The Davenport Den: April 2012

Easter pictures

Here are a few pictures from Easter Sunday. I have always heard that "its hard out there for a pimp" but I think my kids makes it look easy!

We went to the cabin for a few days over my Spring Break along with my folks. It was great weather except for one rainy day while we were there. It was so nice to get away where it was quiet and relaxing. We were able to do some shopping in Boone and Blowing Rock as well as some hiking at Doughton Park. The temperature was so nice while we were there. It is always so depressing to see the temperature just rise and rise as you head down the mountain on your way home. Brad and I were stupid and decided that we would run from the cabin to the bottom of the hill and back and wow was that the most challenging 1.6 mile run I have ever experienced. Not sure if we will be doing that one again. Here are a few pictures from Spring Break!

We closed off the deck outside and let Lincoln run wild in his walker. He loved it!

One of my co-workers let us borrow their hiking backpack and Lincoln loved it! Anytime we would stop, Link would kick his feet in protest until we starting moving again. Brad and I also fell in love with the backpack...beats the heck out of carrying a kid in the Bjorn. We are currently searching for a gently used one of our own.

Yes, this is our son who passed out on the hike. No, that doens't look comfy to me but Lincoln found it adequate to sleep for about half an hour.

Lincoln is 1!

Lincoln turned 1 on March 30th and his birthday ended up being celebrated over the span of a week. His actual birthday was a pretty low key day and then we did a cake/singing little party on Easter sunday with family. It was a fun week where we learned that my "texture challenged" little boy isn't so much a fan of cake, is okay with the taste of icing, but loves banana pudding! Brad and I were talking last week and both agreed that this was the fastest year of our lives but has been so much fun. Lincoln is cruising around everything now. We have to be way more alert as to where he is all the time now. He is pulling up on anything he can now and is pushing his walking toys up and down the hallway now. Just the past week he FINALLY figured out how to sit himself up from laying down on his stomach or back (I know, we are surprised it took him that long as well). He is currently only doing this in his crib and is always out of the view of the camera so we are not sure how he does it yet but we know he can because he is standing there in his crib when we come find him. At his 1 year check up, Lincoln weighed in at a very heavy 19 lbs 4 ozs (5th percentile) and is 28.8 inches tall (16th percentile). His doctor seemed really pleased with his progress and thinks he will be walking on his own by 15 months. Here are pictures of Lincoln's birthday so enjoy!

Lincoln enjoying his swing constructed by my Dad and Brad. Its not an awesome picture of him but you get to see the whole swing. They did such a good job making it!