Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving!

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving again. It kinda crept up on us this year. It also means that Christmas is only a month away which is just too much to handle. So we are still working on the house and we have a 13 month old kid and a bad cat that threaten to tear our Christmas decorations to pieces. Here are a couple videos of Lincoln doing his thing!

Baby Swinging from Lucas Harrison-Zdenek on Vimeo.



Dancing to Bon Jovi

Baby Dancing from Lucas Harrison-Zdenek on Vimeo.

I think I finally figured it out!

So I have been saying that I am going to get video uploaded and embedded in this blog since the beginning and it has only been something like 21 or 22 months, but I finally got it. I am using a site called Vimeo so if things aren't working, let me know. Here is the first video.

I will give a quick background to this. My aunt got Lincoln a car for his birthday and sent it in the mail from Tennessee. When we got it, it had been on the whole time and since it is motion activated, not only was Gena surprised when it started up right out of the box, but who knows how many times it turned on in transit. As soon as it got here, it became his favorite toy and now that he can run it himself he likes it even more.

Lincoln and his Car from Lucas Harrison-Zdenek on Vimeo.



Now that I have this thing figured out, there are about 3 or 4 more videos I will post in the next couple of days. Keep an eye on the blog!

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Another night, another heartache...

Lincoln went to sleep around 8:15. He woke up around 8:45. He went back to sleep around 9:00. Then he woke back up at like 9:10 and would not go back to sleep. So Gena brought him downstairs and we fed him a big bowl of oatmeal and I took him upstairs and rocked him for the better part of an hour before he finally fell asleep again.

Oh, don't get me wrong...I'm not complaining about tonight. I'm giving you all a little taste of what it is like to live in our house on any given night.

Everyone tells us as he gets bigger that he should be sleeping through the night at (insert number of months here)...4 months? NOPE. 8 months? NOPE. Well, he will definitely start sleeping at a year...right? Apparently not. We might get 5-6 hours of sleep every night, but those hours are split into 1.5 - 2 hour increments meaning neither of us gets into deep sleep. I am not sure if there are other babies out there that do this same thing, but as with anything that is horrible, we feel like we are the only ones who have to withstand this ordeal.

I'm not writing for pity as much as I am documenting this period of Lincoln's life as well as using this blog to complain openly since there really isn't anywhere to do it.

Other than the sleeping issue, he is a great little kid. He is getting himself ready to walk and he stands on his own longer and longer each day. He also hugs and kisses us now and he laughs like a child instead of a baby. He understands most of what we tell him, except for NO of course! We couldn't be happier with him during the day.

I will continue to update regularly now that things are settling down. The summer was crazy. Also, keep an eye out for new pictures occasionally. He is growing so quickly that we have to keep shooting all the time to keep up with it. If you get a chance, look at the 3 month pictures compared to his 1 year pictures. It is crazy how big he has gotten!

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Another update...

Nothing special. Just added the one year pictures and some of the pictures from the cider mill the day before we took his one years...

Our little toddler sure does love the donuts. His two chins could tell you that though! He has definitely grown in the past year. He was a skinny little guy at first but now he has a real solid build to him! He is getting close to walking and he stands on his own without assistance for several seconds at a time now. It won't be long before he walks...

The house is finally starting to come together. I have needed some help but we are nearly there with the bathroom downstairs as as well as the shelves in the basement and the cabinet in the kitchen. There are still so many projects on the "to-do" list but it feels good to have made some progress on some of them.

To everyone who attended the birthday party and to all to who sent regards and gifts, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. I also want to give an even bigger thanks to the people who helped us get it all together at the last minute. You made it work out and I salute you for the effort! There will be pictures and hopefully videos up soon for all of that!

Until then I bid you all a fond farewell and check out the new pictures!
From One Year Pictures