Baby Announcement & Newborn Pics

We got some pictures taken, and a friend of mine made this darling baby announcement!

My sister came to visit for a week, and I didn't realize how exhausted I was until she came and I was actually able to take a nap! It was so much fun to have her here to help. She left her hubby in charge of her three kids to come take care of me & my boys! I have the best sister ever! Thanks again Jill and Nate!

Then my parents came the last day that my sister was here, so we left Dad & Papa in charge and us girls went to get lunch & pedicures at Red Rock, and it was heavenly! My sister and I got carded trying to enter the poolside bar, which is always an emotional boost! ;)

My sister and dad have both gone home now (tears!), but my mom has the summer off so she's the lucky one that gets to stay! She's reading Mockingjay, so she has to juggle grandson time, naps, and reading such an addicting book.

The rest of us are doing well. Lincoln is gaining weight like a champ, and today he measured 9 lbs 5 oz. Jayden is the most helpful big brother ever! He loves to pat Lincoln's back to help burp him, and now he pats everyone's back and says "BURP!!" He's such a boy.

When we got our pictures taken, there was one pose that we didn't buy, but Jayden was laying on his back and we put Lincoln on his chest. A few days later I was feeding Lincoln and Jayden wanted to help, so I told him to go get his 'baby' (yes, he has a baby doll, and if he can beat up on the doll instead of his brother, we have no problem with that!), and he recreated the exact pose with his baby, it was so cute.

And Brian and I are in survival mode, trying to get by on what little sleep we get-which, between a newborn and Jayden cutting his molars and deciding that 5 am is an acceptable time to rise and shine, no matter what time bedtime is-is not much.

Well, I'd best be going, I can hear the double nap timer ticking away!