So, Linc learned to scoot this week. More than lunging, more than wiggling, real one-knee up monkey scooting which makes him fully mobile. For good measure he can also pull up to his knees on the couch, chairs, the cat, the dog, and anything else he can reach. He’ll be on his feet within a month and probably walking by 9 months, just like his jerk brother and sister. WHAT GOOD IS WEARING HIM ALL THE TIME if it doesn’t slow him down at all!? I didn’t WANT him to be mobile!

Sunday:

This is a friend’s house, but I’m pretty sure we NEED that chair

OH BROTHERS

That’s right buddy, keep giving the tools the side-eye

Monday:

DECOY BABY

Big kid wanted to ride in the cart

Feeding babies real food is GROSS

Tuesday:

Vicious baby nail left that scratch on his own face

Fairly successful back wrap job

Sure, that seems like a good idea

Wednesday:

Sleepy baby in Target is my favorite baby

IT’S A HEATWAVE GET OUT THE KIDDIE POOL

Poor, poor choices

Thursday:

We really need to find a solution to her face hair

I’m not even going to bother to put those away

DIY teething necklace: a ring sling ring on St. Patrick’s Day beads

Friday:

Someone is smug about getting to use the iPad

Old Man Lincoln hits the casino

Food the size of my HEAD = the best kind of food

Saturday:

Naps at 8 am aren’t a great sign

This is why sponsored pins are a BAD IDEA. This are all results of “DIY BOOKCASE”.

She won’t stop stealing my heels

We were supposed to go out of town this weekend but our plans changed and we were left with two completely free days. We spent one doing literally nothing and one day having a family adventure. Both were nice but exhausting. I think having a 7 month old means I’m exhausted no matter what we do these days. I actually have dreams where I dream about being asleep.

In fact, I need to go to sleep right now so I can get 3 hours before Linc wakes up to eat. Being a mobile jerk baby takes a lot of energy.

The kids had Monday and Tuesday off school, which DIRECTLY coincided with E’s trip out of town. I did not enjoy that. It was also ridiculously cold. February is not my favorite.

Sunday:

She said I was her sous chef because she was Top Chef

He’s so helpful, trying to curl Caroline’s hair with a screwdriver.

Lap nap baby

Monday:

OMG GIANT SNAKE…oh wait, it’s still fake

Hello whales!

Literally bouncing off the walls

Tuesday:

Hot mess babywearing

Helping with selfies

I put my baby down inside that Boppy. HOW DID HE GET OVER THERE?

Wednesday:

Fake it til you make it

Aparently today she is a Southern Belle

This is becoming a bit of a habit

Thursday:

MIRACLES

Unimpressed with his cute new hat OR his fancy Tula…because it was 2 degrees out

My husband is good at appologizing

I’m going back to Gymboree and buying that onesie in ever size

Friday:

Back nap! The BEST part of babywearing!

Princess crime scene

Gingerrrrrrrrs

Saturday:

Big girl fancy soda

Hashtag third child

Oh you thought I was sleeping???? SURPRISE!

It was 41 degrees today. The kids and I all left the house without coats. But it’s going to be -11 tomorrow. At least there are no major snow storms in this week’s forecast? Maybe we’ll actually have a full week of school!! But knowing my luck, the second that happens will be the second Lincoln learns to crawl and I will never get a quiet moment again.

GO PATRIOTS! True story, I was 100% sure the Seahawks were going to win, even while I was cheering for the Pats. I am loyal in my fandom but not in my belief. Good thing we’re having ANOTHER snow day today so I can recover from the excitement.

Sunday:

She LOVES tap so much I almost don’t hate it

Throwing shade at my selfies

Blizzard essentials

Monday:

The tiny sock bun attempt kills me

This weather report was full of lies: it was a lot of snow but not really a BLIZZARD. And it snowed again Friday.

Babywearing Baby Jesus – close enough to kiss

Tuesday:

SNOW

LOOKING AT SNOW

PLAYING IN SNOW

Wednesday:

His shirt is not accurate

Took Linc out to see the snow. He fell asleep immediately.

Caroline wishes it would snow every day

Thursday:

Snow playdate

She thought the hospital gown was hilarious

Mmm…goggles

Friday:

FINALLY going to school…in the snow

My town sucks at clearing snow

Grocery store nap

Saturday:

He’s going to throw the Wii remote right through the TV

There was a song involved with this game

Gave up on crib nap, settled for cuddle nap

I seriously cannot even keep track of what day it is anymore, since school days mean nothing. Caroline has been out for a WEEK straight. Even my husband’s schedule is messed up – thank goodness, because otherwise I’d be doing all the snow removal with a baby on my back. I have to say I would like to make it to Target at some point this month (the mom version of a day off) but that might not happen until March. Or April.

Is it summer yet?

It’s really cold. I have a lot of feelings about it being so cold, but they’re all very negative and I’m trying to remain upbeat. But basically, eff this effing weather and eff you January I hate you why can’t it be effing June already?

Sunday:

As if he didn’t already eat enough, now he thinks he should get PEOPLE FOOD too.

I mean, look at those thighs.

Kids these days with their selfies.

Monday:

She insists on greeting her bus driver in french when she wears her “french hat”

Really impressed with the post office

This was the highlight of their day. Evan wants to know if he can wear Linc all the time.

Tuesday:

Before…

…neglecting the children during…

…After. It still looks mostly like that. One whole week!!

Wednesday:

STILL COLD

Let’s play a game called: Whose baby is in your lap?!

Irony: That wrap I’m wearing probably could have paid for the plumber to fix my dishwasher. BUT I’D RATHER DO IT MYSELF AND HAVE THE WRAP.

Thursday:

It’s a little staticy in our house

SHUT UP DON’T MOVE

So…basically I’m done here?

Friday:

We tried to wait outside for the bus

But gave up and stood inside staring out the window instead. Well, I stared. Linc continued to think he’s people.

Pretending she’s at a cafe

Saturday:

She’s got a teenager attitude – sure, you’d make a good seat, whatevs.

He ordered celery, so I let him order red drank instead of milk

And we out!

Last week was our first week back at all our activities…and yet I completely forgot to go to them. We just skipped swim class. So my goal for this week is to make it to all our appointments and classes and activities and dinners and stuff. If you see me on Wednesday and my hair looks like crap, you’ll know I’ve already failed, since my hair appointment is TUESDAY.

And someone please fix this weather. Ok, good talk.

These are not very good, from a technical standpoint. My children were not very cooperative, I didn’t edit them much, and definitely don’t think anyone would call them professional. But they are an accurate representation of our holiday and I’m happy I have them and can share them and one day I will love them just as much as I love the tiny 3×5 prints of my own childhood Christmases.

I actually hate to even type this because I KNOW I will fail and why even TRY to start something when I know it will fail but I’m going to do a 365 Photo Project in 2015. My goal is to take one photo every day that I don’t edit. One photo taken as a JPG on my big girl camera, no cropping, no lighting adjustments, no cloning things out of the background, no white balance correction. I have to accept it as it was taken, which (hopefully) will make me more conscious of things in-camera and not letting myself say “Oh I’ll just fix it later”. That’s why I never posted Halloween photos – I never finished editing them. That is LAZY photography and I need to be better than that.

Don’t worry, I won’t post all of those photos here. I haven’t decided how I’ll do it yet but I promise I won’t make you look at a crappy photo every day. As if blog readership wasn’t down ENOUGH this year.

Only the baby is still cooperative.

I WILL KISS HIM BUT ONLY BECAUSE YOU THREATENED ME WITH SANTA

Literally the only thing Linc got in his stocking

Socks in your stocking are TRADITION. DEAL WITH IT.

Yeah, he ate that paper.

Maybe next year Santa will bring her a hairbrush

Obviously she got too many presents, since she’s this exhausted from opening.

At least we know E got what he wanted. (Thanks Carolyn!)

He did this for like 9 straight hours.

The t-rex attacking the ponies cracks me up EVERY TIME. I am HILARIOUS.

I got a super cool tripod for Christmas. This is me trying it out.

Happy First Christmas, Baby Lincoln!