As I was looking through pictures today - I am amazed how fast Mr. Lincoln has grown up. He'll be one before I know it!

4 months

5 months

6 months

Lincoln is 6 months!

On March 14th, Lincoln turned 6 months.

I cannot believe how fast those 6 months have gone by.

I have loved every second of being a mom - 

even those hard days I wouldn't trade them in for good days.

 

 

Lincoln's 6 Months Stats:

 

Weight: 17 pounds 15 ounces - 50th percentile

Height: 90th percentile (I don't remember his exact length)

and his head - ya- can't remember that either.

All in all - he is one healthy boy!

Here are some things about Lincoln at 6 months:

 

He loves baths still

loves all his toys

loves tummy time

is SO close to crawling (any day now!!)

can sit up (and fall over)

can roll anywhere he wants to

loves his johnny jump-up

loves his exersaucer

he doesn't know how to sit still

he has to always be moving

and always be making noise

is a pro at drooling

can give raspberries

loves to smack his lips together

enjoys playing with his toys

likes to roll on his tummy when he is getting his diaper changed

still likes getting his diaper changed

enjoys cartoons

loves his cousins

loves to squirm

loves to scream to get anybodies attention

gets upset when he is left alone in a room by himself

loves to spit

loves to eat his baby food and loves every flavor

loves to eat his socks

likes to play copy-cat

Lincoln is quick to laugh

and is ALWAYS smiling!

(people ask me all the time if he is always that happy - and yes, he is!)

takes 3, 2 hour naps a day.

he attempts to sleep through the night and if he wakes up it is usually just for his binki

loves his soft cream blanket

and now loves his aden and anais blankets

He sleeps on his side with his head tilted backwards

doesn't like to cuddle

loves to swing outside

only cries when he is left alone or hurt or extremely tired- other times he just screams :)

likes to hold his own bottle - although a lot of the time he can't seem to keep it in his mouth

loves to play with his binki and to put it in his mouth backward and upside down

loves his grandparents and aunts and uncles

he isn't too sure about his cousins yet :)

is sometimes scared of strangers if he knows mom is leaving

doesn't nap in the car anymore - unless he is super tired

on a normal day he'll drink 6 ounces every 4 hours

he eats 2x's baby food a day

loves being outside

he naps exactly 2 hours after he last woke up

he sleeps swaddled and with a binki

he wears size 2 diaper

wears some 3-6 clothes and 6 month clothes

does not like loud, sudden noises

loves to put anything and everything in his mouth

likes to scratch things

he loves to put his hand under the water when I make him a bottle

When he is tired he becomes SUPER giggly

Loves to be thrown up in the air

 

and

He has his first tooth coming in!!!

I noticed it this morning. It just broke the gums.

His front left tooth will be really showing soon.

Goodbye my favorite gummy smile and hello to a toothy smile

Here is Lincoln at 6 months!

he loves getting stuck in random places

 I LOVE seeing him peeking out of his crib when he's done with his naps

St. Patty's Day

March 17th - Saint Patty's Day is suppose to be Lucky Right?! 

Luck of the Irish MY EYE!!

Here is how our day went...

We woke up around our normal time 8. I went to go get Lincoln his breakfast when we saw that the leprechaun had stopped by our house in the middle of the night! Did he come visit you??

He filled our shoes with gold. yumm!

After our breakfast we dressed in our green! Thanks Grandpa C for the cutest sweatshirt ever!!!

 

Then we ventured out to Lincoln's 6 month doctor appointment. (i'm going to do a post about his accomplishments at 6 months and stats - just you wait) He is one healthy boy!

After his poor shots, the nurse came in and brought me his vaccine card. He left and and turned to put the paper in my diaper bag when I turned around and saw Lincoln rolling off the doctors table. I quickly turned and grabbed his ankle in hopes to catch him before he hit the floor - but BAM - I was too late. He started screaming and screaming. I rocked him and he started to settle down. I felt so so so bad!!! I should have let the doctor look at him, but I felt so embarrassed and felt like the worse mother in the world that I couldn't do it. Luckily he was fun :)

Moments before the fall

After the doctors we went to go pick up my sister in Cottonwood Heights and then we were heading up to Salt Lake to go to Discovery Gateway.

As we were stopped at the light, getting ready to get onto I-215, a big dodge ram decided he didn't need to stop behind us! He crashed right in the back of us. I quickly pulled over, undid my seatbelt and ran to the back door.  The man got out of his truck and asked if I was okay as I was opening up the back door to the car.  I replied that I was fine but that my infant was in the back seat.  Seriously, that was the scariest thing in the whole world - having your child in the back seat when you get hit from behind.  Luckily, Lincoln was fine and there we no tears (from him..me on the other hand...)

My car got a bit banged up.  His heavy duty truck was just fine. (blah) Luckily it was his fault so he will be paying for repairs.  As for us - we are just fine.  I had some whiplash this past week and it's starting to get better.

After that nice little accident we finally headed up to Salt Lake.  We had a great time at Discovery Gateway.  Jana's kids loved it! 

Me and my mom and Kelli decided we would take a trip to Anthropology.  I made my day a little better by buying me some new boots! and I LOVE THEM!!!

 

On Friday we ventured up to Park City to do a little Outlet shopping. At the first store we got to, Lincoln wasn't able to keep his bottle down and threw it all up. Luckily, we were at The Children's place and my mom bought Linc a new, clean shirt. Thanks mom!

Then later as we were leaving the outlets, Lincoln threw up again so he was now down to just his diaper.  Poor guy. Fortunately he had his cute green sweatshirt so he wore that the rest of the day while we did some laundry at at my moms.  

I'm sorry - but he is so stinkin cute!

tummy bug

We've had a rough week or so at our house :(
Mr. Lincoln has been sick with a viral infection.

He can't seem keep his formula down.  About 3 times a day he has been throwing everything up.  It is seriously so sad - and so hard! I have done SO MUCH LAUNDRY! Even this morning I had to start a load at 6:45 because Lincoln threw up in his crib.

I took him to the doctor today and they said just to watch him and feed him less amounts of formula more frequently.  So i've been giving him an ounce every hour or so.  It seems to be helping. I hope we can get over this nasty bug soon.

And not to mention he now has a cold on top of it. The Pediatrition is more worried about Lincoln getting another ear infection than this tummy bug he has.

So until he gets all better - he will continue wearing pretty much just his diaper - skin is much easier to clean than clothes! :)

 Even with all of Lincoln's sickness, he still keeps a smile on his face. He's such a good boy!

 ..there he goes!!

I'm grateful for his afternoon naps.

It makes for a great nap for me too - 

our nights haven't been the greatest this past week.

Here's to Linc getting better

We're on the road to recovery!