23 Ws

Together today at Grandpop and Grandma Ewa's house. All twelve cousins from Wesley to Charlotte. Nine aunt sister uncle  brothers. Two grandparents. An unlimited supply of delicious brunch fare. And a teeny tiny amount of candy in baskets. I wore jeans. Lincoln insisted on wearing this:

And who are we to deny him such a simple pleasure when he clearly enjoyed it more than he enjoyed all the easter candy. A lot more. While the babies got passed around, all the older W cousins sat like quiet, demure sugar-free angels on the steps: 
And Orson got some snuggles from Anna.
And there was some healthy snacking had by babies.

And, thankfully, quite a bit of baby snoozing (l to r: Orson, Zephyr, Charlotte).
A wonderful family day.

GrandPop and Grama Ewa to the rescue

We are incredibly lucky to have willing help from our families. 

This week, GrandPop covered the early evening shifts with John, ran one end of numerous pirate ship battles Lincoln, wielded bottles and diaper cream and was completely unfazed by all the crying going on around here. By the time Grama Ewa got here on the weekend to shoulder some of the bottle duty, we were infinitely more rested and GrandPop surely (though he denied it) was exhausted.

GrandPop & Grama Ewa visit

At Grandpop and Grandma Ewa's house

...for Easter.




The sun was shining pretty bright as Grandpop showed Linc the view out back. Wes, Anna and Rosie all got some cuddle time in too with their newest cousin. Rosie even started coming around to the idea that she is a big girl, not a baby, now. Linc took a nice nap in Aunt Catherine's old room as we all ate a delicious Ewa-prepared feast. A happy Easter indeed!

first visitors

Lots of folks made special trips to meet Lincoln.

Ritik visited in Feb. He cooked us tacos and I made him pose with Linc.


Jessica flies across the country to visit Linc, Jan 31.


Gram, Great Aunts Linda and Nancy, and Great Grandmother Snell come for a visit Jan 30. Three generations in this photo.

Uncle Dan, Aunt Deb and cousins Wesley, Anna and Rosemary came for a visit on Jan 16. They brought whiskey and lunch. John and Dan drained the booze while the rest of us ran around like crazy people.


Grampa thinks Linc has an 'interesting' face. Jan 12.


Emily flew across the country and held Linc on Jan 9.


Gram came to meet him on Jan 7 and got in some snuggling.


Uncle Pat, Aunt Sarah and cousin Julia (+1 unknown cousin) were happy to meet Linc too.


Grama was there in the hospital, and just up the street thereafter. Here to rock Linc to sleep on Jan 5.


GrandPop and Grandma Ewa, on Dec 31. One of them did most of the holding.

Uncle Pete, Aunts Maralene and Deanna and cousins Evie and Pete were there from the start. Here on Dec 30, our first day home, Evie and Lincoln get their first (of probably many) pictures taken together.