Lincoln is TWO!

It doesn't seem like that long ago that we brought home an under 6-lb. sweet baby boy from the hospital. It is now 2 years later and we have a rambunctious, fun, choo-choo loving little man. Here is a brief view of how he has grown.

Here is Lincoln when he was just a few days old. He was so tiny that we had to go out and buy preemie outfits just so he could wear something that didn't swallow him.

This is Lincoln at six months. Love the ears, they are a Tiem trademark.

Here is Lincoln enjoying his 1st birthday cake. He was a little overwhelmed by the situation and I think enjoyed himself more this year.

This is Lincoln at 18 months, the difference between these two pictures is amazing. This must have been when he grew out of his baby look.

And this is our little Lincoln just this morning. He was getting ready to enjoy a birthday cinnamon roll.

Lincoln, we love you very much and wish you the happiest birthday ever. You have brought such a joy into our lives. We are continually amazed by all the wonderful things that you do. You are a smart, handsome, and loving little man. Your daddy and I will always love you, forever and always!

Thanksgiving...3 days later

Hello to all my friends that so wonderfully check this blog. I have to apologize for being such a slacker but we have been busy and I haven't really been taking many pictures. We had a great Thanksgiving and I hope that everyone else did as well. We were fortunate enough to get to have Thanksgiving dinner with the Gambill's on Thursday and then again with the Tiem's on Saturday (no complaints here).

Here is Lincoln over at Nana's house. His personality has really blossomed and this is his new "cheese" face. I'm not sure how excited I am about it, but I have to admit it's pretty cute.


Here he is with his daddy, I love my two handsome guys!


This is Lincoln and cousin Ethan just hanging out after filling their bellies.

I filled my pregnant belly with lots of turkey and dressing (my favorite) and of course some pumpkin pie. Things seem to be going smoothly but very slowly. We are at about 13 1/2 weeks and will be going to see the doctor on Dec. 8th. Hopefully, he can see what we are having, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

I hope that everyone is staying sane during the beginning of the busy holidays. We have so many events coming up that it exhausts me just to look at our calendar. Take time to take it all in and enjoy life, it only happens once! I promise I will be blogging again soon as our little Lincoln turns 2 on Saturday.

Fall Photos

We had some pictures taken on Saturday with the infamous photographer, Ashley Ann. For those of you that don't already religiously read her blog (which you should) check out her blog post for more fun pictures from our session.

Happy Halloween (a few days late)

It was a weekend filled with pumpkins, costumes, and lots of candy. Needless to say, Lincoln had a good time. His lasting impression of the weekend was candy. For example-

"Hey Lincoln, what do you want to drink?"
"Candy"
"Are you tired?"
"Candy, please"
That went on all night.

We started the weekend with pumpkin carving. He was semi-interested but did enjoy coloring on the pumpkins and digging his hands in the gooey middle.


He was quite the pumpkin design master.

It's a good thing that it was so warm on Halloween because his Bam-Bam costume worked out pretty well. I actually made this (after multiple attempts). My first attempt looked like a skirt with a sewn line down the middle, not too cute. We couldn't get the hat together so we powdered his hair to try and turn it white.

Betty and Bam-Bam

The whole Rubble family. (I just want to let everyone know that my niece has a Halloween party every year so we don't just dress up to go trick or treating, however, I do enjoy dressing up so I just use that as my excuse.)

This is cousin Ethan giving some pirate love.

Lincoln had a good time trick-or-treating, he would go to most doors but was reluctant at the "sca-wee" houses. He didn't understand the concept of collecting candy and wanted to eat each piece as it was given. (Hopefully this lady doesn't mind she's in the pic, no idea who she is.)

There was a pinata at the party and Lincoln got a few good hits in. I think he was confused that we were encouraging him to hit things with the bat.


I am adding this picture in because my child ceases to amaze me. Who knew that an almost 2-year old could play air hockey. He is quite the little grown-up.

That concludes our fun-filled Halloween weekend. Hopefully everyone has come out of their sugar comas and is ready for the start of another week.

We're Expanding!

Well, it's time to let the cat out of the bag. For those of you who know me, you would be proud that I have managed to keep this somewhat to myself. Now it's time for all to know that our family of 3 will now become 4 sometime in early June.


I found out very early (4 1/2 weeks) and wanted to wait until we went to see Dr. Williamson and then still a few more weeks just to be on the safe side. I am now 9 weeks and things seem to be going smoothly. I have definitely been sicker than before but I'm blaming that on the extra progesterone that I have to take (only 1 more week of that left though, yeah!). Our exact due date is June 4, which is also Ryan's brother's birthday. I would have posted the first ultrasound but it was really just a blob and fortunately there was only just one blob there (there were some questions because of my extra high HCG count). Please keep us in your prayers and I will keep updating you about baby Gambill and baby Lincoln.

The Pumpkin Patch

It's always a good day when you get to take the day off work to spend with your family. Ryan and I both took Monday off and headed out with Lincoln to Carmichael's pumpkin patch in Bixby. Activities like this get more fun the older that Lincoln gets. He was so awed by all the stacks of pumpkins that he wasn't quite sure what he was supposed to do.

It didn't take him long before he started picking up pumpkins and transferring them into different piles. It was kind of gross because he kept picking up the strays which were usually not stacked because they were rotten.

They had a hay maze that we kind of forced Lincoln to go through. It was pitch black inside and even though Ryan was holding him he was still screaming. I snapped some pictures in the dark and I can't believe this look of horror that I captured on his face. The things we put our kids through.

We of course had to feed all the goats. Thankfully, these were hungrier than the fair goats. He gets an attitude with animals and I'm not quite sure what he was telling this one. Looks like a threat to me.

This is Lincoln on Shadow. He loves horses and just kept saying "neigh-neigh" and "wee-haw".

Lincoln and mommy, I love my little man!

We finished up the activities with a hayride, Lincoln was not too impressed (let's just say it was one lap around a dirt track with fields as scenery).

We finally found ourselves a wheelbarrow and loaded up with a few pumpkins. We didn't get too many big ones because at .35 cents a pound, they added up quick. We decided we're in the wrong business.

Well, that's our pumpkin patch fun in a nutshell. I hope that all the rest of you get to go out and enjoy this cool fall weather and maybe some pumpkin fun too!

The Beginning of a Bunch of Boo-Boos

I think that we have entered the daredevil age, or at least the age where his mind thinks he can handle more than what his little body can do. Last week Lincoln injured himself 4/5 days at Nana's house. That's the most we have ever had.
Day 1-He fell off of a slide face first onto the patio. You can see his beautiful abrasions.

Day 2- He fell and skinned up his knee.
Day 3- He shut his finger in the doors beneath the grill and turned it purple.
Day 4- He fell of a riding toy and bruised his face on the handle bar.
If this is an indicator of what is to come, then it's a good thing we have insurance.

I also wanted to share with you Lincoln's first piece of real artwork that was sent home from Sunday school.

Well, I hope that until I post again, we all stay injury free.