Life of Lincoln

Lincoln is busy busy busy. The most curious boy ever. Very inquisitive, very stubborn. He wants to do everything on his own. we bought him a harness aka leash, to start practicing for our airplane trip to Kim's wedding next week. it's a lil puppy backpack. 

We went on a walk to the office. It was a lot more freedom than he normally gets, and took a LOT more time than it usually takes us to walk across the parking lot! every flower bed and each worm on the sidewalk deserved a minute or two of examination. he loved it, and he really wanted to wear it around the house. I realize to some, it's like walking your dog or a taboo subject, but I won't have a stroller in the airport!  I think its perfectly acceptable. Not to mention he got a lot of compliments already! 

 I wanted to blog some of our daily activities. life from Lincoln's view since we've been here, our home activities since i'm without a car. 

Playing nesting cups. 

Napping! this was before he was weaned. I haven't said, but this boy gave up the boob so easily! I should have done it earlier. But then it might have not been so smooth, so I guess we were both ready. he really hasn't thrown any tantrums about it. I cut him off last Monday! Mother's Day was his final hoorah. he likes his cuppy. he drinks 2 a day now, about 20 oz. milk/ almond milk, chocolate or strawberry milk, or bolthouse smoothie.  Because of the weaning, he became way more interested in food! He's gained a pound+ since we've moved here, which is SO good! It hopefully means no specialists, or pokings, or nutritionist. I hope it was the push he needed in the right direction. here he is making a bowl of pudding(which I secretly add fruit and veggie purée to) into a finger painting experience! 

 We go on stroller rides to target a couple times a week, and occasionally we stop into the petsmart. It's a mini zoo for Lincoln. He loves pointing at the birds, guinea pig, fish, and especially the kitty cats! 

 we also try to see the dog cousins dexter, wiggin, and Watson a couple times a week. Yesterday, we played on the grass with dexter and uncle clint. crazy giggling ensued. Lincoln loves puppies and exploring the wilderness- a winning combination!  We stroller through the grass area a lot. 

I tried to show him how to blow the dandelion, but he just ate it :) 

he loves the iPad, so I try to keep it to a minimum. Kids these days are too smart! He can swipe it and pick which icon to open to get to his games. he knows the home button will take him back out, so we bought the fisher-price apptivity center. It blocks the button and has a protector screen and case, making it more durable from drool and drops. I'm just hoping it entertains him for hours on the plane. 

Playing with some linking beads. it's so funny, he grunts like he's pushing with all his might, even when he's not pushing them really at all, tricking me into helping him.  You see the truck in the background? We push trucks across the floor, table, ottoman all day long.  He says truck and crash when they fall off/over!  Best game ever. 

he's been practicing a lot of words lately. He says mmm deshushush( delicious), trash,  Crash, cracker, chicken, Juice, no no no, Yes, truck, moo, this, that, doggie, sock, shoe, pants, puppy...among others, and he loves to poke our eyes and nose because he can say those too! he acknowledges way more words. Toes, feet, hair, diaper, highchair, eat, lets go, milk, sippy cup, crib and so on. He will follow basic direction- put that back, get your shoes, hold my hand...it's so fun watching them learn! he loves to put the laundry into wash. he loves to give high fives and bumps...

He is very attached to a lil puppy woobie, but we call it bear. Confusing the poor kid, I'm sure. 

We found this awesome ikea rocking chair by our dumpster( ghetto, I know). We had just been talking about getting him his own chair. We bleached it down, cut off the hello kitty pads and voila ! An instant hit. especially great for 5:30 am cartoons and the occasional rocker surfing :)  

We play dress up. he loves clothes. Our clothes. We have to keep dirty clothes in the hamper for sure, because he often comes out with underwear around his neck, or head stuck in a pant leg! cracked me up when I found a chicken nugget in my pajama drawer. 

we play bubbles! what's more fun than popping bubbles and singing songs?! we do this often. 

Needless to say, he keeps things interesting! we have a lot of fun together and I feel blessed to never miss a second. 

This is the cutest mischievous face ever!