Nixon loving her brother

How can you resist?
All snuggled into mom's sling

Pictures

Here are some pictures of our little Link from the last couple of weeks. As of this morning he weighed in at a little over 9 pounds! He is growing so quick:( We are loving every minute of little Lincoln, even those at 4 in the morning. He is such a sweet baby that just wants to cuddle...so we do... all day :)

Some teaser photos from a shoot we had done when he was 5 days old. Our very talented friend Amanda took these. Her website Amandaelpersphotography.com has all her info if you are

looking for some great family photos.

Video Time

Big smiley!

We Need Your Help!!

As most of you may already know, Natalie's father, Lee Richards, was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. He is currently in his 3rd round of chemotherapy and is fighting this awful disease.

On September 22, Natalie & I will be walking in The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Light The Night Walk at East Noble High School in Kendallville to raise funds to help find a cure for blood cancers. LLS is the world’s largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education and patient aid.

Please join us in the fight to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. You can help by making a contribution to our fundraising efforts for the Light The Night Walk. Help us reach our goal of raising $5,000 as a team in 2009 by making a contribution.

Here are some suggested donation amounts and the impact you can have:

$20 (Leukemia is the leading cause of cancer-related death among children under the age of 20)

$52 ($1 a week for an entire year)

$100 (100% chance for a cure in the future—with your help!)

$150 (Enough to provide one patient with financial assistance for a year)

$360 ($1 for each patient who will be diagnosed in the next 24 hours)

$500 (Enough to fund a Family Support Group for an entire year)

$1,000 (Enough to provide one patient with co-pay assistance for a year)Other (Every dollar helps us move one step closer to putting cancer out of business!)

Please sponsor us. By doing so, we will be helping save lives together. Your contribution is 100% tax deductible. In addition to your valuable sponsorship, I encourage you to join me at Light The Night by joining my team, Lee Bob’s Crew, and walking with me as we take steps towards cures. Click to DONATE or REGISTER and click the “Walk With Us” tab at the top of the page.

Thank you for supporting us in our effort to save lives!

Sincerely,

Matt & Natalie Troyer

Big Pappa with Lincoln

Family Fun Time

We have been having a lot of fun with little Lincoln. Watching every little thing he does and every noise he makes. It is pretty crazy how much we feel he has changed in his first few days of life.

Great Grandma Troyer, Vickie, Lindsey & Jenny all came down yesterday to visit Lincoln. Sorry Jenny we didn't get a picture of you with him since you were scared! :)

Aaron & Jenny Lee got him a pretty sweet outfit as well so we will see how long he can keep it clean tonight.

Grandpa Lee's sister Pat got Lee and Lincoln similar hawaiian shirts so we get some pictures of them together today.

The dogs are warming up to Lincoln and we are impressed with how they have handled it. Nevada is pretty concerned with him when he is crying or making noises and Nixon just kinda stays away and doesn't understand what he is or why he is moving around.

Nevada is trying to get back in the #1 spot with her mother. We don't think she will be able to steal that spot from little Lincoln though.

I'm sure we have a biased opinion, but it seems he gets even more cute every picture we take. This is currently in top place.

That's all for now. More to come.