Well Babies and Linc Tree

Linc's Birthday Cupcake... yes, I know I made a GIANT nutritional leap from his vegan, raw blueberry pie last year to this lovely super processed chocolate cupcake of love but what can I say. It was his birthday and he's grown to love chocolate :0)

Birthday dinner was spaghetti, he inspected each piece of his elk meatball thoroughly!

Linc loved the fire on top of his cupcake :0) Thanks to everyone who called to sing him happy birthday over the phone. I am pretty sure he thought that singing over the phone was the coolest things ever!

Yesterday was a big day :0) We were gone ALL day but for the most part it was fun! We started out at the doctor's office for Linc and Bear's well baby check ups and all is good. They are doing excellent! Let's start with Linc's report; He is awesome, imagine that :0) Ha! No really, he is doing great. He weighs 30.5 lbs and is 35.25 inches tall. I was looking at his growth stats from his one year check up and the kids has gained 9 POUNDS!! And grown 5 INCHES in ONE year!! Man, that's a lot of growing! Developmentally, Lincoln is about a year ahead the good 'ol doctor said. He can jump with both feet up, he counts to three, he can combine three words to form a sentence (although I am usually the only one who really understands him;0), he know "A" and "B" and he is hilarious!! Absolutely hilarious! He called Dr. Lanza "Grandpa Lanza" and helped out by turning the lights off for the doc to inspect Bear's ear's. Then we had to pry him away from the light switch :0) Ah, those darn light switches... just SO entertaining!

Here are few funny pics of what life with Linc is like right now;

This photo I call; Eating Elk Meat... it's breathtaking :0)

And this one is called; Fishin' For the Big One

Bear is also a rock star. He weighs 11 lbs 9ozs. and is 23.5 inches long. That means he has grown 3 inches and gained 4 lbs. 8 ozs. in two months! WOW! These kids grow so fast when you look at their stats. He is doing great, smiling lots now! YEAH! And cooing a little bit. He is back to being less fussy, praise the Lord, and sleeps better too. His fussing spell lasted about two or three weeks and then it started getting better. He now sleeps from 8 p.m. to 1or 2 a.m then from there he sleeps until 5 a.m. and then until 7 a.m. . So we are getting better! He is growing WAY too fast, I looked at a couple of Lincoln's first birthday videos that I had hidden in my computer and it hit me just how fast this stage in Bear's life is going to go. Ug :0( Newborns are tough but it goes so fast and before you know it your baby is two, talking, walking, eating on his own and wanting to tackle the world! I am trying so hard to let all the hard work associated with Bear settle to the wayside so that I can REALLY enjoy this time in his life. I didn't let myself really enjoy Lincoln because I was so concerned with scheduling and feeding him just right and getting him to nap and the fact that he screamed a lot. I am enjoying Bear! And finally I can just enjoy Linc too!! I catch myself trying to impose a schedule on Linc every now and then and I can stop myself and say "ya' know, he won't be two for long. Just enjoy it!". I am thankful that God taught me that fairly early on in the boy's lives so that I don't miss everything!! Here are a couple smiles that he finally gave his momma'!

After well checks and shots, yes the boys got shots and that's why MOST of yesterday was fun, we went out to Linc's tree. It's still alive! We hiked on out to the tree not sure what the state would be but there were leaves and several new branches. Levi found the perfect spot to plant Bear's tree which we will probably do around his 6 month b-day. It was a beautiful day and a great little hike (luckily the path is getting better and I didn't have to crawl this time :0). Then Linc, Bear and I sat in the truck for a couple of hours while Levi went on a hunt. The boys did pretty well but it always astounds me how nature chooses the most inconvenient times to let loose. Bear blew out his entire outfit with one poo... I think he is starting to be a little less regular in that area which reminds me of the time Linc went fourteen days with no poop and then exploded at Aunt Lynnae's house on Christmas! Yeah... I was hoping we skipped that :0) But sand and all, we cleaned him up and by we I mean WE. Lincoln refuses to let a Bear poop go without analysing it for color and size :0) And then he helps me throw out the diaper. It's interesting, the boys fascination with poo and pee. Odd. Anyway, we spent the afternoon playing horses and trucks, watching the sun set behind the gorgeous storm clouds and hanging out. Levi didn't get a buck yesterday but he saw two does. That's good because his doe tag opens tomorrow! So while he's out hunting Linc, Bear, Aunt Ambey and I are going to the pumpkin patch!! Woot Woot! I am a little excited :0)

My two boys watching the storm;

Getting ready to head out to the tree;

Oh 'a hunting we will go!

This is how I got to hike for a good portion of the trip... that equals nearly forty pounds of kid. I shouldn't have any trouble losing this stupid baby weight!

And here it is, fort Linc tree. Notice the ample barb wire, steaks and fencing to keep the deer out :0)
The stormy sky

Two peas in a pod;