Here's an excerpt of an e-mail that my mom fowarded to me today about my cousin Christina. The original e-mail is written by her sister and my oldest first cousin Gina:
Noah Benjamin [last name is deleted by me-sorry ] was born on May 5th! He weighed 8 pounds and 1 ounce.
> He's 21 inches long. He has tons of hair and 20 minutes after being born
>he was cooing at all of us!! I mean he was really making eye contact and
>making happy sounds!! It was incredible. She had to be induced because
>although her body was ready, she wasn't having any contractions - she was
>also 5 days overdue. She and Jason handled everything very well, and are
>going to be great parents.
>
>They are going home from the hospital today. Christina just looks so
>happy..... (and a little bit like a deer in the headlights! ha ha ha).
My mom is excited about becoming a great-aunt again. Noah is her second great-nephew. Jason married my cousin 2 years ago next month--this is the first grandchild for his parents.