{ The Great Outdoors }

Not much time to post this morning but wanted to make sure I got some pictures of our camping overnighter up.  Lincoln was so cute - he LOVED digging in the dirt.  (Of course his favorite was the dirtiest dirt with ash in it.)  Our trip was a bit of a misadventure as I forgot our camp stove and it poured rain, but we managed to have fun anyway :-)

{ Hello Sunshine! }

I know I have several posts to add (like maybe Lincon's nine and ten month posts since he's now ELEVEN months old as of today) but I just had to pop in with these cute pictures of Lincoln enjoying the beautiful weather yesterday.  A big thanks to our neighbors for the awesome slide!

{ Splish Splash }

During the month of December Link and I took some swim classes at the Y.  He had so much fun in the pool this summer I knew I couldn't wait until next summer to let him swim again.  His teacher was great and wonderful with babies.  She showed us some helpful tricks like getting in and out of the pool with him by myself (without using the stairs) and how to help him be comfortable floating on his back.  Lincoln loved the little toys she'd bring to play with and his absolute favorite was singing "Wheels on the Bus" while swimming in a circle. 

Isn't his little swim outfit cute?  His trunks have a shark mouth on his tush.  The pool we were in was half for swim lessons and half for old folks water aerobics.  The seniors loved seeing the babies and a few of them dubbed Lincoln "Shark Butt."  Every week they'd see us walking toward the pool and say "Look!  Shark Butt is here!"  (Side note: I hope they put extra chlorine in that pool.  I'm sure is the grossest one there seeing as it's full of incontinent babies and geriatrics.)



Don't you just love his little prune-y toes?



The lessons were only a half an hour at a time, but I think Lincoln would have happily stayed in the water all day long.  He's definitely a water baby.

Isn't he cute? :-)

{ Let it snow! }

Hooray - winter is finally here!  We've been waiting for a good snow and today it arrived.  I had lots of things I could have been catching up on today (like, um, this blog for example) but instead I bundled up the baby and we headed outside.  We took the sled for a spin around the yard and Lincoln "helped" me shovel the driveway and sidewalk.  He also had a few bites of snow and surprise, surprise he liked it!  That's our boy - he'll eat anything :-)

{ Hehehe }

So I have tons to post about and will eventually get caught up but in the meantime here's a little gem I found in my inbox tonight from my fabulous sister in law!

This video is sure to fill your heart with holiday cheer and make you laugh out loud :-)

http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/TTvXMIy2mx7xUtSM?cmpid=ey_url

{ Happy Halloween! }

Lincoln insisted on being a dragon for Halloween this year so we happily indulged him and bought an adorable little costume.  He had a great time trick-or-treating around town to family and friends!



Having fun with Grandma Pat





Scary dragon toes!




Hanging out with Grant Sessie and Gruncle Stevie




I guess the camera really does add ten pounds!




Trick-or-treat Grandma Giesler!




Showing off his treat



Lincoln thought Olive would be a tasty snack for a little dragon.



Checking out his treat from Grape Grandma




Chillin' with Lillian




Hanging out with Shaw and Jodi and some creepy guy on the TV

 


All tuckered out after a long night of fun



Happy Halloween!

{ Fall Photo Fun }

I thought it would be fun to take Lincoln to the pumpkin patch to take some festive fall pictures last week.  I got him all dressed, called Grape Grandma to accompany us on this adventure, and we headed out to the Berry Ranch.  Lincoln was smiling and adorable when my grandma got to our house, but fell asleep on the drive out there and when we woke him up he was NOT in the mood to smile for pictures.  We got a few cute ones but most of them are of a half asleep sullen little guy.  It was fun anyway :-)



This one is my favorite :-)