Nixon through the lens of Alicia Lowry

My sister, Alicia, is a really good photographer and she took some pics of Nixon today that were really cute.  We wanted to share them with everyone.  He is three weeks, four days old.

Thank you Alicia for the photos!

More Nixon Pictures

Just thought you might want to see more pictures of Nixon. He is such a good baby. He is awake a lot more these days. He loves to just hang out and stare at you with his cute little face... that's all he can do at this point!

The Many Faces of Nixon : )

The "I have no neck and my clothes are too big" face.

The yawn face or The "I'm practicing for the dentist" face.

The roar face.

The "Oops, I'm crapping my pants" face.

The stretching face (This one is our favorite... it's so cute).

The "Yo, I brought the Milkies, now, where's my popcorn?" face
or it could be
The "I'm trying to be like the baby on the E*Trade commercials" face.

The "I'm practicing my left hook" face.

The sad "Stop trying to wake me up" face.

The "Give me your boobs" face.

How can you...

...wake up to this in the morning and not want to kiss his precious face off! He's so cute with his little hands being used as a pillow for his head.

Welcome to the world, Nixon Lloyd Brown

On Friday we went to the doctor's office for a checkup and Dr. Bean decided that he wanted to induce Mallory the next day.  So, at 6:40 a.m. on Saturday, the hospital called us and told us to come in.  They began inducing her around 10 a.m.  She got the epidural just before noon when she was dilated to a 4.  Two hours later she was fully dilated and soon thereafter she began to push.  Forty minutes later, at 3:11 p.m. little Nixon was welcomed to the world and I cut the umbilical cord.  He weighed in a 7 pounds, 3 ounces and was 19 inches long.  He had some respiratory problems for the first little bit, but has managed to become a very healthy boy.

Mallory did a great job.  She's a champ.  She didn't seem like giving birth was very tough at all.  She said it was easier than she expected it to be.  However, she is definitely feeling the effects of it today.  :(  She said that no one ever tells you about the pain the day after you give birth.  You always hear about the screaming and pain during the birthing process, but the next day is rarely mentioned.

Anyway, I love Mallory very much.  Seeing the whole process just blew my mind and added a whole new dimension of love.  Little Nixon is much cuter than I imagined ;)  But he is a very tired boy and just wants to do nothing but sleep.  He's so tender and I love him to death.  Here are some pictures so you can love him too!