Good times

Where have I been, you ask? The answer is Facebook. Yes, I finally sold out and decided to join it despite my long boycott. I figured since we decided to move across the country again, I'd better join it to stay in touch with my lovely friends from Florida, whom I miss dearly. Since I haven't blogged in forever, I'll sum up the last few months with pictures. (That's all you really want anyway)

May 29, 2011: Elliott graduated from optometry school!! Yahoo!!! Check out his funny looking outfit and hat! He wore it with pride, though. So proud of my lil' doctor!

End of June: Made a trip up to Boise to see Annie and her family. She showed us around some cool spots in Idaho and we took her girls on a quick little hike. Elliott had the honors of carrying Ellie in the backpack, which is no small feat. That cute lil' girl has some serious chunk. On the downhill, Elliott said, "Oh man, my quads are going to be sore!" As if on cue, Ellie started LAUGHING! As in "Mu-ha-hahahahaha!" Love it!

All the kiddos in the swings with Annie doing some awesome under-dog action!
Lil' Lincoln holding on for dear life....
We also made a pit stop in Salt Lake and hung out with our good ol' buddies the Schumers. We went to Temple Square and acted like tourists. It was great fun.
For the Fourth of July, we met up with the Schumers in their hometowns of Farr West and Plain City. The Folsoms joined in on the fun, too. It was great to be with our friends again! (I think Elliott really wants to be tall like his friends, don't you?)
Mallory and Micah....love these girls!
And Lincoln got his second haircut, and this time I decided he needed to have a hairdo. He is totally rockin the faux hawk, if I do say so myself.
Lincoln will be 10 months in a couple days! Holy cow! Some of his new things:

~says "dada" and "mama", but I'm not so sure he really knows what he's saying

~says "yeah" at appropriate times, all the time, so I'm counting this as his first word

~crawls around like a mad man, but mostly still an army crawl

~climbs up to be sitting on his knees (every time I get him from his crib, he's holding onto the bars like he's in jail while on his knees...so cute!)

~loves books, especially the new touchy feely Usborne books I got him

~drinks from a straw now

~eats Puffs like a Puffamaniac

~gives kisses

~waves

~lights up anytime he sees his cousins...or his Aunt Jamie!

~plays catch

~knows that he can't get Tinkerbelle's toys, but goes for them every day

~likes to play with his cars

~loves to feed himself

I don't know his stats because we haven't been to a check up for a while. The last doctors appointment was at the end of May, and he weighed in at 17lbs 14 ounces, so I'm guessing he's like 19 pounds by now. I should do an unofficial measurement, I suppose! Anyway, he's stinking cute and I can't believe how fast he is growing up!