My last post was in March. I know. I am slacking! We have been quite busy though. We are still working on the house. It seems futile to even myself sometimes, but I think we may be in a decent situation to finally get it. My score is up and we have someone who is finally willing to fight for us.
Lincoln can sit up all by himself now for minutes at a time and he has been chowing down on carrots, sweet potatoes, pears, prunes, applesauce and peas for a few weeks now. We are also getting into early toilet training by taking him to the bathroom when we can tell he is ready to go. He likes his baby Einstein DVD right after breakfast and although he can't fully crawl yet, it is obvious that he wants to start soon.
He is laughing a lot more than he used to. Sometimes we don't even have to provoke it much which is the funniest part. Keep checking out the slideshow as I occasionally send new pictures to it from my phone even when I don't post an entry.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Real Food...
About 3 weeks ago, we decided to start giving the little man some solids and although they didn't sit well with him at first we got it figured out and he is doing much better with oatmeal than he did with rice cereal. We also got him a little sweet potato and prune and he is loving it. He eats ferociously as if he were a wild little animal! It's pretty funny.
Lincoln grabs at his feet all the time now and today we put him in his Bumbo and he sat up and played for a good long time on his own. He is more and more a little grown up every day. Soon he will be crawling and saying all sorts of words and Gena will cry because of how big he is getting.
We were supposed to find out Friday if our file got preliminary approval from the underwriters but, as expected, I heard nothing. I made several phone calls today to get some info and never got so much as an email back about it. I intend on calling every hour tomorrow as well as attacking her email inbox. We will see who can hold out longer...I am really good at being annoying.
Lincoln grabs at his feet all the time now and today we put him in his Bumbo and he sat up and played for a good long time on his own. He is more and more a little grown up every day. Soon he will be crawling and saying all sorts of words and Gena will cry because of how big he is getting.
We were supposed to find out Friday if our file got preliminary approval from the underwriters but, as expected, I heard nothing. I made several phone calls today to get some info and never got so much as an email back about it. I intend on calling every hour tomorrow as well as attacking her email inbox. We will see who can hold out longer...I am really good at being annoying.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Hard to believe he's 5...
Lincoln hit the 20 week mark on Wednesday. He is now 5 months old and just keeps growing and changing.
The most recent new action is rolling. Link is rolling back and forth now more than ever. He reaches for toys and mommy and daddy. He even laughs a little bit. So many changes are happening and I can see him growing more everyday. I will post some more new pictures soon, but I did just put some new ones in the slideshow so check it out!!
The most recent new action is rolling. Link is rolling back and forth now more than ever. He reaches for toys and mommy and daddy. He even laughs a little bit. So many changes are happening and I can see him growing more everyday. I will post some more new pictures soon, but I did just put some new ones in the slideshow so check it out!!
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Another move, another house, still no "home"
So we got out of the house we were living in and now we are living in a relative's house. Still no place to really call a home. Living out of boxes and laundry baskets isn't exactly living. There are some new avenues we are working on and it seems that we have the people at the program scared a little since they recently offered to lower the price to get us approved and moved in.
Lincoln is doing well. Unfortunately since we keep moving from one house to another, we don't give him as much tummy time as he should be getting. This is kind of important since he should be getting used to holding himself up on his arms and kicking his legs to learn to crawl. Otherwise, he is still nailing every milestone.
Still nothing all that new to report as far as real milestones go, although Lincoln is still changing everyday. The newest things we see are that he recognizes when I come home from work by the sound of the door rather than my voice and he also changes behavior and attitude when I have been gone for a period of time and then come into the room. His physical characteristics are changing slightly as he gains weight and grows. He grasps things and pulls them directly to his mouth with far more accuracy than ever before. He definitely knows that we are not in a place he knows as home. He seems to respond to our emotions more now as well. The anxiety and discomfort of this move has really taken a toll on both of us and because of this, Link has not been sleeping well and in general he is more fussy than usual.
English Fact: The word “robot” was created by Karel Capek. It came from Czech/Slovak “robotovat,” which means to work very hard.
Word of the Day: sedulous (SEJ-uh-luhs) adjective:persistently or carefully maintained
Lincoln is doing well. Unfortunately since we keep moving from one house to another, we don't give him as much tummy time as he should be getting. This is kind of important since he should be getting used to holding himself up on his arms and kicking his legs to learn to crawl. Otherwise, he is still nailing every milestone.
Still nothing all that new to report as far as real milestones go, although Lincoln is still changing everyday. The newest things we see are that he recognizes when I come home from work by the sound of the door rather than my voice and he also changes behavior and attitude when I have been gone for a period of time and then come into the room. His physical characteristics are changing slightly as he gains weight and grows. He grasps things and pulls them directly to his mouth with far more accuracy than ever before. He definitely knows that we are not in a place he knows as home. He seems to respond to our emotions more now as well. The anxiety and discomfort of this move has really taken a toll on both of us and because of this, Link has not been sleeping well and in general he is more fussy than usual.
English Fact: The word “robot” was created by Karel Capek. It came from Czech/Slovak “robotovat,” which means to work very hard.
Word of the Day: sedulous (SEJ-uh-luhs) adjective:persistently or carefully maintained
Thursday, January 28, 2010
3.5 Months and Counting
We went and got Link's 3 month pictures taken today at Sears portrait studio in the Oakland Mall. Of course it took us like an hour since he was perfect for 10 minutes and then proceeded to scream for most of the rest of the time. The photographer was actually pretty good though. I have to give it to her, she definitely accomplished what I thought to be impossible.
Sorry about the resolution on these everyone. Sears portrait studio owns the rights to the pictures so when you go to look at them online, they only provide them in a very low resolution, small frame size and in order to steal them now and share them before we pick them up, I had to work with what was available...you get the idea. The link to the rest of the album is HERE.
We get them the second week of February, so I will scan them in at a higher resolution then and repost them on the same link. I am also working on getting a youtube video of him up tonight. We will see how that works out.
No new milestones to relay since my last post from last night. As you can see from the pictures, Lincoln holds his head up quite well. We did discover last night after I posted, however, that he can also hold his own bottle with little assistance. This is a 6 month milestone that our baby genuis has already begun to reach. Way to go Link!!
English language fact: “Underground” is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters “und.”
Word of the day: Abate (uh-BEYT) verb: to reduce in amount.
Sorry about the resolution on these everyone. Sears portrait studio owns the rights to the pictures so when you go to look at them online, they only provide them in a very low resolution, small frame size and in order to steal them now and share them before we pick them up, I had to work with what was available...you get the idea. The link to the rest of the album is HERE.
We get them the second week of February, so I will scan them in at a higher resolution then and repost them on the same link. I am also working on getting a youtube video of him up tonight. We will see how that works out.
No new milestones to relay since my last post from last night. As you can see from the pictures, Lincoln holds his head up quite well. We did discover last night after I posted, however, that he can also hold his own bottle with little assistance. This is a 6 month milestone that our baby genuis has already begun to reach. Way to go Link!!
English language fact: “Underground” is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters “und.”
Word of the day: Abate (uh-BEYT) verb: to reduce in amount.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Uuuggghhh...
More waiting on the house. Grrr...we are very close this time, but unfortunately we are pretty much homeless until we close. This has been one heck of a struggle but I feel like a pro when it comes to credit and mortgage applications now because of all the stuff I've had to learn.
Otherwise we have been well. Link is getting bigger all the time. It's funny because I go to work and come home and he looks different to me. We have some new pictures and I have a couple videos I'm going to add soon when I get them uploaded to youtube. He talks a lot now and he also smiles a lot, can hold his head up pretty much on his own, sits up with assistance and also holds toys on his own. There is so much new stuff happening everyday with him! It's awesome!
I'm adding another category to the end of my posts. My mom gave me the idea to also add what defined milestone Lincoln should be going through to offer a comparison between "normal" and our little genius!
"Normal" milestone: Holding head up, opening and closing hands, recognize faces, beginning to babble.
Milestone: Lincoln holds his own head up, sits with assistance, holds toys on his own, smiles like a maniac, recognizes mom and dad and smiles, babbles and talks since 2 months, giggles, and knows when dad gets home from work by the sound of the door opening - 3.5 months.
Fact: “ough” can be pronounced in eight different ways. The following sentence contains them all: “A rough-coated, dough-faced ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough, coughing and hiccoughing thoughtfully.
Otherwise we have been well. Link is getting bigger all the time. It's funny because I go to work and come home and he looks different to me. We have some new pictures and I have a couple videos I'm going to add soon when I get them uploaded to youtube. He talks a lot now and he also smiles a lot, can hold his head up pretty much on his own, sits up with assistance and also holds toys on his own. There is so much new stuff happening everyday with him! It's awesome!
I'm adding another category to the end of my posts. My mom gave me the idea to also add what defined milestone Lincoln should be going through to offer a comparison between "normal" and our little genius!
"Normal" milestone: Holding head up, opening and closing hands, recognize faces, beginning to babble.
Milestone: Lincoln holds his own head up, sits with assistance, holds toys on his own, smiles like a maniac, recognizes mom and dad and smiles, babbles and talks since 2 months, giggles, and knows when dad gets home from work by the sound of the door opening - 3.5 months.
Fact: “ough” can be pronounced in eight different ways. The following sentence contains them all: “A rough-coated, dough-faced ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough, coughing and hiccoughing thoughtfully.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Sleeping in the waiting room...
Gena is getting a follow up and Link and I have fallen asleep in the waiting room. We probably look homeless except we smell better and have nicer clothes on! Hahaha!
There is a baby here that has even worse breathing problems than ours. At least it's common.
I will try to post Christmas pictures today...I make no promises.
-Posted from my mobile
There is a baby here that has even worse breathing problems than ours. At least it's common.
I will try to post Christmas pictures today...I make no promises.
-Posted from my mobile
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