Lincoln at 6 months

My baby is already 6 months old! He actually hasn't grown that much since his last check-up at 4 months but he does have some new tricks. He can sit up, rolls all over the place, scoots backwards and rocks back and forth on his knees. He will be doing some "real" crawling soon. It took a long time but he finally likes to eat his fruits and veggies. His first tooth on the bottom came in on April 8 and the second tooth popped through exactly one week later. It looks like the top teeth are on their way, too.


He and Trevor have started fighting over toys and they love to give each other kisses. Well, Trevor likes to kiss Lincoln and Lincoln likes to suck on Trevor's face. Lincoln's whole face lights up when Kendall and Hayden are in the room and he actually leans towards them so they will hold him. Tadj and I are feeling really blessed to have our happy Lincoln, even though he refuses to takes a bottle and still wakes up once or twice a night.

Update: A top tooth popped through on May 6!

Trevor at 18 months

This child has a twinkle in his beautiful eyes that means mischief is brewing. He is inquisitive and has excellent fine motor skills. This is a bad combination for an 18 month old. He can pull the electrical outlet covers off in less than a second, has learned how to open the child safety gates, and can unscrew child-proof bottle caps. Trevor loves to play in the toilet (so many unspeakable things with toilet water lately), counts to 3 and jump off the back of the sofa (dee, dee, deeeeee) and just recently he pushed the bathroom stool to the front door so he could stand on it to undo the deadbolt. I don't know why he wants to escape so badly - it isn't THAT awful around here. But I think you get the idea...this one keeps us busy.


It isn't all craziness though. Trevor loves to sing. He actually sings better than he talks. He likes "Twinkle, Twinkle" and "Old MacDonald". Talking consists of just a few words we understand like mama, hot, hi-ee, dad, and dog, the rest sounds like gibberish. He gets irritated when I don't understand what he wants. We did teach him some signs and he constantly tells me he wants to eat and have more.

5k

I hate running. I think it all started in middle school when I was forced to run around the track and my asthma was so bad that I was certain to collapse and die. And then in high school when I had to run a mile every Wednesday in under 12 minutes. Even though I was a pretty good athlete these runs were torturous.

But now, after having two babies right in a row, desperate times call for desperate measures. I set a goal to run a 5k before Lincoln turned 6 months old so in early January I started the C25K program. If the babies were napping at the same time, I was on the treadmill training. My training officially ended last Saturday so I downloaded a GPS app for my phone, leashed up Ollie, and hit the "running park". It was really cold so it took awhile to get my breathing right and my legs felt frozen but I ran the 3.1 miles straight (and found that the dog may actually be of use to me!) However, I knew that the race I signed up for was "really hilly" so I was nervous.

But today was the big 5k race day and it was awesome! Well, there are actually better adjectives like exhausting and difficult but overall it was FUN! Go figure. My mom and good friend Julie also ran in the 5k.

The before picture

The kids ran a 1K with Tadj, the babies, and Julie's kids. Hayden took off running and crossed the finish line without anyone so we lost track of him for a short while. Kendall took her time running/walking but persevered to the end.

Red-faced after the 5k (me, my mom, and Julie)

My cheering squad

More of the cheering squad and one sleeping baby

It was a great day!

Lincoln is 4 months old!

I know I created a post about Trevor when he turned 4 months old so in all fairness I should do the same for Lincoln.

At Lincoln's 4 month check-up we got the all-important measurements:
Weight: 16 lbs (50-75th Percentile)
Length: 24.75 inches (50-75th Percentile)
Head Circumference: 43.6cm (>95th Percentile)

He is a very mellow and happy baby and we love to hold him and make him laugh. Lincoln doesn't have a lot of "tricks" yet and that is probably because he is usually in my arms when awake to protect him from Trevor (who likes to point out exactly where Lincoln's eyes are and give him big slobbery kisses on the top of his head). And I have to add that he is by far the chunkiest baby out of the 4. He has roll after roll which makes shower time really fun! We get a lot of comments that he doesn't look like the other 3 but if you push his cheeks together to give the appearance of high cheek bones he does look like Kendall. We think he is adorable! I'll probably post again when Trevor is 18 months!