Generally about Lincoln
The following quote is taken from 2011 Thanksgiving blog
“Jamie should be very proud and the smiles around the table tell the story as everyone thoroughly enjoyed the food the wine and the day all done by Jamie!
Thanks dude you’re the BEST”
A year on some different faces but the same sentiments and the same smiles
She doesn’t realise how daft she looks but she makes me smile, so I let her…
Last few weeks I have noticed that Lincoln is never happier than when he is dragging something around the house and it can be anything so long as it trails behind him, a blanket a toy on a string anything? At the moment it is a half pack of nappies and I have st eating my breakfast watching him drag it into the kitchen once around then back into the living room.
He just seems to love it?
Ooo Reagan loved this last year and I reckon Lincoln loved it this year aswell
Scary pumpkins
Ok Reagan you need to knock and then shout “Trick or Treat”
The closest she got to actually knocking…?
Sharing out the bounty!
we were all suffering with the lurgy and really should not have been out on a rainy night like this one but Jamie’s comment “I have waited my whole life to go trick or treating with my children” sort meant we had to and I am glad we did because we had lots of fun. Reagan was really confident until it actually came down to knocking on doors and shouting trick or treat….she didn’t all night lol
It should be better next year when she understands a little more, as for Lincoln he was just happy to toddle along obliviuous to what was going on 🙂
Reagan on the FRONT page!
The story on page 8
We had it so good for the last few week with both Reagan and Lincoln going to bed by 8pm and sleeping all the way through until 7:30am when Reagan is up like clockwork. This weekend the clocks were turned back an hour and this has disrupted us all especially Reagan who even though she goes to bed at the same time uncannily gets up at 6:30am (which would have been her normal time before the clock change)
We’re all ill Mommy and Daddy are not sleeping very well because of that Lincoln is teething so he has been up a couple of times over the last couple of days and even Reagan is restless through the night for some reason(?) and then for the clocks to disrupt us even more it has made us realise just how spoiled we’d become.
I decided to join Jamie Reagan and Lincoln at the 11am service at church yesterday where Jamie likes to get the children involved with the activities but also take note of the sermon too. If I do not go that can be difficult but yesterday with the church laying on a creche which Reagan went off to and me to look after Lincoln Jamie got a lot from the service. I on the other hand realised quite quickly that I had drawn the short straw when Lincoln found he could wander around the church with only a little supervision here and there from me. He LOVED walking around and around the church, just checking every now and again that I was watching, exploring every nook and cranny he could find I was picking him out of pews, saving him from getting stuck in tight corners, trying to make sure he didn’t upset the congregation who wanted to listen and basically following him everywhere he went.
He had me tired out just watching him wander, but the smile on his face and those around the church as they watch him toddle around was worth it. I might need to find an excuse not to go next week and instead have a nap 😉
When Jamie gets home sick I feel so helpless and even more responsible, just lately she has been gushing at how great it is to talk to her mom and how fantastic she feels after speaking to Emily she also feels sad that a lot of our expat friends get to go home once in a while (most of whom have no children yet) and for us that seems to be out of reach right now as a family. I made her a promise when we first met and decided to live in England that if she ever needed to go back home we would find the money so she could go, but now with two children it’s a harder decision than it was before because yes she could go on her own but that would mean leaving them here with me. She could also take them with her but the cost starts to go up and travelling alone with 2 toddlers doesn’t sound like fun to her at all.
For me to go to would break the bank right now and would restrict the time we could spend in the states due my holiday allocation so it’s probably not the best idea even though I too miss the states and would love to go back as well for a break. When I got home last night Jamie was really home sick partly because its holiday time and I know it’s the hardest time for her anyways but she had also spoken to her Daddy on Skype which had made her day/week/month… because they don’t seem to speak that often? It had the opposite effect to because not only does she love speaking to him it reminded her just how much she misses them all and made her home sickness all the more painful.
If we won the lottery we would be back in the states in a heartbeat but with our finances as they are at the moment and the fact that we now have 2 children to pay for, it’s a huge decision to just say let’s all go see her family and one that maybe a little out of our reach right now. That said if Jamie felt she needed to go we would find the money from somewhere and off she would go. She loves her family and always wishes she was closer to them but sometimes little things gang up on her and it’s hard for her not to feel that her homesickness may crush her? She knows I would do anything I could to make her feel better and she also knows nothing she says will stop me worrying about her either.
I always feel I should apologise to everyone concerned because I am the reason y’all are never together but it wouldn’t change anything I just know without you all on the phone on Skype, IM or on Facebook you should all know that you make Jamie so happy that you’re there and she does wish she could come see you more often. Thank everyone of you!
