13. You took to a bottle right away, easy as pie.

Just when Mama was about to feed you this evening, she was suddenly stricken by the most severely excruciating pain she had ever felt in her entire life. There was no way she was going to be able to do it, but all the same, you kept getting hungrier and hungrier. So Daddy asked the nurses for a bottle of infant formula and you gulped an ounce of it right down and settled down contentedly to sleep.

Now Mama is feeling much better than she was then. With any luck we won't have to use any more of this formula, but it's nice to know that you're so wonderfully adaptable when we need you to be.

Joanna, I think you're a wonderful little girl and I'm honored that I get to be your daddy your whole life. It's an amazing feeling just to be able to provide for you and satisfy you.

One other thing. Today we brought your big sister Ellie to meet you. She said, after much prompting from us: "baby Jo-nan-na!" Tomorrow I hope she will get to "hold" you. I'm so excited to see how you two will get along with each other.