Here's another one for you to watch. He's "helping" me do Wii fit exercises. We are doing the karate workout. I think he is doing a better job than I am at following the little guys on the television. This was taken a while ago...
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
He's a Maniac, Maniac on the...Couch??
Gena has recently been getting Lincoln into music. She plays a song or music video on her computer for him and then talks to him about the music or the band. He will often comment on the singer's hair or the way the music sounds. He even tells us if he thinks the song is good or bad. Here is a clip of Lincoln dancing to the song "Sexy and I Know It" by LMFAO. It's pretty hilarious...
Sexy and I Know It from Lucas Harrison-Zdenek on Vimeo.
Sexy and I Know It from Lucas Harrison-Zdenek on Vimeo.
Friday, March 16, 2012
Little Changes
I'm making some little changes around this blog soon. With a new kiddo on the way, rather than start another blog and worry about not keeping up with two, I'm reorganizing this blog to accommodate our growing family.
I'm still considering a redesign of the layout, but for now the only major changes are the title and, eventually the web address. I will announce more soon, after I find a good way to transition without confusing everyone.
In the meantime, we have been enjoying the beautiful weather the past couple of days by playing outside a lot and getting some of the outside projects ready. Our primary flower garden under our big front window is now ready to be planted and we have a bunch of really nice perennials to put in there. in addition to the flowers we have purchased, the guys who did our renovations before we moved in just planted 3 leafy Hosta plants right next to our back door. They have always been in a bad spot so I am going to transplant them this season.
The garden will also be expanding this year with 2 new beds as well as a new plan. I have been reading a lot about this technique called "square foot gardening" and this year I'm going to dive right into it. It looks like it may work perfectly for the size and location of my garden, since it is designed for small urban areas to make the most of your space with as little maintenance as possible.
We just took a tour of Henry Ford West Bloomfield last night and we are both amazed at how nice it is. Of course, being somewhat new and also being built in a very affluent area helps. The hospital has everything from a beauty salon to a huge cafeteria to a store that carries all sorts of natural products instead of the standard junky stuffed animals and dying bunches of flowers.
The labor and delivery floor has private rooms for every mother-to-be, jacuzzi tub in every room, a 32" television with internet access built in, a mini fridge so you don't have to go down the hall to get your personal food and drinks...as well as a bunch of other awesome modern amenities.
We are keeping our fingers crossed now, hoping that everything goes more smoothly the second time around!
I'm still considering a redesign of the layout, but for now the only major changes are the title and, eventually the web address. I will announce more soon, after I find a good way to transition without confusing everyone.
In the meantime, we have been enjoying the beautiful weather the past couple of days by playing outside a lot and getting some of the outside projects ready. Our primary flower garden under our big front window is now ready to be planted and we have a bunch of really nice perennials to put in there. in addition to the flowers we have purchased, the guys who did our renovations before we moved in just planted 3 leafy Hosta plants right next to our back door. They have always been in a bad spot so I am going to transplant them this season.
The garden will also be expanding this year with 2 new beds as well as a new plan. I have been reading a lot about this technique called "square foot gardening" and this year I'm going to dive right into it. It looks like it may work perfectly for the size and location of my garden, since it is designed for small urban areas to make the most of your space with as little maintenance as possible.
We just took a tour of Henry Ford West Bloomfield last night and we are both amazed at how nice it is. Of course, being somewhat new and also being built in a very affluent area helps. The hospital has everything from a beauty salon to a huge cafeteria to a store that carries all sorts of natural products instead of the standard junky stuffed animals and dying bunches of flowers.
The labor and delivery floor has private rooms for every mother-to-be, jacuzzi tub in every room, a 32" television with internet access built in, a mini fridge so you don't have to go down the hall to get your personal food and drinks...as well as a bunch of other awesome modern amenities.
We are keeping our fingers crossed now, hoping that everything goes more smoothly the second time around!
Thursday, March 8, 2012
I'm in trouble...
I just realized that I have neglected the blog for over 2 months! Oh what ever am I to do??
So a few updates on what has happened since Christmas:
Lincoln speaks like a kid now. It's mostly cute unless he is telling me that he doesn't like me or screaming NO at me. He has a vocabulary of more words than I can even count now and every day he learns new ones.
We are on our way to getting potty trained, although I doubt we will get it completed before baby #2 gets here. He has a fancy new little boy potty and he tells us when he has to go pretty much every time, but we don't always make it to the potty on time. He's getting there though.
We have been working on small jobs around the house to get ready for the new kiddo. We got a new crib after a debacle with our old one. As it turns out, dropside cribs are illegal to sell, even on craigslist. Apparently the federal government felt that it was ok for my kid to sleep in it, but it's too dangerous for everyone else's children. What a load of junk! So we trashed the old one and got a nice new one from Ikea. We are planning on keeping this one in our room until we figure out the sleeping habits and then we will make arrangements accordingly.
Lincoln has been sleeping in his own room in a big boy bed since the end of January. We haven't completely finished the paint job in there yet, but it is nice to have him out of our room finally.
About the same time he moved into his room he also made the decision to get rid of his pacifiers. We gave them to the Pacifier fairy and she took them to the little babies that need them more. He was well compensated for his sacrifice with a power ranger action figure and a few Hot Wheels cars. We haven't had an issue since the night he gave it up, which is what Gena and I had feared might happen. We weren't interested in a relapse and we got lucky this time.
Here are a couple of the pictures of him in his new room. Once we get the paint job done, we have shelves and pictures to hang on the walls and then it will truly be a kid's room.
So a few updates on what has happened since Christmas:
Lincoln speaks like a kid now. It's mostly cute unless he is telling me that he doesn't like me or screaming NO at me. He has a vocabulary of more words than I can even count now and every day he learns new ones.
We are on our way to getting potty trained, although I doubt we will get it completed before baby #2 gets here. He has a fancy new little boy potty and he tells us when he has to go pretty much every time, but we don't always make it to the potty on time. He's getting there though.
We have been working on small jobs around the house to get ready for the new kiddo. We got a new crib after a debacle with our old one. As it turns out, dropside cribs are illegal to sell, even on craigslist. Apparently the federal government felt that it was ok for my kid to sleep in it, but it's too dangerous for everyone else's children. What a load of junk! So we trashed the old one and got a nice new one from Ikea. We are planning on keeping this one in our room until we figure out the sleeping habits and then we will make arrangements accordingly.
Lincoln has been sleeping in his own room in a big boy bed since the end of January. We haven't completely finished the paint job in there yet, but it is nice to have him out of our room finally.
About the same time he moved into his room he also made the decision to get rid of his pacifiers. We gave them to the Pacifier fairy and she took them to the little babies that need them more. He was well compensated for his sacrifice with a power ranger action figure and a few Hot Wheels cars. We haven't had an issue since the night he gave it up, which is what Gena and I had feared might happen. We weren't interested in a relapse and we got lucky this time.
Here are a couple of the pictures of him in his new room. Once we get the paint job done, we have shelves and pictures to hang on the walls and then it will truly be a kid's room.
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