Another One Bites the Dust

Yesterday night Lincoln totally bit it on our steps outside. I think he got pushed by someone (Ahem, ahem). I'm totally kidding. He just fell as they always do at this age. I didn't see it actually happen, which according to Ashley I am very glad that I didn't. I was already on the verge of tears. The big circle on the top was a huge goose egg last night, but it is just a big scratch this morning. He cried for awhile, but as soon as I offered to put a "banaid" on it, he calmed right down. He just kept saying, "stairs, fall, hurt." It was so sad.

The stuff around his mouth is cinnamon sugar from eating my toast at breakfast.

We love the park!

We go to the park about 4-5 times a week. Lincoln is always asking to go. Since the weather has been pretty mild, I've been pretty okay with going.

Lincoln likes big "hard" pushes, and Ceds likes tiny pushes.

Bikes, Bikes, Bikes

You know I don't think I've ever met a child who doesn't like bikes. The other day Porter and McKenna came over and we played outside. Luckily we had enough bikes for everyone. My mom and sister Alisha got the big bike for Lincoln's birthday but he wasn't quite ready for it this year so Todd and I got him the trike. He has only recently decided he even likes to try and pedal. Mostly he just likes his Scoot-About. I think it's because he can go a lot faster on it than pedaling.

McKenna having fun going fast.
Porter was doing these tiny little steps and it was so cute to watch. Linc really leans forward on this bike and pushes so fast, it's interesting to remember how he was with it last year. Owen from next door just likes to stand with this bike and push it around. He just giggles.
She's always making these faces:)
Can you tell that his Auntie Katie did his hair?
What Mom?!

Here is a video of his newfound pedaling skills. He's been practicing in our kitchen and can even go backwards.

Temple

Last night Todd and I went to the temple. We are trying to make it a goal to go at least once a month so we are going to switch babysitting with our neighbors. But last night Bri came to hang out with our kids. Linc loves Bri and is still talking about her today.

When I asked Bri to take a picture of us, Lincoln didn't think it was nice of us to do without him so he snuck in here.

Then we just took one with him.

Runnin' and Runnin'

Yes, I ran in an organized race. Crazy I know. I'm totally with Rheanna on this. I HATE to run. But I've really felt like it is something I should want to do so in July I signed Todd and I up for a 6k. It was the Racing Cane race. It benefits children who don't have shoes. Anyway, I've been trying to "train" for it, but as always my good intentions weren't as good as they could have been. We started the race on Saturday September 18 at 8:00 am.

This is me about an hour after the race. I ran the race in about 48 min. A 6k is roughly 3.73 miles. Todd stayed with me for the first 1.2 miles and then went ahead of us. He ran it in 39 min. I walked about 1k total in the first 1.5 miles and ran/jogged the rest. I felt like I did pretty well considering my "great training". Also that I pushed this

and this

in this the whole time. That's about an extra 80 pounds.

I don't think I've ever told you about this little beauty. It is my new love. It is the best double stroller ever, except that it can't fit into church doorways. That was a fun learning experience. Anyway this little love of mine has separate snack trays, canopies that move all by themselves, speakers for my iPod (my kids get to listen to Dr. Jean when we go on walks!), a parent tray, and the wheel in front swivels or locks in place. It is amazing. Oh I forgot, the handle also moves up and down so it is comfortable for a 6'1" person like Todd or a 5'0" person like me.

Singing

Well I really hope these turn out. Lincoln really loves the song "Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Tree". He makes us sing it to him at least 3 times at bedtime, at naptime, and each time he wakes up in the middle of the night. He likes to do the actions and sometimes he even tries to sing along with us. It is so cute. The bottom one is "Itsy Bitsy Spider". Another favorite that I taught him awhile ago.

By the way I just have to let everyone know that Lincoln is officially potty trained! We started training him about the last week of August and he has only had 3 poop accidents and a handful of pee accidents in that time. After about 2 weeks of training he started telling us when he had to go to the bathroom almost all the time. The only time he wets his pants now is if he misses the toilet, like in a public restroom. Now all we have to do is night time training. I'm so proud of my little baby (I guess I can't really call him that anymore, but that is what he will always be to me.

Something New

Since our daughter is now four months old and so skinny we decided that we should start feeding her rice cereal to see if it would help to fatten her up. I've now given it to her 4 times. I don't think that she has actually swallowed a single bite of it. She hasn't figured out how to eat it yet. She just moves it around and then spits it out. As shown below. I figure after a couple more days she'll get the hang of it.

This is what happens to all of it.
Sitting in the mouth for a moment to see what she should do with it.
She takes it off the spoon well, just no swallowing.

First time in the high chair getting ready for the big event.