A Randomly Cute Baby Boy

I haven't done a post about Lincoln in a while. He is such a happy baby. I tell people that as long as he is fed and had his sleep (and he's a good sleeper) he is just as content as can be. Honestly, he spends a lot of time being carted around wherever his older siblings need to be. Weighing in at 18 pounds (at nine months) the doctor says he's in the 25 percentile for his weight, but you'd never be able to tell by his cheeks...

either set of cheeks. And the legs don't look too slim, either. Seriously, this is the only time of life when being chubby is desirable.

Lincoln would even make a cute baby girl (Kate could only wish!)...

especially when you check out his fabulous curls. He has more hair than either Jonah or Kate at this age. It keeps growing, too, and thankfully continues to curl at the bottom. The mohawk at the top is Jonah's creation. Seriously, I would have been salivating with delight if I had had this much to work with for Katie...I was literally attaching bows to single hairs for a while.
Lincoln wins the prize for the most reverent baby...he even prays in his sleep!

In this picture he fell asleep sitting up...poor boy does sleep well at night but usually has to cry himself to sleep for naps. That blanket is his snuggle buddy. It's pretty bulky, too, but we'll be packing it for our trip to Oregon coming up because he is always snuggling with it in his bed.

And when he wakes up, this is what I'm greeted by. Look mom, I can stand! How can you resist a face like that?

Lincoln loves to crawl. He crawls more than his brother and sister put together (Kate never crawled, and Jonah went to walking almost as soon as he learned to crawl). He is content to crawl around the house and get into whatever he can find. His favorite thing to do: crawl over to the piano, pull himself up, and reach up and play a few notes...the grin on his face is priceless. Another favorite pasttime is pulling the nightlights out of the electric sockets...still the cute grin, but not quite as safe.

Lincoln recently got to try out this little ride on toy. Since it was once Jonah's he feels that he is the one who should be showing Lincoln how it works (he calls it his bike). Lincoln actually really enjoys it, and it presents a great forum for his new favorite trick: waving.

He waves all the time now and it's the cutest thing ever. This weekend he also started clapping a little and is getting braver at cruising around furniture. It makes me teary to think of him getting so big! It's like the quote from one of my favorite movies, "Finding Neverland:"

"Young boys should never be sent to bed;

they always wake up a day older...

and before you know it, they're grown."