This is a cute video that we took in 3 or so months ago, in early February.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Lincoln's Personality
It has been fun to see Lincoln's personality shine through more and more each day. I think these pictures show a little bit of what goes on in this boy's mind.
Lincoln recently discovered that he can drag our chairs around the house and get to fun (off limits) places and things. The bathroom sink is probably his favorite place in the house.
Hair gel in the fish bowl... I wonder why the fish are dead?
Getting caught eating fruit is never a bad thing.
As a side note, I am starting to think Lisa is hoping for a baby girl when she puts his hair in a pony tail... or maybe she's going for an ancient Samurai look.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
18 Months Old and Newborn Videos
Lincoln turned 18 months old last weekend. We can't believe how big he is. We saw our new pediatrician here this week and he is fantastic!
The nurses and doctor were so good with Lincoln. They really talked and played with him to help him feel comfortable. Lincoln was a little scared at first. He actually cried when the nurse was trying to measure and weight him. But he didn't even cry when he got his shot. Oh, and Lincoln is even bigger than we thought! His stats are:
Weight: 27 lbs 11 oz./90%ile
Height: 35 inches/95+%ile
Head: 19.2 inches/95%ile
Our lives definitely revolve around Lincoln (that is why every blog post is about him). He brings us so much joy. I am so grateful that I can be his mother. It has helped me understand more about our Savior Jesus Christ's love for each of us. Being his mother is the best. It has been more work than I thought, but has been more joyous and FUN too!
Lately I have been thinking about when he was younger and how much he has changed. I've watched many of the videos that we have taken of him. Tonight I was reminiscing about the time when he was born and we were in the hospital. Here Lincoln is just 2 hours after birth. It must have been about 1:30 AM in the morning, and were were all exhausted but on some adrenaline too!
Here is another one. It is super cute but his cry will melt your heart!
The nurses and doctor were so good with Lincoln. They really talked and played with him to help him feel comfortable. Lincoln was a little scared at first. He actually cried when the nurse was trying to measure and weight him. But he didn't even cry when he got his shot. Oh, and Lincoln is even bigger than we thought! His stats are:
Weight: 27 lbs 11 oz./90%ile
Height: 35 inches/95+%ile
Head: 19.2 inches/95%ile
Our lives definitely revolve around Lincoln (that is why every blog post is about him). He brings us so much joy. I am so grateful that I can be his mother. It has helped me understand more about our Savior Jesus Christ's love for each of us. Being his mother is the best. It has been more work than I thought, but has been more joyous and FUN too!
Lately I have been thinking about when he was younger and how much he has changed. I've watched many of the videos that we have taken of him. Tonight I was reminiscing about the time when he was born and we were in the hospital. Here Lincoln is just 2 hours after birth. It must have been about 1:30 AM in the morning, and were were all exhausted but on some adrenaline too!
Here is another one. It is super cute but his cry will melt your heart!
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Tired Boy
Today when I was doing the lunch dishes, and Lincoln was finishing his sandwich, I realized it was unusually quiet. Usually I hear something, like "all done" or "more" or him just talking and talking. So when I looked over he had fallen asleep. We usually take naps right at this time but it looks like he couldn't wait much longer!
Speaking of sleep, he sleeps through the night again! It has been great for the past week. I still wonder if it was a combination of moving to a new home, and then I started rocking him every time before he slept (nap, bedtime, whenever he woke up, etc.) for several minutes...and then that's all he wanted when anything stirred him at night. I miss rocking him as much as I did before, but he just sleeps better now, so its better for all of us.
He is doing cute things every single day. He still loves to wave bye and everyone and everything (even the bathtub water as it drains:). He loves to identify our buttons, but he calls them "but" and its kind of cute:)
He also runs in circles and pretends to share his crackers, and then right before you eat them from his fingers he pulls them away to tease. Silly boy.
Last week he had his first kiss! There is a little girl named Makenna in our ward that he attends nursery with and they were both at our library's storytime. During the playtime segment, as they both stood on a platform, I said "Lincoln, give Makenna a hug." He did so sweetly and then decided to plant a kiss on her lips too! Kind of funny. Lincoln definitely is more affectionate these days. He loves to point out busses, balloons, and airplanes the most. Boy, I love being his mother!
Speaking of sleep, he sleeps through the night again! It has been great for the past week. I still wonder if it was a combination of moving to a new home, and then I started rocking him every time before he slept (nap, bedtime, whenever he woke up, etc.) for several minutes...and then that's all he wanted when anything stirred him at night. I miss rocking him as much as I did before, but he just sleeps better now, so its better for all of us.
He is doing cute things every single day. He still loves to wave bye and everyone and everything (even the bathtub water as it drains:). He loves to identify our buttons, but he calls them "but" and its kind of cute:)
He also runs in circles and pretends to share his crackers, and then right before you eat them from his fingers he pulls them away to tease. Silly boy.
Last week he had his first kiss! There is a little girl named Makenna in our ward that he attends nursery with and they were both at our library's storytime. During the playtime segment, as they both stood on a platform, I said "Lincoln, give Makenna a hug." He did so sweetly and then decided to plant a kiss on her lips too! Kind of funny. Lincoln definitely is more affectionate these days. He loves to point out busses, balloons, and airplanes the most. Boy, I love being his mother!
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Minnesota Life
We arrived into Minnesota just over a month ago. So far we really love it. We love our new home too. Within a few days of moving here, we had already been invited to some social events with some new friends, and since then we have been feeling even more comfortable here. We bought a brand new sofa and loveseat and got an new (to us) entertainment center. So it feels like home having all of our furniture in place.
Vance started work and he really enjoys it. He has two "business trips" between this week and the next, taking him to different states, but only for a day or two at a time, which is not bad at all.
Lincoln has adjusted to the move well. I thought it might be harder for him. Although, for some reason he is not sleeping as well at all through the nights. He usually wakes up 2-3 times EVERY night. Not sure why. Sick or not, he's up in the night. He's not tugging at his ears at all so I don't think it is an ear infection. He wakes up, wants to be held and just rocked and rocked in the rocking chair. We think he's asleep and as we try to put him back into his crib he lets out the most pitiful cry....it honestly feels like trying to get a newborn to sleep through the night again. He will then just lunge his body towards the rocking chair and pulls up the blanket over us to cuddle and rock. Several times thought the night. But last night he only woke up once, maybe this is progress!
He also brings us so much joy! I wanted to record some of the things about Lincoln, what he does, says to remember.
17 Month Old Update
1. He loves buttons, especially buttons on microwaves. He says "beep beep" when he sees them.
2. Says uh-oh a lot, and sometimes before he pushes something to fall to the ground:)
3. He loves elevators and would love to go up and down them, and of course press the buttons there too.
4. He signs a few words (more, please, thank you, milk, thirsty)
5. He will wave bye to just about everyone and everything these days.I love the way he curls his fingers and has his palm facing him when he waves, so cute.
6. Up until a week ago, when he signed "thirsty" he would touch his nose that made it look like he was picking his nose. Ha! Now he's got it, though.
7. He is starting to be more friendly with strangers and others besides just me and Vance. He had a couple of months where Vance and I were about the only people that could hold him without him crying.
8. Lincoln loves his circus tent. He will gently pull my fingers so we can go inside it and read books or use flashlights.
9. He loves to build towers with his blocks, and knock them all down.
10. He has got a kitchen set that he really enjoys pretending in. Most of all, he loves putting things in and out of the microwave.
11. He doesn't like playing by himself much yet, and he doesn't really enjoy watching TV and movies.
12. When Vance or I are watching a show, he likes to tease us by turning the TV off. Maybe that's how he can get us to pay attention to him then!
13. Lincoln loves to play "noses" when we rub our noses back and forth together. He has the sweetest smile.
14. He lately has become a huge cuddler! I love it!
15. He also is very active. He still has a hard time sitting still and paying attention to something for long. I'm not worried yet, cause he's just 1.
16. He loves wearing his boots. This week he brought them to me or Vance on a few occasions to wear them.
17. His articulation is pretty good for his age. I usually can understand every word he tries to imitate. Atta boy! I suppose I feel a little bit like he should be since I'm the speech language pathologist! No pressure...
18. He really likes it when Vance starts to play rough with him and wrestle. He also loves it when I give him horsie rides.
19. He has become a more affectionate little boy. He freely gives hugs and kisses and it melts our hearts.
20. He brings a pair of shoes to me each day now to wear. Today he brought me some high heeled black church shoes to go with my jeans.
21. He has the most beautiful white hair. I love to cut his hair but then always regret it because it is so beautiful to me. He gets comments a lot on how blonde it is and how fair he is. My older brother has called him "ghost baby" or "ghost child" on a few occasions:)
22. Because we live 15-20 minutes from the airport, we can see several airplanes in the sky in a day. Lincoln can usually hear them before I even do. He'll run to the window and try to spot them.
23. Lincoln now tries to sing. It is so sweet and I love his little voice.
24. He runs in circles around us for fun.
25. He loves to sit and balance on the arms of our sofa and loveseat.
26. He loves it when we spin him around and then let him "walk" only to fall to the ground with dizziness. He definitely gets the giggles from this game.
Here are the words he says these days:
Bye bye
Shoes
Sock
Uh-oh
All done
Cracker
Milk
Thirsty
Please
Thank you
Balloon
Bus
Truck
Food
Fishy
Computer
Grandma (Mee-ma)
Grandpa (Ba-ba)
Peter (Be-oh)
Mama
Dada
Diaper
Bed
Book
Airplane
Dice
Apple
Banana
Thirsty
Blue
There are probably a few more, but I just can't remember all of them now. We love him so much. I'll have to put up some pictures or videos another day.
Vance started work and he really enjoys it. He has two "business trips" between this week and the next, taking him to different states, but only for a day or two at a time, which is not bad at all.
Lincoln has adjusted to the move well. I thought it might be harder for him. Although, for some reason he is not sleeping as well at all through the nights. He usually wakes up 2-3 times EVERY night. Not sure why. Sick or not, he's up in the night. He's not tugging at his ears at all so I don't think it is an ear infection. He wakes up, wants to be held and just rocked and rocked in the rocking chair. We think he's asleep and as we try to put him back into his crib he lets out the most pitiful cry....it honestly feels like trying to get a newborn to sleep through the night again. He will then just lunge his body towards the rocking chair and pulls up the blanket over us to cuddle and rock. Several times thought the night. But last night he only woke up once, maybe this is progress!
He also brings us so much joy! I wanted to record some of the things about Lincoln, what he does, says to remember.
17 Month Old Update
1. He loves buttons, especially buttons on microwaves. He says "beep beep" when he sees them.
2. Says uh-oh a lot, and sometimes before he pushes something to fall to the ground:)
3. He loves elevators and would love to go up and down them, and of course press the buttons there too.
4. He signs a few words (more, please, thank you, milk, thirsty)
5. He will wave bye to just about everyone and everything these days.I love the way he curls his fingers and has his palm facing him when he waves, so cute.
6. Up until a week ago, when he signed "thirsty" he would touch his nose that made it look like he was picking his nose. Ha! Now he's got it, though.
7. He is starting to be more friendly with strangers and others besides just me and Vance. He had a couple of months where Vance and I were about the only people that could hold him without him crying.
8. Lincoln loves his circus tent. He will gently pull my fingers so we can go inside it and read books or use flashlights.
9. He loves to build towers with his blocks, and knock them all down.
10. He has got a kitchen set that he really enjoys pretending in. Most of all, he loves putting things in and out of the microwave.
11. He doesn't like playing by himself much yet, and he doesn't really enjoy watching TV and movies.
12. When Vance or I are watching a show, he likes to tease us by turning the TV off. Maybe that's how he can get us to pay attention to him then!
13. Lincoln loves to play "noses" when we rub our noses back and forth together. He has the sweetest smile.
14. He lately has become a huge cuddler! I love it!
15. He also is very active. He still has a hard time sitting still and paying attention to something for long. I'm not worried yet, cause he's just 1.
16. He loves wearing his boots. This week he brought them to me or Vance on a few occasions to wear them.
17. His articulation is pretty good for his age. I usually can understand every word he tries to imitate. Atta boy! I suppose I feel a little bit like he should be since I'm the speech language pathologist! No pressure...
18. He really likes it when Vance starts to play rough with him and wrestle. He also loves it when I give him horsie rides.
19. He has become a more affectionate little boy. He freely gives hugs and kisses and it melts our hearts.
20. He brings a pair of shoes to me each day now to wear. Today he brought me some high heeled black church shoes to go with my jeans.
21. He has the most beautiful white hair. I love to cut his hair but then always regret it because it is so beautiful to me. He gets comments a lot on how blonde it is and how fair he is. My older brother has called him "ghost baby" or "ghost child" on a few occasions:)
22. Because we live 15-20 minutes from the airport, we can see several airplanes in the sky in a day. Lincoln can usually hear them before I even do. He'll run to the window and try to spot them.
23. Lincoln now tries to sing. It is so sweet and I love his little voice.
24. He runs in circles around us for fun.
25. He loves to sit and balance on the arms of our sofa and loveseat.
26. He loves it when we spin him around and then let him "walk" only to fall to the ground with dizziness. He definitely gets the giggles from this game.
Here are the words he says these days:
Bye bye
Shoes
Sock
Uh-oh
All done
Cracker
Milk
Thirsty
Please
Thank you
Balloon
Bus
Truck
Food
Fishy
Computer
Grandma (Mee-ma)
Grandpa (Ba-ba)
Peter (Be-oh)
Mama
Dada
Diaper
Bed
Book
Airplane
Dice
Apple
Banana
Thirsty
Blue
There are probably a few more, but I just can't remember all of them now. We love him so much. I'll have to put up some pictures or videos another day.
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