Random Pictures from this Fall

This fall I have cleaned up a lot of messes. As Lincoln is more mobile, he is getting into much more than I ever thought possible. One of my friends actually has taken pictures of some of the messes to remember.  I think these were mostly from September or October.

This was his first time (and last for a little while) trying to feed himself yogurt! He had a grand time.

Who knew refridgerators and dishwashers could be the best toys?

I didn't know he was tall enough to reach onto the counter to pull the after Halloween candy corn down. Glad he's enjoying them:)

We have a jar where we keep some extra cash on hand. It must have been somewhere he got to it. He took the lid off and boy, does he love that money!

I am pretty sure this tape was from my undergraduate days at BYU, a recording of me evaluating a student. Oh well, not sure I would ever listen to it again anyway....

Well he has been SO FUN though. Lincoln is making so many more sounds and we love him a ton. He's so sweet to us.

Here are some more pictures from the last 2 or 3 months...

Vance just got me these beautiful lillies...just because...that was the best part. He's the best.

Lincoln just enjoying some cereal....

My friend Heidi taught me how to make these "flower" headbands out of clothing, or old shirts. So I have made a ton with all different types of old shirts that I don't wear anymore. Black, grey, light pink, dark pink, white, yellow and a variety of combinations. They look awesome. I have been crafty and it feels great.

At first I just wanted to see if this certain headband would fit a child about his age (and it did) and wanted to see how it looked. Honestly, it then was just kind of funny so I left it on him for a while. The headbands don't even bother Lincoln. It was kind of cute!! I tried to imagine that if he was a girl, or just had longer blonde hair, what it would look like. It kind of makes me want to have a girl next!

We made gingerbread houses this weekend for fun after we delivered some Christmas goodies to neighbors. I wish I had bought more candy to add more to the house, but, oh well. It was a great night though.

SPEECH-LANG PATHOLOGIST/PRESCHOOL TEACHER:

That's my new role at one of the school's I worked at last year.  At the beginning of this fall, I was working 4 or 5 hours a month at a middle school in the area. Whenever someone asked if I was working, it was hard to say yes or no, because I was working so little! In November, I took over a language-based preschool class for a fellow speech-language pathologist.  I work Mondays and Tuesdays right now and will most likely pick up even more hours in January.  I am the preschool teacher/SLP for the whole class and it has been great! The first week was a little hard, but it has been so much better. I have ten 4 and 5 year old kids in my class. There are also two aids helping me in the classroom.  We have been making some awesome Christmas crafts lately and I feel like I am getting the hang of being a preschool teacher better and really helping them learn language concepts. I still work on day a month at the middle school as well, so its nice to have the variety of ages too. Because Lincoln has been with a babysitter those days (with mothers who have kids his ages) he has become great friends with them, and his stranger-anxiety has decreased, so that's a plus.