Mom...How Embarrassing!

The title is what I imagine Lincoln saying to me someday when he sees these pictures posted publicly. He is just too cute though!

 Sheehan is a wonderful Dad and is always there to help me with the baby boy. Despite his expressions in these pictures Lincoln does love his baths.

 His hair is just starting to grow in on top so he is no longer sporting the 60 year old male pattern balding look.

 Loving his warm towel and soothie.

That's my 12 pound (52nd percentile) 24 1/2 inch (93rd percentile) boy!! 2 months old!

The Living Planet Aquarium

June 8th, 2012

Day in Salt Lake

This little Momma needed to get out! I cashed in on a coupon I had to get my nails done. Sheehan wonderfully watched the baby while I was pampered for a whole hour. The gel polish is awesome! I was going to do a subtle color until I couldn't help myself and went for a mermaid green. It was fitting since next we went to the Living Planet Aquarium where I have been dying to go for weeks. I love the otters and penguins!

Sheehan playing in the Otter habitat.

 Lincoln enjoying food and a show.

 He really liked all the light reflecting in the water. Someday he will notice the fish, too.

 Otters!!

 Lincoln and the Eel! Yuck...eels make me squeal just by looking at them. 

I can't help but force myself to touch the stingrays even though every nerve inside me is screaming not to. They are just so cool but I can never get used to how soft they are. I always have to keep from squealing out loud.

 Penguins! I love the little penguins. We were there just in time to see them get fed. It was so cute watching them waddle and swim all over. Love, love the penguins!!

We wrapped up the day at my 6 week appointment since having Lincoln and got a clean bill of health! Life is good.

Yosemite June 2012

 June 13th-18th, 2012

Annual Yosemite Trip! 

     So some may say we are a little crazy going to Yosemite and camping for a week with a 7 week old. It wasn't too bad since we had my Mom's motor home for backup if the tent wasn't quite working out. Lincoln was really great the whole trip. He loves to be outside and loved that everyone wanted to hold him which I happily obliged. 

     We celebrated Father's Day in Yosemite. As you can see my Dad is wearing several ties that we all drew for him for Father's Day. 

     Unfortunately, I did not do a very good job celebrating it for Sheehan. I didn't plan ahead and with limited resources while camping he just got a, "Well, Hey. Happy 1st Father's Day! Here's your kid." We will make up for it in the years to come. 

We didn't do a whole lot of hiking this year.

 All the babies are slowing us down a little but it was nice to actually just relax at the campsite this year. 

Papi, Gigi, and Lincoln

I love this baby carrier. It was so nice to have it while there in Yosemite. He is passed out in this picture. 

     The whole week was really great and it was so fun to spend time with family and friends. We had to keep up the tradition and bring the baby. We didn't make a decision to go until a couple days before. We figured Lincoln has been healthy and I didn't work anymore and Sheehan is not working because he has been studying for his Home Inspecting Course so we can just get up and go. And that we did. We all piled in Devin's little Elantra. We got there on $70.00 in gas. We even paid over $5.00/gallon at one point! The cramped drive was worth the savings in gas. 

     We did art again this year but since we had our friend Sandy Bethke with us we decided to do our own art class this year. Sandy decided we should do the LeConte Memorial Building. We all thought it looked like Hagrid's hut from Harry Potter. It was a new spot and we all enjoyed our very own family art class this year. We were such a large group that people were stopping thinking we were real artists...Then they saw the state of our paintings. 

We took this group picture right before Lys left. We were all having some allergy problems and ready to go. We left a little bit earlier than we were expecting because Lincoln was having a hard time with all of the smoke in the air from campfires. 

The park was really dry this year but we were still able to go rafting. My Mom watched Lincoln while Sheehan and I rafted down the river together. I didn't paddle at all. I let Sheehan do all the work. We beached a couple of times cause the water was so low. So Sheehan got out with the water at his ankles and dragged me in the raft to deeper water. True love.

Here is Aaron, Devin, Sheehan, and Jeff doing their man challenge. They challenged each other to swim out to this log on the other side of the river. The water was freezing but it actually felt pretty good since it was SO HOT! I dipped my toes in a little but there was no way I was going in any further.

Lincoln loved being held by Papi. 

We can't wait until next year!

Rest In Peace Milly

     We are in heat the heat of summer and there are fires everywhere! We have no air conditioning in our new house and the poor chinchillas can't handle the hot weather. Milly died on June 27th, 2012 of a heat stroke. She had 2 baby girl chinchillas about 8 proir. The gray one is fine but the little black one suffered a little and is having difficulty moving around. Sheehan had to feed it with an eye dropper for a few days before it would eat normal food again. It was a sad night when we found all of them. We will miss Mama Milly.

Lots of Time...But No Hands!

     I would like to say I have no time because of the baby, but I do have time I just have no hands most of the day. It is probably my own fault, but Lincoln likes to be held all day. While he is awake, eating, sleeping, and occasionally we are lucky enough to get pooped on while holding said boy. I may be losing my mind a little, too...I put the cereal with the pots and pans and didn't even realize until Sheehan asked, "What are you doing?" and I replied with a, "What do you mean?" very confused...he then pulled the cereal out of the pots and pans cupboard. Oh the joys of motherhood....

 Top: Noah, Left: Lexi, Bottom: William "Liam", and Right: Lincoln

 3 weeks old with cousins!!

 1 week old

 1 week old

3 weeks old

3 weeks old

     Lincoln just had his 2 month shots and check up appointment. He is a healthy and happy boy until they gave him his shots then the nurses left and said, "He is all yours!" as he was screaming and purple from being poked and prodded. Isn't the doctor office great!? Other than that, he is a pretty happy little guy. He is smiling all the time and starting to giggle which is starting to make this Mom job more fun when you have a smile made just for you.

 

     I am one of the lucky few that gets to wake up only once, and occasionally twice a night. We have a very good night sleeper on our hands. Daytime we are still working on. He doesn't really sleep very long unless I am holding him or we are driving in the car. The car is a miracle sometimes. 

     The other day I was cleaning and had him laying on a blanket on the floor. He is happy and pretty quiet just looking around. I turned around to check on him and he had rolled up onto his side. I was pretty excited but had seen him do this a couple of times. He then kept rocking and rolled onto his stomach and started doing his daily push-ups. :) I was pretty proud of my early roller until I then realized I can't leave him on the bed, couch, or changing table anymore without being right there...pssh Mom doesn't need any independence anyway. Overall Lincoln is doing really well and we are really happy and excited to be parents!