Time is flying by!

In 4 days Lincoln will turn 11 months. I cant believe it sometimes, it literally seems like just yesterday he was this tiny little guy and now he is a destroying giggling get into anything he possibly can little man. He went yesterday for his monthly helmet appointment and the doc said to come back in 4 weeks and he probably can get it off!!!! I was extremely excited because I just miss being able to rub his little head and smooch him and snuggle without getting hit with this hard helmet. I am glad we did it though because his head shape has improved so much. It is a nice crash helmet right now with him trying to walk and climb but he will learn to be that it actually hurts to run into stuff after a while lol. This weekend is Bryan's birthday (on Fathers day) so his sister and her husband and there 3 week old baby Isabelle are coming for the day to visit. She gives me my baby fix til we have another one of our own. We are planning Lincoln's party and our trip to Maryland both at the same time so it has been kinda crazy around here. Going to Maryland will be fun but getting there will be interesting because we are renting a car and driving there and Lincoln hasn't rode in the car over a 2 hour trip before so we shall see how it goes. We are going to visit my friend Stephanie and her son Austin who is only 2 weeks older than Lincoln and are going to go to the DC zoo and then go to Ocean city and Bryan and her other half Matt are going to go crabbing before we go to the zoo so we are both really looking forward to our trip!

Lincoln is now 9 months old. He is starting to get into everything within his reach...my closet, shoes, cords. Any little piece of fuzz or wrapper on the floor he finds and wants so he has been keeping us busy that's for sure. On Easter he started letting go of things and standing on his own and he has take 2 steps, then he sits down. He wasn't crawling just rolling but on Easter when he started standing on his own I caught him crawling too so who knows how long he has known how to crawl.He has had his helmet on for a month now and the doc said there has already been a big change and is working faster than they thought it would so we are really hoping he will be able to get it off by july instead of September. He has started saying dada and if you eat near him at all he makes you share with him by grunting and staring at you til you give in now its adorable. We are getting ready for warm weather and are going to be taking a road trip in the middle of July to Maryland to visit my friend and her son who is a 2 weeks younger than Lincoln so we are excited for that. Bryan's sister is due to have a baby within these next 2 weeks so we will be going to Albany to visit her and meet our new niece or nephew.

It's spring time!!

Lincoln loves this car!! When I push him in the driveway he makes noises so when he hits the bumps it chops up whatever he is saying and he LOVES honking the silly horn!
Bryan wanted to go fishing so Lincoln and I went along. He was checking everything out and having himself a good time in his pack.
Lincoln with Bryan's mom enjoying the nice day at her farm.
I set him in the grass and he kept pulling it out and looking at it.
We went out and bought him this swing and he enjoys it but it seems to tire him out which isn't a bad thing at his age

Lincoln goes to get casted for his Helmet

Bryan and I took Lincoln last week out to Syracuse for all his appointments. The follow up with the Nuero-Developmental doctor came out great. She said he is right where he should be for 7 months but just to cross all the T's and dot all the I's she wants him to go back out there and see an eye doc and she wants the Pediatrician to check his hearing again at his next appointment. The next day he had 2 appointments, the first with the Spinal Surgeon who said his spine and everything is fine, he was just laying weird in the previous x-rays so that was GREAT news. The 2nd appointment was for the casting of his helmet to help reshape his head. The doctor was wonderful and Lincoln did not like the process at all. We have to pick the helmet up on April first and then go back a week later for a check up then every 3 weeks till he gets it off in September. We haven't quite figure out how we are going to arrange a once a month appointment all the way in Syracuse or to his watertown office but we are working on it.

almost 7 months old

Well life has been busy for us. Bryan has his new job at the jail and was working 3pm-11pm but now he is on 7am-3pm till he goes to the academy in April so it works out much better cause he is here for bath time and all that and when he wasnt Lincoln noticed. Lincoln went to a neuro-development doc who said he was fine but he referred us to an Ear Nose and Throat doc for Lincolns head shape cause he has some positional plagiocephaly and they took spinal xrays and called and said they were abnormal so now March 11th he has to go to a spinal surgeon to find out whats wrong and then a few hours after that appt he will go get cast for his helmet. He has a shortened neck muscle (torticollis) and he was supposed to be getting Physical Therapy for that but she said she didnt want to start that til they find out what the spine issue is so we have to wait till March 11th. He will actually pick up his helmet on April first...what a way to spend my birthday.