Officially the Big Brother!

Did you hear the news?! I'm officially a big brother! Brie came home yesterday and I was excited to finally meet her!

Mom and Dad bundled up Brie for the air-conditioned car, even though it was nearly 100 degrees outside! Back home, the grandparents and I put a pink "Baby Girl" balloon on the mailbox to welcome her!

I was pretty surprised with how small (and cute!) Brie is! Did you notice that I wore my Italia t-shirt just for the occasion??

At first, I just examined her. "Wow," I thought. "Was I ever that tiny? I fit in there??"

I admired her tiny toes...

And then I did what all good big brothers do, I offered her my favorite toy: Dad's old UVa basketball. I wanted her to know that there are great toys here and she's going to be very happy.

I think she liked it, though the whole experience made her pretty sleepy!

Check out Brie with the two nonnas!

Sleeping angel...

Our new family of four!

In conclusion, my sister Brie is great! She looks a bit like me, but with Jane Wiedlin's haircut. Pretty cool!

P.S. Another perk to Baby Brie's arrival: Uncle Fred and Aunt Claudia sent us a feast of honey-baked ham, mashed potatoes, greenbean casserole and chocolate cake! Mom and Dad claim they sent something similar right after I was born, but for some reason, I don't have a memory of it...

P.P.S. In case anyone's wondering, Jack says he wishes Mom and Dad had brought home a puppy from the hospital...instead of another baby. Oh, well!