Approaching Mid-December

It's near mid-December, Christmas is almost here, and 2008 is almost gone.  Holy cow!  Our Christmas tree is up and it was fun looking back at our ornaments from when we were even Lincoln's age.  We're thankful for parents and grandparents who preserved those memories for us.

Not a whole lot of new stuff to report since Thanksgiving. Jenn and I are just about through shopping for Christmas and we're excited for our many family Christmas get-togethers.  I'm drawing a bit of a block right now trying to remember the exact order of events, but we've got the Donati Christmas the weekend before , followed by Mullen Christmas on Christmas Day, then there's the Gates Christmas on Saturday (27), closely followed up by Parkinson Christmas on Saturday evening/Sunday.  Sounds like an action-packed week!  Please keep Emily, Jeremy, Grace and Cole in your prayers as they're doing a bunch of traveling (driving & flying), as well.

Lincoln's First Christmas

It's not like you come to our blog to hear lots about me and/or Jenn, so I'll mention a few more things about Lincoln.  He's absolutely content to sit up on his bottom and play with his toys for a long time.  We've seen inklings that he's thinking about moving himself, but he's just not mentally there yet.  It's nice for us because we can set him in one place... for now.  We're several weeks into the "babbling phase."  He's become quite the little performer (not quite to the level of singing Victory in Jesus with his hum, but we've still got some time!).  He keeps Great Grandma Gates in stitches.

Lincoln and Mangos

His chow-hound nature has been well documented, and we're adding papaya, blackberries, and a few other things that I can't remember now and that I didn't taste until I was in my 20's.  Word from Grandma and Grandpa's is that he's NOT a broccoli fan.  But like avocado, he may warm up to it.

Lincoln's "Concentration Face"

The weather is ugly out right now.  Windy, cold & rainy.  Blah.