Here's Baby Adsero #2 at 9 weeks. I know.... we're nuts!!Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Auntie L's Visit
Laura came to help us with the move to Korea. It has been a dream to have a nanny around 24/7. We painted the kitchen, touched up the family room paint job, weeded the yard, cleaned the house to show it to potential renters etc, etc... lot's of not fun things but it's been great. Here are some photos we took during our time together:
This is how Lincoln loves to nurse/eat and sleep:
Tenth change of clothes for the day:
Getting ready to paint:
Lincoln loves his nanny!!!
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Ugly Baby
Matt always gets annoyed with me because I always take so many pictures. As I was going through some old photos of Lincoln, I was reminded of why I do take so many and felt justified in my habit. You gotta take a bunch to get a good one otherwise you end up with these:
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
A Not So Creepy Crawler
Lincoln has been thinking about crawling for quite some time and finally took the plunge yesterday. I love how haphazard and jerky his movements are. I am finding him getting into trouble more than usual. I leave the room thinking I have at least 30 seconds before he could get to anything dangerous, but that time has been cut in half. He is a mover and a shaker. He loves pulling the glass balls off the low limbs of the Christmas tree. Time to invest in a few more baby gates... this time for the baby and not for the dogs. It's a good thing I hurdled on the high school track team!
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
7 Months
Here he is the day after his 7 month birthday. The lady at Walgreen's who took his passport photos couldn't get enough of him. After his photo shoot she asked if she could hold him. I said sure and she grabbed him from me and kissed him all over. Who wouldn't wanna kiss that cute little face? (Good thing I got him his Swine Flu vaccination already). It's hard to believe that my baby is gonna be a world traveler soon. Too bad he'll be too young to appreciate it. I didn't get a passport till I was leaving on my mission. Anyway, here are some of his favorite pastimes as of lately: - He has started to army crawl a little
- He loves to "blow bubbles" with his food
- He arches his back and screams every time I put him in his car seat
- He says "da da da da" a lot
- He holds his own bottle when laying on the floor
- He gets very upset when you take away a "toy" he shouldn't be playing with i.e. the vacuum cord or a fork
- He has discovered the outlets and started to put his fingers in them (gotta start baby proofing)
He just gets more and more fun as the days go by. We sure love him.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Sampler
(WARNING: This is long, you may just wanna look at the pictures)
I've been meaning to blog about various subjects for quite some time, but haven't gotten around to it till now. Here is a sampler of the recent happenings:
First off, Matt and I found out in late October that we're moving to Korea. He'll be headed out a few weeks in advance to scope the scene out and meet people that he'll be working with on the project. He'll come back for Christmas and then we'll all ship out after New Year's some time. We'll be there for roughly two years. Matt and I have started trying to learn Korean, but unfortunately, it's not as closely related to Chinese as we had imagined it might be.
So, the winds of change are blowing. I have to admit, I haven't been as excited about the move as Matt would have hoped or as I would have imagined I would be. I've been trying to cling to anything I can, as I must leave house and home and all that is familiar. In my college years, I was all about change, moving and traveling, but now that we have a home, two dogs and a baby, I'm not as adventuresome as in times past. Matt really would like to give Lady away. We can take dogs with us, but two dogs in a high rise apartment seems too much for Matt (and probably for most other people besides myself). Our neighbors thought that their parents may want Lady, so they took her for a trial visit. I cried most the day thinking that my little buddy was gone for good. I know... I'm being ridiculous and overly emotional, but Matt is gonna be working long hours and I will spend the majority of each day alone in a foreign country. The least I could do is bring along a few friends, right? To my delight, our neighbor's parents didn't want her. My compromise would be to have someone dog sit for two years. Any takers? I'm trying to convince one of my two sisters that they want to. We'll see. I think Lucy would miss her most of all. Look how cute they are looking for squirrels in the backyard:
In preparation for potentially renting our house out to someone, I've felt an urgency to take care of a lot of things around the house that I've been meaning to do pretty much ever since we moved here. Matt has filled in all the holes that Lucy has dug in the backyard and spread grass seed over the many barren patches of earth. Some where there was a swing set, and some where there was a large compost pile of sorts. He has also installed a poor man's sprinkler system by burying some hoses.
I have also taken upon myself the task of stripping the wall paper in our kitchen. There were three layers as seen below. The top layer is the cream layer with fake cursive writing on it and grape stems and leaves. Layer two is the lovely fruit and flowers with the gold stripes and the border as seen on the top left. Layer three is the original look for our kitchen. The cream with pink flowers shown on top of layer one. Wall paper should be outlawed.
I spent quite a bit of time trying to be careful on the last layer cause it takes the outer layer of the sheet rock with it leaving a cardboard layer exposed. Despite my best efforts, it was still happening so I threw in the towel and just started ripping it off as fast as I could, believing that my time would be better spent replastering/texturing. So here it is in all it's glory:
I can't do a post without featuring Lincoln's latest tricks. Lincoln loves sleeping on his stomach face down on his hands. This is a picture of when we woke him up early so I could take Matt somewhere... maybe the airport. You can see his hand prints on his forehead. 
He has also increased in his mobility quite a bit lately. Although he is still kind of like a beached whale, he is able to do 360's with his belly as the center of the circle. He's also been rocking back and forth on his hands and knees thinking about crawling. Here is a funny video of him trying to grab the ever illusive Lucy tail. He laughs so hard when the dogs are running around play-fighting.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
6 Months (belated)
We've been busy, so I haven't gotten a 6 month post up for Lincoln yet, but here goes.The Stats:
Height: 26.5" (50th percentile)
Weight: 17 lbs 7 oz (50th percentile)
Head: 44 cm (50th percentile)
Here's Lincoln with Auntie J at 6 months and 5 days:
Friday, November 6, 2009
She's Home!!!
Well my sister, Laura, is finally home from her mission which is definitely cause for celebration. I decided to surprise her by flying to Utah with Lincoln so we could be there when she got off the plane. Here are some (a lot of) highlights of our trip to Utah:
Laura's grand entrance
The fam at the airport
Hike up City Creek Canyon
Laura and Lincoln trying to stay warm
Visiting mom's classroom on All Hollow's Eve
Mom (the queen bee) and Lincoln (the little giraffe) getting ready for the school costume parade
The giraffe and the devil
Visit with Kathryn's family
Second cousins Timmy (the one with all the hair) and Lincoln
(And yes... Lincoln did wear his costume pretty much 3 days straight)
Halloween night with Uncle Steve, Aunt Marissa and cousins Kylie and Drew
Getting ready for some Trick or Treating
An action shot
Note: Drew only fell and spilled his candy 3 times trying to keep up with Kylie's fast-paced Trick or Treating
Note 2: Marissa would tell the kids "Just take one". Kylie was very obedient but somehow Drew came up with a fist full every time. Classic!
Tinkerbell and Lincoln right before Lincoln was tossed aside in Tinkerbell's excitement for answering the door for some Trick or Treaters
Drew loving to give the "bebe" hugs, Marissa saying "be soft", and Steve, ready for the Trick or Treaters
Visit with BYU roomies Bri and Kristine
Mecham Cousin Party
Cousin Party kids table (but all the kids besides Sophie were done eating)
The living room crowd at the Cousin Party
Chit chat with Austin
Second cousin madness
Four generations with Grandpa and Grandma Mecham
Visit with Katie and Pearl
I sure miss living in "Zion" with all our family and friends.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Peek-a-boo Mania!
Lincoln LOVES peek-a-boo these days. It's my favorite when he really gets going and giggles incessantly. He doesn't quite do it on this video, but gets close. His giggles make being a mom my dream come true.
ps. Sorry about the annoying mom voice.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Bees and B's
Well I'm not sure if it was a bee, fire ant or a spider that got me, but something bit/stung me while I was doing yardwork Saturday evening and my hand ballooned right up. Guess which hand got bitten:
This last week Lincoln has figured out how to say his B's and now that's ALL he does. He's usually particularly talkative after a bath. Here he is after I just put a onesie on him:
And here's a cute picture of Lincoln in his new highchair for the grandmas.
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