New Visitor in Services

According to the doctor, Raquel was supposed to make her appearance sometime around January 17. Instead, she was born December 30, in time to watch the New Year's fireworks display, although I doubt she did. Her parents, Roberto and Militina (Mili), however, had a good view from the third floor of the hospital. Everything went well, and Mili got to come home on New Year's Day.

In this photo, taken with a cell phone, Abbie is holding Raquel, who's about a week old in the picture. Her brother, Nataniel, is 3 now. Somewhere in an old album, I'm sure we could find a picture of Abbie holding her own "Raquel". Our first child, Rachel, was also born in the month of December, but that was in another century.