Terrible 2's here I come...

Lincoln has been especially toddlerish this week. We have been trying to give him a little alone time everyday in his room. Yesterday I came in and he had stuffed all the unused, clean diapers in the diaper garbage, including the wipes and all of his lotions. He had pulled out a ton of tissues ripped them up and then tried to stick them back in the box. He sanitized his stuff animals with the hand sanitizer and last but not least ripped all the pop-ups out of one of his books. I am sure you are thinking why did I leave all this stuff in the room, well I didn't think he could reach most of it. I guess we are going to have to do a little re-arranging.

Earlier this week when I came in to get Lincoln after his nap, he was sitting on top of the changing table. This means that he climbed up there from inside his crib! I guess that means we need to change his crib into a bed now.

I forgot to mention in my last post that Lincoln can hold a cup and drink by himself now with minimal spilling. He mastered this trick while we were visiting Grandma and Grandpa Jensen. He has also added several new animal sounds to his act and is finally learning to say "Yes" instead of uh, uh, uh for yes. Shawn and I are especially pleased with this development, because as much as we love him, it drives us crazy when he whines. Lincoln has also gotten pretty good at repeating words. I guess that means we can't swear anymore... just kidding, Shawn and I would NEVER swear.

Shawn and I got Lincoln a talking Elmo toy earlier this week. Lincoln has been very thrilled with his new toy. He has taken him for a ride in his wagon, shared his breakfast, reading time, and posed for pictures. Lincoln also enjoys watching Elmo on Sesame Street. . .with Elmo.

Lincoln and Shawn were being silly one evening, while Lincoln was getting ready for bed.

Lincoln got these 3 plates out of the cupboard and sat at the table. Then he came over to me, said "yay!" and then told me that he wanted to eat. I couldn't get him to look at the camera, because he was so intent on telling me that he wanted to eat.

Lincoln also has a new favorite movie: WALL-E. He constantly comes up to Shawn and I and says "WAAAAAAAALLLLEEE!" just like they do in the movie when he wants to watch it.

For the record, Linc's favorite superhero now (and Shawn hopes forever) is Batman!