Sunday, August 26, 2007

Cali Anne Briggs

Hi family and friends!


It's time for our semiannual update (hopefully we get these coming a little faster). This one was prompted by the birth of our first baby girl, Cali Anne... named after California and our time here at Cal, and Anne after both of our baby sisters. We are so happy to add a girl to the family. At birth, 6:49 am August 22, she was a healthy 8 lbs 8 oz, 21 1/4 inches long. There was a brief complication, as we waited for her blood platelet count to rise, but she made her platelets really fast and avoided a blood transfusion and a long stay in the NICU. Everyone came home on Friday and we are enjoying crafting a new schedule for these kids. The boys have been very sweet with Cali so far.

We may add some more updates later, but for now I'll get this up with some pictures.




















































































4 comments:

dragonb4 said...

Thanks for the pictures!

The picture of Lincoln is really cute and Cali Anne looks great too.

Milena Barlow said...

Hey guys! It is awsome that you guys have this site now, it will be great to see these cute pics coming! The boys are looking so cute and big and your baby girl is just adorable! I look forward to see more of her later. Love you all and congrats for the new baby! :0) Milena

Malinovka said...

Congrats on a baby girl, finally! :) I'm sure it will be the same way to get a boy into our family... Your family looks so great! Thanks for the update and the pics. It's SO great to keep in touch! Good luck keeping up with four! Love, Robyn and fam

M&M Kanet said...

Oh Karen, what adorable kids you have! I love the pics of Cali. It makes me even more excited to have our little girl. Glad you're doing well - you look great! -Marian