Sick Baby

Lincoln hasn't been feeling too well lately. Yesterday he just wanted to be held. At night he started getting a fever. I took him to Grandma Porter's today. As we were walking out the door, Lincoln threw up all over the kitchen floor and himself (luckily it was on the tile and not on me). So I had to change clothes and quickly clean up so I wasn't too late for school. Since he wasn't feeling well, and Grandma had other kids to watch, I went to school and started hunting for a sub. Luckily I found someone and was able to go home to take care of him. I ended up taking him to the doctor because his fever wasn't going down. Ear infection! Second one in 2 months and the same ear. The doctor said it was a pretty good infection so he gave him a stronger medicine. Hopefully it helps Lincoln feel better soon! I could tell he just didn't feel good. Poor kid! Luckily we got in today before the weekend. After all the running around today, he is finally down for a nap (the doctor's office called and said to come just after he fell asleep for his nap). Let's hope this medicine works quickly!

St. George & Hoover Dam

For the UEA Break (or Fall Recess), we went down to St. George. We left early Thursday morning. The weather wasn't so great up in Layton and we were excited to go where it was a little warmer. On the way down we stopped at Cove Fort. It was in the 40s outside, but we bundled up and went to see it while Bear was locked in the car. We started with a movie in a warm cabin. Lincoln got bored after 5 minutes and wanted to walk/crawl around. It was hard keeping him from getting where he shouldn't. There was one other couple with us and they didn't mind him running around, although I felt bad! Then we went to the Fort and walked through all the rooms. It's pretty interesting. The man that showed us around is a Gubler from La Verkin, where my old college roommate Kasey Gubler is from. He knew her family (what a small world). After the Fort we were free to look at the barn and blacksmith shop, but Lincoln and the cold weather told us to get back in the car and continue on to St. George.

Jefferson's parents have a house in St. George and let us stay there. It is a 3-bedroom house, and it was VERY nice to stay in. It allowed us to bring the dog and was super cheap! :) They are in the process of furnishing it, so some of the time in St. George was spent at the DI, etc. looking for some good deals.

On Friday we decided to head down to Hoover Dam in NV. We drove the scenic way down and the I-15 way back. We thought about stopping in Vegas, but Lincoln was finally asleep so we drove. The Dam was really interesting to see. You can pay to go on a tour, but with Lincoln we just walked across. They are working on building a road/bridge across the river so you don't have to drive over the Dam. Check out the progress in the pictures. It's amazing how low Lake Mead is right now. We enjoyed going down and seeing the Dam. Jefferson had gone a few years ago and said it had changed a lot. We are planning to go back when Lincoln is older so we can go on a tour :)



On Saturday we did more shopping (we did some Thursday afternoon). Lincoln got his first pair of real shoes! We also went to the St. George Temple (since we were missing General Conference...). It was nice to be out and about in the pleasant weather. Here is Lincoln on the temple steps and then eating Jefferson's hat (it's what he did the minute we took the Binky out). Also a nice shot of the temple by Jefferson.


We cleaned up Sunday morning and then headed home. I had a great time and look forward to heading down to St. George again sometime soon! We found a few more side trips we would like to take...Kanab, Zion, Shakespeare Festival....If you know any place around we should put on our must-do list, let me know in the comments!

Lincoln's 1st Birthday

So school started and the blogging seemed to stop. We've done a few fun things the last 2 weeks so I will try hard to get it all blogged. But first (and most importantly) Lincoln turned 1 on Oct. 7! I can't believe it's been one year. We went to dinner with Grandma and Grandpa Porter on his birthday since they would be out of town for his party. I had parent teacher conferences until 5:30 so going out seemed easiest for me! We went to Fazoli's (Lincoln and I shared chicken, noodles and breadsticks).

Here are some pictures after dinner opening presents from the Porters.




You can tell by the end he didn't want more pictures!

On Saturday we invited all the family for a party. Not everyone could make it, but we were happy that a lot of family was there. We had cake and ice cream, took a quiz about Lincoln, and opened presents. It was fun to have both sides of the family together to celebrate.



I love having Lincoln in our family. He is so much fun. He is super cute and super fun. He loves to play with blocks (well, knock down towers of them), books, plastic spoons, and any other toy he can find. He crawls through his "tunnel" and on empty boxes. He is walking! (He started about 11 months) He gives the best kisses (open mouth, of course). He does like to get into everything he shouldn't, but he is just a curious little boy. He is getting to be an expert at Patty Cake and he's loved Peekaboo for as long as I can remember. I love how excited he gets when Jefferson comes home, or when I show up to get him at the daycare. He loves both of us, and we love him! Happy 1st Birthday, Lincoln!!

Coming up next: UEA trip to St.George and Hoover Dam.