Some more pictures

Merry Christmas 2010!

Our sweet little family

With Aunt Sindi

with cousins: Gavin, Marah, and Mallory Schug

With Grandad! (my dad)

His first guitar! From Nana and Pop (Luc's parents)

This was his first Christmas gift from us. Not as cool as the guitar from nana and pop.

This year he really enjoyed the paper and boxes.

We had a wonderful 1st Christmas with our little man. He got so many new toys. Right now he'd rather pull the dvd's off the shelves and get into everything he shouldn't. Some day the toys will be cool :)

Let's Catch Up!

Ok, so I'm still trying to get used to this blog lay out. Hopefully the more I use it the better I will get. But for now this is what you get! ha! Here are some updated pics of our little man.

"I don't want to sit for a picture, mom! I wanna stand!"

Here is his 8 month picture. He is such a joy :)

This is his 7 month picture, but I forgot the sign. Oh well! He probably would have just eaten it anyway. :)

Lincoln is now 8 1/2 months old. He is SO busy these days. He has been an early developer in moving. He sat up at 5 1/2 months and since then he has been on the fast track. Here is what he's up to at 8 months:

-crawling everywhere!

-standing and pulling up on everything. walking along the couch, entertainment center or whatever is in his path.

-he loves to listen and dance to music. especially when daddy plays the bass

-he can say a few words. his first word was "hot". this was because we taught him to say this when he sees a candle. he now also tells Sean to "hush" (hmmm wonder where he learned that?!) it doesn't come out sounding exactly like that but I know that's what he's saying because he's imitating me

-he still isn't a huge fan of food. he likes his milk a lot!

-he has two bottom teeth and 1 top tooth. the second one on top is going to pop through any day now!

-he wears size 3 diaper and 6-9 month clothes

-he now can climb the bottom 3 steps!! yikes!

-And he is FINALLY sleeping through the night (most nights anyway). Once we finally moved him to his own room and upstairs this made it a lot better. Of course he is very stubborn and some nights he will still put up a strong fight for bedtime.

He is such a joy every single day and we are so amazed by everything he learns. He is so smart!! We can't wait for everything 2011 holds for our little family. I know big things and changes are in store for us and we can't wait!

Welcome 2011

Well it's a new year and I always look forward to new years. It means we get a fresh start to change things and many things to look forward to over the next several months. I've got several things I need to work on this new year, but who doesn't right? ha! Anyway, the truth is, I have had a hard time keeping up with everything. Turns out life with an 8 1/2 month old is hard! yes, I admitted it! I've always been one to try and do things perfectly and organized and well... you know how that turned out.

I'm looking forward to all the new things Lincoln will learn this year and all the fun and exciting things Lucas and I get to do with him. And I'm even looking forward to all of the loops and twists and turns that come with motherhood, that will put me right back in my place and let me know that I can't plan everything.

Thank you Lord for loving me no matter what. And thank you Lord for this most precious gift, my child.