9 months already!

Lincoln went for his 9 month appt yesterday. WOW has the time flown by. On our vacation to Florida he learned to crawl, so we were quick to get baby gates up when we got home. He's pulling up on almost anything that will allow for it (and some things that won't.) He eats three meals a day with us and his hit rate of actual food into his mouth has become much better. I LOVE how excited he gets when he sees the box of Kix coming his way. He weighed 19 lbs 6 oz and was 28" long. That works out to about 30-40th percentile and then of course his head measurements were in the 95th percentile. Good thing Clayton paved the way on that and all his hand-me-down shirts came pre-stretched! Lincoln is such a sweet little boy - HE sings to ME as I dance with him before bed; he still cries pretty much only when tired or hungry; he'll sleep 11-12 hrs at night and then give me 4-5 hrs of naps (usually between the 2) each day; he's great with independent play and really has shown no separation anxiety so far...

Walt Disney World

Lots of pictures to sort through....coming soon!

Boy Scout Cookies

Clayton adamantly announced today that he COULD NOT eat Girl Scout cookies - he is a boy and can only eat BOY scout cookies. (It took all I had not to laugh!)

That was almost as funny as when Brooke wanted to know which girl scouts had baked the cookies she was eating.

The big 4-0

Brooke officially hit 40 lbs today and is SO proud! I'm trying to remember when I was proud of weight that I had gained...hmmm. She's been working towards that goal for over a year now - at 4 years of age she wasn't able to move into her booster seat because she wasn't 40 lbs yet. At 5.5 years she is!

Easter pictures

Friday I went to have the kids' picture taken in their Easter outfits. Even though the picture place was running an hour behind the kids did well...all things considered. I had individual pictures taken of Lincoln (we'll call it his 6 month picture even though he's 7 months!) Definitely 3rd kid syndrome going on for him...

I love his little tuft of hair. No teeth yet. He's rolling all over the place and can maneuver himself pretty well in a circle but not crawling yet. He's also sitting pretty well but loves his feet so much that he nose dives every once in a while.

Our little entrepreneur

Today we didn't have much on the calendar other than to try and catch up around the house (laundry, cleaning, phone calls, etc.) Brooke asked if she could help by cleaning the kitchen table and floors with the Bona spray. How could I resist that kind of offer?! So as I was unloading/loading the dishwasher she announced that her new company was named Shine Your Table. Turns out that it's only a quarter of a mile from our house, which she let me know was very convenient. And then she announced that if I wanted more information her "dot com" was www.shineyourtable.com I was also informed that if my kids dent the table her workshop can come and fix it. They are available from 6 p.m. until midnight each day. Additionally, they will shine your cabinets, stove, fridge, actually, almost everything, but not paper, food or your towels. I LOVE her imagination. We just signed her up for theater camp at the end of the summer...I'm curious to see what adventures that will bring to our home!

Love THEM!

I've got so many recent pictures that I really like - oh, how I love my kiddos!!

About the best I could ask for - they're all looking at the camera - we'll call it SUCCESS!

Brooke was doing row, row your boat and Lincoln was laughing, until of course I got the camera out.

Lincoln loves to stick his tongue out recently - he also holds the record for soaking the most number of bibs during the day...there better be teeth behind all the drool!

Finally, he'll say cheese for the camera - when he feels like it of course!