First Thanksgiving

I love all these “first” holidays with our new little family! We celebrated the weekend before Thanksgiving with my family. My parents were heading out to Colorado for Thanksgiving with my brother. We were also celebrating AJ’s birthday. Unfortunately he got the flu so was sick that weekend and could not join in the festivities. Lincoln and I stayed away from dad most of the weekend! We spent Thanksgiving day at AJ’s parents house. Lincoln was really fussy that day (tummy pain with acid reflux:( We still had a lot of fun with our family!

Here’s my gobs of photos!

Trip to Arizona!

I went back to work November 7th but only for a few days before we headed out to Arizona for our friend’s Tyler and Amy’s wedding! We left Wednesday after work to drive to Des Moines and stayed with the Willoughbys. This was Lincoln’s first long car right and first night away from our house. He was such a trooper. We flew out early the next day on daddy’s birthday. Mom was a little stressed just worrying about how his first flight would go. Lincoln only fussed about one minute switching sides nursing. Whew, I just didn’t want to be that mom with a screaming baby! We kept him covered the whole flight and practically nobody knew he was even there! Their wedding was 11-11-11! Lincoln got to spend the day with the girls relaxing and getting ready. During the wedding, right as AJ and I were starting to walk down the aisle, Lincoln started crying ready to eat. The whole time standing up front I was worrying about him and felt bad for our friend who had to miss practically the whole wedding to feed and take care of him. She came back just in time for the vows! The reception was beautiful! It was at Amy’s dad’s amazing house outside. They had heaters brought in which made it nice and cozy. I just cuddled Lincoln and we had a great time. We hung out the next day for a little while at her dad’s house before taking off to go back home. Our flight home definitely wasn’t as smooth sailing as the way there. There was HORRIBLE turbulence due to 75 mph tail wind. It was pretty much dropping us out of the sky. It lasted about 30 minutes and had to get higher in altitude to find higher air. People’s things started falling so they made everyone put everything up. I had to hold on to Lincoln really tight. We were super nervous this whole time. Lincoln was amazing and slept through it all :) We drove home from Des Monies that night and got home at about 2:30 am. It was a short trip but we had lots of fun spending time with the Geopferts!

Nicole Geopfert, mommy, and Lincoln at the rehearsal dinner

The bridesmaids! (Look at that beautiful background!)

Loving time with daddy

The beautiful bride and groom – Tyler and Amy

AJ, Lincoln, Travis and Nicole – we have missed them and loved spending time with them!

Lincoln slept through all our pictures!

my 3 month old

I still can’t believe how fast these months go. Lincoln has been interacting a lot more with us. He just started really smiling and cooing at us. I LOVE it! Someday I hope to capture it on camera!

Weight: 11 lbs 2. oz Head: not sure! Length: Not sure!

He usually sleeps about 7 hours at night which is amazing! Last weekend Lincoln went on his first trip in an airplane to Arizona for our friends Tyler and Amy’s wedding. I will post more about that trip later. He also has been adjusting to day care. We are all getting into a routine now with me back at work. I am finally feeling a little better about it all now that I’m getting into the groove of things again. I am looking forward to the upcoming holidays with our new little one and our families!

Lincoln’s 3 month posing session didn’t go the greatest. He was Mr. Fussy so most pictures were him crying!

so here we are…

Sitting on the couch biting my lip. It is the day before I go back to work and I feel like tomorrow is the first day of school. My nerves are here yet excited to work with my kiddos and fellow teachers again. I get to meet new teachers and even new kids. Parts of me has excitement. The rest is filled with some sadness. I have loved being home with our son. I love watching everything he does all day long. I love to hold him when he cries or just need some cuddles. I love to kiss him any time in the day I want. I am going to miss him in the day. I know it will all be ok and this time was soon to come. I just want to freeze time… I am lucky to have the breaks we get as teachers. But right now I am just thinking about everything I will miss. And I am afraid I will miss some firsts. He will be in great hands and only a few minutes away from school so if I need to I can run and kiss him during lunch. I want Lincoln to know how much his mom loves him and always will. He is the most precious thing to me. Ok so writing this is only bringing the tears on so I must stop.

Here’s my fast growing boy:

Lincoln’s throne

All summer I kept saying we needed to finish (I mean start) his bedroom – it was bugging me that it wasn’t done. My goal was to have it mostly done before I went back to work. I knew there was a reason I was so pushy…9 weeks early was a good reason:) We did have the walls painted and a dresser set up before Lincoln was born! I had found some neat wall decals that I was planning on buying for his room but then didn’t really want to spend the money. So AJ hooked up our computer and projector in his room and traced the tree and grass. Aj’s mom is so crafty and painted them! It turned out so awesome. Lincoln’s room is definitely my favorite room in the house:) Everything else has come together…I still need a few more things for the walls and need to bring in some of our pictures but that’s on my to do list .. my very large to do list!

And here’s the lil man who sleeps in this room…..

2 months

Lincoln James is already 2 months old! It’s weird that it was just my actual due date a few days ago too. I can’t express how great these last few weeks with him at home have been. We have all transitioned here pretty well. It is different not having nurses to talk to any hour of the day tho!

Here are Lincoln’s two month stats:

Weight- 8lbs 11 oz – 50th%

Height- 20.75in - 50th%

Head- 35cm – 25th%

Lincoln seems to be growing so well! He is a very content baby. He naps a lot in the day. He usually is awake right after he eats for a while, but sometimes is just too sleepy. He stays awake more in the evening time. He is eating every 2 1/2 – 3 hours in the day and usually 4 hours sometimes a little more or sometimes a little less in the night. I am waiting for this to get better! Nursing definitely hasn’t been the easiest thing in the world, which I wasn’t expecting. He is getting better but will sometimes be very sleepy while eating so it can take a while, or he screams bloody murder trying to latch on. They say this is kind of a preemie thing too, and will continue to get better as he gets bigger. He takes a bottle great which is awesome for Lincoln and daddy time!

I love watching his little facial expressions especially while he’s sleeping. He still doesn’t give us a smile while he’s awake which I am waiting for! Lincoln doesn’t fuss much, except during diaper changes and when he’s hungry. Oh and sometimes during tummy time – he isn’t the biggest fan of this. He is getting better at lifting and turning his head.

The dogs have adjusted well but miss getting all the attention. Abby is still a pistol and will carry his pacifiers or sometimes a blanket of his off somewhere else. She loves diapers (dirty or not) so I cannot leave these out in her reach. I absolutely love being at home with Lincoln and cuddling with him. It’s definitely not going to be the easiest going back to work. Laundry and a clean house pry isn’t going to happen as much real soon…I have to keep telling myself that holiday breaks and summer will be here before we know it!!

grandparents

Both our parents waited ever so patiently to hold their new grandson. Everything was a little tricky in the hospital with monitors, oxygen, tube for food, etc. The night before we left the hospital they all held him. I don’t think they ever wanted to stop Good thing they all live in town!!

Lincoln has two amazing sets of grandparents who will spoil him and love him to pieces!!