8 months!

Dear Lincoln,
What a sweet boy you are!You are becoming more and more fun to be around. I love watching your little personality emerge. Like when you pull your self up on the coffee table, you are SO proud of yourself which you should be! You are learning so fast. You hit a major milestone this month and became mobile! You can army crawl across the room now and start kicking your legs with excitement when you do.

31 Weeks!

You got your second tooth this month. This one seemed to bother you much more than the first cause you were up at night and just didn't seem comfortable. I just hate to see you in any sort of pain, but this time there wasn't anything I could do except snuggle you. You are such a good snuggler too.

32 Weeks! It's football season now!

For the first time, you started being afraid of new people and just wanted to be snuggled by mama. This is the best and the worst feeling, Bubba. It is the best cause I love you and want to be with you and be able to comfort you all the time, but it is the so hard to leave you when all you want to do is be with me. Luckily, this was just a short phase and you are back to being your happy playful self all the time.

33 weeks! Getting stronger!

It is one of my favorite things to watch you study something and learn. Getting those synapses firing as your Papa would say. You've learned that if you see something far away, you can roll around until you get there.

You are still my skinny little guy too. Long and lean. You can still wear 3-6 month pants, but onesies and shirts are mostly 6-9 months. Last time I weighed you at home you were 17 1/2 pounds. We'll go to the doctor next month to see how much you've grown! Just looking at your car seat though, I know you've grown a bunch! Pretty soon, we'll have to get you a new one!

34 Weeks!

Mama being silly and dancing and singing silly noises makes you laugh all the time. I'd pretty much do anything to hear that laugh. It really is the best sound in the world. Pure joy! It brings joy to my life every time I hear it.

It's hard to imagine my life with out you. Daddy and I's life changed so much when you came it to it. Sometimes when I rock you to sleep at night, I stroke your little cheek and hair and wonder what you are going to be and how we got so lucky.

Sometimes (ok lots of times) I get stressed if I am doing everything right and perfect for you, but daddy has to remind me what a great kiddo you are and that we must be doing something right. You got lucky with that daddy of yours. He is the best daddy in the whole world. He takes care of you (and me!) better than anyone else in the whole world. Hard to imagine huh? Billions of people and he's the perfect man for both of us.

35 Weeks. A role reversal?

Can you believe you are already 2/3 of a year old?! Pretty soon it is going to be the holidays and then your first birthday! Wow!

Happy 8 months little one. Stay little just a bit longer, ok?

Love,
Mama

Family Fun

I'm so behind in posting! Doesn't seem to be enough time in the day and I rarely want to sit at the computer after a day at work! Luckily I can blog from my phone at work! :)

A few weekends ago, Glenn ran his second half marathon and I figured since Lincoln and I would be there to cheer him on, we might as well run too! Not the half though, we ran the 5k. Glenn was running with his friend Paul and I ran with his wife. Their daughter is 5 days younger than Lincoln.

It was a fun morning and I ran a PR of 29:32 according to my phone, 30:00 according to the race. I think I'd run another race but this time when they say strollers in the back, I'd still get in front of the people that look like they are going to walk! The first half mile was like an obstacle course of canes and old people! So frustrating!

Green Lake, Wisconsin

The second leg of our trip was to Green Lake, Wisconsin for Glenn's family annual reunion. I haven't been since 2006 and Glenn hasn't been since before that even. Glenn's dad, grandparents, 3 uncles and spouses and most of their kiddos made the trip. This year the gang had to be split up in to two houses! We went out on the boat, went water skiing, ate and bon fired for the few days that we were there.

We had wonderful weather and had to get out our sweatshirts at night! Lincoln loved the boat (except for the life jacket).

Lincoln tried a food other than cereal too! He had squash, and it was definitely a new taste for him. He liked it the second time he had it, but not so much the first time.

Great grandma loved smooching on Lincoln and all the other grandkids!

He is not a fan of the life jacket!

We're so glad Lincoln got to meet the extended family since we don't see them very often.

 These pictures make me want to live on a lake in Minnesota, but only in the summer/fall.

Where has the time gone?

How is this happening already???

Happy Birthday Dave & Jen!

Yesterday was my brother and his wife's birthday. I know, fun, right? We sent a few happy birthday pics to them, but here are a few of the outtakes. :)

I hope you guys had a great birthday!

Blue Room

Glenn has been gone for the last 10 days and guess what that means? More painting! I'm finally feeling like I can accomplish more than 1. Go to work and 2. Keep tiny human alive on my list each day. Although, I'm not gonna lie, I feel pretty accomplished when I can do that and occasionally clean and cook a dinner!

I might be crazy, but I'm giving myself until mid-October to complete this since that's when our next visitors arrive!

The painting continues! So far I've only completed the ceiling and trim! I haven't even gotten to the walls...

7 Months

Dear Lincoln,
You are 7 months old! Wow! Everyday I look at you and realize that my tiny baby is getting older and older. At your appointment this month, you were in the 90% for height and 25% for weight. You were 16 lb 7 oz. I never thought I would have such a long skinny baby. Mama was a big fat baby. You can still wear some of your 3 month shorts, but your little pants are more like capris now. Daddy says boys don't wear capris. You look handsome in everything I think! This month brought some exciting changes for you!

We missed a couple week of official photos, but here you are at the Dr getting your shots and check up at 26 weeks.

We spent part of 28 weeks in Wisconsin with your grandpa's family.

We have a mobile baby! You can now roll across the room and have mastered getting from a sitting position to your stomach. Although sometimes this results in you bonking your face or head on the floor. You like to reach and reach for your toys and pretty soon you are going to be army crawling, I just know it. We had to put a baby gate at the top of the stairs to keep you safe. I think we will have to start baby proofing the cabinets, outlets and doors pretty soon, too.

We were on vacation in MN so Stella wasn't there for this week's picture! 28 weeks

You are still a great eater and have been enjoying new foods. We even let you feed some foods to yourself like bananas and avocados. You aren't very good at it yet, but you are learning. Usually, you make a BIG mess!

29 Weeks

Sometimes you fall on your face and we try to catch you, but I know it's not going to be the last time (as hard as I try to stop it!). You are learning so fast! It is hard for me to imagine that just 6 months ago you were a little blob and we had no idea what we were doing. I hate to tell you this Bubba, but we still don't know what we are doing. You keep us on our toes. Some days I think I have this under control and then you wake up at 4 am some days so upset. Are you tired? Did you have a nightmare? I wish I knew.

30 Weeks / 7 months!

It's getting harder and harder to take pictures of you and Stella together cause she knows that you have little hands that like to grab on to everything! You are learning about everything and usually by putting it in your mouth! I think mama needs to become a better house cleaner since you spend a lot of time rolling around on the floor.

You are showing more and more of your personality. You get so frustrated when I take you out of the bath or when I change your diaper. You want to play! I usually have to distract you with a toy while I change you. You also hate to miss out on anything that is going on. You don't like to sleep at day care cause there is usually something exciting to watch or a friend to play with. Even when I am trying to feed you and daddy is cooking in the kitchen, you have to turn and watch what he is doing. Silly boy.

It is so fun to watch you grow and it's hard to believe it is happening so quickly right before my eyes. Pretty soon we are going to get to celebrate some of your first holidays as a family. I can't wait!

Love,
Mama

Minnesota Day 1

It has been over a month already since we were home! I miss it so much. This trip was an eye opener for both Glenn and I. Both of us thought the entire time we were in Minnesota, "when can we move back here?" It didn't hurt that the weather was gorgeous and we were able to see all our favorite people. Soon enough, I hope, soon enough.

We started off bright and early on Saturday morning visiting my two best friends from high school. Unfortunately, Emily's kiddo was sick so we didn't get to meet him until later in the week. We did get to meet brand new Miss Clara! Just a month old.

Annie brought Hayes over and we attempted to get a picture with all the kiddos. Well, it was fun to try to at least. :)

One month, 6 months, 25 months and 23 months!

It was so nice to hang out and see eachother, but the idea of having a heartfelt conversation is so difficult now. Maybe when the kiddos are older. :)

Annabelle is a very good big sister!

After we left Laura's, we headed back to Blair's house to meet up with my parents. Then we headed downtown to the brewery and the Twin's game! Lincoln hung out with us at the Fulton's but then went home with auntie Blair. She was very excited to babysit! And Glenn was very excited for his first game in Target field!

In the spirit of not wasting a minute while we were in town, we also met up with Megan and Nate who were in between wedding and reception of a friend of theirs. Perfect timing!

Lincoln lost his steam at this point and was ready for bed. We let him take a nap in Papa's arms and then he headed home with Blair.

It was an absolutely beautiful night for baseball and even better- the Twins won!

Glenn's buddy's, Paul and Andy, even got him a First Game certificate. Usually reserved for children under 10, but a perfect momento of the evening.

It was a wonderful first day in Minnesota! When can we go back?

Family.

Glenn made a family photo! I love shore duty!