little ashland mary ward is the first girl born into the ward family in 100 years. the last time the indiana family welcomed a girl was back in the early 1900s. and the proud parents expect their family will delight in a little girl and have already received plenty of gifts first girl porn to the family in a hundred years. >>> employees at logan airport in boston are giving this pup a home for the holidays. whopper's owner didn't have the proper paperwork to take him along with her to spain. when airport workers couldn't find a pet sitter they told his owner they would take turn caring for him. >> if you trust us we'll take him you go to spain have christmas and new year's he'll be here healthy. >> workers have been e-mailing pictures and updates to the owner every single day. >>> the 5th day of hanukkah. in laguna beach california people had a perfectly appropriate celebration. the a surfboard menorah was put up. each board with oil lamps attached to the noses. they will will be lighting a 6th one in laguna beach. >>> twin talking babies who seem to understand each

ashley mary ward arrived and their parents she would be a boy just like everyone else born in the familyhe early 1900s. >> i have three brothers and it was going to bribing the streak. >> she broke a string of five generations, the dad says never had so much pink in the house. >> douth down south, a strict schedule is being followed to get the floats ready for the rose parade. this year's theme is just imagine. among companies is purina, kaiser and paramount pictures. they will step off pasadena boulevard a week from today. always a fun time in southern california. here a lisa argen with the cold and the fog. >> temperatures in the low 70s all week long for southern california. back home, this is a nice time lapse from emeryville camera, all the clouds, low clouds, looks like a summertime pattern. we see more clouds to start out tomorrow. high pressure dominating our weather, not only for tomorrow but most of the week. couple opportunities coming for rain mainly in the north bay. 68 in los angeles, back home we'll see more mid and upper 50s with partly cloudy skies. areas of dense fog in

. >> ashland and mary ward was born to chris and meggen who have a son and expected this one would alsoe a boy. >> one of my older brothers, i have three brothers, he said he called it a girl and i was going to break the streak, in his words i was going to choke. >> ashland is the first female born in the ward family in about a century. it has been five generations. since the last ward girl back in the early 1900s. >> i think probably the most common comment is this girl is goes to be spoiled like no other girl in history. >> and they're already starting to notice with all of the gifts they've received. >> lots of pink. >> never so much pink in our house before. >> i told megan, show will have to sit close to me, because i will have no idea how to dress a girl. >> good practice for all of the males in the ward family. >> i told my oldest nephew, now he has to start the streak of girls for the next 100 years. >> the end of the boy streak in the ward family, already has the approval of ashland's brother owen. >> ach hey, owen, ashland is -- >> a girl! >> awesome. >> nice big brother. that

. >> ashland mary ward was born to chris and megan ward who already have a son and expected this one also be a boy. >> one of my older brothers, i have three brothers, he said he had called it a girl and i was going to break the streak in his words, i was going to choke. >> reporter: ashland is the first female born in the ward family in about a century. it has been five generations since the last ward girl, back in the early 1900s. >> i think probably the most common comoant comment is this girl is going to be spoiled like no other girl in history. they already started to notice with all of the gifts they have received. >> lots of pink. >> never had so much pink in our house before. >> i told megan, she is going to need to set out clothes for me because i will have no idea how to dress a girl. >> it will be good practice for all of the males in the ward family. >> i told my oldest nephew, he has to start the streak of girls, for the next 100 years. >> the end of the boy streak in the ward family already has the approval of ashland's brother owen. >> hey, owen, ashland is -- >> a gir

. >> ashlynn mary ward was born on saturday to chris and megan ward, who already have a son and expectedthat i was going to break the streak, in his words that i was going to choke. >> ashlynn is the first female born in the ward family in about a century. it's been five generations since the last ward girl back in the early 1900s. >> i think probably the most common comment is this girl's going to be spoiled like no other girl in history. >> and they're already starting to notice with all the gifts they've received. >> pink. lots of pink. >> never had so much pink in our house before. >> i told megan she's going to need to set out clothes for me because i'm going to have no idea how to dress a girl. >> it will be good practice for all the males in the ward family. >> i told my oldest nephew now he has to start the streak of girls for the next 100 years. >> reporter: the end of the boys' streak in the ward family already has the approval of ashlynn's brother, owen. >> hey, owen, ashlynn is? >> a girl. >> five generations without a baby girl. isn't that incredible? >> wow! and the girls l

ward three council member mary shay has sent out a survey asking people a number of questions about what they want in taxi cabs, including what colors they should be. it's part of a proposed amendment to improvement cab service in and around d.c. >>> getting ready to place their bids on this building, the west heating plant on water front. the federal government decided to sell the building. the four seasons is one of the businesses that wants to buy the structure. they say they would convert it into residents while keeping the building's historic facade. >> the preliminary architectural drawings that i show show a park right here. if they do that, i'll be happy. >> other plans could call for tearing the product temperature down. neighbors want to see the structure stay since it is one of the last buildings left highlighting georgetown's industrial path. >>> the "today" show is coming up next at 7:00. let's check in with matt lauer to see what they're working on early on this thursday morning. good morning, matt. >> angie, good morning to you. coming up on a thursday here, the last minut