Conversations With Lincoln

Mom: "Lincoln, don't do that."

Lincoln: "Don't say don't do that."

Mom: "Lincoln, who makes the rules in our house?"

Lincoln: "Me, brother Logan and the refrigerator. "

As Ricky and I were sitting in the living room one night, Lincoln walked in pointing to the clock and in his best imitation stern low voice said, "Look at that clock right there and go to bed right now!" Of course, Ricky and I looked at each other trying to figure out who he was imitating and busted up laughing. I wish I had the video camera rolling for that one.

Lincoln: "Brother Logan, chase me on my bi-cyc-ick-le." (Spelled how he pronounces it.)

Mom: "Lincoln, it's bicycle. Say it - bi-cyc-le." (Lincoln repeated it after me.)

About 5 minutes later he comes running into the room.

Lincoln: "Mom look, Woody! (As he holds his Toy Story Woody figurine in front of me.)

Mom: "Yes, Woody."

Lincoln: "Say it, Wood-y."

I was drying my hair with my blow dryer in my bathroom. I was bent over with my hair hanging over the front of my face so that I could dry the underneath side of my hair. Lincoln came running into the bathroom, "Mom, where are you?" I responded, "right here." Lincoln said, "Where, I can't see you!" He then came and laid on the ground looking up at me so that he could see my face beneath the hair and replied, "There you are!"

Ricky: "What's the matter, how come your mad?"

Lincoln: "It's all jacked up!" (Referring to his train track that brother pulled apart.)

He also continues to remind us, that anytime we go over bumps, pot-holes or construction zones, he thinks we're driving off the road. He is quick to say, "Mom, get back on the road."

I Spy With My LIttle Eye...

Apolo Anton Ohno. Ricky and I were walking through Macy's at the South Town Mall in Sandy, Utah (we were on vacation and I will update later on the rest of the trip) when suddenly I see Apolo and his (according to Ricky) smokin' hot girlfriend. They were involved in a conversation with a sales lady about bed sheets. I quickly debated with Ricky if we should stop and say hi, take a picture, tell him he was robbed at the Olympics, etc. We ultimatley decided that we should let him shop without interruption and kept on walking out to the car. We were both big fans of his at the Olympics so it was pretty exciting to see him.

The funnier thing is that earlier in the week I saw an Apollo Burger and joked, " Oh look, Apollo Anton Ohno Burger." We talked about the fact that Apolo lives in SLC area and trains here. Ironic that we actually saw him. Ricky says he always sees famous people when he's with me because he can't believe how observant I am. I have to admit he's right, I love to people watch!

He was wearing a nice shirt and jeans. It was a little odd to see him in something other than USA Olympic attire or his speed suit. Ricky says he is a pretty boy - I have to agree.

Since I decided to not ask for a picture we will have to remember by ones already on the internet.

Doc Band Design

So we had all of these great ideas to decorate Logan's helmet - but then things changed. After reading others blogs about how much time and energy is spent painting the helmet I decided it wasn't a project that I wanted to commit to for the next 4 months. Also, the time is passing more quickly than I realized. He has already been in it for over six weeks. Then with all of that, I wasn't able to find the stickers that I wanted and didn't want it to end up looking cheesy. I wasadamantly against the plain white helmet but now it's growing on us. I played around with one little design after seeing a sticker I liked but we only kept is on for a day or two. The helmet is working wonders though.

He is hardly ever in this little pack-n-play so he was pretty fascinated with the netting.

He's mastered tummy time and rolling over.

His perfect little head is getting it's shape back.

Logan's First Tooth

On June 16th Logan's first tooth finally came in. The poor little guy was waiting for weeks for it to finally come through. Once the gums opened though it popped right up in about a day. It's the bottom right (his right) side. Since then, the second (bottom left side) has also come through. Hopefully the others will here shortly and the sweet little thing can get a break from teething for a while!

The tray holds all the tools that have helped him successfully get his teeth out.

No chance of taking pictures of his teeth. This is the face we get when we tried.

Height Prediction

Have you ever heard that if you measure a little boy when he is two and a half years of age, then double his height, that's how tall you can expect him to be as a grown man?

Well, we are going to try it. We measured Lincoln when he was exactly 2 1/2. He was 38 inches tall - making him 6 feet 4 inches tall as a grown man. Unfortunately that's only tall enough for him to be a guard in the NBA verses a forward or center. I guess we better work with him on dribbling in addition to shooting. Who knows we will wait and see if the myth is true for Lincoln.

We did start his training when he was just 8 months old.

This is his second basketball hoop (from infant set up to toddler hoops) at a year and 5 months old.

If he isn't tall enough for the NBA then we could always go with baseball. Given all of the Spring Training Fields, it's a big thing around here.

My Space

So why is it that people feel so inclined to be in another persons space? I've noticed in many different situations that I seem to attract people...not in a good way. I can park my truck in a huge empty parking lot, go inside a store, come out and there will be a car RIGHT next to my truck. Never mind the fact that there are 50 open parking spaces in the lot and I'm not even parked closest to the store.

Recently I was at the airport waiting for a flight. I was sitting at 7:00 am at the gate with rows of empty seats. I purposely put my head phones on so that I didn't have to talk to anyone. Within minutes a woman sits down RIGHT next to me. I couldn't believe it. Really!?! There were dozens of seats around the gate yet she sat right next to me. Not only did she sit next to me, her leg was pushing against mine.

This leads to my next issue....it is wrong to wear a bottle of perfume and/or cologne when you know you are going to be in tight public spaces! Example, an airplane! Or even if you are going to choose a seat right next to someone (practically in their lap) even when there are other seats available, then you should at least not put on mass amounts of perfume before you do it. Other places you should not where more than 1 squirt of perfume are church, the movies, the gym (perfume does not mask the smell of BO) or a restaurant (if someone at another table can smell your perfume over the smell of their food that is an issue!)

Anyway, as you can tell this is clearly a pet peeve of mine. Really I don't think I'm asking too much. These are all things that come with common courtesy.

Yoga

Last Saturday Ricky and I decided to attend the workout yoga class at our gym. I had NO idea what I was in for. I was already not feeling the best but I thought a nice relaxing class where I could stretch would probably be a good thing for me. Well, it was - in a way. I loved the last 20 minutes of class...stretching and meditation. As we were walking though the doors of the class Rick tells me it's a 90 minute class - I was thinking it was only 30 minutes.

This was the first yoga class for both of us so learning things like the down dog, warrior 1 & 2, cat & cow were all new to us. Five minutes into the class I was sweating! Then we got more advanced and the intensity increased. That wasn't what I signed up for! At one point during the class Ricky and I looked at each other in the mirror and we just started laughing. Of course we didn't laugh out loud because that would ruin the quiet peaceful ambiance in the room.

I realized that I'm not as flexible as I thought I was. next day I was so sore! It's a good sore but still sore nevertheless. It was a nice class and was fun to be there with Ricky. I look forward to going again.

The Arrival of the DOC Band

Logan's DOC band has arrived. Last Friday we went in for his fitting and left with the helmet on his head. It doesn't seem to bother him and he has done really well adjusting to it. The poor little guy sweats so much so we have to take it often and dry off him and the band. He wears it for 23 hours a day. We have several different ideas of how to decorate it but haven't finalized one yet. (I think we have several really cute, fun, and clever ideas so once we pick one we will post the others too.)

Ricky will be taking Logan in once a week for the next 5 weeks for adjustments. After that he may be moved to a two week schedule.

After we have some before an after pictures I will post them so we can track his progress. We are excited to get his treatment underway and done in 12 weeks.

Love the smile.

Modeling the profile view for you.

Sounds asleep on the way home from the visit. I was glad to know that it wouldn't bother him while he slept.