It's true: I'm a Sap

Yes, it's true.  I've always been sappy...it's just gotten worse since I had Lincoln.  I find myself tearing up at the strangest moments and say to myself "what is your PROBLEM?!"  I cried when we had to put away Lincoln's newborn clothes.  Even now I have a stack of Lincoln's clothes from this summer on his dresser that I just can't put away.  It makes me sad he'll never wear them again.  A few weeks ago while I was getting my hair done, my stylist told me her 5 month old had just discovered her feet.  I literally could not stop crying!  (I retold this story at day care just this week and started crying AGAIN!) Lincoln used to play with his feet all the time.  It wasn't until then that I realized he doesn't play with his feet anymore.  :( 

I was just reading old blogs and looking at pictures and it absolutely amazes me how fast time has gone.  I cannot believe Lincoln is 14 months.  It amazes me how much he has grown and changed.  In the last few months his personality has really come out.  He is so much more of a ham than I ever thought he would be!  He does this thing now where he looks at you, scrunches up his nose, purses his lips and huffs.  It cracks us up!  Apparently he was entertaining everyone in the hallway at day care during the tornado warning on Tuesday by huffing at them.  The ladies think it's hilarious!

We stopped to eat at a restaurant on our way home from Frankenmuth last week and someone actually said he was so polite!  For anyone who knows me, this was one of the greatest compliments anyone could have given him.  I hope this is only the beginning of his politeness.

When we were at the doctor in September, the doctor told us Lincoln still had to be facing backward in his car seat because he was under 20 lbs.  We still had him in his infant carrier at that time.  Recently, we got his "big boy" carseat.  Kirk took the base for the infant carrier out of my car and installed the new car seat: I cried. 

 

It really seems like just yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital.  He was so tiny and lovable.  I love all my days with Lincoln, but I really miss the days when I could snuggle him and he'd snuggle back.  These days all he wants to do is get down and play.  Which is normal, I supppose.  I just miss my little snuggler.

As I look back over the last year of blogs, I am reminded how fast the time has gone.  I said in a blog a while ago that Kirk and I would agree that Lincoln is the best thing to ever happen to us.  I still think this, but I would also add that he makes me a better person.  I was afraid when I got pregnant that something would change as soon as I had him and I'd be a different person.  I didn't think I'd be able to turn the music up and sing loudly and off-key, or dance around the living room looking like an idiot or suddenly I would lose my sense of humor.  I can say now that I can do all these things AND more.  I'm a better version of the pre-baby me.

Forgive me for being so sappy!  How cute is his bed-head??

We'll see you all on Halloween.  :)