Working Mom, Sick Baby, and Stay-at-home Dad

Lincoln hasn't been feeling well, and since Linda started her new job and has no vacation time, I'm a new stay-at-home Dad. I was actually only home with him today, and it went pretty well. We think it's his teeth, but we're not sure.

Anyway, on a more positive note, here's a short "walking" video to show off Lincoln's new skills.

Happy (Belated) Birthday, Linda!

Linda turned 31 on July 15th, and it's taken until now to get anything posted (sorry). Happy birthday. What a year it's been.

To Swim or Not to Swim

While we were in Loup City last weekend, Lincoln took his first trip to the pool. The results were mixed. He was curious but a little scared.

Here's curiosity...


















Here's fear...

Catchup Post

We've been busy these past couple of weeks, so I apologize for the lack of posting. There will be pictures shortly, but for now I'll just catch everyone up on our goings-on since Lincoln's birthday:

• We spent 4th of July with Scott's uncle and aunt, Todd and Angela, in Kansas City. They served delicious food and we had a great time!

• We did 1-year portraits of Lincoln. We used Stacey Schmitz, who happens to be Gabe's dad. Stacey did an awesome job and the photos are awfully cute. He also has a gallery in the Crossroads so Kansas City folks should check out his work in person during First Fridays.

• We went to Loup City last weekend for Scott's cousin's wedding. We made a brief stopover in Lincoln to see grandma and grandpa Hauner.

• LINCOLN STARTED WALKING!! Finally, after months of pulling himself up, Lincoln finally took more than one step by himself. It happened all of a sudden this weekend at Scott's parent's house. We knew he could do it! We're trying to get some video of the big event to show you all.

• I started a new job today. I'll be working downtown at Commerce Bank as a Systems Analyst. It should be an exciting challenge since I'm new to the banking industry.

• Everett is already a month old and is almost as handsome as his cousin!

Whew! That's all for now!

Lincoln is 1!!

Lincoln celebrated his first birthday on Saturday. It's hard to believe that just a year ago we brought him home from the hospital as a helpless newborn. He is now almost walking, and had a great time at his party. Here he is opening presents.

Afterwards, he got a whole cake all to himself. Scott and I made it ourselves - it was chocolate with white frosting. We took his shirt off so he could really dig in.

He obviously liked it - he ate more than we expected. The kid really likes cake!

Lincoln was very generous at the party - here he is sharing some of his cake with Amari.

As of his one-year birthday, Lincoln is not quite walking but he sure is close! He can wave "hi" and "bye" and makes the sign for "all done". He weighed just over 17 pounds at his 1-year appointment, but the doctor says he's growing normally and hitting all of this developmental milestones. He's just a petite guy!