Spring 2012

Six Weeks and counting. Wow seems like time has really gone by extremely fast the last eight months (for the most part anyway). Lincoln's baby sister will be here soon :) We had a doctor's appointment yesterday and all is good. The past four or five appointments have been quick informational appointments. They check my size, and the baby's heartbeat <3 I think every time they check her heartbeat she kicks them or punches them, or does some type of movement. Dr. Davis told me yesterday that the next appointment (two weeks) is where they start checking me to see how things are progressing. God has richly blessed us, and we give him the praise for everything :)

Lincoln had his fourth birthday on January 24th and is such a blessing to Brock and I. So hard to fathom that he will go to preschool this coming fall (Pre-K), wow. We have spent as much time as possible playing outdoors the last couple of months, especially with the uncanny weather we have been having. 70s and 80s in early March is not something we are use to. Thank you God!!! And the month of April has been a little cooler, more so in the mornings, but we are able to go out in the afternoon :)

The last couple of months have been busy with Wednesday night church as well (FUN nights). I taught the K-2 graders, Brock lead a class through the book Radical (awesome book), and Lincoln went to his FROG class. He is learning how to Fully Rely on God. He was able to say his verse after the first night and learned a great deal in his class :)

On March 31st Lincoln spent the first night in his new room. He was able to help Brock with painting the room, which was so cool. He has his cars tent on his bed, new paint on his wall, a new shelf for his toys, and he gets excited to be able to get his clothes out of his closet by himself (it really is the little things). We love him so much. He seems to be getting very excited for the arrival of his sister, we shall see how things go. We pray he doesn't get jealous, loves his sister, and continues to remember how much we cherish him.

Our Savior is Risen!! And we praise HIM!!! Thank you Father for loving us and taking care of us each day!!

Getting Closer

Well we have had a busy couple or months, or maybe they weren't extremely busy but they went by extremely fast. It is so hard to believe that we now have a four year old. He is growing up so fast, and continues to amaze us each and every day. We had a big birthday party for him this year. This was the first year for a family and friend party. We had it at the church youth center, downstairs. It was a Cars 2 party. It was lots of fun-games, cake, ice cream, presents, fellowship, the whole shebang. We had an interesting morning that morning though--it was the weekend that we had ice in Columbus--so figuring out if we were having it was interesting--but it all worked out very well :)

We also are approaching the birth of our second child very soon. It seems to really have hit home with Brock and I now that my appointments are 2 weeks apart--and for me now that she is moving more and more. I am starting to nest just a little or at least to the point where I am ready to have Lincoln's new room ready and the baby's room ready as well. We are to the point of painting Lincoln's room so it won't be long ( I think he is very excited, which makes us happy).

I will be entering my third trimester in about a week and just loving being pregnant--couple pains here and there--but all is good. I will try to post a pic of her soon. When we went for our recheck a month ago :) she didn't allow us to see what we needed to see to confirm it is a girl, but we are still going with girl--we shall see. Only God knows and he will take care of us either way :) So awesome we have a God who loves us so much.

Here are a couple of other pics or my little man and his party :) He was excited about all his gifts, and wanted to be sure I saw this one (CANDY).

Exciting News!!!

Well it has been long enough. It is time to update our blog, pretty extensively actually. But for now just an update. We are all three doing very well. Brock is working hard for the Lord at FCC, I am home with Lincoln watching other children during the week, and Lincoln is growing so fast--taking so much info in every day and loving life :)

We found out some really amazing news back in October. We are excited to announce that we are expecting another bundle of joy this next May. Lincoln will be such an awesome big brother. I have had three appointments so far, and everything looks good. Our first appointment we went expecting to have an ultrasound, took Lincoln with us, and found out we weren't far enough along to have the US yet. So we left a little discouraged but were excited to go back knowing we would get to hear the baby's heartbeat and hopefully see a glimpse of him/her. And soon enough we did, Lincoln loved it. He sat with Daddy and just watched as the doctor checked the baby. Lincoln got a chance later to show the picture to friends and family telling them all about the baby :) I had another appointment a month later, which I was in and out of fast--just to check the heartbeat and my measurements.

Our next appointment would be to have an US and find out the sex of our new little one. It was scheduled for December 28th, which we were shocked at, because I would only be 18 weeks and with Lincoln I was around 20 weeks. We took Lincoln with us again and he has been saying all along that he thought it was a sister. And when we were sitting in the room waiting for the doctor he said it was a brother. He cracks me up--not sure that when he was saying sister the whole time he knew that meant a girl :) We tried to explain that to him, but he just went with it anyway. The doctor came in and said something along these lines, "you are 18 weeks, why are we doing an ultrasound?" I told him I wondered the same thing. The other doctor in the office scheduled it, so who knows ;)

He proceeded to say we would go ahead with it and if he was able to he would tell us the sex. He started the US and Lincoln sat with Daddy again just discussing all the things the doctor was showing us. We got to see the baby's face, belly, arms, legs, arms move a little, spine, and ........ one tiny little picture the doctor snapped at the beginning lead the doctor to believe we are going to be having a little girl :) He said we would do an US in a month to confirm. So I will update this blog when that time arrives. We are so very excited about having a baby girl and just an bit nervous at the same time.

I am feeling well, starting to show, and so ready to get things ready at the house so we can welcome her. We want to be sure to give Lincoln the room he wants and make sure he knows how much he is loved. So please pray for us during this process--he knows how much he is loved,most definitely--but moving things and painting, and all that goes with getting things ready will take us some time and energy.

So with all that said we are well!!!!!! More updates to come soon.

Summer Days

Well today is June 30th. Where has June gone, I would really like to be able to answer that question, but I can't. We have had some great weather the past month, just beautiful :) We have been spending a lot of it outside. Lincoln spends his time riding on his scooter, his police car, or four wheeler (which he is too big for--crazy) out on the drive as well as on the "kidney bean."

We have also spent a great deal of our time out in his pool. He has become a big fan of the water, which I think he has always been--just a little braver every year. Our great friend Christy and her three boys Timmy, Ryan, and Braeden have invited us to swim in a big pool the past three Tuesdays and we absolutely have a blast (thanks to Al and Angie).

The past few days he has had a fascination with my camera, so I showed him how to point and shoot. He really does a great job. Anyway here are a couple of pictures that we took together this morning. ( The first one is at the beginning of this post.)


He is just too much fun. I love you Lincoln Thaddeus. I am so blessed to have your Daddy and you in my life--God is truly awesome.

Fruit Salad

Whew, what a fun week spending time with my two wonderful guys. Brock has been working his butt off this week getting things ready for Easter Sunday and working on some creative work for Steve and Jen. He is so great at what he does!!! Lincoln has been busy as well, always on the go and always with a wonderful smile on his face. I will have to take a picture one morning of his smile that he wakes up with--it just brightens my day.

This is a picture from this week. We had some very nice weather on Monday of this last week-- I believe it was in the 70s, or close to it. Anyway Jorja was here for the afternoon and Lincoln asked to play in the water table. So I kindly obliged, and any time we get the water table out we end up getting wet. They had a blast. As the week went on we ended up with lots of rain, so it was a good thing we got outside to play on this day.

We had a little different small group this week, we took time to allow the kids to do an Easter egg hunt. The kids had a really good time hunting for the eggs, it was a bit wet and muddy, but that doesn't bother them one bit. Before going out to look for eggs Lincoln found a treasure in the house, Joe's fire fighting gear. Lincoln was so excited.

Our Wonderful 3 Year Old

It has been since July, wow. Every time I think I might sit down and blog, I lose focus and end up doing something else like play with Lincoln, clean the house, work on my Mary Kay business (which I am not doing any more by the by), dig into God's word, or who knows the list goes on and on.

The new joy that came into our lives is now 3 years old, Lincoln Thaddeus Pickett we love you so much. Lincoln has been playing his little heart out every day since we last blogged. God has blessed me with being able to stay home with him since last April, wow it has been a year almost.
Lincoln and Abbey

Every day is different, never a dull moment. Lincoln just soaks everything in as he plays, as we sit down to read, sit down to do flash cards, paint, work on puzzles, do imaginary play, plus so much more. His imagination never ceases to amaze me :)

Brock and I worked on potty training Lincoln back in the Summer, but he just wasn't interested at that time. Well Brock and I decided that our goal was to have him potty trained by time he was 3 and we succeeded--with the help of a smart little boy. At the end of October we were shopping for diapers and bought a larger box of them, and at the same time we bought Lincoln some big boy underwear. Needless to say the next day he wanted to open the package and got very excited to go potty. It took us maybe a week to two weeks to get him fully potty trained, we were very excited. So then we had a full package of diapers, only have using maybe two of them, but I would rather it be that way.

The past 9 months have been pretty eventful. Going to the fairs :), potty training, Lincoln gaining a new friend-- a little girl I watched for about 6 months (Eaden), spending more time with our our little friend Jorja, spending the holidays with family and friends, meeting Lincoln's new cousin (Ava) right before Christmas :),celebrating Lincoln's third birthday in January, going to see Toy Story 3 on Ice, and so much more. I really wish I had recorded every day of his life--but instead we are just enjoying the ride.


So I know this blog entry is pretty spread out and not at all in order, but there you have it. To sum it up God is Good and He always will be!

Summer 2010

Why it has been an awesome summer so far. I started staying home with Lincoln after doing Holly's maternity leave (Apr. 19)--and it has been so much fun so far. We get to sleep in a little longer, make Brock breakfast (well most of the time ;) ), play in the pool, eat lunch with Brock, go to the library, and so much more. This past week we took a trip to Loretto, KY, Holiday World, and to see Uncle Andy and Aunt Shannon. Dad and Mom made the trip with us, and it was a blast!! Lincoln loved the water at the restaurant we ate at in Louisville, the airplane and boat rides at Holiday World, to see Toy Story 3, and we had a great visit with Uncle Andy and Aunt Shannon "didn't we?" This is the new thing Lincoln likes to say that we absolutely love.

Since we last posted our little boy has grown up a little-- he is now in a big boy bed. On Memorial Day weekend we went and bought him a new mattress and Toy Story comforter. He does very well in it. In the mornings he wakes up and says "come in, come in." As of right now he stays in the bed until one of us goes in to get him--we shall see if that lasts. He also likes to say " I got Woody Buzz" as he gets excited about his bed. We are very thrilled that he likes it so much.

Beep Beep

Well, it feels like Spring outside--or almost. We haven't had an opportunity to play outside the past couple of days, too busy for that--but have been able to enjoy it somewhat. We had the front door open this afternoon, and let some fresh air in--it was very nice indeed.

We went to the funeral home this morning for a dear friend, and as we were standing outside chatting with another great friend Lincoln was enjoying the traffic that was driving by. A couple of semi's drove by and one honked his horn for Lincoln. Oh boy was Lincoln excited, as soon as the truck honked Lincoln was saying "beep, beep," smiling, laughing, and moving his arm up and down (you know the honking motion you make when you want a semi to honk). It was the coolest thing. We love to see him get excited.

Last night we went to the musical at Columbus East. They put on a great performance of the 'Music Man.' Lincoln sat through the first half very well, and the second half he got a bit antsy. All in all he did very well, and really enjoyed it. As soon as the first seen started, with the men on the train, he shouted "MAN!"

Grandad and Kyle came down to visit with us this evening. We played and went to Baby Back Blues for some great BBQ. We had a great visit!!

Measured Lincoln this evening before giving him a bath--and he is around 34 inches. His mouth is full of teeth with a couple of more molars coming in. Growing, growing, growing :).

Glasses

Well we have had a wonderful week!! We spent quite a few nights at home, a night at Bible Study, and well I guess that is it. We enjoy weeks when things aren't so busy, they seem to seldom happen much these days, and that is okay too.

So anyway, as we were sitting at the dinner table the other night, and Lincoln was done eating--and waiting on us to finish, he asked for Brock's glasses. This is one of his favorite things to do these days. And Brock lets Lincoln look at them briefly. Well on this night I dcided to get my glasses out, and he was very excited to see Mommy wearing glasses as well, not something he is use to. So then what can I say, he asked for my glasses. And this is the result.

Lincoln is TWO!!!!

It is so hard to believe that our baby boy is TWO. We celebrated his birthday this past Saturday with family and friends. What a great day it was. Playing with all our new toys from Christmas, lunch, a nap, and family was here to celebrate the day with Lincoln. He was so very excited to have all of them here. We opened presents, had cake and ice cream, and played some more.

He enjoyed the presents that were toys, clothes on the other hand were not as popular. He cracks me up!! He didn't want to sit and open all of the gifts at the same time, he wanted to spread them out (just like we do on Christmas morning)--in fact the gifts from us were the the last for him to open and they didn't get opened until Sunday (on his birthday).

Well, we have new things to learn, new adventures to take and we look forward to them all. WE LOVE YOU SWEET BABY BOY!!! I know he isn't a baby anymore, but he will always be our baby!!

Christmas 2009

Wow, what have we been doing to allow this much time to pass since our last update. We are all doing very well. We had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends, spending Christmas Day here at home, oh the memories. Lincoln was sick on Christmas Eve, :( and therefore Brock and I were sick on Christmas night. We had a wonderful day Christmas day, just a stinky night. Dad and Mom had come down to visit and have a Big Christmas Dinner with us, and they ended up taking Lincoln home with them, since the two of us were sick. Lets just say that I was none to happy, I cried and cried.

On a more lighter note, on Christmas morning Lincoln woke up ready to start a great day. He came in and got in Daddy's bed, Mommy's bed. We snuggled for a bit, and then came out to see what Santa had in store for us. As soon as Lincoln entered the living room he found a gift (the largest wrapped gift) and ripped into it. He was so excited-- it was an airplane (Geo Trax airplane). "Out, out" he kept saying. For each gift opened he was ready right then to have it out of its box and put together. What fun we had, flying the airplane, putting Mr. Potato Head together, reading about Thomas, playing our guitar, playing with our Chitty car (for those that don't know Lincoln is in love with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. So all in all it was a wonderful day!!!!! God is Good, Happy Birthday Jesus!!!!!

Born to Shell Corn

Lincoln and I got a chance to do something really fun today that I used to do when I was a kid. Thanks to our great friend Dale, we were able to ride along with him in the combine as he shelled corn. After understandably being a little timid about getting in the combine, Lincoln loved it. He just watched everything and was amazed. And for the now 7 hours since then, all we have talked about is the combine and Dale and Grandad. We had a great time.

Happy Halloween

Our very own Music Man. Brock and I discussed what Lincoln would be for Halloween at the beginning of October, and were stuck. We had no idea what he should be. My dearest cousin Tiffany had let Lincoln play with a dinosaur costume (which you have seen video of in a previous post, so we thought that would work. As time got closer to the 31st, you know just the week before we were talking about it again, and my genious husband said--"Lincoln should be the Music Man." For those of you that don't know, Lincoln love the Music Man--the musical (that is a no brainer--it has music and dancing in it). We get home from work and he asks to watch it, there for a while anyway--now it is tractor, tractor, tractor. So we bought material to make him a Music Man costume. And the decision was made.

He made such a good music man!!! He loved it, and so did our family!!! Check him out!!!

October--Fall Fun

What a fun filled month it has been. The weather has been absolutely beautiful, God is Good!!!

Brock and I celebrated our 7 year wedding anniversary at the beginning of the month :). Lincoln got to stay the night with his Uncle Kyle, and spend the next day with Gramps and Grams.

We had celebration at the Gelfius Farm a couple of weekends ago, to celebrate the end of the One Month to Live study. Lincoln had a great time, we had hot dogs, mac n cheese, dessert. And I think he had the most fun getting to hang out with Kathie and Laura. They are so good to him, and he loves it. At the end of the night we got to go on a hay ride, and check out the tractors and plows (which he LOVES).

We spent one weekend with Gramps and Grams, so Mommy and Daddy could go to the Covered Bridge Festival. The next day we went to breakfast for Uncle Andy's Birthday--he is gettting OLD!!! And that evening carving pumpkins at Grandad's. So Lincoln got to carve two pumpkins this year. Grandad's --Silly face pumpkin and at home a few days before Halloween--John Deere pumpkin. He did really well, he wasnt' sure at first, but seemed to get the hang of it ---not sure how much goop he got out, but at least he was trying. He was also able to help carve, by pushing the pieces out. Loads of fun!!!

Happy Fall Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

21 Months

Flying by!!!! That is what time seems to be doing. I know you have heard it said many times before, but I just can't get over the fact that it is nearing the end of October.

Lincoln is growing up so fast. He brings such joy to our hearts!! We spend a lot of time outside, wagon rides, pushing his John Deere tractor, piling rocks in his dump truck, drawing with chalk, kicking the ball, among other things. He absolutely loves being outside, not sure how this winter will go--we will find something to keep us occupied.

He has fallen in love with his Sunday school class. We leave each Sunday talking about patting the Bible, and how we love Jesus. You ask him to sing and he does--at this point you can't always make out his words--but he is working on it.

He loves his pumpkin--a word said frequently at our house. And he is loving "Bob" from Veggie Tails, and the Music Man. We get home, from wherever, and he asks for "Man, man" or "BOB>" We usually tell him he has to wait until closer to bed time--and then we play, listen to music (which he loves to dance to and play the drums to--it is awesome).

A load of fun!!! We are having a ball, I will try to post another post soon--there are many pictures that I want to share--and the memories that go along with them.

What Fun We Have!!!

Loves His Corn

Well, we have told so many people how much Lincoln loves corn, and how well he eats corn on the cob. So we videoed him quite a while back and never got the video posted, so decided tonight during dinner to video him again. We had hamburgers, tator tots, and corn for dinner--i think this is one of Lincoln's favorite meals.

He is getting so big so fast. Just the past few days we have been focusing more on different words, and names of people. It is just awesome to see what he can grasp, and remember at such a young age.

What a joy he is!!!

WOW!! 18 Months Already!!!

Lincoln turned 18 months this past Friday. Unbelievable and awesome at the same time. Our little boy is really growing up.

This Summer is not over yet, I know, but it has been a great one with our boy. We have spent evenings at the fair, home playing outside, swimming in our alligator pool, traveling north to spend time with family, and so much more.

Lincoln had two doctor's appointments this week. On Tuesday we travelled to Carmel, to Riley. Back at the end of May we scheduled an appointment for Lincoln to see a GI specialist. Dr. Julie was great, we were tremendously reassured that Lincoln was doing well, and we had nothing to worry about. We go back in 8 weeks.


And then today we went to see Dr. Todd for Lincoln's 18 month appointment. Lincoln is 32 inches, 23lbs. and 5ozs. And to top it off, he received his
last two vaccines for a while (until he goes to kindergarten, which I know will be here before we know it, yikeso).

On another note Lincoln loves to watch, listen, and dance to the Imagination Movers. Here are a few pictures of him watching them. (Including the one above).



He also enjoys eating plums all by himself (as well as most anything all by himself these days, he is Mr. Independent).


Well it is getting late at the Pickett household, and time for bed. More info and pics to come soon.