All I Want For Christmas

Dear Santa,
Please bring me an electric blanket.
That's all I need.
Oh yeah, and maybe a housecleaner.
Thanks in Advance,
FM Mom

Childhood Christmas

Here are some pictures my mom dug up of some of my childhood Christmas's.

This is me on the left, and my older sister Sue on right.

Me at age 5 at a family Christmas party.

Everyone else at the party was done opening presents, but I was saving mine to open last....

So I was Lincoln's age here, and I was VERY SHY, much unlike our Lincoln....

Me at age 9....

Helper

Lincoln is limited on what he can do, but he still has been helping in the kitchen. Here he is helping to roll out the sugar cookies....

Birthday Highlights

After getting the cast on, I took Lincoln on a lunch "date" to Luby's. Then he spent a couple of hours over at Nanny and Grandpa Dave's. When Daddy got home and Lawson woke up, Lincoln was able to open all his presents one handed, and he loved everything. His request for dinner out was Texas Roadhouse which was having it's grand opening. They brought over a saddle for him to ride, and announced to the whole restaurant that it was his bday.... Then we came home for cake and playtime with every single one of his toys... It's 10:30 and he is still in bed playing some new Gameboy games.... I told him he could stay up as late as he wants b/c it's his birthday. Hoping it was a memorable day for him. See that picture of Lawson help blow out the candles??? Well, little did we know he was contaminating the cake with his Strept throat germs.... Right after the cake is when he went to the after hours clinic....
Now, on to focusing on Christmas!!

What Else???

Pondering what else is in store for us this week. We started our day off getting a cast on Lincoln, and ended up our day at the after hours clinic where we discovered our 2 yr old Lawson has STREP throat. Yuck. He sounds horrible. He has been "fighting" what I thought was a cold and allergies all week, but by no means did I know he had strep throat all along. He is highly contagious at this stage, obviously, so let's just hope no one gets it (including Nanny who babysat him all morning while I was with Lincoln at the specialist). So now add Lincoln and Lawson to your prayers tonight, please and thank you....

Manger Scene

This was our Christmas present from Lincoln that he made at preschool.

That is Abby (his BFF that he wants to marry) posing as Mary and that's Lincoln as Joseph.

Isn't this the cutest thing e.v.e.r???? It's up on our fireplace, loving it.

the cast

Today we went to the specialist to get Lincoln's cast on. He picked a light blue color, which is his favorite color. He was pretty excited about the cast and sling, but I'm sure that he will get pretty tired of it real quick. He will have another x-ray in 10 to check the progress, and hopefully get it off in 4 weeks. NO physical activity allowed during the 4 weeks... and also for 4 weeks after due to the possibility of a re fracture. It's going to be a long 4 weeks I think...

I was a little surprised that he had to get an above the elbow cast, he said that if it was just below the elbow that since Lincoln has such tiny bones in his arms, that the cast would fall off in a week. He is supposed to wear the sling all times except bedtimes, because the weight of the cast wouldn't be good to be supported by a broken bone....

Keep Lincoln and his arm in your prayers, Please and Thank You....

Five Years

Dear Lincoln,
It was just Five years ago that God blessed us by giving you to us to love and to care for. One of the happiest days of my life. You were born at 6:59pm, and I was in labor for over 24 hrs, but that's a whole other story for another day! We love you and wish you a HAPPY 5th BDAY TODAY!!!!!
Since you are Five today, here are 5 things that I love about you.
1. Your Laugh. Since you were a tiny baby, you always loved to laugh. And it has always been so easy to get you to laugh. Love that laugh, I always want to hear that....
2. Your maturity. Can't believe how mature and responsible you have always been. So polite and well mannered. You have always been wise beyond your years.
3. Your love for God. You had a very early interest in learning as much as you could about the bible and God. You have always wanted to pray for other people, and learn all the bible stories and verses. You amazed me.
4. Love how you have always been social, friendly, caring, and giving. All without prompting. You just have this natural gift of a very large heart. You love people and people love you.
5. I love your imagination, you constantly amaze me by what your little mind can come up with.

WE LOVE YOU LINCOLN, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

The Joke Report

Here is a pretty cute video of Lincoln doing a "joke report", we took this video just a bit before his arm breaking accident... You can tell he is a bit camera shy here...nervous....but nonetheless, still cute.

Arm Update

Tough times as a parent, are when you feel so helpless having a hurt child. It just puts this big pit in my tummy to Lincoln with the hurt arm. However, he doesn't seem to mind.... Today, his fingers were a bit puffy and swollen, but that got better. He slept great, 12 hours without waking up in pain, and he just naturally slept with his arm elevated. Today he complained a bit about the whole thing being uncomfortable, but he kept himself busy. Friday morning (his 5th birthday) we will go to the specialist in Grapevine (the same one that put Lawson's cast on), to get his cast. I guess he will never forget his 5th birthday. When Ron was the same exact age, he broke his collarbone falling off a slide. Personally, I have never broken a bone.... It seems so shocking to me that both of my boys have already broken a bone at such a young age.....

Good News is that it is his LEFT arm/hand and he is right handed. So, that makes a huge difference. But, he can't do anything with his left, so he needs a lot of help doing things he used to be able to do independently. It's going to be a long 4 weeks.

Good News and Bad News

What do you want to hear 1st??

OK, Lincoln BROKE HIS ARM.... He is in a splint, and will have to go on Friday (which happens to be his 5th Birthday) to be put in a cast for 4 weeks. Bummer. Details on the injury later. He isn't in any pain, so that's good. Please Pray for a Fast Recovery of his bone.

But the good news is Nanny and Grandpa Dave arrived (a day early) today. They will be here for their usual 30 day Winter Stay. We are HAPPY they are here. We have been waiting awhile for them.

It's been a tough tough tough day for me all around, but I know tomorrow will be better.

Christmas, Present

Got this book from the Library, so I can't pass it on.

But I can recommend it!!

Christmas, Present. By Jacquelyn Mitchard. It was great!!! A short, easy read. I read it all in one sitting: couldn't go to bed until I finished it. Very thought provoking, it's been on my mind all week.

Anyone read a good book lately??? Looking for another good read.

Another Party

We went to our 4th Birthday party w/in a weeks period today. And it was Taylor's!! We drove out to Plano to go to Planet Pizza. It's quite the drive, but boy was it fun. They had amusement park rides INSIDE... They had a roller coaster, bumper cars, tea cups, airplanes and a pirate ship. And all the rides were unlimited for free... Can you imagine being able to go on a roller coaster over and over and over, well that's what the boys did. They went on it at least 25-30 times in a row..... Needless to say they had a blast and Lincoln is already planning his 6 yr old party there!!!

Sweet Temptations

Daddy surprised the boys by ordering this Gingerbread House and bringing it home tonight. Here the boys are "pretending" to smell it, but what they really were doing was smashing their noses in it so they could sneak some frosting....

How long do you think this "decoration" will last at our house??

Busted, Again.

NOTE TO SELF: Do not "hide" all the good candy on top of the refrigerator.

Busted!!!

The Silly Socks

Today at Lincoln's preschool it was "S" day. Therefore it was Silly Sock day as well as strawberry shake day... Anyway, since I totally forgot to pick up some "silly socks", Daddy made him some handmade silly socks to wear, and here they are:

It almost snowed....

Yes, it did snow in Dallas last night. It didn't quite make it all the way to Flower Mound, but we did get really really really cold!!!

Bowling Party

Lincoln and Emily at her Bday party.

It was a Bowling party at Main Event, and tons of fun.

After the party, Lincoln kept talking about how he wanted a "play date" with Emily, without "all her other friends", how he wanted it to be just him and her, and "Mommy you can put up a sign saying No other kids allowed!!". I need to set this up with Darla!!

Em

For those of you that have been with my blog from the beginning... has it been 3 yrs already??? Well, you will remember Lincoln's buddy Emily.
When we 1st moved to Flower Mound Lincoln and Emily were best buds.... Her mom and I went to college together...
Anyway, when she started Kindergarten we hardly ever get to see that busy girl!!!
We went to her 6th birthday party this weekend. She's really growing up. And just look at her. Could she be any cuter??? And her sister Ashley is turning 16!!! I remember visiting Darla at the hosp when she had her!!