Lincoln is walking!

For anyone that doesn't know that Lincoln is walking, He is! Its been a while since I have added a blog. He took his first step on January 18th when my parents came to visit. It was very exciting and about 3 weeks later he decided to walk all the time. He is working on taking large steps now. He has four teeth: two upper, two lower. Still pretty bald but I'm starting to see a bit more. He is good at saying Hi, it is a very sweet hi. He loves to climb up on chairs and then to our kitchen table. He hates getting his diaper changed. He likes to sit on the couch and on people's laps and watch them play the wii (It is very cute). He is still GREAT at giving good hugs. He loves to be around other kids. He is a little monster in church (but still very cute, just can't sit still) He is very excited to go into nursery. He tries to go in there every week. He is finally sleeping through the night better and has been for the last week and a half. He loves to swipe my debit card in the debit card machine. I wish I had pictures for all of this so I'll have to try and take more.

Daycare changes!

This is Kelsey. I have got the chance to watch her in daycare since practically the beginning. She was with me during the summer all day. She used to come after school. Now she comes before school and Isaac usually takes her to school.

Above is the group of kids I watched after school hours. Left to right: Skyler, Lincoln, Samantha, Angela, and Aspen. I was watching Skyler, Samantha, and Aspen every Monday and Wednesday till eight. Now a friend of their family watches them for a while so I don't watch them now either. Someday I will have them back but it will be on the weekends.

Below is the group of kids I was watching during the day. It has now changed drastically however. Top: Angela, Gary, Michael. Middle: Sophie, Zachary, Bailey, Brianna. Bottom: Lincoln. Currently I only watch Sophie and Zachary and sometimes Brianna (I always watch Lincoln). It has been a nice change. I feel like I get to spend more time with each child individually and I don't feel so stressed. As long as I can do it financially I prefer it. One picture I am missing is of Jo Jo. I am still watching him after he comes home from Kindergarten.

New Backsplash

I have been wanting to do a backsplash for a long time now. It was on my list for things to do this last summer, but it never got done. We finished this at the beginning of December, but I am just barely posting it.

I really love the results. I think it makes everything just pop a lot more.

You'll just have to pretend the fridge is not decorated.

New Desk

This is our new desk. My dad is a very handy man. I gave him a plan of what I wanted and he put it together. I'll have to take another picture with everything put on the desk. I wish I would have taken a picture of the computer desk we were using before, but I forgot. This gives us so much more storage. There is even space for my sewing machine and cricut. They are located to the left of where your legs sit (not visible from the front).

Since I started doing daycare we moved our office into our bedroom, and I wanted a place to put everything. I love this desk because it used most of the things I had already. We used an existing filing cabinet that I already had I just painted it to match the rest. The drawer for the keyboard was from our old desk. Its hard to tell just how big this is. It is 7' wide by 7' tall. Very custom to what we needed. However, someday when the office is not in our bedroom also it can still match bookshelves we already have. I love it, love it, love it!!!!!

Happy Halloween

Here is a picture of Mary's Little Lambs Daycare group on the eve of Halloween. Mary is dressed as Little Bo Peep (or Mary from the nursery rhyme "Mary had a little lamb") Lincoln is on Mary's lap and is dressed as a pumpkin (a favorite for babies). Then from left to right we have Gary, Angela, Michael, Bailey and Jo-Jo. They all had a lot of fun dressing up and parading around the house. I'm still working on this post and will give more explanation later.

Projects

The summer was full of projects! we painted the garage floor...

grew tomatoes....

more tomatoes... you can't see the planter box underneath

light post....

volley ball net...

painted table...

We put Lincoln in his stroller and put blankets over him to shade him

playground...

terraces...

and a firepit.

Oops...

I think he ate too much.

This video was actually done today. Isaac is at work so I've been working on the blogs that I've been needing to put up. I've almost given up on blogs. The last few times I've tried it wouldn't upload the images so I have been putting it off.silly baby noises.

Lincoln is crawling!

This last week he has really started to crawl. He never really crawled very much, mostly just tummy dives. Now he is going as fast as he can go.

He is climbing up on things now as well. Slow down Lincoln! He's growing up too fast.

Lincoln is the funnest person to take pictures of, it helps that he loves cameras. He is always so smiley though. We love him.

No teeth yet!

more pictures of Starvalley Ranch

Starvalley Ranch has been one of my favorite places to go to in the summer. Its a wonderful place to "get away".

Labor Day weekend at Starvalley Ranch

Labor day is a special holiday for me because that is when me and Isaac had our first date. Three years later we married with a child. Loading up to go home we discovered we forgot to take pictures of our fun trip to starvalley. We purchased the new minivan the saturday before and it made a fun trip.

Isaac and Wendell were having conversation when I captured Isaac's expression "I don't know".

Here is a picture of my grandma Salisbury Pope

My wonderful husband full of life!

We got to spend the weekend with Mark and Amanda. Three more weeks and they will be married! Yea we are excited. We had lots of fun with them at the cabin. We floated down the Salt River and there was no water fights, unlike the year before. Grandma babysat Lincoln so we could float without worrying about him. It made a big difference. We played the digital Monopoly and Power Grid, and I bet you can't guess who won... Mark. I can't think of many times in my LIFE that I have ever won Mark at something. Although Amanda has been able to defeat him, and that is why she is good match for him. :)

Walks with mommy

Lincoln is such a fun boy. After daycare is over, we enjoy going on walks together.

you can tell its pretty late in the evening. Daycare doesn't get fininshed till 7:30 PM sometimes.

Love those legs!

a clip of the rattlesnake that was found on July 25th.

Lincoln's first time at a Lake. July 24th, 2009. We spent the evening with Sara and TJ. and their kids: Kelsey, Kada, and Analise at Bear Lake.

A Hiking Adventure

To the top of Mount Ben Lomond (not sure if that's how you spell it). July 25th, 2009 my husband was almost killed by a rattle snake! Ryan and Isaac took off on their own path in search for gold while the ladies (Donene, Jessica, Me and Lincoln) and Mac went to the top of Ben Lomond. Luckily we had Mac because I don't think I could have carried Lincoln the whole way. Ryan and Donene were crazy adventures getting too close to the edge for the comfort of their children.

It was when Isaac and Ryan decided to go on their own path when they ran into this. No worries though, Ryan had a gun and conquered this snake.

Lincoln's first parade.

Every year on July 24th the city of North Logan puts on a parade to celebrate the pioneers. Because its just up the street a few blocks from our house we decided to take all the daycare kids with us to see the parade. This is Gemma, she is 9 days younger than Lincoln and Lincoln adores her.

This is what Lincoln did for most of the parade, even during the loud police sirens!

My dad's famous pioneer wagon that he drives every year.

Lincoln and Isaac during one of the only moments Lincoln was awake.

My mom came and helped with all of the kids. We had plenty of adults.