10 lbs 10 ozs

Thursday Aug. 5th our second daughter arrived, arrived in a big way! Check out the title. That's right. That's her weight. All the nurses kept asking if Val had Gestational Diabetes which she didn't. After the docters pulled her out you can hear them all talking amongst themselves saying "Look how big she is" - "I bet she's nine pounds" - "I bet she's bigger" - "She's a whopper"

Needless to say Val gave birth to a 3 month old beautiful baby girl.

Sydney Raelyn Pitcavage

Her middle name is a combination of Val's Dads first name and her Mom's middle name. Sydney is derived from old english and means Wide Island. Rae, though represents her dads name, is a shortened form of Rachel. From Hebrew Rachel or Rae means Ewe. Lynn from the Welsh form of Llyn means Lake. And of course Pitcavage means Three wolves howling at the moon.

So if you put it all together her name beautifully means: The ewe that roams the wide island sips water from the lake with three wolves that howl at the moon.

John's segment is over.

Now onto Valerie.

I apologize for my hubby's "over the top" and weird version of the birth of our daughter. The first part is true about the nurses betting on how much she weighed. I had a scheduled c-section and good thing I did considering her size. My body didn't want to go into labor so we ended up scheduling it a week after my due date. This time was a little less stressful since we knew what to expect and it wasn't an emergency surgery like with Sage. Sydney is beautiful and chubby. She has such a cute round face and looks different than her big sister. So far she's been a content little thing but not too keen on sleeping at night. John has been an amazing husband and has gotten up with her all through the night so I can rest. My mom is here helping thank goodness. I probably would've lost my mind by now if she wasn't here. If only she could stay forever and help me! Anyone up for being my nanny without pay? It'll bring lots of blessings! :) Sage so far seems cool with having the baby around. She likes to call her baby all the time and last night she tried feeding Sydney bread while she was sleeping. She also likes to poke her face and tell us where her eyes, nose, ears, and mouth are. The cutest thing of all is when Sage gives her kisses. Anyway, we feel so blessed to have another special little spirit come into our family. Here are a few pictures of baby Sydney!

Our first family picture. Sage wasn't in the best mood so this is the best we could do.

Here we are right before leaving the hospital

Sydney sleeping on her Daddy's chest. How cute!

Sydney close-up

Sydney with her "NiNi"