Hayden John

On January 20th, Zach, Nicole, big brother Colin and all the rest of us welcomed a new addition into the world - Hayden John. We are so excited to have Hayden in the family; we love his name, as all good Hawkeye fans should. He is very cute, content, and makes snort sounds when he breathes. Audrey and Luke were very excited to meet him, although hesitant to touch or hold him immediately. But after about ten minutes and once I started changing his diaper, Audrey jumped right in to help. Before he was born we talked about her helping change is diaper, because she is very good at putting diapers on her baby dolls. She helped put the clean diaper on and then snapped his clothes back up. Together we gave him a bottle, although she wanted to do it all on her own. She even wiped milk off of his face. Then she held him for quite a while. It was very adorable and amazing how instinctual it was for her to care for him.
p.s. ya'll can just refrain from any comments like, "She would make a great big sister!," or anything pertaining to a third child. That won't be happening unless you have lots of money to give us or we win the lottery.