7 Months!!!

It's that time again!!  Another month has flown by in little Lincoln's life!  I can't believe how fast it is going!  Here's what he's been working on lately:

-Still Mr. Popular!  I tell ya, everybody loves this kid!  It doesn't hurt that he is super friendly and quick to flash a big smile to whomever will give him any bit of attention.

-Eating all sorts of baby food.  Linc eats just about anything we give him, but he definitely favors fruit!  He also has tried the little puffs too, but isn't so sure about those yet.  

-Still sleeps like a champ!

-Notices when we leave the room.  And let's us know it!

-loves jumping!

-trying to sit up.  Can't do it on his own yet, but getting better everyday. 

-CRAWLING!  Linc has recently discovered the art of the army crawl.  He still uses his rolling and scooting backwards on his back tricks to roam around the room, but he's recently starting army crawling and getting up on his knees and doing a nose dive to push himself forward.  I should really get to baby proofing the house a bit!

Here are his 7 month pictures...we love you Linky-doo!

And here are some comparison pics of the other kids!

Carson - 7 months

Brynlee - 7 months

and just in case you were wondering what Brynlee would look like with a mohawk...here you go!

my baby

Have I mentioned yet on my blog how much I love this kid? He is so sweet and smiley...and easy to photography!   I can't seem to get enough of him!

"R"elatives!

We had RELATIVES come visit!!!  My cousin, Elise, and her family (Dean, Dallin 4, Lily 2, and Caleb 10 months) decided to come visit us for a few days!  They live in NYC and decided to show their kids the "burbs".  Our kids got along swimmingly!!!  They had so much fun playing together and I loved having Elise and her husband around too!  Thanks for coming Elise and Dean!!  Thanks for watching the cheesy Bachelorette with me!  And thanks for not being mad when our plans to go to the waterpark were ruined TWICE!  We had the best time with you guys...come again soon!  Or we'll come up there!

getting ready for bed...4 kids in ONE room!! 

        Sweet Caleb

 Carson and Dallin reading together

 Rocket Balloons!

 SLIME!!!

Elise and Ken

 Lincoln chillin' in his swing

When both of your attempts to go to a waterpark fail, you beg your neighbor to pull out her jumbo slide...at least that's what I do...thanks Lori!!

"Q"uarters

For the letter "Q" we had a day full of earning quarters.  We talked about different coins, then the kids had the opportunity to earn quarters by doing different things around the house.  They had fun for a little while, then got a bit bored with doing the "chores".  By the end of the day though, they had lots more quarters in their piggy banks!

8

It's been EIGHT awesome years since this day:

And life couldn't be any better!!!

"P"ackages!

We prepared some "P"ackages for our favorite missionaries for the letter P.  We have a good friend who's son is on a mission in California (he's the brother of our awesome babysitter) and another friend who is on a mission in Singapore.  We prepared some surprise packages for them!  The kids and I went to Target to pick out all sorts of goodies.  We asked their moms what they liked and got some treats and Mac & Cheese (I guess they don't have that in Singapore?) for them.  We also threw in some cards and well wishes.  The kids loved putting everything in the boxes and taping them up so they were ready to ship. 

"O"atmeal Cookies baking in the "O"ven

For the letter "O" we baked Oatmeal cookies!  Our neighbors came over and the kids all took turns adding ingredients into the bowl and stirring.  The kids loved helping and especially loved eating the cookies!  Yum!