Beanie's Face

We finally got to see our dear Beanie's face yesterday at our ultra sound. It was miraculous and incredible. The technology now a days really does amaze me! To be able to watch my baby bat at my womb like a cat, then suck its thumb, and then give a few good punches does nothing less than amaze and bond you with your baby! The ultrasound tech we had was awesome - best experience I've had so far! It took an hour, which usually it only takes 30 mins, but Beanie was so active she was having troubles getting all the proper measurements and pictures she needed! I'm not complaining too much though, besides the massive discomfort of my bladder being overly full and then having someone push and prod on my full bladder for an hour, I got to see lots of different angles and movements and parts of my dear little baby!
I was shocked at how much the baby moved! Amazing, I still barely feel anything, but I am a little scared for how much I will feel once the baby gets bigger. At one point Beanie pulled its legs right up to its chest and then WHAM right into the uterus wall! It was so cool to watch! The baby even waved at us - I remember Lincoln did that as well, its so cool! They are like "hey mom and dad, nice to finally see you!"
We didn't find out what we were having. Stephen, of course, wanted to during the middle of it, but the Hospital couldn't tell us even if we did change our minds. I was glad, I love the surprise at birth!
And according to one of the pictures - this baby has my nose! We will see when they are born if it still looks the same.
Over all our baby is 'lovely' (according to our ultra sound tech anyways) and all the right parts and pieces are there and running smoothly! Horray!!!

Lincoln's Vocabulary - 18 months

Lincolns current vocabulary:
No
Go
Woof-Woof
Please (Sounds like peas)
bed (only once though)
Mom

Lincoln currently knows where his nose, tongue, eyes and belly are.

Artistic like his Father

Stephen went to help his family on the farm for 5.5 days a few weeks ago. So I decided to help make the time go a little faster to introduce something new to Lincoln. We went off to Wal-Mart and I bought a large floor pad of paper, cool pen style crayons, finger paints and sidewalk chalk! Deciding that it was too cool for the chalk and still too young for the paints I set up the paper and the crayons on the floor and watched my little Michael Angelo go to work on his first master piece! He loved it! He loved it so much he colored for over an hour! I had to tear him away when it was nap time, and oh how he cried. But as soon as he was awake he motored downstairs, laid back down on his paper and continued his creation. For over 3 hours!!! It was incredible. And once again when it was bed time he cried and cried as I literally dragged him away from his crafts.
He still loves to color, but does not do it for the same amount of time. The one amazing thing is that he holds his crayons properly, like a pencil! Its very cute! My boy is a genius! :)

Compassionate at 18 months?

My darling little sweety pie (aka the big boy Lincoln) truly shocked me yesterday. During this pregnancy I have suffered severe horrendance, don't even wish them on my worst enemy, head aches. They come about every 2 weeks. Well last night was the night to get one. As I lay on the couch trying to shut out all sound and light, my little boy wanders over too me and gives me a hug. A hug!! I ask this little boy for hugs daily and rarely do I get one! He wanders off and returns a few minutes later and give me another hug! I was so touched. But then he blew my socks off - he wandered off again, went and found his 'choo-choo' (soother) and came and offered it too me! Like he was saying "Here Mommy, I know this makes me feel better! Would you like it?" I couldn't help but smile through the pain! I couldn't believe how perceptive he was and how sensitive he was too me. He made me feel loved beyond words!
As a mother I would not even think to ask to be loved back my the person that I love beyond comprehension, my son. Loving him fills me with more joy and fullfilment that I could ever ask for. But when he shows me that he loves me equally as much of his own free will - it is the greatest thing in the whole entire world. I could never imagine what motherhood actually felt like before children - i knew it would be good. I had no idea it would be this good.