Lincoln Thomas...11 Months

Height: 30.5 inches
Weight: 24 pounds

Month 11 Milestones

• Taking several steps at a time
• "Driving cars" with sounds effects
• Being pushed around in his push car with Rhea chasing him around...the faster the better
• Dancing to the Friends theme song
• "Talking" more frequently...Mama, Dada, Baby, Ray Ray
• Playing in forts

Lincoln Thomas...10 Months

Height: 30 inches

Weight: 23 pounds

Months 10 Milestones

• Standing Up-taking a few steps at a time
• Drinking from big boy cups
• "Talking" on the phone
• Playing on the couch/chair
• Playing with and climbing on Rhea

Lincoln Thomas...9 Months

Man this kid is growing up WAY to fast! I cannot believe 9 months have come and gone.  It is crazy to look back and see how much he has changed in such a short time.

Height: 29.25 inches

Weight: 22 pounds

Head: 46.4 centimeters

Months 9 Moments

• Crawling Everywhere
• Pulling up on Everything
• Climbing all over Rhea
• Lots of Dadas and the occasional Mama (sometimes I think he is purposely only saying Dada because I'm constantly trying to get him to say Mama)
• Dancing
• Eating just about anything
• Half headstands
• Laughing a lot

9 Month Appointment

Happy & Healthy!

First Christmas

We celebrated Lincoln's first Christmas at home. Lincoln seemed pretty excited about his gifts from Santa!

So how does this thing work?

Here Dad let me help you...

What is it? What is it?

First Hair Cut!

So Lincoln was starting to have a bit of a rat tail and what I like to call old man hair where his hair was long enough that it stuck out over his ears....it had to be done!

Chamberlain Christmas

Partners in Crime

Photo Booth Testers

First Christmas Ornament

Cousins, Cousins and MORE Cousins!

All the babies...

One year....Four Babies!

Lincoln Thomas--8 Months

Lincoln is 8 Months Old!

Height: 28 inches

Weight: 22 pounds

Month 8 Moments

• Crawling Crawling Crawling!
• Pulling up on everything!
• Clapping
• Loves anything with buttons, hanging upside down, peek-a-boo, music & Rhea
• Likes when mom makes barking noises...a sure fire way to get him to smile!
• Hates being put into his car seat...but thoroughly enjoys playing with it!

Oh Christmas Tree....Christmas Tree

Todd's family has always been a real tree family while I never had a real tree growing up.  I told Todd that once we had kids we could get a real tree, but if we were going to do it, we were doing it right.  We headed down to Morning Star Tree farm between Washington and Brighton to pick out our tree.  Luckily my mom went with us so she could sit with Lincoln in the car until we found the tree and could take a picture before Todd cut it down.  After quite a bit of looking we settled on a tree, Todd cut it down and we strapped it to the top of the car.

Unfortunately our great day took a turn for the worse when the strap holding down our tree came lose and the tree flew off the car on Highway 218.  Luckily it didn't hit anyone, but when Todd got back in the car without the tree I knew it had met its end and would soon become the home for some animals in the ditch along the highway.

When I called me mom to tell her she started laughing so hard she could barely breathe...while I was on the other end bawling.  That was the tree WE had picked out.  I had plans to make an ornament from the truck after Christmas and now my "big" plans were ruined!  She said she would look at Hy-Vee the next day to see if there were any decent ones left.  The next day she sent me a picture of a tree in a clay pot.  I told it looked fine and then she called to inform that it was OUR tree...the one we had cut down.  She had gone and retrieved it from the ditch for us.  She taped some greenery to the top to make it look more tree shaped and stuck it in a clay pot.  She had also went out and found us a new beautiful tree from Hy-Vee.

The original tree now sits in front of the house and the backup tree has made a nice addition to our living room.  Todd will probably kill me for posting this story because he thinks the tree flying off was his fault, which is not true...sorry honey...this was a story worth telling and one we will laugh about for years to come!

Found the Tree!

Todd cutting it down

Strapped on top nice and tight! 

Todd getting our new tree ready while the original looks on in awe...

Almost done...good thing I had my little elf to help me out!

First Thanksgiving!

Lincon's first Thanksgiving!

Complete with mashed potatoes, pickles and all sorts of yummy things!

And with a big meal...comes a big nap...

Crawler, Climber, Stinker, Smile....

Lincoln has officially started crawling and pulling up on things.  Of course he find ALL the things he should get into, but it is so fun to watch him explore!

Oooh this looks fun...

No hands? No problem!

Help! I'm trapped in a basket and I can't get out!

Hey Dad! I'm awake!

You may not believe me but he put himself in this little cage...not me!

Celebrate Good Times....Come On!

We spent the weekend in Harlan celebrating Grandma Joan's 60th Birthday!  We had a lot of fun spending time with cousins and loved ones! Besides Todd ending up sick it was a pretty good weekend!

Reading with Uncle Chris and Company

Looking pretty good for a kid who screamed all night!

Mmmm these cars are tasty!