tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40914343566566418742024-03-05T18:14:04.793-08:00Lincoln's LogHeather Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227290248874405474noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091434356656641874.post-88185695913254968112012-11-06T08:42:00.000-08:002012-11-06T08:42:12.947-08:00Fall 2012If you have ever spent a summer in Dallas, you can understand why we look forward to Fall each year! For us, the fall is a double respite, as we get a break from the heat AND I'm able to catch my breath a little bit from a whirlwind summer at work.<br />
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So...here's a brief snapshot of our fall so far.<br />
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We went "camping" in Broken Bow with our favorite travel buddies, The Wetsells.<br />
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Campfires</div>
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Hiking</div>
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Hot chocolate!</div>
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Bubbles</div>
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Bear hunts</div>
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Pumpkin Decorating</div>
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We went to the State Fair and rode tractors,</div>
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Sat in cars...</div>
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Ate ice cream...</div>
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Rode the rides...</div>
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And sadly, got sunburned. ;( Only in Texas.</div>
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Lincoln and I went to the Pumpkin Patch with our playmate buddy, Chloe</div>
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"here goatie goatie"...this is how L calls the goats</div>
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neither of them were very sure about feeding the goats</div>
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Chloe and her mommy</div>
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Our very own hayride!</div>
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We went to our church's Fall Festival</div>
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Participated in the Halloween Walk-Around at Lincoln's school</div>
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And took Lincoln trick-or-treating for the very first time!</div>
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Have you all met Pirate Lincoln? He's a "big boy" now as he is fond of telling us. He has a newfound independence for doing things himself and often leaves a room telling us he will "be right back" (which means, don't follow me, I can do this myself!). </div>
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So, it seemed appropriate to give our big boy a big boy room (forgive my poor iPhone photos)</div>
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I was determined to do his room makeover on a tight budget (shocking, I know...but I want my husband to stay married to me). Luckily, we purchased a convertible crib, so the majority of the furniture was taken care of. The dresser in the picture above was his changing table. A few minutes with a screwdriver and it converted back to a dresser very nicely! The color on the walls is Sherwin Williams Ryegrass. Thanks to the awesome Sydney Fiedler for suggesting this color when we first moved into the house. It worked with his nursery then and I think it makes and ADORABLE big boy room color now...plus, that meant all I had to do was touch up nail holes. </div>
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A couple of items I added: Pottery Barn Madras bedding with an alligator duvet cover and alligator sheets (he thinks these are so cool...and I picked up a piece or two at a time over the course of several months...so that's practically free, right!), a bright orange bedside table for a pop of color (which I found for super cheap online), shelves from Hobby Lobby ($12/each!!!) which my sweet mama painted white, a few pieces of Lincoln's art work on display and a few lamps...and Lincoln's favorite piece of all, the "road carpet" (which I got online at casa.com, using a 20% discount I received in the mail). </div>
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John and I really wanted his room to have space for him to play, so we kept his bed on one side of the room and made a play area in front of the dresser. He loves getting his cars out and racing them on the rug. </div>
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A bright orange lamp and my dad's teddy bear from when he was a little boy (Boo-boo bear) adorn the chest. </div>
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We updated his bathroom by doing some coordinating bathmats and hand towels...and that's all for now because at some point our circa 1959 bathroom will need a little more love. </div>
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It's been a big week at the Guild house. Last Sunday, we went to Dinosaur Train Live at the Children's Museum, followed by our church's Easter Egg Hunt. Thursday, we had Lincoln's school's Easter Egg Hunt and Picnic Lunch. Throw in 2 playdates, several art projects and lunch with Maw-Maw and Paw-Paw...well, no wonder John and I are exhausted tonight. </div>
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Lincoln was not a fan of the Easter Bunny again this year, so on Saturday, we sat his Easter Basket on the front porch with some snacks for the Easter Bunny. The Easter Bunny picked up the basket, filled it with goodies and delivered it back to our front porch. I asked him what he thought the Easter Bunny might like to eat, he suggested Bailey's food, which I thought was pretty clever. </div>
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The picture below is Easter 2011...wow, what a difference a year makes!</div>
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It's that time of year when the Guild's seem to catch every bug that goes around. So far this month we've spent 8 days in self-imposed quarantine. What does a toddler do when forced with not leaving the house for 8 days...he climbs the walls! So, John and I decided to get him a small climbing structure that we could put in the playroom; thus letting him burn off energy in a manner that didn't result in a time out! </div>
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As with most of our endeavors, a small idea turned into a much bigger project. The store didn't have the small climbing structure we wanted so we decided to go big! We should have thought about how we were going to get said big purchase home...but we didn't. A BIG thanks to John's co-worker for lending his pick-up truck and his time at a moment's notice.</div>
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Lincoln napped and John put it all together...with a little help from me and only a small amount of grumbling.</div>
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Lincoln loves to go to the park. When he walked outside to see his new toy for the first time, he said, "park" and ran to it. It was adorable (of course)!</div>
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The second best thing about a new toy is the big box it comes in! Lincoln spent a good hour decorating his box with stickers. I'm not sure why the right side of the box didn't deserve any sticker attention. <br />
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Ya for the park! I hope our sweet neighbors don't mind looking at the Little Tykes lawn ornament for the next few years.</div>
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This is so darling, I just had to share! Can you tell that we read this book A LOT at our house? </div>
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John recently read an article/heard a news story about the number of words a two year old should know (which according to the article is 75-200). It made me think about this video we took several months back when little guy was about 18 months of him showing off all his tricks. </div>
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Lakewood Early Childhood PTA Valentine's Party</div>
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Lincoln made Valentine's for Daddy, Maw-Maw and Paw-Paw</div>
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Yum!</div>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fall has been a lot of fun at our house this year. Lincoln is old enough to participate in and enjoy the activities that come along with the season. Doesn't he make an adorable cowboy? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We took our annual trip to the Pumpkin Patch at the Arboretum. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last year at just under 6 months we had to prop him up on the pumpkins because he couldn't sit up by himself yet. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifivRMZa__uUUx1FMuCcdQ3DjsxpgjjxLF7sVhMDxZEWqO7gFfB4ID4Xylv2G1HVoUXEbkq2SimSh3E0TfX4rOlTOkUN8upgZK1cD6G6NYlo09lwBEiITBgSCFep5MMH2Je4ujfgS8zB6h/s1600/_MG_0817.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifivRMZa__uUUx1FMuCcdQ3DjsxpgjjxLF7sVhMDxZEWqO7gFfB4ID4Xylv2G1HVoUXEbkq2SimSh3E0TfX4rOlTOkUN8upgZK1cD6G6NYlo09lwBEiITBgSCFep5MMH2Je4ujfgS8zB6h/s320/_MG_0817.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We painted pumpkins with Grandma Kathy and Paw-Paw (though I'm not sure the grandparents enjoyed it as much as Lincoln...notice they are sitting VERY far away from the paint!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn1nCWZaLZBFQnQ6OR5PH5FcJahInVZJ3Q8vsDv3YPmSr64up10JbVBvqEt0IfSMwQRpAJyE7Mus2yk4tNcHQPJYoYSMplhPmFQ2WhBRx70pple2HkueeNG8hLTlW_QuIuNGHZryTZzcPA/s1600/IMG_8483.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn1nCWZaLZBFQnQ6OR5PH5FcJahInVZJ3Q8vsDv3YPmSr64up10JbVBvqEt0IfSMwQRpAJyE7Mus2yk4tNcHQPJYoYSMplhPmFQ2WhBRx70pple2HkueeNG8hLTlW_QuIuNGHZryTZzcPA/s320/IMG_8483.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our church held it's annual Fall Festival; which Lincoln loved. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjohaMsXX_4d28sBPYbX6nO87iew3syoJVWi98MpTiUgtN4ySUJlh_P-LCrPjvbDs-z0Wq8_3x2hA3uz7SbKopXK1-DCQPQdVLlf9L9riScVtuexTinJj9qzeL_99MMXQB3_f-5p0gtOobj/s1600/IMG_2084.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjohaMsXX_4d28sBPYbX6nO87iew3syoJVWi98MpTiUgtN4ySUJlh_P-LCrPjvbDs-z0Wq8_3x2hA3uz7SbKopXK1-DCQPQdVLlf9L9riScVtuexTinJj9qzeL_99MMXQB3_f-5p0gtOobj/s320/IMG_2084.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Linc's favorite game at the Fall Festival was the duck hunt. He didn't care about the candy or prizes, he just thought pulling the ducks out of the water was awesome!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLlI2Qq6np1JmDmqh1KaLr010vpYDrsk5nNAY2fkLhbQj2kexa9wPLoV_51unUO1H7uuU_egOpPZ5dyCLQc3BTwaCHWtDdeyHAEv8n_I68QDNbcsmeSloEuiDQ9_lziWPIJ5zhoKyoxW4A/s1600/IMG_2096.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLlI2Qq6np1JmDmqh1KaLr010vpYDrsk5nNAY2fkLhbQj2kexa9wPLoV_51unUO1H7uuU_egOpPZ5dyCLQc3BTwaCHWtDdeyHAEv8n_I68QDNbcsmeSloEuiDQ9_lziWPIJ5zhoKyoxW4A/s320/IMG_2096.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Halloween at school was filled with all sorts of fun events. Lincoln's daycare is located in downtown Dallas. Each year the kids dress up and walk around the the area offices to receive candy treats. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Getting his bag ready...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_PCN4xX5r55LRZsQiM72e_pDyLKnTNNuRDi8iskYqYVikTiQgMNpHKs7Q9Npv-e5HhvHfjR8WkJuO-j82Y2vc1ybRFqloTCZ1oqTrX8PjR9uCJqQKv4uET0jqZcwLRUqirlGNj6p_M5Br/s1600/IMG_2101.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_PCN4xX5r55LRZsQiM72e_pDyLKnTNNuRDi8iskYqYVikTiQgMNpHKs7Q9Npv-e5HhvHfjR8WkJuO-j82Y2vc1ybRFqloTCZ1oqTrX8PjR9uCJqQKv4uET0jqZcwLRUqirlGNj6p_M5Br/s320/IMG_2101.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Miss Gretchen handing out candy...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7qb6IvwDq9eQhACRD8kW22iiCBMbZ2vsVvPTp2WuVIm_W2sxH98SGYsBsCRJkMrOBsGTAee4oB3DRcysDWb9LtHqEYE0-ubUTlTQmiUOh9Rr2eeifPrNOa1i_pJ0f03R6RbIue-cE0qvs/s1600/IMG_2102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7qb6IvwDq9eQhACRD8kW22iiCBMbZ2vsVvPTp2WuVIm_W2sxH98SGYsBsCRJkMrOBsGTAee4oB3DRcysDWb9LtHqEYE0-ubUTlTQmiUOh9Rr2eeifPrNOa1i_pJ0f03R6RbIue-cE0qvs/s320/IMG_2102.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He loved holding his bag open!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQVjfe5p6qsUi5mn0JSqO88mHRCkw5aq019CLm3Cq8LP-J21rm9AHwMyAdhNtteRLumKdtH4TayXe86JyHUB2TsZRxXxLaL6s9AyEMNVYPOlHSpje5-BmywurfOWvupF-9PIwD2LyBz07/s1600/IMG_2109.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQVjfe5p6qsUi5mn0JSqO88mHRCkw5aq019CLm3Cq8LP-J21rm9AHwMyAdhNtteRLumKdtH4TayXe86JyHUB2TsZRxXxLaL6s9AyEMNVYPOlHSpje5-BmywurfOWvupF-9PIwD2LyBz07/s320/IMG_2109.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Whew...Mommy was TIRED. Next year this will be a two-parent job!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq_OCPxGyZvAj5oTXLy26PEvtldY-oQ1N_eLnUBvZVfhT3MRPy9WjJVtCaNUvSgdphYVVaX-2IFRXIl55LXbmNHbWOod0DYV_FYpukfRIR-boPNTXNIuqFXPtup89HX1pGWfiACB_79Bkb/s1600/IMG_2111.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq_OCPxGyZvAj5oTXLy26PEvtldY-oQ1N_eLnUBvZVfhT3MRPy9WjJVtCaNUvSgdphYVVaX-2IFRXIl55LXbmNHbWOod0DYV_FYpukfRIR-boPNTXNIuqFXPtup89HX1pGWfiACB_79Bkb/s320/IMG_2111.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Daddy works just down the street and was able to join Lincoln for his afternoon Halloween party</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPA6-sHfSV04L-SOGqGJLpgwkqXBSEK4EtIBmIy1wIdD0HJKhoPWDxsxouyLKlFioauluwxcTmA4PE3O2kdxXl40cPzQib3qqeZKFJ8I5pXv97i2nxWI7uGmdBU_vDUPHtOiwn-ychJOld/s1600/IMG_2135.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPA6-sHfSV04L-SOGqGJLpgwkqXBSEK4EtIBmIy1wIdD0HJKhoPWDxsxouyLKlFioauluwxcTmA4PE3O2kdxXl40cPzQib3qqeZKFJ8I5pXv97i2nxWI7uGmdBU_vDUPHtOiwn-ychJOld/s320/IMG_2135.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Lincoln loved showing his friends the cool games his daddy could play.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLiDeM1YAdE1TQNXaBCrQ_4F02nNlk02nxywb0m231T_tw0EAQvfBX3QnmdGQBSrNGaSteZTQhVl5OUnPuduRXLll7tovndyv67EZy9HFjSMe8T2rlu6dhVEu0KpuGVs9D5Wv7DHEq0dSE/s1600/IMG_2136.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLiDeM1YAdE1TQNXaBCrQ_4F02nNlk02nxywb0m231T_tw0EAQvfBX3QnmdGQBSrNGaSteZTQhVl5OUnPuduRXLll7tovndyv67EZy9HFjSMe8T2rlu6dhVEu0KpuGVs9D5Wv7DHEq0dSE/s320/IMG_2136.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Umm...adorable! His teachers must be saints.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSiJUpVVkwGfTzoc6N44hAOi_6mUMVk4R4g-XGt3CFCS_lPHiiwT-_yDPtC1Dl26A2wooqF6wmGplnhhcjkQ-b1A2Lr0zsY74cAhqUUnkRI-C_Ra24cLCPkhKCe1dV55iSQVLbhITbOe1s/s1600/IMG_2139.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSiJUpVVkwGfTzoc6N44hAOi_6mUMVk4R4g-XGt3CFCS_lPHiiwT-_yDPtC1Dl26A2wooqF6wmGplnhhcjkQ-b1A2Lr0zsY74cAhqUUnkRI-C_Ra24cLCPkhKCe1dV55iSQVLbhITbOe1s/s320/IMG_2139.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Yum...juice and cupcakes and cheetos. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEierrWT_-IKlMBaWWI8NXM0DxQyI-8wknMcjYapmX3Wapon7hyphenhyphen6tg6yy3oO_u9_CQ6lr-Vdvpwu3fY_fdBqcMxotGUzaAOHIYxfqnFtXFgHz0HXtaO82q2-nwSZMDycCmTKh-DBOReJklcu/s1600/IMG_2141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEierrWT_-IKlMBaWWI8NXM0DxQyI-8wknMcjYapmX3Wapon7hyphenhyphen6tg6yy3oO_u9_CQ6lr-Vdvpwu3fY_fdBqcMxotGUzaAOHIYxfqnFtXFgHz0HXtaO82q2-nwSZMDycCmTKh-DBOReJklcu/s320/IMG_2141.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rounding out the fall fun, we went to a birthday party at the Dallas Zoo. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(thanks Chandler for having such a cool party!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVWokOzZrAmag8IPeLuJJp-uX0Unq7jFOgZ2b1CD_7mpcUzpI8-LWwH7wYR6orWlbWXW0ZvyAIUBK1HRXv4QI3HfwaTPnS8x5-o_H96cJTm5dE88ZMRT7pJBdKQTgIv1VY9qw-a8kln-qS/s1600/IMG_8875.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVWokOzZrAmag8IPeLuJJp-uX0Unq7jFOgZ2b1CD_7mpcUzpI8-LWwH7wYR6orWlbWXW0ZvyAIUBK1HRXv4QI3HfwaTPnS8x5-o_H96cJTm5dE88ZMRT7pJBdKQTgIv1VY9qw-a8kln-qS/s320/IMG_8875.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Lincoln loved checking out the animals</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdczuw8OGaJ-5m5DPdZXCFJVuPJfNPX7vlnwVapzDJqBiIE-akAfP6O8Oo_kA3Gol7AZ8lfyylRb6TnS6cLdl_k_aHdHfn5sm15m0FMhRjoWRRQC8i6u4iN-1SgtQ4_zL_CpxTGnboaKkQ/s1600/IMG_8887.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdczuw8OGaJ-5m5DPdZXCFJVuPJfNPX7vlnwVapzDJqBiIE-akAfP6O8Oo_kA3Gol7AZ8lfyylRb6TnS6cLdl_k_aHdHfn5sm15m0FMhRjoWRRQC8i6u4iN-1SgtQ4_zL_CpxTGnboaKkQ/s320/IMG_8887.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">But I think he loved chasing Laurel even more! </div><div style="text-align: center;">They were adorable!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDawBBIh73DJoqK7RkirQ0BB2xB3mDeLZqsHjNS4PA3V4_kvUFoXBZJVy7diaAPNZYAqYFZeCnuG4kP_A6snNwdBdBtvfiB2vqXGFqHqoOOojPrg0-djXJzRjVOo5Ahrg5PeCh3vIbJSQU/s1600/IMG_8891.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDawBBIh73DJoqK7RkirQ0BB2xB3mDeLZqsHjNS4PA3V4_kvUFoXBZJVy7diaAPNZYAqYFZeCnuG4kP_A6snNwdBdBtvfiB2vqXGFqHqoOOojPrg0-djXJzRjVOo5Ahrg5PeCh3vIbJSQU/s320/IMG_8891.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Sitting on daddy's shoulders to see the animals!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlLaAWGk_OZ7FBL-PEnWT7Ip5sirIsOEiS_yksoSeB5HnMI589ekPJPIWYvugGcddeac21smUXAtPRbZipiGYGM6cFumVwlV17BHqr57DE_PCmthmm7Wuzt3VZkby3cH4VjvtuKrtAoq3T/s1600/IMG_8900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlLaAWGk_OZ7FBL-PEnWT7Ip5sirIsOEiS_yksoSeB5HnMI589ekPJPIWYvugGcddeac21smUXAtPRbZipiGYGM6cFumVwlV17BHqr57DE_PCmthmm7Wuzt3VZkby3cH4VjvtuKrtAoq3T/s320/IMG_8900.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Of course, it was hard to go to the zoo and not think about the loss that our friends, The Sikes', have experienced this year. They continue to be on our hearts. If they continue to be on yours, I encourage you to make a donation to the James Camden Sikes fund for the research of rhabdoid tumors. You can contribute at <a href="http://www.jamescamdensikes.blogspot.com/">www.jamescamdensikes.blogspot.com</a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We didn't visit Jamie the Giraffe on this trip. </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We'll make a special trip to see her soon!</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lincoln turned 18 months old in October. He is growing and changing everyday, so I thought we'd document the words he knows and the things he likes to do right now. Getting him to perform on command is always a bit of a challenge, so this is in bits and pieces...Enjoy! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">P.S. ...thanks to Sandra Boynton for teaching Lincoln that "three singing pigs say la, la, la"...</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Right after my last post, John and I finally decided to put our house on the market. We've talked about it for years, but to be honest, it was just never the right time and I was certain that I would never find an actual house that I loved as much as our townhouse. However, it had become apparent that we needed MORE ROOM (baby toys take up a lot of space). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The weekend our house went on the market coincided with Lincoln's rescheduled 1st birthday party and we had our first showing an hour after the party ended (I always tell my clients not to turn away showings, so I couldn't tell them not to come!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Somehow we managed to clean up all of the party decorations and ball pit in time for the showing. Luckily, our house sold in less than a month and the past few months have been a whirlwind. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In between selling our house and moving into the new house...my brother and sister-in-law had TWINS! Samantha and Easton are adorable! My sister-in-law, Kim, is an excellent blogger, you can check her out here: <a href="http://www.bluegrassandgreentomatoes.blogspot.com/">http://www.bluegrassandgreentomatoes.blogspot.com/</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm so excited that Lincoln will have cousins close in age who are also close by (hint hint B&K...don't move off!) Lincoln has learned to say "ba-by" and point to the babies...ADORABLE!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Okay, back to the Guilds :)....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the house we bought. It backs up to a creek (in theory...there hasn't been any water in the creek since we moved in) and is walking distance to Lincoln's elementary school.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8SeUY64DEbNTUYPyii03H0hWpG9TDvyRhPT9mTTs3M32v3x4QCgsW-IHFY87BJ6i2LJqKMSyJz5tyWeW-QS1bFoyxCczzleycikM71wysUldnsvr79q0l1ByleFPr2hTViQBivZh8vYW/s1600/11586641.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8SeUY64DEbNTUYPyii03H0hWpG9TDvyRhPT9mTTs3M32v3x4QCgsW-IHFY87BJ6i2LJqKMSyJz5tyWeW-QS1bFoyxCczzleycikM71wysUldnsvr79q0l1ByleFPr2hTViQBivZh8vYW/s1600/11586641.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We moved in over the 4th of July weekend, though not before checking out the 4th of July parade in our new neighborhood. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Moving into the new house has been a challenge (to say the least). When we moved into the townhouse (7 years ago!), we really just had to sit our furniture where we wanted it and nothing else really needed to be done. We decided to buy new furniture for the new house (our current furniture was purchased before we got married...9 years ago!). So, everything is "on order" and nothing is really finished yet. This drives me crazy, but I'm trying to be zen about it. Luckily, we've had the help of the amazing Sydney Fiedler at SydneyDesign with this process! I'll post pics of the inside when it's come together a little more.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As if our lives weren't hectic enough...John changed jobs! You can check him out here. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are so excited about the new firm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ghjhlaw.com/Lawyers/JohnFGuild">http://www.ghjhlaw.com/Lawyers/JohnFGuild</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And we just got back from our first summer vacation as a family of 3! The last vacation John and I took was to Hawaii two years ago with my family...boy does that seem like a lifetime ago! Here is one of my favorite pics from the Hawaii trip.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here are a couple of my favorite pics from our trip to Orlando with my best friend from college, Jamie, and her family!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</script>Heather Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227290248874405474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091434356656641874.post-60391022747970801002011-04-17T18:27:00.000-07:002011-04-17T18:27:54.701-07:00Birthday Boy<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPE0sfe9GRWsaNuR2LWI057JMbrpSBiXfnuEg1vxNUZ3wqfA88D_LrFNvBWYQhGxWgmPFJlPmdoKLdOqcblc8ufskT90jF81J8Y6k8_BCAc5M3mat4gvbmnVQZ7YcXiSh-QvajJCVM39LF/s1600/first+diaper+with+daddy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPE0sfe9GRWsaNuR2LWI057JMbrpSBiXfnuEg1vxNUZ3wqfA88D_LrFNvBWYQhGxWgmPFJlPmdoKLdOqcblc8ufskT90jF81J8Y6k8_BCAc5M3mat4gvbmnVQZ7YcXiSh-QvajJCVM39LF/s320/first+diaper+with+daddy.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">It was impossible on Lincoln's birthday not to reflect on the past year and think about how much the tiny little baby we brought home from the hospital changed our lives. I was a bit of a sentimental mess all day! Everyone tells you that kids grow so fast, but until you have one of your own, you really can't comprehend how true that statement is. <br />
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I had planned a BIG birthday party to commemorate the special occassion. But, as I've learned this year, once a baby comes along, plans have to be flexible. Lincoln's daycare called on Thursday to say he was running a pretty high fever. Turns out, he had the flu...again. I didn't know it was possible to get the flu twice in one season (especially after getting a flu shot), but apparently it is more common than I thought. As a result, we postponed his birthday celebration (so stay tuned for pics from the party in a few weeks). <br />
Luckily, Flu Round 2 was not as brutal as the first round and by Friday evening he was feeling better, so on his big day we had a small family celebration with Grandma Cheryl. <br />
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</div>Heather Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227290248874405474noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091434356656641874.post-51081769601891861882011-03-17T04:05:00.000-07:002011-03-17T04:05:09.872-07:00What a week...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiph2cOx87jb-MBeJqcjTeNn-XffhKfgB0SnXsSnZESa0U1NmHyErBD2DPYPNeu6e6cdzWKWiQ_yZbYsXrnQVwcyNqCTdBIQcS3aI3uHiEP47gQeJLwVW6q-zpY866TRuZSsmSIhB3g_fSH/s1600/IMG_1757.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiph2cOx87jb-MBeJqcjTeNn-XffhKfgB0SnXsSnZESa0U1NmHyErBD2DPYPNeu6e6cdzWKWiQ_yZbYsXrnQVwcyNqCTdBIQcS3aI3uHiEP47gQeJLwVW6q-zpY866TRuZSsmSIhB3g_fSH/s320/IMG_1757.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>So many of our wonderful friends have inquired about exactly what was going on with Lincoln this past week, so I thought I'd blog about it. <div><br />
</div><div>Several months ago when Lincoln was just learning to sit up he fell over and bumped his head on the wall. He hit it hard enough for me to hear the "thump" and he cried, though now having quite a bit of experience with a little boy who topples and bumps his head, it wasn't anything I should have been concerned about. Still...you know me, I ran through the concussion checklist to make sure he was okay and that was when I noticed that one of his pupils was slightly bigger than the other...though only in the right light and when he looked just a certain way.</div><div><br />
</div><div>This was something I continued to watch. At first I thought it was a lighting issue...our house has a ton of windows and it seemed to only present itself when he was facing the windows in a certain direction. I mentioned it to the nurse in our pediatricians office not long after this occurred and she thought it was fairly normal and wasn't concerned. </div><div><br />
</div><div>The second time I asked the nurse about it (several months later), she suggested we see a pediatric opthamologist to have it checked out.</div><div><br />
</div><div>We saw the eye doctor last Wednesday. He was concerned that Lincoln had Horner's Syndrome, which presents itself with different size pupils, a droopy eyelid and perhaps a lack of tears and/or sweating on the effected side of the face. The syndrome in itself isn't a big deal, but it can be caused by an injury to the nerves that control the pupil and eyelid. The biggest concern was not that these nerves were injured but that he had a tumor pressing against them and/or on the nerve that was causing the symptoms. Our eye doctor recommended we see a pediatric neurologist to have this further evaluated.</div><div><br />
</div><div>You may recall from a much previous post that we took Lincoln to a pediatric neurologist not long after he was born because he was "jumping/twitching" in his sleep. It turned out to be nothing, but as a result, we were an established patient with a pediatric neuro and were able to get him in the next day, Thursday.</div><div><br />
</div><div>The neurologist really didn't see any of the other symptoms of Horner's Syndrome and thought it was possible that Lincoln has Anisocoria...essentially, he was just born with pupils of two different sizes. Apparently, this effects 20% of the population, and upon sharing this news with our family, we found out that my Grandmother also has pupils that are slightly different sizes. Anisocoria, like Horner's, is essentially no big deal in itself, but can be caused by a tumor in the brain or central nervous system and our neuro suggested Lincoln have and MRI and some labwork to rule out anything serious as the cause.</div><div><br />
</div><div>A fabulous friend made what I'm sure was a million different phone calls and was able to get Lincoln scheduled for an MRI on Saturday morning. Because Lincoln is so little and wouldn't have laid still for and MRI they had to sedate him during the procedure. The anesthesiologist who was with him for the MRI provided us with some relief and told us that he didn't see anything obvious on the MRI, so we were able to relax just a bit and enjoy our weekend with our family in town from Iowa (and the distraction of company was probably just what we needed!). </div><div><br />
</div><div>We received the official MRI results on Monday and everything was completely normal. The labwork the neuro ran was testing for neuroblastoma (a term which I'm only familiar with from seeing children's hospital commercials and refused to google for the sake of my sanity), it came in yesterday and was completely normal as well. We have said and are continuing to say our prayers of thanks!</div><div><br />
</div><div>Not only are we beyond thankful for these good results, but we are thankful for all of the prayers and good thoughts from our friends. We are truly blessed to be surrounded by such wonderful people in our daily lives.</div><div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are a couple of pictures from my front door. I know our family in Iowa will get a kick out of the small amount of snow that shut down our city this week...though to be fair there is an inch of ice under the snow.</div><script>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lincoln turned nine months old on the 16th of January. He is a VERY busy little boy who wants to explore everything in sight. Keeping up with him and keeping him out of trouble takes all of our time and energy at the moment...but we wouldn't have it any other way!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><u>A couple of things that he does now that I find adorable:</u></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>-When finished with his bedtime bottle, he turns toward me and crawls up my chest in order to lay his head on my shoulder.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>-Likes to pull up on EVERYTHING and has started taking small shuffling steps while holding on to the furniture.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>-Loves his race car walker, our dog bailey (and chasing Bailey in the race car walker), and all things electronic...the phone and the remote control are his two most coveted items.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>-Smiles when you tell him, "no" (though I'm sure I won't find this adorable for long)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>-Uses the sign for "all done" appropriately after dinner and when he is tired of doing things</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>-Prefers to eat big boy food by himself as opposed to being fed baby food...his first attempt at spaghetti is below.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In other news...Lincoln spent his first night away from mommy and daddy the night before he turned 9 months old. Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Rick had SO much fun playing with him, but I think they were exhausted by the time I came to pick him up!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He came down with the flu the following day (no coincidence Grandma says). A 9 month old with the flu is a sad, sad sight. The silver lining to the flu was all of the cuddle time Lincoln and I spent together. It's been a while since he has just wanted to cuddle with his mommy instead of go-go-go! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We started Little Gym classes this past week. I'm not sure which of the three of us had more fun! The class is for 10-18 month olds and I'm pretty sure Lincoln is the biggest kid in the class. He continues to top the growth charts and grow out of his clothes at a moments notice. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And...in even more exciting news, we found out that Lincoln is getting a new little girl cousin AND new little boy cousin this summer...stay tuned for more details! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Heather Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227290248874405474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091434356656641874.post-34356369988323028702010-12-30T10:42:00.000-08:002010-12-30T10:42:42.294-08:00Catching Up...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Geez...I'm behind in blogging, but in the spirit of starting the New Year caught up, here is what we've been up to since my last post. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We took Lincoln to the Arboretum for his 6 month photo shoot about a week before he turned 6 months old. I wanted to take the pictures before he received his helmet the next week. He isn't quite able to sit up on his own in these photos, so we propped him up as best we could and stood VERY close by to catch him when he titled over. Oh, the things I will do for cute photos.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just after he turned 6 months old, Lincoln received his cranial remolding helmet. He had a distinct flat spot on the right side of his head and refused to sleep in any other position except on that spot. We learned more than we ever wanted to know about plagiocephaly (the technical term for "flat head"). Check it out <a href="http://www.cranialtech.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=71&Itemid=132">here</a> if you are curious. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm happy to report that his sweet little head looks more symmetrical every day and we are hopeful that he will only have to wear the helmet for another few months.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks to an ear infection that just wouldn't go away, we were unable to visit our family in Iowa for Thanksgiving. Luckily, we were in town and very near Children's Medical Center ER on Thanksgiving morning when Lincoln experienced a side effect to one of the antibiotics for his ear infection. As it turned out, it wasn't serious and for that we were VERY thankful!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> (note: his jammies say, "who are you calling a turkey?)</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Since we ended up being in town for Thanksgiving, we had an impromptu family day at the Dallas Arboretum over Thanksgiving weekend. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think John may have enjoyed playing in the leaves more than Lincoln!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDbQymk2sDn5psQfRWocSuMV7J7qa81B0e41_h3B2Qk2FL5jlB4upkRkdNDwJNOsrK_UbLbjsQp_Rhu331jLsEojW93o36tCnWHNSWtYLjTI0knWMIjB0cmqSFmrfYi2kZTKhxCdQiGBJd/s1600/IMG_5760.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDbQymk2sDn5psQfRWocSuMV7J7qa81B0e41_h3B2Qk2FL5jlB4upkRkdNDwJNOsrK_UbLbjsQp_Rhu331jLsEojW93o36tCnWHNSWtYLjTI0knWMIjB0cmqSFmrfYi2kZTKhxCdQiGBJd/s320/IMG_5760.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And...because we just couldn't get that ear infection to clear up, our little guy got tubes the week before Christmas. Here he is right after surgery.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I asked the nurse where my certificate of bravery was...apparently mommy's don't get one. ;(</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">At 8 months old, Lincoln is doing new things every day! He has started saying "mama", and while I LOVE this, I'm not feeling incredibly special, because he calls everything mama...the dog, his toys, the ceiling fan. He has also started crawling on a very limited basis (limited to at school when mommy and daddy can't see), and just this morning I walked into his room to find him sitting up in bed. He loves books and our dog Bailey and thinks that his Daddy is the funniest guy in the world!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We had a wonderful first Christmas with our sweet boy and family. I can only imagine how much more fun it will be when Lincoln actually knows what is going on and is excited himself. This is the main picture from our Christmas card this year, again taken at the Arboretum, one of our new favorite spots!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And, because I took more photos of Christmas than I can possibly put up on the blog, here's a video of all of our Christmas festivities...enjoy!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div><span id="goog_978903881"></span><span id="goog_978903882"></span></div>Heather Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227290248874405474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091434356656641874.post-68629185913036750212010-10-28T09:26:00.001-07:002010-10-28T09:53:22.268-07:00Our First Parent/Teacher Conference and Lincoln's first visit to the voting booth<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKd7XGctVP1dxEQwtiMMC9coe0FE3hDjDnohqF6Be2clLsiwCdQv6JoZxvH0-CUciHO6Wbm74i02EQ4X-frWp3Z97TQLnWcwg0VT7vaIW4fhNvQbShWELVC5mdrAOyhmStFtUDeWMASruf/s1600/fall+and+6+months+089.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533140543354250786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKd7XGctVP1dxEQwtiMMC9coe0FE3hDjDnohqF6Be2clLsiwCdQv6JoZxvH0-CUciHO6Wbm74i02EQ4X-frWp3Z97TQLnWcwg0VT7vaIW4fhNvQbShWELVC5mdrAOyhmStFtUDeWMASruf/s200/fall+and+6+months+089.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>John and I had our first parent/teacher conference with Lincoln's teachers this week. His teachers have some very loft goals for him over the next few months:</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>1-Sit up on his own</div><br /><div>2-Start eating cheerios and/or puffs (seriously, already...mommy is SO not ready for that!)</div><br /><div>3-Hold his own bottle</div><br /><div>4-Continue working on the signs for: milk, more, eat and all done</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I'm so thankful for his wonderful teachers who take such great care of him during the day. He is having so much fun at "school"! </div><div> </div><div>After his parent/teacher conference we took the opportunity to teach Lincoln all about the democratic process by taking him with us to vote! The election volunteers thought he was awfully cute!</div>Heather Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227290248874405474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091434356656641874.post-82840111737282296402010-10-21T12:05:00.000-07:002010-10-21T12:31:45.191-07:00Already 6 Months Old!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530581703942534210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT9EI0GZjpFAOR0TvpqRHjynQFWWG5eP4x5kUlwsVe1HDDbmHvK8ziZ4WOA9wwKNRKwTi_TEetFbluc6lUwXu8vqMzTW95ZSbiLdMOckuWKDF7F6WJ9VZV56uryb-J7g64O6Iu-SM1Yeie/s200/fall+and+6+months+038.jpg" border="0" /> Can you believe that Lincoln is 6 months old? John and I feel like he has been a part of our lives forever, but at the same time, can't quite believe how he has turned from a little baby into a little boy so quickly! Here are a few of the photos we took before we got this nicely posed one!<br /><div><div align="center"><div><div><div><div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530580360467037250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3A9vpYagB-w0vjdcGvpCUgu27H1hUwcVLemU7ZNg8WKRzzB_KyLHfVauOuV4xKa6CKuZmZflYQJVZ2PNIocZeGnpewT7emvjEmcjrKrhc1GST6teipn-02BMuHuWlkaclX36xuCM5-hw5/s200/fall+and+6+months+030.jpg" border="0" />Can I eat this?<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530580663570321346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXL9IZeR1l12KPDfZJQjx280GJEQv6B0l0eDL9mZufGv-S_h6mYEbotdXVhbAqnV3-ZHBs7eyL1ks6WU0znNHeTPgTRwzx5iq6h7Lt_0GfI6YXkqa6ujwXTxfFT14dt3Wf0ICLcLY4lPmZ/s200/fall+and+6+months+033.jpg" border="0" />No? Well, what about this pillow, it looks tasty.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530580989605636130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiayawV9kwdr9LIRVKj-UwgtF2T2q0WjOJlE3ubw1q3ibK9Fhyphenhyphen8nf8XGCcKl2nFoax2NHAVL8jjbPqLUhME_V9e__JM6_5bKJuE2cJ4mzQR4sJmdy5KOI7yEb1pPzZriE2zT0YfaDMwOquC/s200/fall+and+6+months+036.jpg" border="0" /> Don't take the pillow away, it was helping me sit up!<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530581302703334882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHSpzZvm6mZt98zzpu-aiN-ZkU8UgxjqpOGnNtZg-rrReRl2XWLa8ht9S1DZlm0PogS4KK3Rm1vxN8YL2XYhyOW1CsfFK_IumTVN5ePmPqjUntFf-R8c-1dIHdySmPcy84jkNc8egA13h8/s200/fall+and+6+months+037.jpg" border="0" /> Wonder if Mom will notice if I try to eat this piece of paper again.<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div align="center">Wondering what else the little (big) guy has been up to over the past few weeks?<br /><br /><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530578290088845394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKyRNACcQ2jr-uORiLIwIea2DZxW5xqxNxIHf_wf2kjvzQwgEoDL1N_NwpmVpzVmSnWBEXtrvvaWyVu5P0F8aa3ke8CffDWHYcOfSUfPoW7zz_fImHIr9R8uZIpqaWg1ONaEVKDbtqQXvT/s200/fall+and+6+months+010.jpg" border="0" /> Lincoln made his first trip to a pumpkin patch...<br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530578673061010306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSz532sxdAjMn4nmyqPEXRzBRhY3g8foMt9Aju9HsQCeuvVLcdo8UiDlcSfC4CQ5GHkwCZWbuvWEIRbYEDCEuyzKYSP8aVS5fOUkMNiWDMLH4l9J6bJNn23qjVTF9J3a58ysO1LJ-Ml05p/s200/fall+and+6+months+012.jpg" border="0" /></div></div><p align="center">And picked out his very own pumpkin.</p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530578913206118834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIraWCA-DezTI41bd10Ic8nN7w-iWKw1_rlQVeNt7E__7o9o0FGeF4qVRvr_RjRxvACYpbkes0icrUvR2dFiwG4CQoccMzWoxsPw2wZ2dXUTt2MsYe1O3a1bbUjMUpdq_9mRib-CUj0fKm/s200/fall+and+6+months+013.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Daddy may have helped just a little...</p><br /><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530579232934677522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgza8-xX8V7vuoix3cDsUXvBOMUJw4_gGuytcNCfbx43HjsGX6SE4VpvepchvNWe6-irqvZSo_XASoMkkcfX0X2RIndUQ-Jpk-Jri178Odyx6_li35DbOESn0qUXe8dMJJdD2fOY8_PmCyV/s200/fall+and+6+months+015.jpg" border="0" /></p></div><p align="center">I was excited about the photo op!</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530582812279477074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4V0hyphenhyphengZdX0xQg4K1lXGUTux_RSrIy7oh3aaQu08di7jA9s1urbx2d0zkKB8Q3wP_gY9OF6IKuIH5t53-vngEoWqxAeJcui0HCEGEhMyFPjbCyc3HPDe4V7c-evx5FF9R8JFPgIkzuNCL6/s200/fall+and+6+months+027.jpg" border="0" /><br />He received his helmet (cranial remolding orthosis...check out the pics of plagiocephay at <a href="http://www.starcranial.com/">www.starcranial.com</a> to see why he needs it) and became a Rangers fan...antlers up!<br /></div><div>Okay, I think that catches you up on the highlights. <br /><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"></p></div></div></div></div></div>Heather Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227290248874405474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091434356656641874.post-17226710335484181592010-10-04T17:50:00.000-07:002010-10-04T18:03:05.661-07:00First Day of School<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTwjYQNkGasf3HMGS7w7OABS_JUbVkrtHTGlOH8EEGhYA4Pbg2FEe3tTcT49OHqyyRH0-mWjUhevvNChHupGhir18ac8Q1hjsPCjkypvhxaEBfnRAqbQvD11RA4nus1YjXfCtl1zuMWfJ/s1600/IMG_1544.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTwjYQNkGasf3HMGS7w7OABS_JUbVkrtHTGlOH8EEGhYA4Pbg2FEe3tTcT49OHqyyRH0-mWjUhevvNChHupGhir18ac8Q1hjsPCjkypvhxaEBfnRAqbQvD11RA4nus1YjXfCtl1zuMWfJ/s200/IMG_1544.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524359298306852818" /></a><div><br /></div>I'm behind in my posts...I assume this will be the norm and you'll just have to expect that whatever I'm blogging about happened in the past. Life with baby keeps us VERY busy!<script>document.write(unescape("%3Cstyle%20type%3D%22text/css%22%3E%0Abody%20%7B background-image %3A%20url%28%22http%3A//i342.photobucket.com/albums/o401/Thecutestblogontheblock/MonkeyVinecopy.jpg %22%29%3B%20background-position%3A%20center%3B%20background-repeat%3A%20no-repeat%3B%20 background-attachment %3A%20fixed%3B%20%7D%0A%3C/style%3E%0A%3Cdiv%20id%3D%22tag%22%20 style%3D%22position%3Aabsolute %3B%20left%3A0px%3B%20top%3A30px%3B%20z-index%3A50%3B%20 width%3A150px%3B%20height%3A45px%3B%22%3E%0A%3Ca%20href%3D%22 http%3A//www.thecutestblogontheblock.com%22%20target%3D%22_blank%22%3E%0A%3Cimg%20src %3D%22http%3A//www.thecutestblogontheblock.com/images/tag.png%22%20border%3D%220%22/ %3E%0A%3C/a%3E%3C/div%3E%20"));</script><div><br /></div><div>Lincoln started "school" the first week of September. To say that we all LOVE it would be an understatement. Lincoln loves his teachers and greets them with a huge smile every morning. He grins at all of the other kids in his classroom and I can tell he really studies them and tries to figure out what they are doing. He's the baby of his class for the moment, so all of his new friends are doing cool things like sitting up and walking! </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Heather Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227290248874405474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091434356656641874.post-35267437942771066342010-08-28T18:05:00.001-07:002010-08-28T18:25:00.300-07:00Rice Rice Baby<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510632042021635298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTNs72hC9hyCXMdZkDT3DNftsDph1RDoDBW2YYTTQGGxwNYg_gTQBN6u9DU6cG_HzHw7YZE5fU6zYF9nhcWtaXFfje2_uqES6-UL4Q8YqLPloGZhNMe86PTr3FhZ0Z4jDg422m4mP2-Q_/s200/8.25.10+006.jpg" border="0" /> <div>John and I made the impromptu decision to start Lincoln on rice cereal this week. I say impromptu, because we had decided to wait a few more weeks as he didn't seem to be overly hungry after finishing his bottles and we weren't quite prepared with all of the baby paraphenelia that you "need" to actually feed him solid foods...BUT...several nights in a row of his typical 7 am wakeup getting earlier and earlier made us (me) a bit desperate. </div><div><br /></div><div>So, we used his swing as a high chair and dug the spoons we received as a baby gift out of the closet (thanks Gable!). </div><div><br /></div><div>We were pretty sure that the majority of the cereal ended up on his bib (and our theory was confirmed when he woke up at 4am, argh), but he was SO cute trying to eat it up!</div><div> </div><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510634676986028322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjROW1t8yLi3IAh4-HoXQz4xNsLRK5Y2ycdlGs4zQqR2UQhsFq1x0mA4L6t2urxGsTjJTlZcBcoUqxjL50TwOL1o_tHZ04ewoULNM2Y3fFqqsIOHaYqSXvbH37piAwRbbMPGpuoWOCf24VL/s200/8.25.10+005.jpg" border="0" /><br />You'd actually think that for a baby who spends his entire day trying to put everything his little hands can reach in his mouth that he'd have had a little more success keeping the cereal inside his mouth...but apparently, that whole swallowing thing is hard! <br /><br />SO...if you need to find me this week, I'll be out looking for high chairs (preferably one that matches my decor...ah, you modern folks have it SO much easier when it comes to finding attractive baby "stuff"...I've yet to find a fab french country inspired high chair) :)<br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><br /><div></div>Heather Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227290248874405474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091434356656641874.post-66916448163539066722010-08-18T06:16:00.000-07:002010-08-18T07:24:51.822-07:00Where did 4 months go?<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506743504587223522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8vnGOmk8i4j_cv5GfFRwcUjBfnwFVvZUOotlpP6gCcEZOKgNttK-9uuiXW3mmpnaib_B7kA5ts37JK_5LwWYAKITrTBFJQSqV4Y_06E68yK4BOv82pGUnBCg0WyZYWgLYfznOU4kJe6Qe/s200/IMG_1530.jpg" border="0" /> <div align="center"><br /><div align="center">Our little man turned 4 months old this week. You'll have to forgive his sour expression in the above photo...mommy knows better than to try to take a picture right before bedtime! This was the best of the lot, but I found the tired photos pretty cute too (actually, I'm not sure I've ever taken a photo of Linc that I didn't find adorable).<br /></div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506739240243054146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQWJnT6PB3KwmwbmdIbuo9x8EaZpz4NynW3bJpCR27DcsuRBSTw_AeVz2RjI9WZHI-1euF-2_CL_74GOpGEzZNPH7oGBeEiWzelF4hdWFMHfZ2hy_r-CNJxT_sjpDPi0Y1szQu2IjjDvh/s200/IMG_1522.jpg" border="0" /> Linc....did you just read that? Part of the reason I loved the name Lincoln was that I thought the nickname "Linc" was cute...however, prior to Lincoln's arrival, John vetoed the use of said nickname. Once he came home, he quickly became "buddy"...which neither of us liked, but it just sort of came out naturally. I argued that Linc was a much better nickname than buddy, but to no avail. Just this week, John decided that his nickname for Lincoln is "16" (though I'm curious as to how long he's been secretly referring to him that way in his own head). It took me a while to make the connection...but I'm sure you'll figure it out faster than I did. Of course, it is also appropriate that he was born on the 16th. So, for daddy...it's 16 and for mommy it's Linc (because I of course argued that if John can call him 16, then I can call him Linc)...ya! I can't wait to shout, "Go Linc" at a football game. </div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">But, if he's playing football, then he's all grown up and I'm trying to just sit back and enjoy this time while he is "small". We look at him on a daily basis and can't believe that he is the same little boy that wouldn't gain weight when we came home from the hospital. His new 6-9 month sleepers have skid proof feet, I take this as a sign that some little ones are WALKING by the time they wear this size.<br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><div align="center">One of my favorite things he has started to do this month is "talk". He wakes us up every morning just chatting with his mobile animals. He'll go for a good hour before he starts to fuss and wants up...which we let him do if the chatting starts at anytime that begins with the number 5. I've included a link to a video of our little alarm clock below.<br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=650318733#!/video/video.php?v=423809783733&ref=mf">http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=650318733#!/video/video.php?v=423809783733&ref=mf</a><br /></div><br /><p align="center"></p><br /><div align="center">Other highlights of this month included meeting his Guild cousins, Julia and Ethan, plus his Aunt Debbie and Uncle Jay. Another swimming adventure at Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Rick's house and a really fun playdate (i.e. he was actually awake and somewhat interacted with the other babies as opposed to sleeping thru the entire event) and finally being tall enough to play with the Baby Einstein toy at Grandma and Grandpa's house.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506746782700593106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9MTed4-oJt-UlwS7cJsvVFZW2LkhtKmbaylvCb79HzkeKJV7zzgiCC-bJRJzr_XeCetnvuRvHzHFz8dU7AjEOnqiiMPXH0rTaPl_57tRrFNaS9FXcvLD50wOgtMRcjLHb47-1OXLce-qB/s200/IMG_1470.jpg" border="0" /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Ethan and Lincoln checking each other out!</span></em><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506746248736583666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7NvUyFhe6foX7y95JqvUxWeMFxXZSE6laUialmPfWjnIj2l12Z-6kV2jSnPKIr02ETMToXFWNwTC-Wyi-LMLI59qY3_RjZ9c7rRrPC7ou_K44kxd4fr9oHoIOZ7mh6pbeQfAKBfSrF634/s200/IMG_1463.jpg" border="0" /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Julia taking very good care of Lincoln</span></em></p></div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506747700664974898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvIGgTbdAxpqOQ8gExkGzfcwopN5wSkLcXkntLyBjszz6KHPcWy698QXYfHXSHWxVj4PxYwCsMIZNsIHeFjeOvAMjUZwBh31fitGrFPoAVkeKckAMPqjkBzNN5z9q8oKU4Dh7LWWNK4RKh/s200/IMG_1505.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Pool time...gotta always have that paci!</span></em></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506748207092095538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin_0j-6IYZF2ii3vMCn92G1onfE9zYPzGSWfUzWd4_doR5joGJhQZ3quJr1hZmXi2l4Y-Sey2Nc7gPdt5V9wOGMsDnqtsgN95RINHWUejcxfJqk5nqsPxiQyph_6t-I1kJX6cO8X_Od1B5/s200/IMG_1456.jpg" border="0" /></div><p align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Playdate fun with Cole!</span></em></p><p align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506751499254909474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSHD64rAz71hVofS6c9spMhsl1YtuqzvvIX7Db_Y5HIqeaDiRiWkszTXAo1zAoQarI8Yvo4AQX0TXoY-zN6vkB5IDPV1HPA8IDbPczExaD1Tom0Q2tcViSKuCeBDncCeLcyNXKZfiWzwfp/s200/IMG_1516.jpg" border="0" /></span></em></p><br /><p align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">So fun!</span></em></p>Heather Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227290248874405474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091434356656641874.post-73091098741743678162010-08-03T06:58:00.000-07:002010-08-03T08:38:37.923-07:00Staycation...Dallas<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc4TBIgvq4k4r46Yhcddqo6ZnNEMg-XYFXj-5K00bRyJyMANerhH8SKJGfMmBt5L4vFJQ92GcNdoXCdQE_T_EfuiIVZq58Zm6unRfolqHEQiSbHDkZCLv4JWtoEbANnoZqjc-TRpxAz5as/s1600/IMG_1407.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501203298971450114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc4TBIgvq4k4r46Yhcddqo6ZnNEMg-XYFXj-5K00bRyJyMANerhH8SKJGfMmBt5L4vFJQ92GcNdoXCdQE_T_EfuiIVZq58Zm6unRfolqHEQiSbHDkZCLv4JWtoEbANnoZqjc-TRpxAz5as/s200/IMG_1407.jpg" border="0" /></a> Doesn't it seem that with your best of friends, it doesn't matter how much time has passed since you saw them last...you pick up right where you left off? I hope Lincoln is blessed to have friendships like that when he grows up.<br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><div align="center">We had the pleasure of having my college roommate, Jamie, and her family visit us from Fayetteville this week. Our little boys are 9 months apart...aren't they cute in their matching pj's? Parker loved Lincoln! I hope they will continue to be good buddies so that we can vacation with the Wetsell's for many years to come!</div><br /><div align="center">Highlights of our staycation included storytime at the library, a trip to the Dallas World Aquarium and a pool day at Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Rick's house. Ah...how your vacations change when kiddos are involved (not that we would have it any other way). Unfortunately, Lincoln's daddy had to work all week :(....no rest for the weary attorneys!</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501186700271870738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7GNuLaHPNLx3H1PSimmPpSCAE190tMQwMQz7uSuUoRmpaB3F1aoV8w18slaHcmCL1wiz8EaY3riz5UYJKFwAuasHoMQ5LTop4bctgVNvdLSgxb6rI83zoTAv-2eAUkSkIDnqapnnn2wUx/s200/parkers+visit+021.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-size:78%;"><em>Ryan, Parker, Lincoln and I at the Aquarium. </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><em>Parker loved all of the animals and when Lincoln decided to wake up from his nap, he thought the plants and waterfalls were too cool!</em></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501187516442610242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib7uV8n5uT5ZbQiQEp_bgtr7Yztduht4YucBVpyFXafkkULp5jtUXbiEANxd8IsIKh52JeCyODux-jJ3eA4NXMvcQ8KfWWXwe49eaujt99aj3k3FmUQJ6gnQtEl9xoBzPM98J3_H6ET7mQ/s200/IMG_1415.jpg" border="0" /> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Parker has this whole pool thing down. I think he would have stayed in his float all day if his mommy and daddy let him!</span></em> </div><br /><br /><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501187951252439634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcZElKRXxoaIsyEiwwFCm-tQUM5irK-k1N9K4Xix4PwDLePmAHSLLRav5hMlWSS66ssMhqh5PXWaURzuz2cuElFtLuERqUJF8M19tXCSxJ5-0z70R2kd0zlRqZCP6vpRyNX6QoMXuWcURF/s200/IMG_1434.jpg" border="0" /><em><span style="font-size:78%;">This is Lincon's first trip to the pool! </span></em><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Before you make fun of his sungear...it was almost 100 degrees...yikes!</span></em><br /></p></div><div align="center">Stay tuned for more updates on Lincoln's Log...his mommy is very behind in her posts and has lots of fun things to share!<br /><p align="center"></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div></div>Heather Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227290248874405474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091434356656641874.post-88880534590944068942010-06-20T14:59:00.000-07:002010-06-20T16:32:34.501-07:00What A Week!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhOVzY2Bq6P7d8w6Slj-agHpFlZFfWiAPhIOV-PPm3t0Yr02y01KQoodlKbsNzXgEmOEWPBJFDOfAHEGLY6TTSdNbiB7HA4G3yDcAHmryEbO1ukIY2BQdHRgIbLd6FkusGca7_tYGXUJ3/s1600/2+months+ish+022.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484991968134494146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhOVzY2Bq6P7d8w6Slj-agHpFlZFfWiAPhIOV-PPm3t0Yr02y01KQoodlKbsNzXgEmOEWPBJFDOfAHEGLY6TTSdNbiB7HA4G3yDcAHmryEbO1ukIY2BQdHRgIbLd6FkusGca7_tYGXUJ3/s200/2+months+ish+022.jpg" border="0" /></a> Lincoln turned two months old this week! Can you believe it? I can't really...but then again, it certainly seems like he has always been a part of our lives, so in some ways, I feel like he should be much older than that too. In the picture above, he is wearing a 3-6 month sleeper. There is a small part of my type-a personality that is bothered by the fact that his age and his clothes size don't match up correctly, but as with a lot of things, I'm learning to let it go. :) (FYI...the pillows in his crib are for the photo only, they don't stay there on a regular basis!)<br /><div><div><div></div><br /><div>I think it is safe to say that we no longer need to be worried about whether or not he is gaining enough weight. At his 2-month checkup he was a whopping 11 pounds, 10 ounces which puts him in the 71st perecentile for weight and 24 inches long, which is the 94th percentile for height. Everyone says that he looks just like his daddy (well, except for my mom who claims he looks just like me), but he certainly got his height from my side of the family (you are probably reading this thinking, "Heather isn't very tall", but I'm the short one in the bunch...my "little" brother is 6'4"). In fact, he is so tall that we are having trouble keeping him in sleepers, his legs outgrow them long before they are too small everywhere else. </div><div> </div><div></div><div>Turning 2 months old brought his first set of shots. Our pediatrician recommended we keep him away from large crowds of people and children until he received this first set of shots, so I have been eagerly anticipating this day as the day when I could breathe a bit easier about taking him out in public. It's amazing how you can hear a cough or sneeze across a crowded room whenever you have a new baby. I have actually had to stop myself from reminding complete strangers to cover their mouths when they cough! Unfortunately, the shots made him awfully cranky and gave him his first fever. Poor guy! He is such a good little boy though, even when he was cranky he was happy once one of us cuddled with him a bit. I think in all reality, it was much harder on mommy and daddy than it was on Lincoln. Once his fever came down around 10pm, he slept the rest of the night...but we checked on him all night long. Thankfully, my mom came over the next day and watched the little guy so that I could get some rest.</div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484985455963950306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwwiNgyIGKtWKmIkyMrhez9qXaZD-R6cKFKVZoqQkGVteVjxR7jCV_46Hkh3guFY97LUyzXQ-RPAc6wYmIfPgc7SCCMtBazlvWmN5eqJFsjYY4WK83ixZjHPBIkRIP1cfYcVdtxKJu3htE/s200/IMG_1307.jpg" border="0" />Lincoln celebrated Father's Day with his first trip to church! He was such a good boy. When I was pregnant with him, he LOVED the organ music at church and would kick the entire time the organ played, so I was interested to see how he responded. He slept thru most of the music portion of the service, but woke up when everyone started clapping after the soloist. Once awake, he was fascinated by all of the lights in the sanctuary. After church he went on a nap boycott...I'm inclined to believe that he fell asleep and woke up in a new and interesting place and was afraid to go to sleep and miss anything else. He is definitely a curious little boy! </div></div><br /><div></div><div>Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Rick came over to join us in our Father's Day celebration and cookout. Lincoln decided to give up on his nap boycott for a very small amount of time while Grandpa Rick was holding him. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484988110680517970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG7EEOwA6zVRy-uhxdbh5iAs7Ki0RzcfiDYaaHAT3gR5zQ6xy6ocCWo1XVnujYnuNEQYIOOr1rIYZIREXSZ0TZd4VNn_uk_8EPzKsPLOoK1R1-NFIWrRfVnI5kDDWeJej8i4XZm3M6zcJ-/s200/IMG_1311.jpg" border="0" />Look at how his head is turned to the left in the picture above! Yeah! Have I mentioned that we had to take Lincoln to the neurologist earlier this month? Okay, "had" may be a strong word. At about 2 weeks old we noticed that Lincoln "jumped/twitched" in his sleep. It was a bit frightening, he'd be asleep and his arms and legs would jerk. We took a video of him doing this to our pediatrician who thought it was a bit odd and said that if it didn't resolve we "could" take him to a pediatric neurologist. Well, that was really all I needed to hear, we scheduled an appointment with the neurologist. Long story short, Lincoln is perfectly fine...(praise God!) but his nervous system is a bit immature during sleep which causes him to exhibit hypnic myoclonus (fancy words for jumping in his sleep). The jumping is something that he will grow out of, and indeed, we have already noticed that he does this less and less. The neurologist was much more "concerned" about his poor little flat spot and he encouraged us to try to get him to sleep on the other side of his head as much as possible...not an easy task for a little one who has an opinion about how he likes to sleep. John and I have constantly been turning Lincoln's head to the left while he sleeps to help the flat spot on his head resolve sans helmet, it looks like he is finally getting the idea, look how that little head is turned! Fingers crossed that our hard work is paying off and he won't need a helmet.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484986844089759026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY58YSgPExjgeBUFdhw82dq2Ji5tht1j6DT45owAARS7UFbplNmtA5c7_fU7fwLFDUs8ILMgCcr-fxJ4lJ_fU7cclBEP-AMnY59q8NY4C5hjggRjPv_5PN46VhYBsrkSSnM8TncXRPa9bM/s200/IMG_1277.jpg" border="0" />At two months old, he is starting to look like a little boy. Look at that sweet face. He is smiling and "talking" all the time (he also gets that from me!), and we are looking forward to the day when he laughs for us...it is right around the corner, I can feel it! </div><br /><p></p><br /><p></p></div>Heather Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227290248874405474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091434356656641874.post-87445401773918239772010-06-10T18:26:00.000-07:002010-06-10T19:10:40.869-07:00Hippo Hunter!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96u5EsqVE4vZT8Mx7tBdy28QRU39VCZFpR1LcGVe4NYbXwfrF6q5TG_PrWvUeabO5Uc4HY7adrKRFuLkr_o2e8b_aaKU8hBE6M52gj09KCYXsy4U70w7yzgTQh2bs_6x3Z5jo7UEo_fHU/s1600/IMG_1266.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481321480834081906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96u5EsqVE4vZT8Mx7tBdy28QRU39VCZFpR1LcGVe4NYbXwfrF6q5TG_PrWvUeabO5Uc4HY7adrKRFuLkr_o2e8b_aaKU8hBE6M52gj09KCYXsy4U70w7yzgTQh2bs_6x3Z5jo7UEo_fHU/s200/IMG_1266.jpg" border="0" /></a> This past Saturday was our first official outing as a family. Sure, we've gone places since Lincoln was born (the doctor's office, Grandma and Grandpas, Babies 'R Us)...but Saturday was the first day that we didn't HAVE to go anywhere or DO anything in particular. Daddy didn't have to go into the office, the laundry was done and we had the whole day to spend at our leisure. Lincoln was all dressed up for the occassion in his camouflage hippo outfit. It had a sunhat, so it wasn't just cute, it was practical too (or at least this is what I told John).<br /><br />So, what does one do on a leisurely day in the middle of the summer in Dallas, TX with a newborn? We were stumped! Our criteria for the perfect "outing" included staying out of the heat (it was 101 degrees here on Saturday), spending a minimal amount of moola and access to restrooms/rest areas where little one could take a bottle. So many things to consider!<br /><br />We ended up heading to the Mall (ok, so this didn't exactly meet requirement #2, but it satisfied the others), making a stop at Half Price Books (I think since the books are a bargain, this meets all of the requirements), and then driving thru neighborhoods looking for our next perfect house (one of our FAVORITE pastimes, and while it's free at the moment, I'm sure this will cost us later)!<br /><br />After all of this shopping, food was in order. So...where does one go to eat on a Saturday night in Dallas with a newborn? Nothing to hip, or too fancy, or too loud or too crowded...decisions, decisions! We went out to eat early (I'm talking...your grandma and grandpa eat this early, early) hoping to avoid the date night crowd and also hoping Lincoln would sleep thru our meal. He slept thru us ordering the meal, but luckily the restaurant we chose had Lincoln's trifecta of "cool" things at their disposal: windows, lights on the ceiling and music...so he was a happy camper once we rescued him from his carseat (I mean hunter...he was looking for hippos all day afterall!).<br /><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481329289821674210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZW_uS9tYypZdHByEUJLC9xX1Fa8Wo2jqCVWAod6WxR0rLbprtYmJr4HIW6DpFpEMdDNCIrfhUOfoMVv1dpiTG6ejwdW4YroBRVZ6HE8n4GVi-1WbbsLO856PBqVKfl3vadnFC4a671h2/s200/IMG_1272.jpg" border="0" />Lincoln ended his fun-filled day as all good days should end, with a warm bath, a good book and a bit of cuddle time. </p><p>John and I ended our fun-filled day exhausted, but armed with the knowledge that with a little more planning and effort, we can go out and do "normal" things! </p><p><br /></p>Heather Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227290248874405474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091434356656641874.post-82440853527666123602010-05-31T08:23:00.000-07:002010-05-31T10:29:03.054-07:00Tomorrow I will be bigger...<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3LSUibSWMi26gG5xFoEv2Gxzhj0AsU6NP9RR98gkml3pbg-OLpbJyse_MAmOhRvWd2qqXXbbJcPCReb95PEeAwdhYbA1Sj-BWGx9l1ICsTT7of0kEa_FYxnuucdneLPW4AHDE5dB7qKaL/s1600/IMG_1245.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477461164407779906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3LSUibSWMi26gG5xFoEv2Gxzhj0AsU6NP9RR98gkml3pbg-OLpbJyse_MAmOhRvWd2qqXXbbJcPCReb95PEeAwdhYbA1Sj-BWGx9l1ICsTT7of0kEa_FYxnuucdneLPW4AHDE5dB7qKaL/s200/IMG_1245.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:78%;">(wearing his sailor suit in honor of the Jimmy Buffet concert that the rest of the family attended)</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></em></div><div align="center">I've discovered that motherhood is different than I thought it would be! In some respects, it comes easily (how can you not love on this sweet boy!)...and in others the job of being a mommy (sterilizing bottles, doing laundry) is much more time consuming and demanding than I anticipated. Nor did I anticipate the internal struggle that comes along with always striving to do what is best for your baby (should I let him cry it out for a bit or does he need to be held?)...these kind of decisions seem easy until you are faced with actually making and implementing them.<br /><br /></div><div align="left"></div><div align="center">Being the type A person that I am, we decided to implement the "BABYWISE" system at our house. For those unfamiliar, Babywise is based around the premise that baby eats, plays, sleeps on a routine basis in order to get their bodyclock and metabolism on a schedule, this in theory promotes healthy eating and sleeping habits and helps them sleep thru the night. I am a fan of the routine this system provides and John was on board with anything that helped baby (and thus us) sleep thru the night!</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">So far we have been pleased with how well Lincoln has acclimated to his daily routine. He is always ready to eat right on schedule and we have seen glimpses of how wonderful a full nights sleep is going to be with the little one sleeping 8 hours at a stretch a couple of nights this week. His weight gain is back on track and he is working hard to grow into his big hands and big feet...already at a whopping 10 pounds! In the last week we have packed up all of his newborn clothes and transitioned to a bigger diaper! (I may or may not have shed a tear over packing these things away...isn't it funny how you can want your children to grow and be healthy and yet at the same time be a little nostalgic about how fast they are growing?)</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477472137142379090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqItH50j9XiDxgtlc6vl5lm3R-oSEL_JXtw4u9c3RXaOcis9SQUXeShb4uPSw20iZYJkjvcsQo3f9TAXnFIH96fVj_LKfZl8c8xW-zyhvwXhpQt2-6NeGh2ueh1kqkLGOADgRYcTLGwVD6/s200/IMG_1237.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><em><span style="font-size:78%;">(Lincoln loves his rainforest mat...but isn't a huge fan of tummy time)</span></em><br /></p><p align="center">Our downfall in this whole eat/play/sleep routine is the nap! Lincoln has decided that napping is excellent cuddle time (and he is right!), but when mommy uses nap time to take care of everything else (laundry, dishes, work...or maybe even (gasp!) a shower, his preference for being held while napping becomes a bit of a challenge...and the internal debate over how to properly handle this begins!<br /></p><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477471434136253442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHCaeKHZZetqP4P4zcJObjsT0bn4eoS12Bw-PuWNG8HfdlJKKkOaVUb3V3TJ0MPW04Eiahns8PPDvhyphenhyphenh7AK_iV2TPrruOEjGBHD32jyocH14ATRZJvJYmHTly63Yh1LZs9YVD6dYuN_0g/s200/IMG_1247.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;"><em>(Napping with his daddy in mommy's favorite pirate sleeper!)</em></span><br /><br />Most of the time I am a stickler for following our house napping rules: baby naps IN his crib when MOMMY decides that it is nap time. But as with all rules, there are exceptions! So, on days like today, when every bottle in our house is dirty, there are loads and loads of laundry to be done, I haven't made it out of my pj's by noon, and Lincoln decides that the ONLY way he will nap is if he is being held...I remind myself that our sweet little boy will only be this small today. Tomorrow he will get bigger and learn or discover something new, so I let myself off the hook on the laundry, on the dishes, on the napping rules, and on worrying whether or not I am spoiling him by giving in...and just enjoy the cuddle time. </p>Heather Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227290248874405474noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091434356656641874.post-63077683124253939222010-05-16T19:28:00.000-07:002010-05-16T20:22:16.229-07:00Wow...where did a month go?<div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguFH1Czn4ciYjtXsx83OZx7ABurJzMjus6jgTJAUl8rwcn_YWz5JW4wAVnzxJqGbyheUkoxU1UBlDPh31nA_m9tLeCSpFSZpHaMlFYhQDoBWyCDFFf2qvahC8xlG_LO9L6ke4rvHtFhsgJ/s1600/bathime+sweetness.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472069045472528834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguFH1Czn4ciYjtXsx83OZx7ABurJzMjus6jgTJAUl8rwcn_YWz5JW4wAVnzxJqGbyheUkoxU1UBlDPh31nA_m9tLeCSpFSZpHaMlFYhQDoBWyCDFFf2qvahC8xlG_LO9L6ke4rvHtFhsgJ/s200/bathime+sweetness.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div align="left">So, I had every intention of blogging about Lincoln's birthday, but between feeding the little one every 2 hours for a week straight and generally just trying to keep our heads above water, I didn't get around to it, so here is a quick recap for those of you who haven't heard the story yet.</div><br /><div align="left">John and I went into the doctor for our regularly scheduled appointment on Friday morning, 4/16. I was pretty sure I was in labor and that we were coming home with a baby...John was trying to keep me from getting my hopes up and was generally playing the voice or reason - as he often does! Regardless, our bags were packed when we left for the doctor's office. :) As it turns out, I was having contractions and the doctor determined that we should head to maternity observation for a little while. We hadn't been there very long when Lincoln's heart rate dropped, setting off the alarms and causing the nurses and doctors to rush into our cubicle. It was INCREDIBLY scary! I was given a shot to stop my contractions and his heart rate returned to normal. As a result of that little scare, I was hooked up to monitors for the remainder of our time in labor and delivery which wasn't quite what we had envisioned. Lincoln was born at 9:15 that evening...exactly 12 hours after our scheduled doctor's appointment. Afterwards, we found out that his umbilical cord was too short, thus causing the dropped heartrate. Luckily, our little guy was just fine once he met the outside world! <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472063040468979554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 129px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 161px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2B63pP9zKarbz7lxvh6FkyCA2pYk7k_vqx0BxkRIqTAEXJrn8sminCc_dsfxAyi10TvADj1SIHA91xFUNhT_GprpULt6CM_Mrdr-R9J06pUvfUFWbMDPtWYOOQ-47ZjYQX56lLC1-Ork2/s200/first+diaper+with+daddy.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:78%;">(Brand new and getting his first diaper)</span></em></div><br /><div align="center">We brought Lincoln home the following Sunday evening, even though he was a little jaundice. </div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472064611291013602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 127px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 156px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9cxdFE89n67xsuYzq5T-DiC5HJQakbAOwVn2tc0np7pO0Rx9VVlkScukPRMaEk2_bqp_d5QIHBPt21UJJKwjZCuK17WxO9rhrNHRubl4m7btmw4LC4XIxh00b2wkeBPBS88zoDfAWNXKQ/s200/going+home+outfit.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:78%;">(Daddy getting Lincoln all dressed to go home from the hospital)</span></em></div><p align="center">We really wish we had stayed in the hospital one more night, because he needed a bilibed and biliblanket for his jaundice after we got home...which frightened mommy and wore mommy, daddy and grandma out!</p><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472066660161924642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 117px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 161px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy1HIyNOdugYd1j7OGUiE75moESVI1NvoVcZVZ-aekAOzN4YRnJgLCWKXPdPJOksoSbJ9fmbDuMByEhJH7Wq3FMXyyco3yDCbfYL-h7MNJqLqqX9QykyaDq5q0HNLCOeTfB4djU4WiUT8v/s200/baby+of+the+future.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:78%;">(It's amazing what a little light therapy can do!)</span></em></div><br /><div align="center">And then after that...little guy just wasn't gaining enough weight, so for a whole week he ate EVERY 2 hours...this also left us all exhausted! Luckily for all of us, Lincoln is a very good sleeper. Check out that sweet little hand under his chin...such a thinking man's pose!</div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472067410815387602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 130px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 171px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSSqTVentGkemmoAjLBqbuyUIKHJq-9bXXZkROufWoejLQRmgBfnoXPG73FAxCgunpGpT43tciM4Cx8exMe71nH1_vdfNYsIs8-z1TxedmEctKpc5cpDAYF8LJfmSaSuQvG5U0nz71Iog_/s200/our+little+side+sleeper.jpg" border="0" />By week three, we were finally starting to get into the swing of things. Lincoln started gaining weight (finally made it back to his birthweight) and had a visit from his Grandma Cheryl.</div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472068224140218274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOdywjVp42eY32wJ3xpbft9j3EtkWUBEbr6f-Llzd_mK7MSuTMcfYZb41t7jdnV2yb6THUZqvGv5ZlaU7jUo6ZLdajsssfgI3MB9rVp6UwUC1FmYk6zKgZgQMsUEK2cOyoYMFGk2UJ914Y/s200/love+my+bouncy+chair.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:78%;">(Loving his present from Grandma Cheryl)</span></em></div><br /><div align="center">Week 4, we celebrated Mother's Day with my mom and John's mom and then on Monday, daddy went back to work full time, all of the grandmas went home and mommy and Lincoln tried to get into a daily routine...</div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472070721592072738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Ay4LQdMeyWNrGAVGuCzcgxSOmGUis1dmfGIsYk1RpKF2XAtSLJXri16dnQeq4oMR4FzUPJEgi3t7czacy-vs1I0PaAuhvqivPPJs9NnyrLrJSJkeDynwVzKPlBYkgosd5DedA0UJzI4p/s200/Grandma's+Photos+015.jpg" border="0" /><em><span style="font-size:78%;">(Mother's Day 2010)<br /></span></em></div></div><div align="left">And a 9:19 this evening, I snuck into the nursery and took a picture of our sweet baby boy...as he was exactly one month and 4 minutes old (so I completely meant to take the picture at 9:15...refer to what I said earlier about time flying when you have a baby around the house!)<br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472072293610493794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikef9-jJbat3TH6CUm2VypI8kj-TVBeWuqIafBiRPTmfvPNEq8hC0gE3W8x5TTVhG9NT2-Eo7w8wCikHnB7yWeYu-KRQcAxE8Zy_g66HiL7WIKqejcbiMrouU5tA81YHjr16EgGkT40rc9/s200/one+month+and+4+minutes+old.jpg" border="0" />My favorite storybook to read to Lincoln is called "On The Day You Were Born"...the last few lines read,<br /><br /><div align="center">"On the day you were born...you slipped out of the dark quiet where suddenly you could hear a cirlce of people singing with voices familiar and clear. Welcome to the spinning world, the people sang as they washed your new, tiny hands. Welcome to the green Earth, the people sang as they wrapped your wet, slippery body. And as they held you close, they whispered into your open curving ear, we are so glad you've come!"</div><br />We are so glad he has come to be a part of our lives!<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"></p>Heather Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227290248874405474noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091434356656641874.post-35097691882213578152010-03-29T18:57:00.000-07:002010-04-11T11:53:20.379-07:00March Baby Showers Bring April Babies!<div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Thanks to everyone who made Lincoln's Baby Shower so much fun!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Here are a few pics of the big event.</span> </div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgOb0QtH8s1JTFO_JyBNQ3ifUDPNDkTxC83SCpEfLPyrxlwKGwEpWmtdwhUUmhUPEsQch8hP8tQzr9YQEk4XRqIpV8f8giEDi8nJHs1eUd1bnRNoCWYlX3vMcNEiAYlOS2JmsbWyfJ7dIG/s1600/DSC_0008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454245437486446786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgOb0QtH8s1JTFO_JyBNQ3ifUDPNDkTxC83SCpEfLPyrxlwKGwEpWmtdwhUUmhUPEsQch8hP8tQzr9YQEk4XRqIpV8f8giEDi8nJHs1eUd1bnRNoCWYlX3vMcNEiAYlOS2JmsbWyfJ7dIG/s200/DSC_0008.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">Isn't the cake adorable?...even better, it was so yummy!</span></div><br /><div align="center"> </div><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458942143118644866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 104px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 164px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBaIojXhHZX0TTUriU8acBceX8xrNwwJEO71Ze3OFhzL9jmOykqs8toZ65622Gf1RRzcbXHcYB5kLa4RaSnJDc48zrdoiuRwq2V0Q9VwukYlZSvmLYwu70AG0KgeVHiqNOzabiPv9-VFS/s200/DSC_0002.JPG" border="0" /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The centerpieces were so cute...</span></span><br /></p><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">and work double duty as room decor in the nursery now!</span></span><br /><br /></p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><p align="center"><br /><br /></p></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458943045722271842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj6LKDqfjXiLkMB-GjV5h7ubFlYOWPR9FyXnPpCnzdFPg_o6IztVtbVjaFZBs3R3PQ9h-Zl5AsPc97lCVSj_hb-s7PJUtN0XDUnVdA0Anv972BmpehTtFShz0IlDVxC9ydE6Ja3_D7XKcI/s200/DSC_0013.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;">This looked SO good...</span></span></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">but I think I'll hold off on introducing Lincoln to margaritas for a few more years at least. </span></span><br /><br /><br /></p><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458943618306768178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoefVHDLq89PA1i9NIVP-m9Opkz82W0VO6GsQIyWu0fHG3JFET3d3shYHt9VagfHLeehmh1tXapbU7ljNwD9Ls9P3-MIK2RjqrSrZo3CdMqeYosVfmk2R7SArnKlHxtJgDipEtdtkYNFSt/s200/DSC_0033.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">So many friends on the way for our little one to play with...but boy!, </span></span></p><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">look what a difference 10 weeks makes in that belly bump!</span> </span><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458944377287859922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtXj1euk7QTiN4JVfwUgguCpkaWqlJ_BE6AV0JHLVL2J4GJnSfRNO9Afx-MiaVqLjc1DtztIeEzoIYfku7bODKVJRDRBjVMm8wrUjbAMF4BCyncjDuhIuAxgOJpfuzko6BvhKBkVs86JYJ/s200/DSC_0060.JPG" border="0" /></div><p align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">I love this picture!</span> </p><p align="center"> </p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458945869129049506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ9-8TXnGJHpEh2F0_yIIAv7YlXdC_YlAC-0WUO9HZT8RJY_p1wOaxopq9HwaAcLW-QxwjQkSjjUo6VZovoxwbm77sVwasFypaMmJqNH7xXPV5B8Di-3GEeempvog2CbSZb0RVTecwgodD/s200/DSC_0067.JPG" border="0" /> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Happy Heather!</span> </span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458953910902483042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4gXR4KVr5j5wkMdUrIK6zBKz4fe1xdKv4MS5jNfV63kZr0KsX2LGb4X7xDzc7CoUpRHXxAbxDvjDJDLNMbJv4mH0MSi9KYt3onp0EpXgOYFBO6bk0S-2TSPIbikoQ0vR0r9XV05YXWCyx/s200/DSC_0123.JPG" border="0" /></p><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">Daddy came to say thanks and help load up all of the goodies! What a guy!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div>Heather Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227290248874405474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091434356656641874.post-32740868892123422872010-03-23T11:08:00.000-07:002010-03-23T11:34:03.141-07:00Lions, Tigers and...MONKEYS, oh my!<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrPSQv_8sTCAnN5E2zGiau8qsZK85SyXOFOI2oKLAQTODGss9w3GQSVMcWOV0fu0khRNd0-fq8tspIwot8SfCrhHoiHIK9QeBXHTVDDshIv0HJhrz_xl_QIG4C1qFu-gBREBLIiZS8Heht/s1600-h/IMG_1076.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451898767353393282" style="WIDTH: 215px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrPSQv_8sTCAnN5E2zGiau8qsZK85SyXOFOI2oKLAQTODGss9w3GQSVMcWOV0fu0khRNd0-fq8tspIwot8SfCrhHoiHIK9QeBXHTVDDshIv0HJhrz_xl_QIG4C1qFu-gBREBLIiZS8Heht/s320/IMG_1076.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;color:#666600;"></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;color:#666600;">Work on the nursery begins! Daddy did an excellent job putting together the glider and bookcase. </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;color:#666600;">Mommy was wise and hired someone to put the crib together. </span></p><br /><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#666600;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Whew! After all that work, dad needed a nap!</span> </span></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwcnIRfCKRtNa5wN5xFr0bnZ4sGYJ54DsLwmZZBX_1pE4qeHeprXZhVcEWEFatgiSUH79r-YI2V6w-b5YHmhsYPPQ-MZ6XoAWwVO9ZpRK1f5vzY_MUoFm8vBkUvJ5jfQOasequApz3EOCJ/s1600-h/IMG_1073.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451894576800417714" style="WIDTH: 197px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 148px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwcnIRfCKRtNa5wN5xFr0bnZ4sGYJ54DsLwmZZBX_1pE4qeHeprXZhVcEWEFatgiSUH79r-YI2V6w-b5YHmhsYPPQ-MZ6XoAWwVO9ZpRK1f5vzY_MUoFm8vBkUvJ5jfQOasequApz3EOCJ/s320/IMG_1073.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#666600;"><span style="font-size:78%;">(Check out those cowyboy boots!)</span></span> </div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#666600;">And a few pictures of the semi-finished product!</span><br /></div><br /><p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcQu1ItGf9IE3MaOMFEfkBEkhmTfpOce5XkrBkfESHl0weiUek3i035RAxIn0abOb0OpORh8SFYpr8cTHriNZjXKubAJc6-_HLXY4Rc1XjygLYIMi18F7DirrQuCbW7aSv26IqKTxmt8xG/s1600-h/IMG_1083.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451897014631083426" style="WIDTH: 181px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 110px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcQu1ItGf9IE3MaOMFEfkBEkhmTfpOce5XkrBkfESHl0weiUek3i035RAxIn0abOb0OpORh8SFYpr8cTHriNZjXKubAJc6-_HLXY4Rc1XjygLYIMi18F7DirrQuCbW7aSv26IqKTxmt8xG/s320/IMG_1083.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3pVNTVbu3VkVsmT34NrWp-TlDtH2pSkEQGXILzjFNPvHLFRheNooAXgD46Kg4aJs6Ek1BFGhPcahkVTuAWtAuUNZQGcqSOwfMKYCB5H2PNLHnakNSUEGGS7mTNInf2sRbWzNoB358qF-/s1600-h/IMG_1082.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451897008172261026" style="WIDTH: 190px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 110px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3pVNTVbu3VkVsmT34NrWp-TlDtH2pSkEQGXILzjFNPvHLFRheNooAXgD46Kg4aJs6Ek1BFGhPcahkVTuAWtAuUNZQGcqSOwfMKYCB5H2PNLHnakNSUEGGS7mTNInf2sRbWzNoB358qF-/s320/IMG_1082.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxn2NDez15IPilSlCpCje4mLKt2c-d3eG8_on9ytq8BuOLq9jqp3Qc6YNIjGzY8V4OTgSeEn4aDC4WeOV6dzoevadzeggju3FSMRtnCaTOdRTupvOuFg9LrGFwAKH4nnhI3W-5cvQTc4Px/s1600-h/IMG_1080.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451897001330116722" style="WIDTH: 177px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 110px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxn2NDez15IPilSlCpCje4mLKt2c-d3eG8_on9ytq8BuOLq9jqp3Qc6YNIjGzY8V4OTgSeEn4aDC4WeOV6dzoevadzeggju3FSMRtnCaTOdRTupvOuFg9LrGFwAKH4nnhI3W-5cvQTc4Px/s320/IMG_1080.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="right"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3pVNTVbu3VkVsmT34NrWp-TlDtH2pSkEQGXILzjFNPvHLFRheNooAXgD46Kg4aJs6Ek1BFGhPcahkVTuAWtAuUNZQGcqSOwfMKYCB5H2PNLHnakNSUEGGS7mTNInf2sRbWzNoB358qF-/s1600-h/IMG_1082.jpg"></a> </p><br /><p align="right"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3pVNTVbu3VkVsmT34NrWp-TlDtH2pSkEQGXILzjFNPvHLFRheNooAXgD46Kg4aJs6Ek1BFGhPcahkVTuAWtAuUNZQGcqSOwfMKYCB5H2PNLHnakNSUEGGS7mTNInf2sRbWzNoB358qF-/s1600-h/IMG_1082.jpg"></a></p><br /><p align="right"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3pVNTVbu3VkVsmT34NrWp-TlDtH2pSkEQGXILzjFNPvHLFRheNooAXgD46Kg4aJs6Ek1BFGhPcahkVTuAWtAuUNZQGcqSOwfMKYCB5H2PNLHnakNSUEGGS7mTNInf2sRbWzNoB358qF-/s1600-h/IMG_1082.jpg"></a></p><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxn2NDez15IPilSlCpCje4mLKt2c-d3eG8_on9ytq8BuOLq9jqp3Qc6YNIjGzY8V4OTgSeEn4aDC4WeOV6dzoevadzeggju3FSMRtnCaTOdRTupvOuFg9LrGFwAKH4nnhI3W-5cvQTc4Px/s1600-h/IMG_1080.jpg"></a></p><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxn2NDez15IPilSlCpCje4mLKt2c-d3eG8_on9ytq8BuOLq9jqp3Qc6YNIjGzY8V4OTgSeEn4aDC4WeOV6dzoevadzeggju3FSMRtnCaTOdRTupvOuFg9LrGFwAKH4nnhI3W-5cvQTc4Px/s1600-h/IMG_1080.jpg"></a></p><br /><p align="center"><br /><br /><br /></p><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmGp6S_Cw431j1TvqQW5L_hFpq2n8O96be9UWumHF2_yqfpkSYH59ZhJcZgm6Ps0uo-i0v8fwYWBUu0MP9Zo3GUFXePPCbk1Vgaea0vlfo9_glK6ebiLgOvS-oLsBoaN4mqJFwmZlekKg/s1600-h/IMG_1076.jpg"></a></p><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmGp6S_Cw431j1TvqQW5L_hFpq2n8O96be9UWumHF2_yqfpkSYH59ZhJcZgm6Ps0uo-i0v8fwYWBUu0MP9Zo3GUFXePPCbk1Vgaea0vlfo9_glK6ebiLgOvS-oLsBoaN4mqJFwmZlekKg/s1600-h/IMG_1076.jpg"></a></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmGp6S_Cw431j1TvqQW5L_hFpq2n8O96be9UWumHF2_yqfpkSYH59ZhJcZgm6Ps0uo-i0v8fwYWBUu0MP9Zo3GUFXePPCbk1Vgaea0vlfo9_glK6ebiLgOvS-oLsBoaN4mqJFwmZlekKg/s1600-h/IMG_1076.jpg"></a></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Work on the nursery begins! Daddy did an excellent job putting together the glider and bookcase. Mommy was a smart lady and hired someone to put the crib together. :)</span><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5dDmN5hPK_qn7mssTJym6ovdGxpasAM400Fb4Ho0796KhPuoycL9K0ioQFpNOrEaGtcojoHRklsS_aW7LUaEI9UsbqnS-UK2bOPyG979kYupAxlA3hLOxnK2PdwaWq92qACmr4a7fQE59/s1600-h/10+weeks+belly.jpg"></a><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"></div>Heather Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227290248874405474noreply@blogger.com0