Finally!

A day nice enough for Lincoln to ride his "car" outside... all this winter has been no fun so far, we had to move the cars out of the garage and let him drive it in there for a few days. Loving the 60s this week though!

Merry Christmas

Vroom Vroom

Daddy is the BEST helper!

LOVES time with his Uncle Bubba!

Passed out at 7 pm, long FUN day!

Lincoln had a great Christmas this year, of course, when you are the baby of the family, you are pretty much guaranteed to be spoiled!!!! Even though he may be the baby now, ultimately he is the oldest grandchild for my Mom... so he should enjoy it while it lasts. Of course, I am not having any more kids, and I dont see my brother or sister having one anytime soon- so I think he is safe!

Ho Ho Ho

Lincolns 3rd pic with santa....

Looks alot like his 2nd...

hahaha, maybe next year we will get a smile!

Finally got around to scanning...

Lincolns first "school" picture. He is LOVING his class, he only goes once a week, and this week there is no school because of Christmas, he has already asked me several times if he can go see his "friends", which is what he calls school. Just glad he likes it so much!

Lincolns first amusement park adventure, a SUCCESS!

Joey got Holiday in the Park passes from work this year and we wanted to take Lincoln to 6 Flags for the first time! We tried to go on a Saturday, got to the park at 10am ready to go, but the park didnt open until 2, so that did not happen. I guess since a major part of Holiday in the Park is the lights, they open later.

After that, I was afraid we would not make it back, as I was not about to take Lincoln in the cold. However- this is Texas, and 4 days before Christmas it was a beautiful 80 degree day and we ended up taking him after all!

Not only did we have tickets, but so did alot of our family. Shawna and her crew came, and my brother and sister came also. A good time was had by all :) And, Lincoln was tall enough to ride all the kids rides so we got to do quite a bit!

Gaylord Texan

We took Lincoln to the Gaylord for the second year last night. Last year we went with no issue: parked, walked around, had a great time. This year- the line to get onto the road the Gaylord is on was backed up to the highway and we had to park in an alternate lot and be shuttled to the door (that turned out to be Lincolns favorite part though so it worked out, he loved the "bus"). The place was SO busy we took almost NO pics, every step you took you were intruding on someones pic in progress. We wanted to eat, everywhere had HOURS of wait time. What a mess. And to top it off, I really think the decorations were better the year before.




Oh well, tradition right! Gotta get in the middle of the hustle and bustle at some point.

Oh, and one final note- this was our first weekend of NO DIAPERS (except bedtime)!!!!! Lincoln has been "potty trained" at home for a while but we never took him out of the house without a diaper. This weekend he went shopping and running errands, went to Granny and Gammys house and did it ALL accident free! Amazing! Pretty soon I am going to have a talking kiddoe with no diapers- so weird. Exciting and sad all at the same time.

2010 Christmas Card

*Special Thanks to Aunt Shawna for whipping it up last minute, I'll be better prepared next year!

Lincolns first Build-a-Bear

Black Friday build-a-bear had their Christmas Moose on sale for $5, this was too good of a deal for me to pass up! Lincoln was not interested at first, but I talked him into it. He got a little more interested when they filled his moose with stuffing, but he especially loved giving him a bath!

I asked Lincoln what he wanted to call him, he said "Bear", so that is the Moose's name :)

Linc

Lincolns First Day of School!

Ok, so maybe not school, but today Lincoln started Mothers Day Out. He turned two and a half this month, and since I work from him he is able to stay home with me. We have been VERY lucky to be able to keep him home, but as he gets older, he gets more and more BORED in the day. He LOVES movies, but I feel bad for the kid, watching TV and playing with the dogs all day every day.

We decided to put him in the CLC program that is (luckily) across the street from our house at Prestonwood Baptist Church (North). They offer MDO Tues and Thurs from 9-2. We decided to start with just one day a week, as a trial.

This morning he was happy to take a walk to school (like I said, across the street). He was very cautious walking back to his room and into the class. He stood next to me watching the other kids. I asked him if he wanted to play and he said yes, and I told him he could so he started playing at a table with toys. The teacher asked me to sign him in so I did, and then left. I felt HORRIBLE, I knew he would not be happy when he noticed I left, but you have to be strong right? He did great, he had lots of fun and he says he wants to go again next week. I have my doubts, now that he knows mommy ducks out on him he will probably not be thrilled to go, but I know he will enjoy this time with other kids doing all these FUN activities. Its hard watching your baby grow!

My pics are not very good, his backpack was too heavy for him so I couldnt get one of him "ready for school". He is still cute though.

Ready to go!

this is him telling me no, he doesnt want his back pack because it is to "big"

Nap Map (thanks Aunt Shawna)

Walking to school

trick-or-treat

This was Lincolns 3rd Haloween, but the first he actually (kind of) knew what was going on!

Friday we went with his cousins to Downtown McKinney for the 3rd year in a row. He was not sure why, but people kept giving him candy. He thought he had to eat it immediately and spent most of his time opening the last peice he got and ignoring the other people waiting to give him more. This was not such a bad thing though- less candy!







Saturday we went to the mall, and he insisted on wearing his costume. The "muscles" get pretty hot though, so he took it off pretty quickly. Luckily- he was not the only little one who insisted on wearing a costume so he didnt look too silly!

Sunday we took Lincoln to the church festival for the 3rd year also. He was having a blast playing all the games and rides. It was a big hit! Joey would not let me take him on the pirate ship- but I was ready (maybe next year)! I am sure each year will get more fun as he becomes more aware!





We couldn't let the fun stop with just a costume, so he got some new jammies too (thanks Gammy!) What a great weekend! This week- Lincolns starts MDO on Thursdays- we'll see how that goes, I'm hoping he has lots of fun!