Marlow and Granddaddy

Took some cute pictures of Marlow and her Granddaddy last week goofing around with the iPod. Click on the picture below to open a window with all the pictures from the set.

Instant Beard

I have had a beard before, but this one looks a little different... and I didn't have one yesterday... Check out what some of my co-workers have been up to at Coptix today.

Me with a beard that looks very much like Joshua Goodlet's real beard.

Sleeping Cutie

I think Eliot has slept more than any of our babies. It certainly seems that way to me. He does keep Amy awake at night a good bit, though. :-/

And we both agree that adjusting to having four children has been harder that the change from 1 to 2 and from 2 to 3. I feel for parents who are blessed with more than one at a time! They must be amazingly strong...

Yesterday was our first close encounter between Marlow and Eliot. A few weeks before Eliot was born, Beth had returned a little take-along infant swing. During that time, Marlow grew fond of kicking back in it and chilling. So she wanted to sit in "her" swing yesterday but Eliot was in the way, so she started to drag him out. Fortunately Kelly was nearby and was able to intervene before any head injuries occurred.

And yes, those things do have straps. They're just so low to the ground and so impossible to fall out of, we never saw the point in using the straps... I guess now we do...

Good morning with Asa

Asa and I had a good morning getting ready for school. We've got a nice autumn chill finally settling in which opens the doors to new (and in my opinion better) wardrobe selections. Asa usually wears a T-shirt to school, but he requested a "school shirt like Ezra" which means with a collar. I picked a rugby shirt which he was pleased with.

While I was making his sandwich, he walked in and asked, "What are these kind of shirts called again?"

I said, "It's a rugby shirt."

He said, "Oh. I thought it was a turtle head."

"Turtle neck", I said.

"Oh yeah. That."

He was so cute and grown-up-looking, I couldn't resist a little spontaneous photo shoot...

Hamming it up, as usual.

This is what he did when I said to lean on the post and look "casual."

And this is him putting his arms by his side and relaxing.

Notice the new paint color behind that smiling face.

Politely asking, "OK, can we be done now?"

More pictures of Eliot

Well, I haven't been able to take and post more pictures of Eliot yet, but Lica visited us this weekend and has posted some on her blog here. She also had some very flattering things to say about our family in general, so you should definitely read it. :-) Thanks Lica!

Eliot Stuart Nichols

Ezra, Asa, and Marlow welcome their new baby brother, Eliot Stuart Nichols.



Eliot was born just before 1:00 giving Ezra quite the surprise when he got home from school. This picture was taken when Ezra got home (Eliot's age: 2.5 hours). Amy is doing great. Eliot is doing great. God blessed us with our quickest smoothest birth experience yet. Come on by if you are able. We're happy to show off our new son!

Oh yeah. He was 8 lbs. 6 oz.