Welcome Nolan!

Two very good friends of ours had a baby, a very beautiful and precious baby boy, on September 2nd. Kevin and Jen named their son Nolan Keith after her father. They live far away and that makes me sad, that we can't be there in two minutes, that we don't get to hang out with them all the time, that we didn't get to see the looks on their faces in person, that we have to wait until October to hold this precious baby. But Kevin, is a photographer and he has taken and posted several beautiful pictures of he and Jen and baby Nolan already and he said I could steal a few to post.

Aren't they cute!

This last one was taken at 40 weeks pregnant, she was over due by almost a week when Nolan finally made his appearance!

She is a super woman, doing it all with no pain meds at all! She had a super fast labor too, especially for a first time mom, and she and Nolan are both perfect.

Such beautiful love!

I love the one below of Kevin with his son. It captures so beautifully exactly what I hear in his voice every time we talk to him about his son!

Kevin's pouty face on Nolan's mouth!

It is so exciting for me to watch (from afar) as they have gone through this pregnancy and birthed a new family, falling completely in love with this new little person in a way only a parent can fully understand. They are tired, of course, as Nolan is now a week old, but SOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy! I remember how those first weeks went by in something of a happy sleepy haze, but I also remember things getting easier each day, by two weeks things were much easier and we were starting to get more sleep, so hang in there guys! And as both of them have expressed in their posts and on the phone, I remember being so in love with my son that I was completely happy to change diapers and walk the halls and wake up every hour or two to nurse him during the night. I can hardly believe that my son is now 1 1/2 yrs old!

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Maybe it is kind of silly to post these pics on my blog when they have all been posted already on Kevin and Jen's blogs, and anyone who knows them has probably already seen them, but I just had to. The pictures are so beautiful and I couldn't resist sharing a little of their happiness (and mine!) with all of you! I am so happy for them, so happy that two such wonderful friends have been blessed with such an incredible responsibility and joy. So here's to Kevin, Jen and Nolan! We love you and can't wait to visit in October! Don't stop posting pictures ever!