10-28-08

Today we got a little touch of Fall. We drove up, and over, to Lost Maples Park. It is a Texas state park that has lots of, you guessed it, maple trees. They were very pretty and it reminded me of Minnesota. The weather is cooling off, so it made for a nice hike.

Lincoln is doing great. He is walking more and more everyday. He is such a big boy! We are getting excited for Halloween. We took Lincoln to Sea World again on Sunday with the intention of dressing him in his costume. However, it was a very hot day so it was still around 80 degrees that night so it was too warm to have him in it. We did, however, see Shamu at "Shamu's Rockin Creep Show" and he loved that. It was pretty cool, but it seemed a little creepy to watch those huge wales perform tricks.

I had my ultra sound a week ago, and it was OK. This baby was a lot harder to get a good look at than Lincoln was. It just did not want to cooperate. We have also decided to seek out a new clinic and doctor to see for the rest of the pregnancy. We just did not feel comfortable at the clinic we were using and we didn't care for the doctor either. So we have found a new one and hopefully this will work for us for the rest of the time. If we end up not liking this one we might just have to stick it out b/c there isn't too much time left.

I am not sure if you can tell in this picture, but we gave Lincoln a haircut. With the assistance of Grandma, we used the buzzer and buzzed it all off. It is very different; he looks like such a big boy. I will put a closer up picture in the future so you can get a good look at it. Love and Miss everyone!

10-15-08

Sorry for the delay in any new blogging. I spent the majority of last week fighting the flu, but I am well now. Justin took great care of me, however, and Lincoln too. He is not sure he could ever be a stay at home dad, but he said he and Lincoln had a lot of fun.

The picture is from Sea World. I was hoping to get one online a little closer to our trip there, but I didn't. We have season passes so I am sure you will see more. Grandpa Terry has finally started heating the pool here in the park so in the next couple days we will probably go swimming. It has been a while, and although it is still hot outside, the water is colder than you might think.

Lincoln has started walking. He still doesn't use it as his major mode of transportation, but he loves to walk from one person to the next....especially if you are holding something exciting in your hands! I guess this new milestone just opens the door for more scrapes and bruises, which he is already good at getting.

We miss you!

10-5-08

It is another sunny day in Texas. It is muggy, however, but we can't seem to get any rain. It hasn't rained since we got here and I could use a rainy day. Those are nice once and a while. Lincoln went to the nursery today at church. I am not sure how much he likes it right now. We have noticed he has started having seperation anxiety, so they last couple times we have come to get him after church, he is crying. We aren't sure if it is because he misses us, or b/c he had trouble taking a poop:) This might sound wierd, but he seems to have trouble pooping sometimes, and when this happens, he starts to cry........SO who knows. Either way, his playtime with friends isn't quite as happy as it has been in the past.

The picture is from the river walk yesterday. There was an arts and crafts on the banks of the riverwalk, so we looked around at that and did a lot of people watching. The one downer of the walk was when I overheard someone say (about me) "So, do you think she is pregnant?" Yes, unfortunetly I am entering the stage of my pregnancy where it just pushes my fat out, and, well, makes me look fatter:) Oh well.

After naptime we are going to Sea World to visit Shamu. Very exciting! We have season passes so we can go as much as we want....and I am sure we will get a lot of use out of them. I will post some pictures.

Have a great week!

10-1-08

It is pretty hard to believe it is October and in 4 months there will be another baby around. I am still tired from the first one:) I am feeling the little one move now and my cloths are darn close to not fitting. I pulled the maternity wardrobe from storage and got it all washed so it ready to wear when I break down and decide my cloths are just too tight. Lincoln is very active, although he is not walking yet. He sure like to talk though. He jabber and jabbers, and I think he assumes we know what he is saying.

We have decided that his "one year pictures", and I use that term loosely, will just have to show some bumps and scrapes because he just acquired a nice shiner tonight and we can't keep putting them off. As grandpa and grandma Vaupel put it, "he is all boy".

Today Justin and I took Lincoln to Breckenridge Park and he got to ride on the train that goes through the park. It was a short 15 minute ride, but it was pretty and we got to see a lot of nice scenery. It is a very large park with lots of trails, but after I saw the HUGEST spider in the world, there was no way I was going to go hiking on those trails.

Hope everyone is doing well. Keep in touch.