9 months old and "Crazy Head."

9 months old if you can even believe it!!!
9 months old! G-ma & G-pa Hardwick bought him this super cute outfit!
stretching out to look like his monkey!
napping with dad
very artistic pic that Chris took.

So, it is true that Lincoln is 9 months old!  It is crazy and I am of course late on posting the pics!  So anyway, the 17th was Linc's 9 month mark.  We took him in for his check-up and he is doing well.  Around 18lbs 7.5oz.  The doc said he is a little low in iron (not dangerously, just something to watch for and work on).  Then the next day he was feeling really sick, so I took him to Urgent Care and he has an ear infection and a really bad cough/cold/sinus stuff goin on. So he is on antibiotics now and seems to be feeling a little more normal.  Things are going great here and we are justing trying to enjoy each moment with our boy since it is going by sooo fast.

In this video, Linc is doing what we call "Crazy Head/Crazy Face"---it is soo funny.  It is kind of his new thing.  Everytime he does a "new thing" though, I claim it to be my favorite thing that he does, so basically I have alot of favorite things brought to me in part by him.  So sometimes he just will crawl up to us and start doing "Crazy Head/Face."  Love it!!!!!

Eating a huge banana!

Okay, so we were feeding Linc a banana the other day and Chris broke off a big piece of it expecting him to bite out of it.  Well, instead Lincoln stuck the whole huge chunk in his mouth and had no idea where to go from there.  Enjoy, it makes me smile!

Just some fun!!!

Daddy and Linc reading a story!
sleepover @ Grandma Laird's house
bath-time @ Grandma Laird's house- his spongy got stuck on his tooth! (in case you couldn't tell)
sleeping

Linc with Grandma Laird
just playing with toys!
Linc, Kaydence and Aunt Nikki
Linc and Uncle Jake

Balancing- he LOVES this!!!
Dustin in Missouri playing baseball
Chris, Sam, Lori, Nikki
Matchy match match!
The boys!

So this month has been great.  We had family come visit, Easter fun, vacations (for some of us), date night, play, sleep, more play!  It has been wonderful!  So Chris went to Missouri with his family last week to visit his brother who is playing baseball out there, I'm pretty sure they had so much fun.  Easter was a blast, I made a huge dinner and we had family and friends over to help us enjoy it!  Chris' mom had Linc spend the night @ her house so we could go on a date night.  It was so great- Linc did really well away from us and we did really well away from him!!  I think we will keep him though!  Anyway, Linc has been playing hard and sleeping hard.  It is hard work growing up.  I still need to post his 9 month old pics...maybe tomorrow.

Jake is off!

Jake's first time through the Temple (Seattle)
Saying goodbye to Chris @ the MTC
Goodbye to Linc
Goodbye to Serena
Goodbye to Mom
Goodbye to Dad
He is sooo happy


Outside the MTC
Awww, I love this!
We are a happy Fam-i-ly!
Mom, Dad and Jake outside the Seattle Temple!

So Jake left on April 15 for the MTC.  He got to stay with us for a week before and it was so much fun!!!  He got to play softball with Chris, me and him went running a few times,  shopped for suits and other mission stuff, he bonded with Linc!  It was so fun!  We are so proud/happy/excited for him and we know he will be a GREAT missionary!  Have fun in the Utah Salt Lake City mission Elder Hardwick!!!!!

Visit with G-ma & G-pa Hardwick

Uncle Jake was here too!


Linck with G-ma and G-pa
So Happy!!!

We had a great visit with Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle Jake!  Grandma and Grandpa were a huge help to us and it was so great getting to visit with them.  Linc just adores them.  Jake had a blast with Linc and it was great to bond together before he left on his mission.  More on that in the next post!!!