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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Merry Christmas!

Us Lincolns hope you all enjoy your holiday and are surrounded by love and laughter not just today, but always. Thanks for following along on our journey. We love sharing it with you! 



* And did you notice? "P"'s name was finally revealed. We can't wait to meet both Finn and Penny (hopefully!!) in 2014!

Friday, December 13, 2013

Fall Happenings

It's technically still fall until Dec 20th, yes? Go with it. I know we're all trees and hot cocoa in blog land right now, but what can I say? I'm behind.

Here is what our fall looked like.

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Max and Ben each picked a little pumpkin at a small trip to the local pumpkin patch, but I asked them to pick a pumpkin for Finnley and our adopted daughter, too. Max picked the tiniest one for Finn and that green one for P. It sort of blew me away that he chose one that looked so different from the others for our Chinese family member. Unique and special. It was his favorite pumpkin over all the others. Max and P will have a special bond, I think.

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They hold hands a lot. It makes me happy.

I took the boys on a very cold nature walk. They really loved choosing items and loading them into a bag. We never even did anything with them, just collected things. That was enough.

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And a trip to a big pumpkin patch about an hour away.

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And near freezing kite flying.. this really is Colorado in the fall. 70s one day, 20s the next.

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And then leaf piles on a beautiful day.

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 It really was an awesome fall for us. Despite weeks and weeks of sickness for my family. Many days cooped up, frustration, rising tempers, no naps, etc... This is why I blog. So I can look back and remember amidst some really stressful times that life is, indeed, good. And not in a "look at everything we have!!" sort of way, either. It's pumpkin patches and green pumpkins chosen for family members we haven't met. It's leaf piles and kites and seeing the big smiles on the faces of my most precious boys.

Sigh. I needed this tonight.
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