oh so cute!!

"Keep Growing" Nathanael!  (A special friend made this shirt for Abby.)

adoring brothers and sisters the morning after Nathanael was born

 So here are pictures from the first week or so of Nathanael's life for those so eager to see them.  He is so cute, and his siblings still really enjoy him, but he is a good bit fussy.  He seems to have some digestive problems.  But we love him anyway, and know that 'this too will pass.'  And in the meantime, we keep trying to cling to God's all sufficient grace.  I don't have time for much of anything but immediate daily life, which is hard sometimes.  But we are all growing in the process of it!  Growing is never easy, but it is worth it, so we are pressing on!  Enjoy the pictures!
(p.s. Sorry for the big gap between pictures as you scroll down.  Don't know why it did that and I can't figure out how to fix it.  That gap is not there in my "create and edit" page.  uuggghhh!)

Rachel holding him about an hour after he was born

Micah examining the tiny bundle

Mom and Dad with all 6 grandkids

A sweet kiss from Silas