The Angry Bird Party

Here are pics of Linc's 6th bday party. He's OBSESSED with Angry Birds right now. It's getting a little out of hand. Could be worse I suppose...don't know how, but I'm sure there's some way that it could be. *daddy made his cake*




*the balloon idea came from here

10 Months

Girlfriend is now in the "double digits". 10 whole months old. It blows my mind how fast time has gone with her. I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that she doesn't want to be a baby, never has.
She loves to stand and to cruise around the furniture. She stands up whenever she gets the chance and can stand without holding onto anything for a few seconds. Her two top front teeth are making their way in nicely. Unfortunately, for her and our budget, I think she's going to end up with my teeth. She's got an awesome gap in them already, but I guess we'll see what happens when the rest come in. She has added a few people to her favorites list, other than Mommy (although I'm still #1 and I'm not just saying that because I really, really enjoy being #1): Grammy, Aunt Steph, Daddy, and Grandpa. She eats anything and everything she can. The only thing, so far, that she has spit out is frosted mini-wheats. I don't think she liked the texture. She also can eat A LOT at one sitting. 4 chicken nuggets? Easy. McDonald hamburger? No problem. Entire slice of pizza? Please, gimmie a challenge. Seriously, it's incredible to watch. (I do feed her healthy food most of the time...but an entire apple and 2 carrots just don't sound as impressive). She's already showing some princess 'tude and I'm sure we ain't seen nothin' yet. I love it though. My little diva.

He's Six!

Dear Lincoln,
You are now six years old! I'm sure you've heard me say this over and over and over, but I can't believe how quickly time has gone. I don't remember life without you in it, but then I look at your baby pictures and think "wasn't that just last year?".
At your six year wellness check, you weighed 49 lbs (75%) and are 47" (90%). You've stayed in the 75% for both height and weight since you were two years old, until now when you jumped into the 90% for height. Dr. Woodward says you'll be a big boy...no way, not my 9 lb 11 ounce 23 inch baby :)
You started kindergarten a few weeks ago and love it. Your teacher is Ms. Oaks and you have Kyler, Nate and Reagan in your class. You get to ride the bus to and from school and I think this makes you feel like a big kid. The bus picks you up across the street from our house, so I get to watch you board the bus every morning. From the very first day, you've had older kids- mostly girls- want you to sit by them and to "help" you. I love to watch each morning as someone new tries to convince you to sit by them and not anyone else. You wear your sunglasses every day, as you always have, and the other day I watched an older boy watching you. After studying you for a few seconds, he turned to his friend and said, "He does look pretty cool." It made my heart happy. You have always had a love for people and crowds and are sometimes too friendly, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
You're incredibly smart. I know all parents think this about their kids, but even Dr. Woodward told me he thinks you're going to be way above average intelligent. You are so curious about everything around you and enjoy learning new things. That being said, you hate to hold still. As your Dad says, "you have bee's in your head.". You are a wiggle butt and your mind seems to jump from one thing to another trying to take in as much as it can. Some teachers/people may see it as a form of ADHD and, because of that, you may have struggles with certain teachers in school. I pray that's not the case and that you can learn to focus- even on the things that seem to bore you. You love school and I will be so sad if that ever changes.
You can count to 100, know all your shapes and colors, are starting to read 3-4 letter words, can do basic addition and subtraction, have started coloring in the lines, and still love to sing and dance.
You have an obsession with "pets" aka-stuffed animals. You've had this obsession for over a year now and it's getting worse :) You have a specific pet obsession with Angry Birds right now. You had an Angry Bird birthday party and now have all the birds/piggys in the big and small sizes. Your awesome Dad made you an Angry Bird birthday cake and you thought it was the coolest thing ever.
Your best friend is still your brother and you love to be boss him around. Thankfully, he still doesn't mind most of the time and lets you be in charge. You share a bedroom with Grant and when I asked you if you wanted to have your own room you replied, "why would I want to have a room without Grant?". You treat your "Lucy Pie" like a princess. You adore her and I love watching you interact with her. You're very good at being my big helper and with helping take care of her.
You're growing up way too fast. Every new milestone you reach makes my heart swell with pride and breaks it all at the same time. I love that you still love snuggles and hugs and kisses and back scratches and to be held. You're my Linky Log and "I love you the most". Happy Birthday Buddy.

1st Day of School

My little monsters started school a few weeks ago. Linc's first day was August 31 and Grunt's was September 6. They were both so excited to be back in school...but not half as excited as I was :)
Grant is going to the same preschool he went to last year. This year he has Miss Doris and Miss Lisa as teachers. He loves them and his favorite part, other than getting to see Gramma Paula every day, is that his girlfriend Cami is in his class again. She's his girlfriend from last year and he was so happy that she's in his class again. He has no problem telling everyone that Cami is his girlfriend and that she's "willy willy cute". He's going to be in speech therapy class once a week starting in October and we really hope that by the end of the year we can actually understand what he's saying :)

Lincoln has had a lot of new things this year when it comes to school. He's going to a new school, new schedule (as far as going for a longer amount of time) and he gets to ride the bus. I think the bus was the hardest part for me. Not having him in Kindergarten, going to the elementary school with the big kids, being gone longer from home...nope, just the fact that someone else is responsible to make sure he gets to and from school safely is the part that took some adjusting to on my part. I didn't cry, in case you were wondering. I think if he would've been sad to leave, or scared, I might have. But he was grinning from ear to ear the entire time and was so excited that it was impossible not to be excited for him. He has some friends from our neighborhood is his class and also his cousin Kyler.

9 Months

(...this is about 3 weeks late...oops)
Miss Lulu turned 9 months on August 12th. She's growing up so quickly and it doesn't help matters that she does NOT want to be a baby anymore! Here are her stats from her 9 month wellness check:
Weight: 20.9 lbs (75%)
Height: 28.9" (97%)
and her head is in the 75%.
She's extremely tall for her age and, while she still weighs a lot, is starting to thin out from crawling. Thankfully she still has her delicious thighs :)
Her favorite things right now:
FOOD! Girlfriend loves food. While she'll eat baby food, she prefers whatever I'm eating. Literally whatever I'm eating. Chicken? Good. Broccoli? Good. Steak? Good. She is definitely a carnivore and loves her some meat/poultry. I think it's her favorite food right now.
She also loves the show Backyardagins. She's not really interested in other tv shows, but that one she'll watch an entire episode.
Her NOT favorite things right now:
getting her diaper changed. It means she has to hold still for 3.8 seconds and she doesn't like it at all. I thought her brothers were wiggly...I ain't seen nothing yet.
She hates taking medicine. Luckily she hasn't had to have a lot of it, but when she does it is a fight to the sticky end.
Listening to books on tape in the car. I was trying to listen to a book while driving to SLC last weekend and every time I put the book on, she'd cry. As soon as I turned it off and put on music, she was fine. Crazy girl.
She's really into clapping and mimicking. She loves to clap along to patty cake (or patta cake as we recently learned is the correct title). If you make a sound, laugh or fake cough at her, she'll do it back at you. It's pretty entertaining. We can now see her top two middle teeth and I think the ones one each side of them are also coming in. She crawls like a champ and is cruising the furniture as well. She is still completely adored by everyone she comes in contact with. We love you Lululicious!