It's a boy!



I am so happy and proud to tell you all that we have a new (and very adorable) addition to our family! After a long 10 months, my sister finally had her baby last week, and he is THE cutest little guy.  Meet my newest nephew, Hayden Matthew:



I was super lucky to be able to head out to Massachusetts for the last few weeks to help out a bit, and hang with Hayden's two big sisters, and my sister and brother-in-law.  Our other sister, Elisa, flew in from North Carolina for a few days as well, and it was a huge treat to have everyone all together.  In between chasing after kiddos, burping Hayden, watching princess movies, reading stories, re-learning how to roller skate (the good old brown boot and 4-wheels in a square kind), and racing around to school pickups and dropoffs, I took a ton of photos. Here are a few from his first day:




His fingernails were a little long when he was born, so my sister Stacey got to work and fixed that up right away with a little baby manicure. 

 

 

Checking out this so-called "Mom" person.... 



This was a couple days later, and he already looks older to me here.

 

Napping on the cow boppy....

 

On Hayden's 1 week birthday, we took him apple picking. It's sort of a fall tradition in our family, and we wanted to get out and do it while we were all together.  We had a gorgeous day, and we all made ourselves sick on apples.  You just never know what each tree will taste like, so you really do have to try them all....

Hayden's little feet hanging out of the snuggly were too cute. 

 

My sister Elisa and the siamese apple no one wanted to eat:

 

Stace & Hayden in the orchard (he's too little for cake, so we picked him a birthday-week apple).
 
And...I had to throw in one shot of me and my sisters (who are both the best moms in the world).  We all live in different states now so we don't get to see each other very often, and it was awesome spending time together.  I miss you guys already!  Love you!

While I was in Massachusetts I also shot a few other family portraits, so stay tuned for posts on those coming soon!

Posted: Fri - September 29, 2006 at 08:12 PM          

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