Lincoln: Ten Months

Link is ten months old. Where has the last month gone? He has really changed in the last month and is so close to walking. We got a push walker at D.I. for a couple bucks and he loves to push that all over the house at top speed. He has started standing all on his own in the middle of the room and then he gets excited and falls down. His record is 30 seconds (yay). He is so close to walking, he pulls himself up to everything and has started trying to climb things which is terrifying. He loves to climb up the whole stair case. I think it is so cute when he sits back on his knees because Chase sits like that when he plays video games.

I still nurse him a few times a day and he is hungry every other day. Seriously. One day he is eating everything in sight and the next day he turns his nose up at everything (except yogurt or mashed potatoes, he will eat those any day). He loves to dig his teeth into whole apples, he goes crazy for them.

We love our boy so much! He is the best thing in the world.

David is 18!

David is now 18 and leaves for his mission in three weeks. I am getting so nervous because i know i am going to miss him so much. He is a great brother and an even better uncle to Lincoln. We love you David! Happy Birthday!

Birthday

i am officially 25. what. this is crazy. birthday events:

 snap from trent.

 nordstrom with j.

 cpk with dave link j and mom.

desi's house.

Also we found out on this day that Jenelle passed her nursing boards test so she is officially an RN!!! Congratulations JJ!

Utah vs BYU

WE WON. Chase got to go down to Provo with his friends for the game and said it was the best game of his life. Good thing we won or that would be a different story. Go Utes!

Twenty Five

So my BFF Marlena is doing a Conquer 25 list (read hers here) and she is already having such a fun time doing it (see her posts here and here about some really awesome things she has already accomplished). I had pretty good success with my summer to-do list (I did 7/8... not bad) and I thought, why not keep it going and make a Conquer 25 list as well.

I turn 25 on September 25th (golden birthday. whaaat.) and its time to learn a few new things about the world and about myself. Some things will be big things and some things will be small things but they are all things that I want to do to help me become the best version of myself. (and I might copy a few from Marlena.)

I have now until September 25, 2014 to do all of the following in no particular order:

1. Donate blood. (I'm counting donating to my new baby because i cant donate blood while pregnant)

2. Start up journaling again. (its a gratitude journal. i'm also currently staying up to date on 2 baby books)

3. Read The Book of Mormon. (because of book of Mormon 365 i've read nearly every day)

4. Eat healthy. (most days)

5. Run a mile in under 10 minutes without stopping. (embarrassing to admit I never have)

6. Go to three new temples. (I've been to one (so far) Jordan River)

7. No R-rated movies.

8. Finish scrap-booking my life so far.

9. Make Lincolns birthday cake.

10. Try a few foods I have never tried.

11. Read a few books I already own that I haven't already read.

12. Take my family to Disneyland.

13. Have a Star Wars movie marathon.

14. De-clutter.(packing for St Louis made this easy)

15. Throw a party. (I'm counting helping my family plan and throw Jenelle's wedding for this one)

16. Learn to cook something new. (i learned to make these really good ham and cheese pastries using Filo dough)

17. Learn about my camera and photo editing.

18. Take Chase somewhere he has never been. (i took Chase to see where i lived in Torrance and Palos Verdes)

19. Go somewhere with Chase neither of us have been. (St Louis, even though I'm not going until January)

20. Learn a new skill. (Marlena teach me the ways of chalk boarding)

21. Have a picnic. (I've actually done this quite a bit with Lincoln, it seems life revolves around meals)

22. Use what I already have/ Buy less.(St Louis helped with this too)

23. Save money.(money jar, people)

24. Pray more. (because of reading the BoM this has become more regular)

25. Support my Husband. (i think I've done this pretty well, the hard part has been doing it with a smile on my face, but i am finally looking forward to moving to Missouri)

...and one more life goal: to tell the people I love that I love them.

In addition to this list, my goal is to make this my best year yet, and I have had some good years so far (graduating high school, a month in Europe, getting married, the birth of my son). This year I want to expect the unexpected, be spontaneous, live.

Please join in this journey! It doesn't really matter how old you are or where you are in life...just do it!

Cutest Kid

Lincoln is growing up so fast. So sue me if I take a lot of pictures of him. I'm proud of my baby people! He is the best! He are a few random recent pictures that I didn't already show to Facebook or Instagram. Does anyone else feel like its just the same thing repeated to every social media website? Well these are some blogger exclusives!

Fell asleep with his face on the side of his pack n play.

Sleeping sweetheart. He still loves to sleep till noon.

He loves to watch Miss Spider cartoons on the iPad

Playing at nursery. This was after he took his left foot off the bottom shelf. Tricky climber baby.

He wants to be Yoda for Halloween

Climbing up the rocks to go eat some dirt from the flower bed at Desi's

Utah State Fair

We made it to the fair this year and I am so happy! I love to walk around and look at all the animals and crafts and rides and food. I got a caramel apple and we spent a while watching the horse pull. Chase road a ride with my brothers and Link did the pony ride! Oh and I got a corn on the cob yummm. We love the fair and the weather was great. It only rained for a couple minutes and the cool weather was a nice change.

Below he is eating an elephant ear:

These pics are link pretending to be a farmer: