helping daddy shovel the snow

we had our first decent snow of the season this week, and nic and joe were hard at work trying to dig us out...i for one could do without the snow, but it is fun to watch nic have fun in it. we got nic a little snow shovel and he loves it! here are a couple pix of my boys hard at work...

linc's 6 month check up and other stuff

i took lincoln to the doctor yesterday for his 6 month check up. everything is looking good and he is growing like a weed still. he is up to 20lbs 11oz and is 28 1/4 inches long. still a big boy : ) today he had his follow-up appointment with the doctor who did his hernia surgery, and everything went well there too. he is a healthy, happy, baby boy! naked baby boy -- he is rolling all over the place now and starting to scoot a bit too -- probably wont be too much longer and he will be crawling. i'm not sure if i am ready for that yet : )he had his first biter biscuit a couple of days ago, and he was loving it! he made quite a mess, but it was fun.not to be left out, here are some pics of my other lil man. he looks like rambo in this one. his uncle adam would be so proud!

my lil drummer boy. nana and grandpa got him this drum set for x-mas. he loves to make "music" with them!

the latest news in nics world is that we are in full fledged potty training mode, lol. he isn't being very successful with it, but hopefully if we keep on hounding him it will begin to sink in. hopefully. it is too expensive having both boys in diapers at the same time! i am ready to get one of them out of them, but i might have to start on lincoln pretty soon if nic doesn't figure it out : )

well, thats all i have for today. hopefully tomorrow is warmer!

professional pix

I took the boys to get their pictures taken together yesterday, and to get linc's 6 month pix done too. they turned out great of course, and here is the proof : )

linc's hernia surgery

lincoln had his hernia surgery on tuesday, and he is doing fine...he was a lil fussy and tired the day of, but he is already acting like my happy baby boy again! actually turns out that he didn't really have a hernia, rather a hydrocele. which means he probably didn't really need the surgery, because it would have healed on its own. but i guess they really couldn't tell which it was without the surgery...oh well, he is all fixed up now and thats all that matters. it was pretty stressful seeing my baby boy being taken away for surgery, but i survived : )

on top of dealing with a cranky baby who just had surgery, nic decided to get the stomach flu on tuesday as well...oh the joys of being a parent! he was throwing up all night long. we had to change his sheets 3 times in the middle of the night, and he was basically up all night long....fun stuff! he was sick all day yesterday too, but seems to be doing better today, thankfully.

well thats all i have for today...just wanted to fill everyone in on the surgery, and subsequent excitement, lol hope everyone has a blessed day!

Happy 2009

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! hope everyone had a safe and good time last night...i know i did, probably a lil too much fun : ) been feeling it all day long, i guess i'm just getting too old to party! anyways, just wanted to wish everyone a blessed new year...good luck keeping your new years resolutions!!!