A New Addition

It's been far too long since we've had our new addition and haven't introduced her to the world via blog, although most of you have already seen her on facebook. Our new baby girl here is Marici Rath, born 18 May 2010 at around 11:30am, weighing in at a 7lbs2oz and a height of 19 inches, our shortest, fattest baby thus far. She's grown up quite beautifully over the last 5 months now, and we can hardly believe that it has already been that long.

We named her Marici, which is Sanskrit for stars, following our Kiran, Oriya for rays of sunshine, and Nisha, Oriya for moonlight. Joram's first name is Jagadish, Hindi for Lord of the Universe, so with all of them together we have, as Joram always says, the entire outer space.

The kids all love having a baby sister, although when we first told them we were having a girl Joram said, "Awww, can we have another one and make it a boy?" The girls are both extremely fond of her, especially Nisha, who gets her out of bed and changes her diapers nearly every morning.

Marici already has a giggle and a smile that lights up the room, and we love to make her laugh. She has been a wonderful change to our otherwise hum-drum lives, and we look forward to seeing her grow and mature like the her siblings.