Watch us as we grow.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Am I crazy?
This Saturday Lincoln and I will be embarking on a bit of an adventure. We will be going with my family on their annual vacation to Colorado. Austin suggested that Lincoln and I go and get a bit a of a break from the grind. Austin is not able to go because of work, the thought of us enjoying ourselves without him, is weird and sad. I haven't been away from him this long since before we got married. He is being a good sport about us going and I think is looking forward to some alone time next week. However, I will say this, if anyone feels like feeding him while I am gone I'm sure that would be greatly appreciated.
Anyways we will be driving 2400 miles in 1 week with a 6 month old. Lincoln is pretty good in cars however he has never been in one for more than an hour and a half. I am excited about the trip but a little like , WHAT AM I GETTING MYSELF INTO!? Any suggestions on driving with babies would be greatly appreciated.
Something about clean fresh mountain air, and being on the brink of total wilderness, is the ultimate relaxer for me. It is the most tangible way that I see and feel God. I have vacationed here almost every summer since I was very little. It's hard when I am not able to go, I feel as if something is missing and never get that rejuvenated feeling, that makes it possible to continue to live in community and in the city. With that said I am willing to count the costs. Please pray for us, I'm not sure if my parents realize what they've signed up for ... all they heard was "a whole week with my grandson!"
I will let you know how it goes. Hopefully well, who knows maybe we will backpack europe next :)
Let the show begin!
Friday, June 4, 2010
Kiddie pool take 1
Today Lincoln and I went to play in Asher's inflatable baby pool, complete with a duck fountain and water fall. Turns out Asher is the kid to be friends with. 
We had a bath tub seat that I deemed safe for a 5 month old to sit in, in a baby pool. Lincoln and I were sitting there playing with all the inflatable fish. He was chomping down on the killer whale bath tub toy, loving life. I glanced away for literally half of a second and next thing I know my five month old is face down in the water in his bath seat SCREAMING. I freaked out a little bit at first, baby + face in water doesn't = chilled out mom. I got him out and calmed him down. After about 5 or 10 minutes I decided I should probably put him back in, as I feared he would only have a very negative memory of water. So I put him back in his seat and I stabilized it better. Here is a photo of the second try.
I was kind of nervous, and refused to take my eye or hand off of him. Ten minutes go by, he is LOVING the pool and all the toys, I let my guard down. I don't know how it happened but all of a sudden he leaned too far, and there was nothing I could do, I saw it coming. There he went, face first, his legs all tangled in the seat, screaming, and trying to keep the water out of his face. I've never moved so fast in my life. I got him out and did everything I could to comfort him. Guilt over took me. I wanted to cry with him but I was too angry at myself. He was so helpless, upset, and scared. We layed on a blanket in the grass for awhile and I did my best to calm him down. Then it hit me. I cannot keep him from feeling bad things no matter how hard I try, or how badly I want too, I can't. I cannot keep him from harm or from feeling pain. My son is going to have to feel heartache, physical pain, anger, and sadness. There is absolutely nothing I can do to stop that from happening. All of a sudden I realized what God must have felt for us, for me, for Lincoln.
It's amazing to me that my son is only 5 months and God is already teaching me how to let go. I believe the most challenging part of motherhood is yet to come. Lincoln wasn't very happy the rest of the day, but we will try the pool again tomorrow.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
A history of sorts.
I feel like before I can write anything, I need to lay some kind of foundation.
In May of 2008 I was married to one amazing man. Who is full of life and creativity. He always makes me laugh and keeps me grounded. He communes with God in such a way, that makes me jealous and knows how to love better than most.
Our dreams of a quiet outdoor wedding with family and a few close friends, went out the window when we started counting all our close friends and our family. What can I say though, we are blessed.
One week later we moved to Atlanta. Six months later we came back adults.
I don't know what else to say about our experience there at this point. I would probably have to write a book in order to some it all up, maybe one day I will.
When we returned from Atlanta we had learned a lot but what hit us the hardest was our realization that we had to have community. So we had two of our friends move into a house in Cincinnati with us.
One of those friends, Katie, had a dream that I was pregnant a couple weeks after moving in together. SURPRISE! I was.
9 months later. . . Lincoln appeared on the scene. The best thing that ever happened to us.
Lincoln will be 5 months Monday. He is absolutely incredible. I want more babies pronto :) (just putting that out there now) . I am extremely happy being a mom and a wife. My hope for this blog is that I can share my life with those of you I don't get to see every day, or even every week.
We just recently moved with our housemate Katie and her wonderful man Nathan to Norwood. I am blessed by them and I am blessed by Norwood. I have an incredible community here. More great neighbors than I can count. We have many dear friends living literally right next to us. There are probably ten people that are on a "don't worry about knocking just come in basis" and I love it that way. We are home.
This photo (above) was taken by Amanda McLaughlin. This is a photo of a grill out we were having at St. E's. This building is part of our community here in Norwood and is right across from our new home.
Summing all this up has made me remember a lot of details about the past couple years I hadn't really thought about in a while. Life really does come at you fast! I plan on keeping you up to date through this blog and filling in all the holes.
Just for kicks here is a more recent photo of our lovely Lincoln.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
A fresh start
