It’s Love Day :)

And I sure do love this little monkey!!

Happy Valentine’s Day!!

Like father like son…

5 months!

I can’t believe Lincoln is already 5 months old! He is growing so fast! This little boy loves to talk and smile. His favorite things are still the fan and lights. He has really been interested in watching Abby lately and will have staring contests with her! He still is not a fan of tummy time but at day care this past week while he was on his tummy he was getting so mad that he rolled over to his back and did it 3 times!

He still has his fussy time at night but it’s been helping putting him to bed a little earlier. Lincoln had been sleeping through the night 8-9 hours, amazing! This was while he was in his Rock and Play Sleeper in our room since he had some colds, but I have now made the transition back to his crib which is messing things up! I don’t think he likes feeling so “open” in his crib so he usually wakes up 3 or so times but will fall asleep after I give him his pacifier or sometimes he will soothe himself back down. His hasn’t needed to eat in the night for a few weeks now. I knew putting him back in his crib was going to mess up sleep patterns but I had to do it! He is usually a great napper, except for this weekend for some reason and has been only napping good on me!

Another new transition has been switching to formula :( My supply just wasn’t there and am now out of what I had frozen so I can’t keep up. He was used to formula because we have always had to put formula with my breast milk for extra calories. Now that he has had an increase in formula he seems to be spitting up a lot more so we will have to see how this goes. It’s been a little hard on me knowing I am completely done with the whole nursing/pumping thing but at the same time it has made my life a little easier. I feel like I can get so much more done at school now and can socialize again. I actually ate lunch with teachers for the first time last week!

Weight: 14.8 lbs Diaper size: 2 Clothes size: a few 3-6, mostly 6 mo, and some 6-9 mo

Look what I’m starting to do, still with little help from mom! He grabs at everything now!

Mommy likes this shirt :)

New Years = Weddings!

On December 30th we went to Drew and Abby Johnson’s wedding. I missed the entire wedding as I had to stand outside the sanctuary with Lincoln. I fed him and then he just wanted to be super loud talking and laughing and just being a stinker, but mostly a happy stinker. So that was still a bummer for me. The reception was a lot of fun, even though Lincoln prevented me from staying too long. I loved the food they had catered. They had cheeseburger sliders, fries, beans and other yummy food from Famous Daves. The reception was at the Rotary Reserve which was super nice since it was only a couple minutes away from our house so I could go put the little guy to bed!

Mr. Hungry Lincoln with Dave Bartlett!

On December 31 Aj’s Aunt Kim and Archie got married at Orchard Hill (that’s two weddings at Orchard two days in a row!!) This wedding Lincoln decided to be a sweet little boy and slept through the entire thing, thank you! It was a perfect ceremony for them and fun to be with family for the night. After the wedding we had a dinner at the Visitors Center where Kim works. Everything was set up so beautifully. The rest of the night was spent at the Clarion. That hotel was packed! The guys even brought their Bags game inside to play in the hallway. This has been their new obsession at holiday events:) We didn’t make it quite to midnight, I think we were home around 11 and asleep by 11:30!!

The next day was spent laying around with Uncle Monte and his girlfriend Erica. She flew in for the weekend from Colorado to meet our family. We had so much fun spending time with them! That night our family all went to the Brown Bottle for a delicious dinner. Can’t wait to see you guys in the summer!

I think Lincoln was saying some prayers during a little snooze, love it!!