Because Aunty Beth asked....

....so I'm posting pictures of Ashley in her swing!

A wonderful tool for Mommy to be able to get some work done when Danielle is napping!

And here she is almost all the way asleep....

...and she's asleep.....and absolutely adorable!!

Ashley Jean Platt

born February 4, 2009 at 9:03pm

6 lbs., 10 oz.

20" long

She's here!!! And she's beautiful!!! (I might be biased....) We're all at home and doing well -- family that's been here is so happy that they got to meet her before having to leave. We had quite a different experience this time around; Danielle was born after 26 hours of labor in the hospital and this time Ashley was born after only an hour or so. I think somewhere in between might be ideal. I was checked at 8:30 and was still only 2 cm, then contractions REALLY picked up and Ashley was born 33 minutes later at 9:03. The nurse was trying to get an IV into me to be able to give me some sort of drugs (I was begging for them) but we never even got that far -- she had to run get help when she glanced down and saw Ashley's head....and so only Bob and Beth were in the room when Ashley joined us! 2 seconds later there were lots of nurses everywhere, but Ashley was already crying on her own before they got there. Anyways, enjoy the pictures and hopefully I'll get around to catching up with everyone soon!

Danielle is very impressed with her new sister -- Auntie Beth had fun helping her to say hello!

Giving the baby a kiss!