Then there were six

Rayana Amara Zavala has arrived to our family. She was a healthy 9lbs 4ozs and 19 inches long. Damian, Amaye and Marcus have adjusted wonderfully so far. Damian and Amaye have been very helpful. They have been very loving with their new sister. Marcus is so affectionate with Rayana. I was hoping he wouldn't have a hard time, but this is much more than I could have wished for. He is very aware of her and concerned when she cries. He wants to hold her and calls her, "my baby".



Rayana is a very vocal baby. While nursing and when she is just being talked or sung to she lets you know she is in the room. She is able to pick up her head and track a person from one side of the room to another. They say that at this age they don't get use to the arms, but she seems to be calmer when she is in my arms, at night or during the day.



A Double Cross



She officially baptized me into the motherhood for a fourth time. In the middle of the night in a sleepy fog I was changing her diaper and she got me. I had a fresh diaper that she soiled with number 1, then as I got a second fresh diaper she got me again with number 2! I had to laugh because it was a rookie move and you would think with my fourth child I would know better. I had to change all her clothes and the sheets. She wont get me again! I hope!