How Sweet She Is...

Hello All,

I'm an Auntie once again!

Kallie Josephine Ostby

was born today and weighs in at 4 pounds, 14.25 ounces!! She's 19 inches long and every inch a sweet LITTLE love!!! Mommy Carleen is doing fine and so is Baby Kallie Jo!

Instead of our planned trip to Denver this weekend (we were sad not to see you, Auntie Carrie and Uncle Matt and Grandpa Don), we drove all night last night to come to Minnesota to help celebrate Kallie's arrival. It was a long drive through Northern Nebraska as I-90 was closed in South Dakota due to the huge blizzard that hit that region earlier in the week. We finally tumbled into bed in a Minneapolis hotel this morning around 5:00. We got up around 9:30, the kids swam and then we met Uncle Nic, Auntie Heather and Cousins Cierra and Rhiannan at the Mall of America so the kids could play at Lego Land. While at the mall trying to peek in the windows of the new-not-yet-opened-to-Kindrid's-dismay American Girl (why didn't you tell me, Pat?) store, we got the call that Kallie was here. We went to the hospital, surprised Carleen, Jeff and Grandma Marge very much and got to see our new niece/cousin. A supper at Famous Daves with family and a trip to REI (if we couldn't do it in Denver, Carrie, we were determined to get it done in The Cities!!) rounded out a very full day! Tomorrow we will get to see Grandma Mary, Pa Ben and Pa Tim and visit Kallie a bit more. Then, it's drive all day Monday to return to Casper. I'm sure we'll be tired but are so happy we could be here to share this time with family and meet this precious little gift!

Have a great rest of the weekend!
Christy