Trip to Utah

We had a wonderful time visiting Nate's family in Utah- although the trip was way too short. We got to meet our new niece, Lindsey, who is by far the best baby I have ever seen in my entire life. I thought all babies screamed like my child does but, oh no, the only peep I heard out of Lindsey was a slight whimper when she wanted to be held. So when do I get a baby like that?? I never realized how much Lincoln has grown in the last seven months until we held him up next to Lindsey- he was HUGE! He looked like King Kong (a movie I hated by the way) next to sweet little Lindsey. But I love my little gorilla. Maybe that's what his nickname should be, hmmm... Here are some pics from the weekend, we were really smart and didn't take any of the baby :)

Can we bring some books mom??

I'm all ready

Lincoln on the giant rocking chair in Beaver (my cousin Chelsea introduced me to this in college)

The whole family

Anyway- in unrelated news, Lincoln has outgrown his 9 month clothing but I have been putting off taking his 12 month clothes out of storage because they are in the garage and it's just a hassle. But I found myself with nothing to do on Wednesday (like I ever really have anything to do!) so I bit the bullet and pulled out all the clothes. An hour later I found myself buried in mounds of clothing and wanting to cry. Why didn't anyone warn me that putting away baby clothes is like slow torture for a mother? I kept pulling out onesies that were too big on him when we brought him home from the hospital and now they look itty bitty. I forgot how small he was- I wanted to grab on to him and somehow keep him from getting any bigger. I feel like I'm going to blink and he'll be grown up. But I digress. I just keep having to remind myself that I still have 18 years of him being my little boy. But if you ever find me in a pile of baby clothes crying my eyes out, just don't ask.