Lincoln Lately

I've been a bit behind in blogging about Lincoln and everything he is learning lately, so I wanted to take a few minutes to write down some new things about how he's growing.

He has been giving kisses for a few months as well. Just lately he's getting better at not opening his mouth to give us a big slobbery kiss. Now he'll pucker his lips! It's too cute.
He has discovered a lot of new things about how object work and how they put together. He likes lids, toys with balls, and buckets or bowls that he can put other things inside of. He always wants to play with the lotion bottle and try to get it open.

He also learned how to wave. I'd been trying to teach him that forever and he finally caught on just in the last 2 weeks. It's too cute. For a few months now he has also been shaking his head 'no' to us. He first just starting to do it just because he thought it was funny. But now he's figuring out that it means that he doesn't want something. So far he hasn't said any actual words other than calling "mama" when I leave him home with Sean for a bit. Compared to a little girl his age I'm sure he's a little behind in the speaking department, but he can climb up on a kitchen table in a few seconds flat so I guess he's just not really focused on figuring out how to talk.

After about 2 months of having a really hard time with textured food all of a sudden Lincoln decided he was hungry for dinner and now he loves to eat whatever we have at the table. He likes rice, beef, chicken, pasta, and beans with all types of flavors and sauces. I have to sneak in little pieces of vegetables on his spoon because he will spit them out if he tastes them alone. He loves sweets though. He can spot a cookie, ice cream or pudding from across the room and will instantly be your friend when he sees you eating something good.

He loves toothbrushes. We have about 4 that are just to play with.

Sean taught him how to throw things down the stairs. Thanks, honey. :)

He likes watching Blue's Clues and the Backyardigans on Netflix. We usually watch it in the mornings while he eats breakfast.

He is basically a breast milk addict! He loves to nurse! He hasn't really been interested in drinking any cow's milk since he turned 1 and so up until a week or so ago I had been nursing him as often as he wanted. Lately I've been trying to wean a bit. I'm not trying to wean completely, but I'm more just hoping to get to the point that he only nurses for naptime and bedtime. It's going to be gradual, but hopefully we can make a little progress.

Well, that about sums it up. Lincoln is an extremely active little boy. He is also such a sweetie and is constantly smiling laughing and giving loves.