Chris & Naomi Hathaway Home

Lincoln has been really talking up a storm lately, but no one is ever around to hear it. So, we caught a bit on video (after finishing some cookies):

I know it seems cruel, but honestly, he enjoys it just as much as I do. And it's just too funny to deprive the world of:

After moving into our new house, we bought a used washer and dryer from a family who was moving out of state. We were very excited to get a front loading washer since we had been using one at the Hathaway's while living in an apartment. Well, lately we have had a couple of surprises inside the washing machine.

First, I saw something sticking out of the rubber seal that keeps water from leaking out of the washer door. I pulled it out and discovered it was a hat! I happen to know someone who loves hats and it turned out to fit his head perfectly. By the way, there were also about 15 of his socks down in the seal.

That is tuna by his nose just in case you were wondering.

Our second surprise was simply a new hiding spot for our little guy. Turns out he also wanted to wash his stuffed puppy. It went through a wash cycle shortly after this picture was taken. He's such a fun, silly boy lately. The things he says now are so so cute! We need to try to capture more on video so we can share it with you.

*Edit by Chris:
Sorry, I can't resist adding one more picture... it's our cute little Jihad...

Garage sales this morning were a bust. The only thing I managed to buy there was a baby doll to practice making smaller clothes. Lincoln of course loved it and sat with it in the car while I unloaded the stuff I had purchased at the fancy mall after the garage sales. I found 2 church shirts for him on clearance at Pottery Barn Kids for $6.97 each. I returned the mistake sandals I bought yesterday while walking in the fancy mall and bought a cheaper and browner pair. Then I bought Chris a belt, also on sale, since his other one broke. When I came back to the car to try to persuade Lincoln to come in the house instead of hanging out in the car in the dark garage all day, I saw this:

I thought it was cute.

Right now his twoness keeps us from getting in the carseat, out of the car, dressed, undressed, and especially diaper changed. For a while it worked to whistle like Captain VonTrapp from the Sound of Music, he would come marching right to me every time. Then, when that stopped working, I started telling him to smash whatever pictures were on the receiving blanket we used to change him. He would come running over to smash it with his bottom as he sat down. Today, the only thing that worked was to tell him I would change his diaper with a laundry basket on my head. I don't think I can do that every time, but it worked for this diaper.

If you haven't noticed yet, we use Smugmug for all of our photos, and now all of our video clips. It's a pay service (we pay ~$60 a year), but it's totally worth every penny. I love having video there, but it's all been using quicktime so far, so it's not as easy to share, and I usually just use Youtube instead. Well, now Smugmug has it's own flash player, so I can embed our videos at much better quality. Here's one from our recent trip to the zoo:

Oh, and if you want to sign up for smugmug, if you use the coupon code "6xl5vlPDdH0No" you can save 5 bucks.

Lincoln is now two, so he decided to learn a bunch of new tricks to keep up his bumps and bruises. Check it out:

Mom (Lincoln's Grandma) told me to put this on YouTube, so here you go....

Lincoln turned two on Friday, and yesterday we had a birthday party for him. I think he got a little overwhelmed at all the people and attention, but everyone seemed to have a good time. I believe there were 9 little kids running around in total, and amazingly, we didn't have any spills or stains, and very few tears. Cupcakes turned out to be a lot easier to handle than regular cake. Anyway, we're very excited for Lincoln, but a bit sad that he's growing up so quickly:

The big present was a combined gift from Lincoln's parents and grandparents, an airplane teeter totter than can handle up to 7 kids at a time:

It took a good 2-3 hours to put together (thanks Chris F. and Kevin for your help), but it seemed to be a big hit with everyone. Unfortunately, it got cold really quickly, so people stayed inside for the most part.

Click here to see the full gallery. And for those that attended and want pictures, just hover over the picture(s) you want and you'll see a link that says "Save Photo".