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!!

More Christmas!

On Christmas Eve day AJ and I exchanged presents and let the dogs get new bones out of their stockings. They had been really investigating their stocking for a couple days so were pretty excited to finally have their treat. Lincoln’s main present from us this year was his high chair. He was pretty stoked, soon he will be in it!

That night we headed to the Christmas Eve service at our church with both our families. Uncle Monte drove all day from Colorado to get there in time. We were all so looking forward to seeing him, especially Lincoln since he had not met his uncle yet! After church we went back to my parents house to open presents and have appetizers.

Christmas day we headed over to my grandma’s house for lunch.

Lincoln is all about fitting as many fingers in his mouth as he can!

My grandma really wanted pictures of Lincoln in her highchair. It is for dolls, but she has pictures of my brother and I sitting in it when we were 3 and 4 months old so Lincoln needed to carry on the tradition. His head was a little wobbly still so our hands were right there to prop it back up if needed:)

Later that afternoon both our families went bowling! Lincoln was a good boy watching the action from his car seat and took a little nap. After bowling we all went to Peppers to eat. Lincoln started fussing there quite a bit and not eating so good, which I soon found out was due to the start of a little stomach bug :( Poor boy didn’t feel so good for a few days and we went through SO many diapers!

Manfull Christmas

We had our Christmas with AJ’s family on the 17th. It was another nice day in December! We started our day off with quiche then let the girls open their presents for new toys to play with. Later we had delicious ham from Zippys, opened more presents and frosted a lot of cookies. Lincoln got toys, clothes and books!! We had a great day!

Quite a few years ago Aj’s family had pictures taken all in their white ts. Nateria and Emily thought it would be fun for the significant others to take pictures in our white ts in just about the same poses and location. We took the pictures on Thanksgiving since it was so nice out then gave them the pictures for Christmas. They loved them!

Later that night we kept Lincoln at AJ’s parents house for a couple hours so we could go to AJ’s work party. It was a lot of fun! Lincoln was Mr. Fussy while we were gone but luckily he slept over 9 hours for mommy that night!

Lincoln’s 4 months!

Ok he’s a little more now since I am behind in blogging, what’s new! It has been so much fun watching Lincoln’s personality come out. He loves to smile and laugh. He is full of smiles now especially if you clap his hands together and pull down fast on his chin. He absolutely loves his mommy and daddy. Lately he just wants to be held which I love but makes it hard to get things done. I am getting much better at just letting those other things go and just embrace this time cuddling together! Lincoln is obsessed with staring at our ceiling fan and still loves bright lights. He actually loves when I change his diaper and clothes, we’ll see how long this lasts! He also tolerates Abby’s kisses quite nicely :)

He has had a cold for about three weeks so has been sleeping in our room in his rock and play sleeper. I am slowly making the transition back to his crib during naps but it isn’t the easiest. He sleeps all night now but will occasionally wake up once to eat but its more like a little snack and he’s back down. This past month he has been a little stinker with eating. My milk supply definitely has gone down since I went back to work and am having trouble getting it back up. This has made nursing more difficult. Lincoln also just does better with a bottle and I am finally accepting the fact that it’s okay for me to just pump and feed him on a bottle. He will nurse in the night if needed and in the morning (but only will eat on one side and then I have to pump and give the rest with a bottle). It’s a little more of a hassle but definitely less stressful for everyone. I will keep pumping as long as I can.

Lincoln started going to the chiropractor which has helped a lot. He has acid reflux which can make it hard for him to eat. He has much less spit up and now he burps so much better. He still can be a little fussy, more at night time. He is still not a fan of tummy time so trying to do it more often in smaller time amounts. He had his EDI therapy appointment last week to see how he’s progressing on development. She said he’s at about 3 months (really they still compare him to his gestational age so about 2 1/2 months) so he’s doing really good. He’s a little behind with his head, not quite holding up on own yet but close. He’s close to rolling over too. She said he pry would be if he had some more tummy time so will keep plugging away.

Thanks to Hansons and Hoskinsons for letting our little man wear their boy clothes!! It has been super helpful and much appreciated. He is wearing a few 3 months but mostly 3-6 months and some 6 months clothes. Everyone tells us he doesn’t even look like he was a preemie – has some good chubby cheeks and catching up very nicely!

4 month stats: (his percentile compared to preemie boys)

weight 12 lbs 12 oz 75-95%

height 23.25in 75-95%

head 39 cm 50-75%

I caught Roy one morning sitting in Lincoln’s rocker. When I got the camera he started getting down, he was sitting up very nicely enjoying his brother’s room!