Lincoln

Dear Lincoln,

Happy 2nd Birthday my son. You are such a precious gift from God and not a day goes by that I’m not thankful for you. Sometimes I think about the timing of you and how God squeezed you into our lives between some very life-changing events. God has a very definite purpose for having you here and I’m so excited to watch it unfold!

December 3rd is a special day to my heart for two reasons. On December 3, 2007 I found out we were expecting a baby and your Daddy and I were beyond thrilled. God’s plan was to take that baby home just a couple of weeks later and we were so grieved by her loss. But…don’t you love that word? But God gave us you exactly a year later and having you was one of the best days of my life. I’ll never forget staring into your eyes for the first time and how you stopped crying and stared right back.

You have taught me a lot in your 2 years of life. You have taught me how little sleep I can live on for extended periods of time. You have taught me to never underestimate you. You have taught me what determination looks like. You have taught me that fun and mischief are a daily occurrence. You have taught me to slow down and just drink you in. You have taken my hand when it was empty. You have warmed my heart when it was cold. You have hugged me when I was lonely. I love that we have spent countless hours just rocking together and we continue to log more time in that chair almost every night. I love you exactly the way you are and even though we are putting babyhood behind us, and that makes me a little sad, I’m so excited to find out who you will become.

I love you Linker.

Mom

Why exactly would this Momma wake up early on a Saturday and drive 45 minutes just to walk around in the cold and rain?

Answer: For the love of this little face…

and consequently, for his love of this face…

We not only saw Thomas, we RODE on Thomas!

(He looks like such a big boy sitting there...when did that happen?)

Lincoln was so precious on the 25 minute train ride and basically sat on my lap and watched out the window the whole time. This momma LOVED the snuggle time! And he also discovered the fun you can have with a fogged up window. Such a precious reminder to me that I need to slow down and enjoy these discoveries with him…there’s nothing like it!

My little “choo-choo” loving boy was a little overwhelmed and very intense about seeing every. single. train. He even got a Thomas tattoo (which he was very proud of).

There was so much Thomas everywhere we looked. But the thing that made Link the most excited were the REAL trains going by. Every inch of him was excited about those 🙂

There was even a petting zoo, which he totally loved!

Link kept saying "Hi goat". SO cute!

If his lips look blue in these photos, it’s because they were. This momma did not look too carefully at the forecast…because ya know, it’s Iowa so you can’t trust the weather man too much (no offense of course). So I knew it was supposed to be cooler then the day before, but I didn’t know how much cooler. Anyway, it was in the 50’s and raining, and we had no umbrella or warm jackets or appropriate footwear, but we had SO MUCH FUN anyway! And I prayed about the situation the whole way there and it was only sprinkling for the first 1/2 hour which gave us enough time to see everything Link was interested in before it started really raining. It was such a special Mommy/Son thing to do and I loved spending that time with just him and watching his little eyes take it all in and studying his precious little face as it would light up. Ahh…does this mommy’s heart good!