This summer, my cousin David and his wife welcomed their first child into the world. The three of them are in town this week, so it gave us a chance to meet Obadiah for the first time. (In case you don’t know my cousin, I’ll tell you that Obadiah is the spitting image of David when he was a baby!)
Avery was very excited to hold Obadiah, although she didn’t really know what she was getting herself into. She wasn’t expecting him to cry!
Here, she’s ready for someone to take him away.
Now she’s practically shoving him off her lap and saying, “Take him, Mommy!”
My mom made these holiday sweatshirts for the kids. Then she requested a group picture. We managed to get a pretty good one. But you won’t understand what it took to get three squirmy kids to sit still until you see these outtakes:
Obadiah is the only calm and patient one. That won’t last very long!
He was such a good boy that I took a few more pictures of him after Avery and Joel had enough of the photo session.
All night, Avery kept Kim company while she fed Obadiah. Avery pulled up a rocking chair, grabbed and baby and started soothing the baby by rocking and patting her. It’s always fun to watch her playing with her babies.
Two months is a long time to wait to see David, Kim and Obadiah again. We’ll get some more cuddle time with Obadiah at Christmas!