Day 4, 5, and 6 of Christmas

On the fourth day of Christmas

we went to our ward Christmas Party!

When we got there during the prayer my leg began to feel damp. I whispered to Scott that Lincoln was peeing on me and Scott began laughing.I honestly was in shock and had the urge to toss my child to the floor, but instead I sat there miserably soaking up pee. I swear the man praying was purposely grateful for everything and everyone in the world. By the time the prayer ended,  my leg, the gym and Lincoln’s pants were completely drenched.  On the fifth day of Christmas we make snowflakes!

On the sixth day of Christmas:

We shatter 6 glass ornaments, bite the top off one glass ornament, break one snowman, destroy an entire Christmas village and lose baby Jesus. All while mom continually fixes the tree.

then we open a family present!

Lincoln got a Toy Story 3 puzzle and Scott and I worked on the United States puzzle.

gotta love family time…

As for Lincoln,

He is becoming a little bird. He says everything we say and has even begun calling his dad, “Scott”.

The other night he was climbing on Scott’s legs and flipped over and began falling head first. As his face smacked the ground he moaned,

“Awe Shit”

as terrible parents we both started laughing really hard. I have no idea where he learned that one from, maybe grandma?

The Third Day of Christmas

On the third day of Christmas we…………….

Decorate the Tree

  Christmas is never complete until the tree is up, even if that tree comes out of a box.

Lincoln LOVES to say prayers. We taught him to fold his arms when he went into nursery because he was the only one who didn’t do it. Now, he reminds us to pray. If I ever put food at the table for him, he folds his arms and waits for me to pray. I think today we prayed at least 6 times. After I read him his bed time story, he sits down and folds his arms. We say family prayer and then he climbs on his crib to go to bed. Sometimes I wonder where I got him? Weird Child!

 

  The Tree is Complete!

Second Day of Christmas

On the second day of Christmas we decorate the house.

Lincoln was counter productive. He kept putting things back away in the boxes. He then took out all the tops of my balls and put them away. He was being so gentle and good, that I let him do it anyways.

First Day of Christmas and Traditions!

I am completely against doing anything for Christmas until December first. My main reason is I love the anticipation of waiting to do stuff. We do the 25 days of Christmas! We did last year and it’s a tradition we want to continue with our Lincoln.

For the first day we make a countdown Christmas Garland. On each chain is what we are going to do for everyday of December.

Lincoln was a big slobbery helper. He knows just how to make the paper wet and gross so mom doesn’t want to touch it.

It’s hanging from the ceiling! We made an extra chain just for fun. I’m so excited for everything we get to do! I LOVE CHRISTMAS!

Traditions!

Another tradition we do every day before Christmas to help us remember the true meaning of Christmas is read both a Christmas story and a story of Christ’s life from the Bible.

Tonight we read “Curious George’s Christmas”

and we read Matthew Chapter 9: 1-9

My lil Angel

Today was one of the happiest moments of my life! Lately things have been a little more than a roller coaster ride. Lincoln has made all the hard moments seem rather meaningless. With each new thing he learns, it brings a pride and joy that is unexplainable.

Over the last six months, I have been working 30+ hours a week while being a full time mom and wife. I thought I was handling it well until I started collapsing from lack of sleep and energy. I have been getting hurt a lot lately from my falls, and it feels like almost every day I show up with a new black eye or bruise. I have been trying so hard to stay strong, but there are so many days when it takes everything for me to continue on.

One night after work I was found unconscious in my truck that I had crashed into a telephone pole. My truck is sadly completely demolished; the engine was inside the cab of the truck. I was lucky enough to only suffer minor injuries and whiplash from the airbag. When they were pulling my unconscious body from the scene, one of the paramedics began crying. He had seen my bruised body one other time, and he knew I was in some serious trouble. After returning from the hospital, he reached out to me and asked if there was anything he could do to help. I'm not going to go into the details, but this man was a huge blessing from God.

After all this, Scott asked me to quit my job for the next month, and I have been trying to be healthier. These last few months have been incredibly hard on Scott and I’ve tried to stay positive, but sometimes it seems like we can never get on top of the medical bills. I feel like I am this huge burden on him, and I'm so thankful that he has been there for me while we sort things out.
Tonight, while getting Lincoln ready for bed, I was signing “I love you” to him. He looked at me and signed it and then leaned forward and kissed me on the lips. I got all teary eyed and looked at Scott and said “He loves me!”. Scott just laughed, but it was one of those moments I want to remember forever. I then took a bath and spent the next ten minutes crying about how selfish I have been. My life is so incredibly blessed by friends and family who love us. We have so few trials compared to those around us.
I can’t help but think that these special spirits are sent here to remind us of what is really important. I love Lincoln so much at times it literally hurts my heart. Haha! I know I am incredible cheesy, but it’s the truth!

Thanks Lincoln for teaching me how to love life!

Eleena, Jared and Cohen

I took some pictures of my sister and her family. The second we pulled Cohen out of the car he started shivering. He was not happy because it was so cold, but he still was such a trooper for the pictures.

This first one is my favorite

 

  

Isn’t he such a lil cutie!

Love this one!

Thanksgiving and Christmas and a lil bit of everything else.

I made the best yams in the entire world. Scott ate half of them himself. YUMMY! Oh and I made cheesy potatoes too.

I forgot to take pictures until everyone was done eating. Smart.

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Oh! Thanksgiving? Why do you make me gain so much weight?

Lincoln has a new obsession with gloves! He hates hats, but apparently gloves are much cooler. He found scott’s dirtbiking ones and put them on himself.

My lil studman

The other days Scott came up with another one of his genius ideas. He decided to hook an inner tube up to his dirtbike and pull Lincoln and I behind him.

Alright, can you say embarrassing? I try to be supportive of his ideas, so after making sure there wasn’t a single car on or near the road, I hop on the tube with Lincoln.

Scott hits the gas…… and we move about 3 feet before his tire slides and he no longer can move. He starts pushing with his feet, while yelling, “Think Light Heather!” so all the neighbors can hear. A few minutes later we have moved a total of 20 feet and a car pulls on to our road. I roll off the tube and run as fast as I can into the cover of our house…phew!

Scott ended up pushing Lincoln down our driveway on his snowboard. Which, is pretty cool.

Christmas Party for Mckay!

Kids are weird

 

Mckay’s Farewell

Mckay is going on a mission in 2 weeks and we are sooooo excited for him! Bring on Mexico!

 

A lil more from that fabulous day:

Cowboy time: Lincoln wanted to wear Kolby’s costume and ride the Grandpa horse the entire time.

Karie was the wildest horse around! and Kolby was one brave cowboy!