Lincoln Turns 2!

I have been posting like crazy today, so check out the latest 4 posts, just trying to catch up. 

Today Linc, Paula and I celebrated Lincoln's 2nd birthday with a donut breakfast (Craig was out playing paintball).  Craig and I are still in a debate as to what day to celebrate.  Craig says that we should celebrate on March 1st, since that is the day he would have been born on if it was not a leap year.  I lean towards what this guy at my work(who was also a leap year baby) says that since he was born in February his birthday should be celebrated in February.  It is almost a moot point because in my family we celebrate birthdays for the whole month, so in the grand sceme of things, who cares, haha! 

We already started out his birthday celebration on Friday with a school party.  I forgot my camera, but we brought up cupcake for everyone to enjoy.  Yong, Craig and I all got to attend and Linc was so happy to show us off to his friends.  He was acting super spoiled and wanted two cupcakes, haha. 

Today, Linc enjoyed a sprinkle donut for breakfast, one of his favorites.  He also had almost a whole dozen donut holes as well.

 Ready to blow out the candle.

Mmm, look at that donut.  And I love this cake plate that I got for my birthday.

Now it is time to enjoy!

We are so excited that God blessed us with two wonderful years with this little man.  We can't wait to see what is in store for the future.  He is such a joy in our lives and has really grown over the past year.  Some of the things he is up to now:

- Speaking 5-6 word sentences and repeating new words everyday

-Understanding English or Orders (as Jen K would put it, haha)

-Counting to 10 (sometimes skipping some numbers)

-Singing a few favorite songs (Twinkle Twinkle, Happy Birthday and as of today, Jesus Loves Me)

-Actaully taking longer naps on the weekends (which seems like it should be the opposite to me)

-Upgraded to size 4 diapers (as of today)

-Outgrowing his 18 month clothes, finally

-Not interested in potty training, but loves to read the Potty Book

-Eating a bit better and trying new things everyday

-Giving Hugs and Kisses anytime someone leaves

-Still not watching TV (which is fine by us), but getting interested in the Thomas the Train Show (mind you it is like 5 minutes long, haha)

Overall, he is growing so fast before our eyes, I sometimes catch my self just staring at him.  I love this little man so much and I see so much of Craig and myself in him.

We hope that all the parties he has been to have prepared him for his party this weekend.  We will be having a pirate party on his new ship.  I know he will love having all his friends over to play on it.  I will get pictures up as soon as I can, we can't wait!

Larsen Turns One

Two Saturdays ago, we went to Larsen's first birthday party.  Niki introduced me to Maria (Larsen's Mom) a little over a year ago.  Our son's are almost a year apart so this year we planned our parties so that we could go to each others.  Larsen had a beach themed party.  Here is the party table. 

They served yummy pulled pork sandwiches for lunch.  Here is Avery getting ready for lunch at the princess table.

Maria made beach cupcakes and a fun beach smash cake for Larsen.

Linc wanted to open all the presents!

Larsen opening his 1st birthday presents!

Linc wanted to help.

Time for cake!

He sure got into it, good job!

Avery and Levi as beach monkeys.

Linc and Avery

Here is Maria at the end of the party with all the kids.  Larsen sure does have a lot of friends for just being one!  Congrats on turning one Larsen, Maria and Brian.

Lincoln Sets Sail on His New Ship

I am using the new blogger upload (which is not that new) and loaded this pictures backwards, haha.  So you are going to see the finished product before you see how it started.  You will just have to start from the bottom and go up to see the progress.  If you will remember a while ago, I had a dream about getting Linc a boat.  We had seen it in Mineral Wells and fell in love with it.  We searched around everywhere for a good price and finally found one in NY that would ship for a great price. 

So for Linc's 2nd birthday, the Grandparents pooled together and got him this great ship.  This is where we will be having his birthday this coming weekend, and I can't wait for all the kids to come enjoy the new ship.  I will say, it is fun for all ages, I especially love the swing.  Here is the new Gabbard Ship (it also has a slide and rock climbing wall not pictured).

He loves it!

Craig, Doug (his dad) and Chad worked a full 8 hours to get it done in one day.  I will have to say, I was super impressed that got it done and on such a cold day.  Thanks so much for helping Craig put this beast together.

Craig and Chad

Craig and Doug

Like I said, I posted backyards, so here is the start of the boat.  You can see the many pieces laying against the house.  It was a super big job, but they got it done.  Linc was so happy and excited and has wanted to play on it everyday since.  The first thing he says in the moning is "Lincoln's Ship?"  I think it was the best gift we could get him and I think it was the perfect time to get it for him so that he will have many years to enjoy it.

My Little Valentine

I know this post is a little late, but Lincoln had a great Valentine's day.  With all the snow we had the Friday before, Lincoln's school party got delayed to Monday.  Also because of the snow, Craig's parents stayed with us because their power was out.  So on Sunday, Craig's mom gave Lincoln a goodie bag for Valentines Day.  He is in love with suckers right now, so she hit the spot with this gift.

And he also loves monkies, so that was a big hit as well.  He drug it around all week with him.

He had also had donuts that morning, so he was on a roll.  Later he even got to go to lunch with my parents and have banana pudding.  It was a day full of fun and sugar for all.  Craig ended the wonderful day by making me a yummy steak and having Lincoln bring me my gift.  It was a bunch of fun!

After all the snow cleared, Lincoln had his school party on Monday.  I brought up rice crispy treats and little goodies for all the kids.  Each child got to come home with Valentine's grams from all their classmates.  They all had a good time.  Here is Lincoln and some of his classmates.  You can see Linc's a ladies man, his table is filled with almost all girls.

There was a banner with all the kids names on it, here is Linc's name.

I love both my Valentines! Kiss Kiss

2 Year Photo Session

A few Friday's ago, when I wrote this post, we had pictures taken. I have tried to load these pictures several times, but they are so big blogger kept kicking me out. Finally, I got some to upload. There are so many that are my favorites, it was hard to choose which ones to put up. If you want to see some of the collages, check out Jen's site. I know I have said this before, but she does such a great job. Especially since we made her take our pictures they day after a big rain when it was super cold out. I am saving a few for Linc's b-day post.

I hope you enjoy our photo session.