while she drank it. Will said, "What's the matter, did you put baking soda in it?" She sat up, turned around to look at Will, and burst into loud wails. She did not appreciate him insulting me! After awhile she got used to us and enjoyed herself. We loved having her.

Then today I could hardly wait for my lunch break so I could go visit Jody and the new baby at the hospital. I finally got there and the nurse informed me that she was not having visitors just then, she needed to rest. So I had to wait til after work. When Nick and I got to the third floor, no one was at the nurse's station. Of course I couldn't remember the room number I had been told earlier. So we walked down the hall peeking in all the rooms with open doors, which were all vacant. We turned around at the end and encountered a nurse. I asked if she knew which room Jody Troyer was in. She looked at me blankly and I quickly corrected myself. (It's been less than five years since she got married and changed her name.) This kind nurse said she was just going to Jody's room, so we followed her. Upon entering this room, I cheerily called out, "Hi Jody, it's Aunt LeAnn." I was shocked and appalled to behold a strange man occupying the first bed in the room. When did hospital rooms become coed? When I could see around the nurse to the female occupant of the room, she was also a stranger! Whew, there were two Jodys on the third floor today! I was so relieved when I went in the correct room and the first person I saw was Jody's husband, and he was not occupying a hospital bed!
As you can see, Jenna is very cute. She slept like a baby the whole time we were there, which wasn't long because they are getting lots of visitors! Brittany came just as we were leaving. She came and visited Lucy at our house last night too. We love babies and there will never be a shortage of them in this family!