More Video

A little more video of Lincoln walking! His new thing, is he likes to clap for himself, but of course the video comes on and he gets shy!!

His Favorite word!

This is his favorite thing to say! We will try and get him to say other things and its always "ball"

Our Little Man, Not so little anymore!!

He had been taking a few steps here and there and then all of the sudden he was walking across the room! He still prefers crawling over walking but starting to realize he likes to walk and attempts to walk most of the time. He is of course wobbly and walks a little like Frankenstein, but he is so cute!!

The Chompers with the bad hair Cut!

Lincoln has had his four teeth for few weeks now, i just keep forgetting to put a picture up!! He was sitting in the highchair the other day and was giving me the biggest cheesers, so I finally got the picture!! i love his 2 top teeth, they are cute little buck teeth, it reminds me of Kaden when he first got his teeth!!

So this is what happens when i move away and don't have anyone to help me cut Lincolns hair! I refused to pay 15 bucks to have his hair cut and figured, now I know this baby will be a boy i might as well learn. Lets just say attempt #1 was not very good!!

Knows when he sees a Good thing!!

For those that have never had the opportunity of trying Shipleys donuts you are missing out!! They are by far the best donuts around! Since we have been here I don't think we have missed a Saturday yet!! Bad I know, but i just cant help it!!(I blame it on the cravings) Last week we set the donuts down and found the little man making sure he didn't miss out on his donuts!! It just made us laugh, seeing the expression on his face like he just got caught with his hands in the "cookie jar"!

~Shannon, make sure and show Collin we got Lincoln matching pjs!!!

Buckeye Time...

So after a long awaited summer, it's finally football season!! Every year Josh is like a little kid getting ready for Christmas!! Everyday he would say only X amount until the big day!!! Then the night before we were in bed and he turns to me and says, I cant sleep I'm too excited!! Nothing new, its like this every year and pretty much every friday night! I took this picture last week and thought it was just too cute, I think one of my favorites.

Ill post the schedule, in case anyone cares to watch but tomorrow is supposed to be a big game Ohio State vs. USC at 7:00- Josh thinks Ohio State will get killed but of course he will watch every second on the game!

In the Last few weeks...

These last few weeks have been pretty crazy so we have not been able to post anything!! School is crazy, and Josh is gone for long hours but he seems to be doing really well! Work for me has been great, but pregnancy has thrown in a little glitch! About 2 weeks ago i woke up with this horrible pain in my back, and came to find out it was kidney stones!!! Fun huh!! They had to place a stent to prevent from getting infection due to blockage. It is a million times better but with the stent I feel pain in my back every once in a while, and some days are a lot better than others. This is better for the baby and so I hope there are more days better than not! Dad says, we should name our child Stone(in case you don't know my dads humor, after the kidney stones)... we'll put it on the list but not sure if it will be the winning vote! Lincoln has been better than ever, going from one babysitter to the next, while we were figuring all of this out! He has four teeth now and he loves to show you them. I will have to post a picture! He is starting to take a few steps on his own, but getting a few more bruises from trying! We have the best little boy! He is always happy and so easy going!

Mom put the sprinkles low for Lincoln to play with, and one day he was being really quite so I went to check on him and found what had been keeping him so occupied!!

Finally after 3weeks, our stuff arrived. Click on the pictures if you can't see how smashed and damaged our stuff is. This moving company was terrible and I would not recommend them to anyone!(AAA Moving) When they first loaded our stuff they told us b/c we used more space it would be 500.00 dollars more. Then Josh looks at the inventory list and there was way more boxes they said we had than we thought, but the guy said he didn't have time to unload the truck and if we agree to pay the extra 10% for more space then we could figure it out when they got to Texas, and that's when we would pay them the other half of the bill.. So after waiting forever they get to the storage unit and said they cant unload the truck until they get the money. Josh talks to the dispatch guy on the phone and explains what happened in Utah and the guy tells him if there are less boxes than we will give the other 130.00 bucks back. So after they unloaded the truck, sure enough there was less boxes than they wrote and then they wouldn't give the money back. Can you believe it!! I have tried to call the company and no one will answer there phone, so i don't know what to do at this point, i guess a lost cause!

Grammy is Lincoln's new best friend... I wonder why, he gets to go on walks, eating a cooking and getting as messy as any little boy would want to be!! He really does loves Grammy, he is always so concerned when she leaves the room and happy as could be every time he sees her!

Grammy and papa having fun with Lincoln... dad had his eye doctors appt. and but these on Lincoln so we could all get a good laugh! I wonder if this is what Loopy looked like after her appt's!!!! Just kidding loopy!

BACK TO SCHOOL!!

Do you remembers taking these pictures the 1st day of school!! The first 2 days have gone really well, and I'm sure its still just the beginning but I am so proud of Josh for going through with what he has always wanted to do, no matter how hard its been, or will be!!

Family Pictures

So while Steve and Rachel came to visit they took some family pictures of us, and they turned out so good!! I love them so much! I wish I was not 4 months pregnant in them but i couldn't be happier!! Steve does a great job and if you want to check out his work here is his website http://www.clark-imaging.com/! We have been so lucky to have Steve and Shannon in our family, with such great talents! These are just a few of our favorites, Thanks again!!!

Monkey kissing the Monkey

Before we left the Hodson kids insisted on giving Lincoln this little monkey flashlight!! Lincoln loves it! He always opens to give it kisses and i thought it was too cute to not put up for them to see!!

Welcome to Texas!

Last Tuesday, we had to say good bye to everyone in Utah as we headed onto our new adventure in Texas! Josh and I went on for weeks, maybe even months trying to decide where we thought we be the best place for us to be. After a few surprises, prayers and thoughts, we finally decided Houston!! Leaving was really hard for us, and still sometimes hard! I think it helps that it feels a little like home, so it almost feels like a vacation! Lots of mixed emotions but it seems like each day it does get better. Our families planned a surprise party for us a few days before we left with lots of friends and family! As hard as it was walking up knowing it was everyone saying good-bye it was really neat to have everyone there. Thank you everyone for your efforts to be there, We Love you all and Miss you!!

Josh has been there I would say close to everyday since the day Collin was born. They have been each others buddies! They love and adore each other! It was really hard for Josh, and surprising Collin understood more than we thought, and was hard for him. We got a text about 15 minutes after we left and they couldn't find Collin he was under his bed crying because he missed his uncle Joshy!!

We thought we needed a picture of the apartment we brought Lincoln home to, so one day when we take him to see it and it looks even more ghetto than it does now he wont be too ashamed.

1/2 Marathon...#2

So Josh's brother Sam has been interested in running the Provo half marathon and didn't have anyone to run with, so Josh decided to train this time and run!! It was fun to go an cheer them on, and they did such a good job. Josh was funny the next morning because he was surprised he could walk. His comment was, "Its a lot easier when you train". No hip problems, and they were able to run the whole thing! Shaunie and Kellie came with Sheerstie, Lincoln and I to help cheer them on. The boys were glad to see us a number of times because they said it gave them an extra burst of energy!

GOOD JOB SAM AND JOSH

I took Josh up to Vivan Park and this was how cold it was!

Cleaning out!!

As we were cleaning out the house trying to get packed to go, I found this itinerary!! Pay close attention to our job from 8:30-8:55. I thought most of you would get a good laugh!! I thought these pictures of monkey were really cute! We put our kids to work at an early age!!