Can you tell we like our kid?

Shawn took this picture of Lincoln in the bathtub, I think it is a really cool picture.

Lincoln can not get enough of being outside, playing at the park, and throwing the ball around!

Like all children, Lincoln loves water. This is the water fountain at the Mall. Lincoln's second favorite place other than the park. Lately he has been saying "Mall? Play Place? Puppies? We go to the Mall Play Place atleast 4 times a week, which always includes a trip to the pet store to see the puppies.

Row Row Row Merry Merry Merry

The past few weeks Linc has begun singing along with us when we sing. His favorite songs right now are Popcorn Popping, Jesus wants me for a sunbeam, and Row Row Row your boat. For that last one he sings Row Row Row Merry Merry Merry. Cute kid!

When he sings Sunbeam, Shawn sings the words and when it gets to the BEAM! part, Lincoln shouts Beep! He's also made it into a game where instead of saying Beep!, he starts cheering instead.

Linc is a huge tease! I know I'm partly to blame for that. :)

-Shawn

Singing In The Rain

Believe it or not it doesn't rain very often here in Mesa, AZ. A couple of weeks ago we had a stormfront (I use the term stormfront loosely, although it did actually rain off and on for a couple of hours, which is very rare) come through and give us a couple inches of rain. This was Lincoln's first time playing in the rain.

Lincoln Park

Lincoln has become quite the climber. He climbs on anything and if you try to help him he says "NO"! Too bad the chain is right in front of his face.

Lincoln was given several kites for his birthday. If you look really closely you can see Buzz Lightyear. Both of these pictures were taken at the park near our home.

Big Boy Bed

Lincoln's Favorite Candy

I'm 2!

Lincoln has mastered the phrase "I'm two"! He tries to hold up 2 fingers, but we are still working on that. He has mastered all sorts of new tricks. He can say a couple of complete sentences: "I know"!, "I see you", "Where are you"?, "I'm two", and "I took it off". This last phrase is a little garbled, but you can get the general idea. He can say all sorts of words now and occasionally surprises us when he uses a new word. For example last week we were pulling into the church parking lot and he started calling out "church".

We LOVE that he can communicate with us, it has made life much easier.