Julia Elizabeth was born into the Barnhart clan yesterday (Nov 19, 2008) at 9:09 AM, weighing 9lbs and 2 oz and measuring 21".

It was a planned c-section, although there was hope by Holly that she would go into labor at the last moment and forgo the c-section, but, alas, it was not to be. However, everything went very well and Holly is already up and walking around and is faring much better this time then she did with Lucy.

Julia is doing a great job of Nursing and once she finally got all the stuff out of her stomach (she spit up a lot yesterday and I think they ended up suctioning her a bit and she had 4-5 dirty diapers her first day), she really started becoming interested in the idea of eating!

Bridget, Broderick, Lucy are all very excited to have a new little sister. Although, Lucy doesn't seem so sure of why she has to share Mom, but she as very excited about seeing Julia and pointing her out to everyone in the room.

Mary (Holly's mom) is staying with us for 2 weeks to help with the kids during this time and Holly is planning on going home tomorrow mid-afternoon.

Pictures of Julia can be seen on our family website here