4 Months

Lincoln had his 4 month check-up on Thursday, which meant more shots. He did great, but the nurse (a different one than we usually have) made his little leg bleed, and I did not like it. one. bit. Other than that, the appointment went well. The official stats are: 24.75 inches (which means that either our unofficial measurement of 25 inches at 3 months was way off, or he wasn't stretched out all the way at his appointment) and 14lbs. He's between he 25th and 50th percentile for both height and weight and, at 43cm, he's in the 95th percentile for head circumference (for his big, brilliant brain :)).

This stage is so much fun. Lincoln talks, sings, and laughs and has so much personality. He loves it when I do 'this little piggy' with his toes and when Levi gives him raspberries on his tummy. He's getting so strong; he holds his head up like a pro and always wants to stand up. He reaches out for his toys and brings them straight to his mouth (along with anything else that gets within range). And, of course, he just gets more adorable every single day!

tasty toes


on the way home from Ohio


helping dad work


in the studio with dad, recording drums for the new album.


taking a break from gnawing on the side of his bumbo chair to be exceptionally cute.

Weekend trip to Ohio

My office was closed on Friday for Independence Day, so Lincoln and I decided to take advantage of the long weekend and make a last-minute roadtrip to Athens, Ohio to visit his GGma and GGpa (my dad’s parents). He was such a trooper in the car (8+ hours each way) and we had a wonderful time. We arrived around 6:00 on Friday and spent the evening with GGma and GGpa, Uncle Ron (my dad’s brother) and Aunt Lynne, my cousin, Nathan, his wife, Emily, and their new baby, Hunter. On Saturday, my Aunt Bonnie (my mom’s sister) and Uncle Dave were sweet enough to drive down to my grandparents house to spend some time with us. Then, on Saturday evening, Aunt Lynne put together a huge cookout so that Lincoln could meet even more family. It was so great to see everyone!

Visiting with GGma (she has lots of good stories to tell about Grandpa!)

Happy to be in GGpa's arms

Playtime with GGpa

Uncle Ron and Aunt Lynne get some smiles too.


Cousins and wee cousins. My cousin, Nathan, and his new baby, Hunter.

Little buddies. (Hunter makes Lincoln look so big!)

Thank you, Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Dave, for making the drive to visit with us.


We love Aunt Bonnie!

Lincoln laughed and laughed for Uncle Dave

GGma and GGpa with 2 of their 3 great-grandsons (we missed the rest of the gang!). Can you believe the boys outnumber the girls now?

My grandparents are amazing.

CLARIFICATION POST

As pointed out to me by my loving wife and her dad...

...did you know that when you type d-a-r-n in italics in this font, it looks remarkably like another similar word that may indicate that the catchiness of a song may be eternally condemned?

it's true.

in an attempt to avoid such confusion in the future, I shall use other words that look safer in italics.

"so EVERLOVIN' catchy"
"so PEACHES AND CREAM catchy"
"so NEW YORK YANKEES catchy" <- means the same thing as any swear.

-Levi

Dad-From-Home Songs

Heather totally wins at blogging.

I'm really verbose when it comes to the decline of the music industry, or why I love traveling, or any number of controversial topics, but when it comes to pictures of videos from around the house, I am not (even close to) the best blogger in this house. Kudos, love.

Anyway, I thought I'd share a little from life at the 604....

I remember hearing somewhere that Aunt Bonnie was certain that Lincoln's arrival would be inspiration for a new song. Well, she had no idea just how prolific I was going to be...

For a couple of reasons (Lincoln responds pretty well to music / I don't know what to say to non-English-speaking babies) I end up making up LOADS of new songs every day. Examples from today include such hits as:

"Let's go heat that hot hot water, hot water, hot water, let's heat hot water" (redundant, and factually incorrect - if the water were hot, it would not need heating.)

"Lincoln made a poop, yes a poop, that's a poop" (redundant, but factually correct. that was, in fact, a poop.)

"please don't yell, it makes me kick our innocent dog" (factually incorrect, but just so darn catchy.)

my freestyle lullaby skills are improving, too. Did you know sleep rhymes with

cheap - "it's not like your diapers are..."
weep - "please don't make me..."
jeep - "i'll buy you a..."
keep - "that last promise, I totally can't..."

hm. according to rhymezone.com, it also rhymes with go deep, junk heap, and vegetable sheep.

WHAT THE HECK IS A VEGETABLE SHEEP?

looks like bedtime just took a turn for the surreal.