We've been working on teaching Lincoln a few baby signs and today he signed back to us! We thought he might have signed a couple other times, but it was sort of questionable. There was no question today. He was signing "nurse" while he was nursing (that's why there's just a video of his hand.) I am so proud of him!
And here's a cute picture of him after he finished. You can finally see his two little teeth in a regular picture!
And he got his first toothbrush, so he "brushed" his teeth before he went to bed tonight. He likes anything he can stick in his mouth, so the toothbrush was a big hit!
Jonathan was right. It pains me to admit this. Today Lincoln and I went to Sears and I am incredibly disappointed. My baby is so smiley! He was in such a good mood and he was smiling a ton! Are there pictures of him smiling? No. Are there pictures of him on a raggedy old blanket? But of course. It wasn't worth it. I'm not going back. And I may call and complain. As my dad would say, hurumph.
As we know, Lincoln is now 6 months old. Reaching the 6 month mark is traditionally a milestone that deserves professional pictures, at least in my mind. Jonathan, however, has different ideas (when does Jonathan not have different ideas?) So for the last... 6 months, or so we've been debating whether or not we should get Lincoln's pictures professionally taken this month (and by professionally I mean Walmart, or Sears or something, nothing too fancy.) Jonathan thinks the pictures we take with our point and shoot camera are just as good, nay better, than the pictures taken at a store. I think there is something to be said for a white sheet background and a few little props.
We came to a compromise. I would try to take some pictures of Lincoln with our friends' fancier camera and if they didn't turn out we would go to a store. Taking these pictures was much harder than it looks. The main problem being, if I smile at Lincoln, he generally smiles back, but he can't see me if I'm behind the camera. Also, he wasn't in the best of moods during our photo shoot, so smiles were hard to come by. Here are some of my pictures.
I loved the look of him laying in the grass... I just couldn't get a smile :(. I think we're headed to Walmart tomorrow.
My baby is growing up so fast! He's already half a year old! And look how handsome....
We didn't get a chance to get good pictures taken today, but in the next few days we'll get his official 6 month pictures done.
Lincoln ate peas for the first time today and he did a great job. This was the first solid food he's eaten besides rice cereal, but he seemed to like it, so we're happy.
The three of us just spent three fun filled days in Washington DC. We got to stay with some friends from our time there and it made our trip so much better, so thanks again Matt and Deidre! It was Lincoln's first trip to our nation's capital, so, of course, we had to see all the classic sights.
Like the Capital Building...
And the Washington Monument...Here's me trying to get a picture of Lincoln by himself. This will be much easier when he can sit up on his own... There are a lot of these pictures, but this is definitely the funniest expression.
We visited the Museum of American History for the first time since it was closed for renovations when we spent the summer there two years ago. My favorite part was seeing Julia Child's kitchen, although we heard a few people say, "Oh this is the lady in that new movie, right?" Sigh....
There was also a little Abraham Lincoln exhibit, so of course we had to take a bunch of pictures of our Lincoln there.
And we had to head down to the Lincoln Memorial for some pictures!
Our baby was such a trooper during the whole trip, which was so great. And even though we had to spend the better part of an hour inching past twelve miles of cones blocking the right lane in Pennsylvania and subsequently getting a nail in a tire to get there (not to mention moving at a snail's pace to get out of the city in bumper to bumper traffic yesterday), I'm sure we'll be making the trek again in the not too distant future. It was so fun being back there... we love DC!
I loved the look of him laying in the grass... I just couldn't get a smile :(. I think we're headed to Walmart tomorrow.
We didn't get a chance to get good pictures taken today, but in the next few days we'll get his official 6 month pictures done.
Here's me trying to get a picture of Lincoln by himself. This will be much easier when he can sit up on his own... There are a lot of these pictures, but this is definitely the funniest expression.
We visited the Museum of American History for the first time since it was closed for renovations when we spent the summer there two years ago. My favorite part was seeing Julia Child's kitchen, although we heard a few people say, "Oh this is the lady in that new movie, right?" Sigh....
There was also a little Abraham Lincoln exhibit, so of course we had to take a bunch of pictures of our Lincoln there.
And we had to head down to the Lincoln Memorial for some pictures!
Our baby was such a trooper during the whole trip, which was so great. And even though we had to spend the better part of an hour inching past twelve miles of cones blocking the right lane in Pennsylvania and subsequently getting a nail in a tire to get there (not to mention moving at a snail's pace to get out of the city in bumper to bumper traffic yesterday), I'm sure we'll be making the trek again in the not too distant future. It was so fun being back there... we love DC!
