Katie’s Big Brothers, photo by Harold Davis.

I took Julian and Nicky into the NICU this morning to see their baby sister Katie Rose for the first time.

The big brothers are shown in this photo peering into Katie’s isolette.

Katie, who continues to progress well, knock knock on wood, was sleeping peacefully. When she heard her brothers, she opened her eyes a little, waved an arm, and went back to sleep.

Both boys indicated they would defend their baby sister to the death, and backed it up by demonstrating fencing poses in the NICU.