Happy Birthday Little Man!!!

I know I'm a few days late, but here are a few pictures from each of Lincoln's birthdays. Warning: Paparazzi mom at it again. What can I say, I love pictures and can never pick just one!

I wanted to post these first two that I just found because they show Lincoln wrapped in the blanket that I was talking about in the previous post. That blanket has now become THE blanket that he always has to have. I will probably still be holding onto it twenty years from now!

How was he ever so tiny?!

I realize now that he went through a lot when he was born and he was pretty swollen, but, I still can't help but think that he was one of two of the most beautiful babies ever born! :)

Just twelve short months later...

He was so BIG!!!

Then just two years later,

he's blowing ever so gently on the candles...

at his birthday party at Grandpa and Grandma Bell's house.

On the morning of his birthday, Derek suggested letting him open the gifts from us at home instead of at the park that night. It turned out to be a great idea because he, of course, wanted to open each gift after it was unwrapped so he could check it out.

We took our time and let him play with each one as he went.

"Wow."

As you can tell, trains, trucks, and tracks seem to be THE thing right now.
He was in heaven, and I must admit that it's a little bit of heaven for me too.

Happy kid = happy mom.

That night we had a little park party. Once again, he was in heaven.

Aunt Kim made some yummy cupcakes that looked like ice cream cones.

Thanks again Kim!!!

Is that my baby swinging in a big kid swing?!

And climbing through a rock wall!

Cousin Jack, Aunt Jill, and Uncle Caleb tackling the rock wall.

Amelia even ventured outside of her comfort zone and touched someone other than me!

Would it be a family picture if everyone was looking at the camera and smiling?!

(Autumn - I think you might have said that very same thing before!)

As good as it gets...

Thank you, thank you , thank you to everyone who joined in the birthday celebration! You have made one little boy a very happy kid. I can't wait to see how much he'll grow in the next year. It won't be long and he'll be in pre-school... junior high... driving... graduating... Yikes!!!

Happy Birthday to my favorite little boy in the world!