The visitors

A family of four, including a newborn and a toddler, can only handle each other for so long inside a hospital room, so it's nice to have visitors. We had lots of those during Anni and Colin's four-day hospital stay, and more once they got home. We appreciate everyone's time, company and desire to be there. 

Here are a few of the snapshots from the hospital stay and at home.

Might as well start with the aunts, since they were the first to oh-so-gently ask me to give up Colin so they could hold him shortly after he was born. "Oh, yeah, I suppose you want to do that," I said.

The grandmas

The grandpas 

"Fertility" cousin Luke (ask for an explanation)

Colin's cousins: Samantha, Jacob and Randy

Jenee and Greg visited the house soon after Anni and Colin came home.

Last but not least, a visit from our friends the Singels confirmed that we are, indeed, now a party of eight, which means restaurants must push tables together for a group that just a short time ago squeezed into a booth. Think that's no big deal? It feels like we've given up the cozy sedan for a mini-van.

Colin's apparently so sweet that Dan and Erin's son, Mason, wanted a nibble.