Free Range on Fairview

If you've ever seen a picture of Lincoln you know he has some wild and crazy hair. I love his sweet wispy curls that fly all over the place. It gives him that cherub-ish look that disguises his wild and crazy personality. And unfortunately it was getting out of control. There was a slight mullet growing down the back of his neck. His bangs were constantly in his eyes. We finally decided to take him in for a hair cut. Yes I could have done it myself but I've screwed up many a Dylan haircut so Shane and I took him in together to get a "professional" hair cut. He HATED it. First we started with him on my lap in the chair. The stylist was able to squirt his hair a little and cut one snip before he started getting wiggly and fussy. Then Shane took over and held him in his arms. That's how most of the haircut went. After the ordeal there was maybe a palmful of hair cut off total, not much at all. But somehow my beautiful little boy looks so much more grown up. Then we r...

Yes all of the animals pictured are squishy, soft and cuddly... but only one will bite you back. Yes it's Lincoln. He loves his stuffed animals (especially the bear). He also loves to bite his mommy. For some reason I am the primary one he nibbles on. I guess it's a good thing so he doesn't bite his friends, but I still wish it didn't happen at all. We are working on getting it to stop, but for now if you notice a few teeth mark shaped bruises on me just let it slide.

Lincoln is getting quite good a making great messes. Here are several pictures from the last couple of weeks of how much fun he is having around the house.  This was Linc's first try of cranberry what do you call it - jell, the kind you plop out of a can and slice. I still had a can of it on the shelf and since the other two kids aren't too fond of it, Lincoln got quite a serving. He also enjoyed cheerios and milk with his mess. (My fav. part are the ones stuck to his hand)  Ah yes, Lincoln is growing taller too. He can now reach up on the counter and pull things down. Case in point, half a pound of shredded cheddar cheese all over the kitchen floor. Once I grabbed up the top layer that I believe didn't touch the floor I let the boy and the dog finish cleaning.  They got most of it but Lincoln made sure to not let go of his toy screwdriver. Found him digging through the cupboard and trying to put a head of garlic in the toaster. Man this kid likes to be in trouble. ...

Have you heard of this term before? Baby bunching I think officially is when you have two (or more) babies less than two years apart. And usually people do this on purpose. When I searched the term two under two this new phenomenon came up. I thought I was pretty much in the know on baby and parenting terms since this is pretty much what my life is centered around, but this was a new term to me. Well why would I be searching this you may ask? We have a little surprise: The "silly face" In case you can't read the writing on Lincoln's shirt it says "Big Bro Lincoln; Arriving Spring 2012" That's right, Lincoln will be a big brother this Spring. Or in other words, we are having another baby! I know I announced it to family, on facebook and at MOPS a few weeks ago but time is sure flying by too fast. Sorry blog readers you are fairly low on the info totem pole this time around. I am already in my second trimester which means that the baby is due right a...

MOPS had a mom's day out the other day and we all took the kids to Dusty's Nursery here in Ellensburg for a day of fun. They had a corn maze, hay pyramid to climb on, and plenty of pumpkins to go around. Unfortunately we had a little Eburg wind, but other than that it was a great day. The older kids were in school so these are just pictures of little Lincoln. Lined up with the baby pumpkins! Posing on the left with friend Mikey. Climbing on the giant pile of straw, hope he's not allergic like Daddy! Checking out the view from up high. "Here Mommy, have some." Running ahead of me in the corn maze. Lincoln had a blast in the corn maze. Not too sure about the scarecrow though. Trying to pull a wagon full of pumpkins. Checking out another friendlier scarecrow. Look at those curly locks blowing in the wind.