Harriett, Sweet Harriett

So, so (so, so very!) happy to introduce Harriett Anne Burt...

Better known as Hattie.
Our sweet little girl.

Also known as:
Miss Hattie and Blaarf Baby, by her big sister;

Hatters (by her big brother);

Hattie Anne (by her mommy) or, simply, Harriett (by her daddy).

Born at 9:32 p.m. on Tuesday, August 13, 2013

7 lbs. 1 oz.
19 inches long
(Though the doctor says they must have measured wrong a birth, as it's highly unlikely that she's grown 2.5 inches in two weeks—especially because she hasn't been a great eater.)

We are over the moon, even at 1:30, 3:15 and 4:50 in the morning.



Please forgive the belated announcement, now 2 1/2 weeks in to our life with three little Burts. It's been so long, we feel a bit like first-time parents all over again in all the best ways. Soaking in every second of this sweet time that is already going by far too quickly.

Yes, that is one dimple of her matching set. Love, love, love.

And even though the transition to three on the first week of school for our second-grader(!) and his principal dad has been, well, a transition, nothing has ever felt more natural than the sweet little chaos of a crying newborn, her doting albeit competitive big sister and their easygoing big brother who suddenly seems all too grown up to his weepy postpartum mom.

Though I do not love staying at the hospital, I always get a little sad when my babies are old enough to head home.

Much more to come. But for now, please allow me to show off my adorable little girl...