9 & 10 Month Updates

I know being the third child get's you things a little later.  Mommy is a little busier and life just happens.  Poor LJ has gotten the raw end of the deal, though, because not only is mommy busy as a mom of three--I have become the MOPS director this year and recently took a job at our church.  He isn't being neglected at all (plenty of snuggles around here), but the blog is!!

9&10 months were busy around here!  Lincoln learned to pull up and became very steady when standing with furniture.

He wears a size 3 diaper (disposable) during the day and a 4 at night.  He is on the medium snap of his cloth diapers.

He weighs 21lbs even.

He is in 9-12 month clothing.  

He loves to eat table food!  Our baby food making was very short lived.  He eats anything we eat, now, just cut to size.  His favorites are: avocado, oranges, bananas, broccoli and peas.  Though, he doesn't refuse anything.

He smiles a lot, he giggles a lot, he's full of snuggles.

He's down to one three hour nap a day.  I can get two naps out of him about 2-3 times a week.  But I think the switch over happened because of our new schedule.  We're out so much in the morning it's just easier for him to have that one good afternoon nap.

He's sleeping a solid 10 hours a night!

He loves Logan and Brody.  I think they are his favorite people.  It'll be really fun for him when he can walk and follow them around.

He is our little joy and we are really enjoying watching him grow!

Things Brody Says....

I've not been as good about posting Brody-isms as I was about Logan.  But, I do actually record them so that I can eventually get them all here!  Here are some of my favorites:

Brody found the clothes I picked out for him to wear for church tomorrow. He growled and mumbled, "I just can't wear this. Everyone will say how cute I am. I do not want to be cute anymore, I want to be fierce."

Boy vs. Girl:

Logan: can you babysit my children for me? They need to eat a healthy dinner, I've left a lot of veggies. If they want to play more than watch tv, please let them! Put them to bed in time.

Brody: Can you please babysit my bad guys? They are bad and need to be watched. Make sure they don't hurt each other too much. They like candy and soda and dirt.

Working through our Resurrection Eggs this week and got to the Passover cup tonight. Asked the kids what they thought it might have been used for. Brody's answer?

"That's for Jesus to vomit in. He just had to make sure to make ALL in the cup and not anywhere else."

One of Brody's favorite things to do is go through the alarm clocks on my phone and set them all. It's a cruel joke when the baby sleeps all night but my alarm goes off at 3:30, 5:15, 6:45 and 7:30.

In response to Mike heading to the field, "So, daddy had to walk outside for a long time and now he's going to sleep outside and eat food outside? Who would do that? That's crazy stuff."

Sweet Prayers: "Dear God, thank you for mommy, daddy, Logan and Lincoln. Thank you that fires can be put out by firemen. Please let me be able to fly tomorrow. Thank you for the TV even though we're 'never going to watch tv ever again' (I may or may not have said this one time today). It's ok to be sad. Amen."

Brody: I want that animal for my birthday. 
Logan: That's a horse Brody. You can't have a horse for you birthday, our house is not a stable.

Brody had been making the face in the above picture over and over for several weeks.  He did it anytime he wanted to "petend to be a superhero guy."  We couldn't figure out where it had come from until one night Mike had a lightbulb moment and looked up pictures of Dash from The Incredibles.  Sure enough, that's what Brody had been watching in his DVD player to and from Uncle John's house.  :)

7 & 8 Month Updates

Months 7 and 8 FLEW by!  I am going to blink and this little love bug is going to be a year old.  Why does it have to go by so fast?!

Lincoln is such a joy.  He is the happiest child I've ever been around.  Seriously.  If he so much as lets out a whiney sigh, we know something is not right.  He will sit for hours on his little playmat content to just watch his older siblings and coo and giggle at his toys.

7 months:

I realize I've kind of dropped the ball with getting updates out on time with him.  But you know what?  We have three kids now, life is a little crazy at times and when I have a moment of quiet, I'm holding him and enjoying what little one on one time we get together......so the blog can wait!

At 7 months, Linc:

- Wore size 6-9 month clothes.

- Was at the second snap one his one size cloth diapers.

- Wore a size 4 disposable diaper.

- Still wore newborn shoes (rarely)

- Weighed 21lbs 

- Sat up independently for extended periods of time.

- Enjoyed his jumparoo

- Could focus on a person completely when they spoke to him

- Recognized and attempted to get to you when you called his name

- Smiled at EVERYTHING!

- Rolled from belly to back and back to belly more comfortably.

- Figured out that sleeping on his belly was the way to go and started taking two three hour naps a day (hallelujah!)

- Sleep trained.  With the fall coming up and gearing up for first grade with one and PK3 with another, I knew we needed some set times during the day where we could buckle down.  So, we did it.  Two days of crying for 10 minutes, and some diffused lavender and he's putting himself to sleep, now.

At 8 Months:

- Wears 6-9 month clothing.

- Wears the second snap on his cloth diapers.

- Wears size 4 disposable diapers.

- Wears newborn shoes.

- Is 22.5lbs, but he hit a growth spurt and is longer now, so while he's still our little chubs he's starting to look a *little* less roly poly. 

- Sits completely independently.

- Can go from sitting to laying down.

- Can go from sitting into being up on all fours-- crawling isn't too far!

- Rocks back and forth when in a crawling position.

- Rolls to get wherever he wants to go.

- Smiles all the time!

- Says "babababa." We've tried to get him to use another consonant/vowel blend but the only other one I've heard is "dada" and it was in his sleep a couple of times.

- Eats like a champ!  He still nurses 4-6 times a day, but also is eating off of our plates and enjoys the homemade baby food we crank out.  His favorites:

Cantaloupe/yogurt/banana

Avocado

Roasted apple/banana

Spinach/prunes/apples

Sweet potatoes

- Takes two, two hour naps a day.

- Sleeps 10-12 hours a night.

- Loves his brother and sister like crazy!

- Has formed an attachment to his daddy.

- Started reaching for people to hold him.

Lincoln is just the perfect little addition to our family.  We are so overjoyed that the Lord has blessed us with his sweet self and can't wait to continue to get to know him as his little personality begins to develop!

Hard to Say Goodbye

It has been so nice to have family living near us for the duration of seminary.  Diane and Thom have been such a blessing to us.  Anytime we've felt the need to see or be around family, they have jumped and either had us over or come over themselves.  They're great with our kids and are a little piece of home.  We are so sad to see them leave.  We understand and are excited that they get to be with their kids, but a part of us wishes they would just stay!

We had dinner together at our home a few days before this and said goodbye but after they left we felt like we needed one more dinner with them.  They obliged and we were able to get another few hours together!

Cow Appreciation Day 2014

What started out as a pretty ordinary day for us got a whole lot more fun when we donned our spots, ears and tails!

We can't pass up free food so we all cowed up and headed over to our local CFA for lunch.

Even Lincoln got in on the action!!

Can't.

Get.

Enough. Of. This. Face.

It was crazy, but we had fun making memories!

4th of July 2014

It is SO nice having John and Lindsey just two hours away!!  We had a great time spending the fourth of July with them this year.  Fun, fireworks, splash ground....what more could we have asked for?!

Father's Day 2014

It's always so fun to celebrate anything, but I particularly love reasons to celebrate this man.  He is the definition of amazing in my world.  The way he loves us, takes care of us, has fun with us.  He rarely is in a bad mood, almost never complains and is the best husband/father I could never have imagined having.  I'm so thankful for him and his leadership in our family.  

Daddy and his boys. 

And his little girl.

This stud got several comments in his little outfit!