Meeting Linus

On Saturday, September 18th, we drove to Vermont to visit the newest member of the family, and Kelley and Jason, of course!  It was also our first time seeing their new house, a cozy log cabin on the side of a mountain.

   

The kids meet their new cousin.

They can't take their hands off him!

 

Linus David was born 9/16, weighing 8lbs, 4oz. We had the honor of being able to share in his first days at home.

Merlyn and Berkleigh were very excited  to hold Linus for the first time.

So were Carter and Myles.

So were Bryan and I. 

I know you're asking, "Where's the picture of your first time holding this sweet baby?" Well, I did (of course!) hold him, and there is a picture of that first moment, but Bryan took the picture, and it was very blurry.  Unlike me (who takes dozens of shots of the same picture to account for closed eyes, unnatural expressions, etc) Bryan takes one picture and he's done.  So, instead of a picture of me holding Linus, here are a couple of pictures of Linus wearing the hat that I knit for him.

What a handsome model!

Comfy hat/warm head = sound sleep!

More pictures of Linus, just because I know many of you are starved for pictures, since (as Alison says) Kelley and Jason live in Narnia now.  Plus it's easy to take pictures of such a cute little man.

"Hhmmm..."

Look at the adorable frown lines!

Linus is precious.

The first of many traditional "cousin pictures".

Hopefully we'll be able to get more pictures soon.  It's been more than a week since we've seen Linus, and I'm sure he's changed already.  Congratulations to the proud new parents!