Santa. Baby.

14 December 2009

Lincoln did not much enjoy his first visit with Santa,

as you can see.

However, Linc was fascinated with Santa's beard

when he (Lincoln, not Santa) was safely in Mommy's arms.

What a great photo for future extortion!

Toys!

Lincoln LOVES the singing chair friends handed down to us:

It sings! It reads the little book! It's easy to pull up on! The different songs are so fun to dance to!

Can you tell how much he loves it?

But even more fun is a diaper box!

George stuck him in one the other day and Lincoln really liked it. Maybe we'll just go with boxes for Christmas this year. :)

Thanksgiving

Lincoln had a great time at his first Thanksgiving! We went to Aunt Carolyn's house to celebrate with family, and Linc loved everything, especially the food. Mommy, however, did not love that Lincoln wouldn't settle down to take an afternoon nap (definitely too many distractions), but he slept in the car on the way home and still went to bed fine, so it was all good.

Hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful! We are very thankful for such wonderful family and friends.

Standing up, of course:

Lincoln and cousin Seth

(apparently I need to do something about Linc's posture. No slouching!):

Lincoln playing patty-cake with Great Grandma:

Trying to eat the couch:

Great-Grandma and Lincoln:

10 months old--photos

Lincoln is 10 months old! (and has been for almost 2 weeks...I'm a bit behind)

A good shot of the mess he made on his sweater on his birthday

(and of his habit of trying to gouge his eyes out):

Unofficial 10-month stats:

21 pounds

?? inches (keep forgetting to measure him!)

Favorites at 10 months:

*Crawling SUPER FAST

*Playing peek-a-boo & hide and seek

*Pulling up to stand on everything!!

*The singing toy chair (photos to follow)

*Saying "ruff ruff" when he hears a dog bark or when we ask him,

"Lincoln, how does a dog go?" It's so exciting!

*Eating, eating, eating

*And, of course, Llama cat!

10-month dislikes:

*Not getting bites of whatever we're eating--even if he's stuffed

*Teething: Lincoln is finally cutting more teeth. The top left (not middle, but just to the side)

tooth is poking through and the opposite gum is really, really swollen.

*Waking up super early (6 AM) because gums hurt

--Oh wait, that's one of OUR dislikes!!

*Not getting the paci whenever he sees it (this is bad bad bad!)

Most of the time, Linc is a happy little guy! He has been very needy and slightly whinier of late, probably because of the pain in his gums: he always wants us to hold him, wants to suck on the paci, etc.

But I can never get enough of cuddling my little man, so it's all good!