Wednesday, May 30, 2012

never a dull moment.

Lincoln has such a fun personality. He makes us laugh daily and is such a joy to have around. He does such funny things and certainly keeps us entertained. One of his achievements lately is singing the ABCs. He even sings the end lines "Now I know my...." It's so cute. He also LOVES to dance. He will ask me daily to turn on some music for him so that he can dance.

Here are just a few pictures I have taken recently.

Wearing his hat that he got at the Wagons and Wheels event. He'll do this randomly, and this time he wanted to wear it while he ate his watermelon.
This kid LOVES watermelon. The amount he eats in one sitting would blow your mind.
Here he is at a BBQ with his friend, Carter.
Sometimes Lincoln and I have a picnic lunch in the living room. I usually set up a blanket and we sit on that. This time, Lincoln decided he wanted a table. He took a package of diapers, set it up on its side, and used that as his table. So clever. Why did I not think of that??? :-)
Oh, and this is the smile we get when we ask him to smile for pictures now. While cheesy, it's cute, and a total improvement for him, considering he never used to let us take pictures.
Lately he loves to line up his cars and trucks, or put them in clusters. There is that smile again.
Lincoln loves to lay down in the bathtub and always says, "That's fun!" or "I'm swimming!"
Derick pulled Lincoln's pants up one night as high as they would go. Urkel style. It was hilarious. These pants are actually getting to be on the smaller side. It looks even better when we do it with bigger ones.
I usually cut up Lincoln's apples, but lately he wants to eat them whole. He says he wants a "big apple" when he wants it whole. This is what they usually look like after he's done with them. Random bites around the entire apple.
Lincoln likes to get some books and "read" them on his bed. Its nice when he'll do it while I get ready. He always looks so cute flipping through them. {I was washing his sheets on this occasion, in case you were wondering why his bed was bare}
He loves Ramen noodles. He'll eat as much as he can with his spork, and then will drink the rest. No joke. He lifts the bowl up to his face and drinks the little remaining noodles and broth. This is what he looked like one day after he was done.
He wants to swing on the "big swings" lately.
My boy and me on Mother's Day.
The card Lincoln made for me in nursery.
Lincoln and I took advantage of free slurpie day at 7-11. To say that he loved it would be an understatement.
Derick has been playing softball lately and Lincoln and I like to go and watch the games. Lincoln and I both love that he gets to run around.
Derick and Lincoln made a small fort one day. Forts are becoming quite the common thing in our house {most of the time they are larger}. Here they are just hanging out together.

Tech Nite

On May 10th, Derick and I attented TechNite, which is his company's biggest event of the year. It was at the Hotel Roanoke and was a really nice night. It is an award banquet to honor some of the companies and entrepreneurs in the area. It was fun to have something to get dressed up for. You stay-at-home-moms know what I mean. We enjoyed a nice dinner, the program, and the company of hundreds of brilliant technology minds. We also sat with Lt. Governor Bill Bolling and his wife, and met Senator Warner.

Unfortunately, Derick and I didn't get a picture of just the two of us {and I am kicking myself, still, for that} but here are a couple of other pictures.

This is of Derick speaking at the end of the program. 
This was Derick's official "induction" into his new position as the Executive Director of the RBTC.
Cory {Derick's predecessor}, Senator Mark Warner, Derick
Cory, the guy in the position before Cory {I forgot his name} and Derick. Three consecutive EDs.
The Hotel. It was really nice.

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Wagons and Wheels

Last weekend the town put on a super fun event. I had an appointment to get my hair done (scheduled before I knew about the event...otherwise I would have gone) so Derick got to take Lincoln and they had a blast. They had all kinds of service vehicles for the kids to explore, which was like heaven for Lincoln. He looks so cute sitting on/in all of them. Lincoln also got his face painted (a tractor). They gave each child a hat and a first-aid kit! How cool is that? We are lucky to live in a place that puts on fun events like this.