Lincoln's Easter lookback

7 months

18 months

2 1/2

2 1/2

Love this sweet boy. Even though he loves to play outside, getting dirty and sweaty, he still loves to dress up and "look handsome". Can't wait to see both my boys in their Easter Sunday best

Lincoln

Lincoln on his first Valentine's Day

Santa's Village was such a big hit last year, we came back again this year.

With Mrs. Claus in 2009

2010

Making Reindeer Food


In the sleigh with Sutton 2010

2009

He has a thing for gingerbread girls!

2010

This year with a gingerbread boy

Sutton stayed toasty warm in the carseat!

Frosty and Lincoln

Oh My! Another Flashback!

September 1, 2007

August 29, 2010

The top picture was taken a few days before Lincoln was born; the bottom picture was taken Sunday. The biggest difference is in my face and stomach. I'm about 10 lighter than I was with Lincoln at the same point. Wonder if that means the baby will be smaller than Lincoln...he was a whopping 8 lbs and 20.5 inches.

Slow Down

This weekend as we were driving around, I lovingly called Lincoln "Baby Lincoln" as I do from time to time. This time he stopped and looked at me, and with a very serious look in his eyes said, "No mama, not baby Lincoln. Call Lincoln".

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Let it Snow!

Even though we were on our way to the Galleria that morning, I had to take time to bundle Lincoln up and head outside. He seemed to enjoy himself until he touched the snow on his rock wall and his hands got cold and wet! At least I got my snow picture.

My little snow baby in March 2008!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Tomorrow is Lincoln's third Thanksgiving feast. Here is a peak at his first two.

He was about 10 weeks old here.

Last year at Thanksgiving. He actually got to eat the food!

I made them wear the hats I made.

Looking forward to spending the day with family and watching the Aggies play basketball and football in one day! Woohoo! Two years ago Ryan, my parents and I went to watch the Aggies play t.u. in College Station. Lincoln spent those few hours with Ryan's parents, it was my first time leaving him. We both survived, the Ags won, and we hope tomorrow will be a repeat!

A Heck of a Halloween!

We had a fantastic Halloween. We had homemade blueberry waffles for breakfast and then carved our Jack-O-Lantern. After lunch, we listened to the Aggie whoop up on Iowa State and then headed to Cason's soccer game. Lincoln loved cheering for Cason and wanted to play so badly! Then, we swung by our friends Heath and Carla's to wish Garrett a happy Halloween and drop off some bubbles. We finally made our way to the church carnival and Lincoln and Brenden had a ball playing in the bounce house and playing the games. After the carnival we stopped at my parents house and Lincoln learned to trick or treat from cousin Cason. We hit about 8 houses on their block. Lincoln wanted to walk inside every single home. Again, no fear! Lincoln finally made it to bed around 930.

Brenden and Lincoln

A more serious Buzz and Yell Leader

My Little Aggie Yell Leader

Joining in on the Halloween Fun.

Ring Toss

Train Ride with Mom. This was a tight fit!

Cason and Lincoln

Lincoln adores Cason. He is a great big cousin!

A Look Back at Halloween Last Year!

While somethings change....something always stay the same. Lincoln still LOVES Halloween candy! Yummy!

What do you think?

This will be Lincoln's third Christmas. Early on I decided each Christmas he would have a theme for the year. Then, we would get him Christmas pajamas, an ornament or two, wrapping paper, etc to go with that theme. The first year, we chose a reindeer theme. You can see his pj's, reindeer ears, wrapping paper, gift tags and stuffed toy. He also had a reindeer stocking and bib. The wooden reindeer has long been a fixture at my Gran's house at Christmas and that year, she passed it on to Lincoln!





Last year we did Santa Claus. Lincoln called him "Ho Ho Ho" and loved any and everything Santa. You can see his Santa pj's, Santa hat, slippers, ornament and Santa gift box. We wrapped his gifts in sparkly Santa paper and ribbon.

Now, I'm searching for the 2009 theme. Help us decide what would be a good theme for Lincoln. Feel free to leave a comment with your own idea! PS* Christmas is only 55 nights away!

My Little Chickadee

As we get closer and closer to Halloween, I wanted to post pictures of Lincoln's first and second Halloween. Here he is only 4 weeks old He looks so big and grown up, even though he is a newborn. At this point, I hadn't even thought about Halloween, but Mom and I saw this while getting Lincoln's newborn pictures, and we scooped it up. He made such a cute little chickadee.

I remember those early days, I was soooo exhausted I could barely keep my eyes open! I'm anxious to see how his costume comes together this year. I'm making it again this year, I really enjoy "creating" his costumes and giving him a one-of-a-kind look! He was such a cute Frankenstein last year, I hope to continue the tradition of homemade costumes.

Creeping Up!

Lincoln's second birthday is 3 days away...how is this possible? Here are a few of my favorites shots of him along the way!

Newborn

The day after we brought him home.




6 months

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9 months

10 months

Prepare yourself for a reflective birthday post:) Coming Monday!