Oh my baby is already 1! The year flew by even faster than any other year. I suppose it's because I get busier and busier with each year and the days start to just blur together. It's taken me almost a month just to get around to writing this post.
For Lincoln's birthday we were up at the cabin in Island Park so we just let him open a few gifts and ate some cake. That night we came home so Dustin could go back to work the next day and take Alissa to the doctor because she somehow had got strep throat.
Grandma and grandpa Bateman gave him one of his most favorite presents. He can't figure out how to ride it yet but he pushes it and knows the seat lifts up and certainly knows it plays music.
As much as his dad wants him to be a daddy's boy - he is through and through mommy's boy. I think this has been the case with all my kids though and I am sure it's because #1 I am home with them all day and #2 I have nursed them all. Lincoln just weaned this week (April 15th) so he was almost 13 months and the hardest of all the kids to wean. He still woke up through the night to nurse so that was the hardest time to cut off. He still loves his binki and I am not willing to take that away from him yet.
He is a snuggler! He loves to snuggle and wants me to hold him as much as I will. He is good with dad holding him or Ella holding him too. He follows me around and grabs my pants and tries to get in front of me so I will pick him up. I like this picture Ella caught of him doing just that.
He acts shy all the time. If people talk to him he smiles and turns his head. If we all look over at him he will act embarrassed and put his head down and sometimes even cry.
He wants to be outside all the time. He hears a door open and he makes a run for it. He will even tolerate Molly and Alissa handling him all over the place if it means he can be outside. I love these picture of him watching the garbage truck out front.
He says: mama, dada, Ella and di gu which we figured means peek a boo. He also claps when you say yay and imitates quite a few other things you do like clicking your tongue and squealing (like his sisters).
We tease that he has a crush on Alissa. She makes him laugh harder than anybody else and loves to play nice with him. He just loves her. Ella is super good at babysitting him and holding him and Molly loves him to pieces but is still just a little too rough for him.
He's a pretty lucky boy. I'm sure it won't be long until Molly is his favorite since he loves to eat and she does too. She hooks him up with things like chocolate pudding and Cheetos.
He way outgrew his infant car seat and his legs were hanging out all over the place not to mention he was a lug to carry. So he gets to sit in the super great forward facing car seat that each of the other kids got to sit in. I know he's happy about that.
He learned to walk the week he turned one and it was instant trouble and happiness in one big bundle. He's into all the cabinets, drawers, toilet paper, toilet, whatever.. He likes to go in rooms and shut the door and pull cords and lick stuff he shouldn't. Such is the joy of a toddler!
He got a black eye the week he turned one due to his shaky walking. He crashed right into our back window ledge and got a bruise which eventually went under his eye. He's a pretty tough boy though from all the craziness of his sisters.
This boy is an absolute joy! We all love him so much and feel so blessed that he came to our family. He just makes life that much better.
At Lincoln's well visit he
weighed: 22lbs 9 oz 67%
height: 32" 98%
head circumference 19" 37%
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