Well, here they are. Sorry the last couple were blurry but they were very wiggly and Panda thinks "blogging, particularly the part about taking pictures of her babies for blogging, particularly when they need feeding, constant feeding, and why weigh them when you can tell they're doing fine by their vigor and fat bellies".... Ok, ok, Panda has all her babies back and she's much more content.

First one to arrive at 1:45 was this black girl who weighs 10.5 oz. I think I will call her Raven.

Then at 2:10 a blue girl. She weighs 11 oz. And her name will be Cora. Cora was the childhood name of Persephone, Queen of the Underworld.

Then at 2:25 another blue girl with a lot of white on her head. 9.5 oz. Her name is Fae. It means "fairy" and one gave her two blue kisses.

A bitty black girl came at 2:40 and struggled for a bit at first. A tiny star on the back of her neck. 7 oz. I would like to call her Shade.


This girl came next at 3pm. Weight 8 oz. Leila means "night beauty."

Then my itty-bitty blue girl at 3:50. She had a tough time at first but is holding on strong now even at just 6 oz. Downright feisty about her turn at the milkbar. Her name is Elysia which means struck by lightning. Elysia comes from the Greek Elysion (Latinized as 'Elysium'). Elysium was a part of the Greek underworld roughly equivalent to our idea of 'heaven'. Elysium is an obscure and mysterious name that evolved from a designation of a place or person struck by lightning.

And just when I thought all we'd get were girls along came a beautiful clear black boy at 4:10. (No visible points yet.) He's 12 oz. and I will name him Boo. I'm sure he's going to be full of surprises.