Author: veronica

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Happy 3rd birthday Lincoln!

Dear Lincoln,

I thought I’d write you a recap letter detailing today’s events.  I can’t believe you are 3 years old today.  As I sit here typing, I’m looking at a picture of you and your big brother when he visited us in the hospital after your birth.  You look so tiny!  Yet, I can see in your eyes, it’s you!  You have become such a fun, independent, inquisitive & loving boy.  I thank God for the gift you are in my life!

The day started off much like it did on the Easter Sunday you were born – we woke up to wet, heavy snow.  You, Nolan & I had breakfast in our pj’s and gobbled up purple waffles – your request.  After getting dressed, we had planned on going to the Children’s Museum, but the snow and slop made the roads extra messy (and dangerous,) so we decided to save that adventure for another day.  You didn’t seem to mind since you had a chance to play with a few of the birthday presents you opened in the morning.

For lunch, you asked for “Taco Bells,” so you and Daddy (who took the day off from work) picked up tacos and nachos for us.  After lunch, you, Nolan & Daddy went to pick up your cake – Buzz Lightyear was what you asked for this year.  I briefly considered making your cake again this year, but decided to let the ladies at the bakery make it for you this go-around.  You fell asleep in the car on the way home, so Daddy laid you down for a birthday nap – probably a good idea since you ended up being up past your bed time yet again tonight.

Our family and friends came over for cake and ice cream at about 6:30.  We sang “Happy Birthday” to you and your eyes just beamed!  I think you enjoyed being the center of attention today 🙂  After cake, you politely asked if you could open your presents, and had so much fun doing so.  You received many wonderful, sweet well-wishes & gifts from your grandparents, aunts, uncles & friends.

You are loved by so many wonderful people, Lincoln.  Never forget that.  And in the words of your great-grandma Fran, God loves you, and so do I!

 

XOXO

Mommy

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3/22/11

Rest in peace, Uncle Joe.  We love you and pray we will one day join you in the presence of our Lord.

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Jumpin’ Lincoln

Nolan came to the kitchen this afternoon and said, “Mommy, Lincoln is in the jumper.”

Following Nolan into the toy room, I discovered this:

Pinching my lips together so as not to let on just how funny the situation was, I said, “Lincoln, get out of there.”  His response to me was, “I can’t! Mommy, can you help me?”

Good thing we know the springs in the jumper are rated to at least 30 pounds.  Ingrid should be safe.

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A little time with Mommy

Today, Nolan was asked to go to a classmate’s house to have lunch and play after school.  That left me with only 2 kids for a good portion of the day.  (Good thing, because I battled a migraine for most of the time he was gone.  But I digress…)

We took a meal over to a family who recently had a baby and then perused the aisles of Sam’s Club – always a rousing good time.  Then, because he was such a trooper, I told Lincoln we could go out to lunch.  We ate at Panera and then grabbed dessert to eat at home.  In the time it took me to unload the groceries from the truck, Lincoln made his way to the dining room table, opened his M&M cookie, devoured it, and threw away his trash.  Amazing what he’s able to do on his own when sweets are involved.  🙂

When I eventually had a few minutes to snack on the cinnamon roll I brought home, he was kind enough to “help” me eat it.  I was able to snap a picture of the two of us using the camera in my phone.  Not the greatest quality, but it captured a sweet moment I was able to share with my favorite almost 3 year old.

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Back to belly

So it’s official.

We have a roller.

I have yet to witness it firsthand, but Grandma Patti did this afternoon.  And Jake saw our little girl, post-roll, this evening as he was getting the boys ready for bed.  I don’t know if I’m ready for what’s coming next.  I’m hoping she’s perfectly content just being on her belly for a while!

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Just like Mommy

After putting the boys to bed tonight, Jake and I were talking in our room while I was feeding Ingrid.  At one point, he looked across the hall and saw the light on in the boys’ room.  Opening the door, he saw Nolan in bed with a Dr. Seuss book.  (Thankfully, Lincoln was out to the world.)

Jake: “Nolan, what are you doing?”

Nolan: “I’m reading to relax, like Mommy does.”

Oh what that child observes and retains.

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Some kind of berry

Nolan: “Mom, why is she blowing cranberries at me?”

Ingrid has learned how to blow “raspberries” with all of the extra saliva she’s producing in preparation for her new teeth.  Today, she blew them at her brother 🙂

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Backwards

It seems I need to do a better job at looking at the kids’ clothes before they head off to school.  I went downstairs this morning with Lincoln and Ingrid and told Nolan to get himself dressed.  (He sometimes dawdles a bit too long if I wait for him, so when I leave the room and he generally gets dressed faster.)  Well, I didn’t even think to look closely at what he was wearing.  I just assumed that since his shirt looked fine, everything else was in order.  Wrong.  I think he was going for the Kris Kross look today.  His preschool teacher had to point out to me that his pants were on backwards.  I guess they were roomy enough that they didn’t bother him.  It’s nice to know he’s not the first to have done this at school 🙂

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Run, boys, run!

Little Miss Ingrid and I went to a friend’s house tonight for a “ladies night.”  Just a little out of the house time with my favorite little girl, friends & conversation.  While we were there, Jake took the boys to the gym to run.  Yes, all 3 of them ran on the track…for a bit.  Apparently it was quite a sight and many who were also working out got a chuckle out of it.  It’s amazing the boys survived because they were incredibly distracted by all of the action and machines that are located in the center of the track.  Jake said that when they finished their 2nd lap, Lincoln requested that he and Nolan go to the childcare room so Jake could get his workout in on the treadmill.  Two laps was enough for him.  Not bad for little legs like theirs!  And when they got home, they crashed!  Yes!  This may be what we need to do to tire them out until they can resume their (almost) all-day adventures outside when the weather is warmer.

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Thumb sucker

And so it is.  We have a thumb sucker.  The boys both took binks, so this is uncharted territory for us.  The one nice thing is, she can’t lose her thumb!  (Although in the future, we may wish she could :))