Ta Da!

We all know the most *important* skills for babies are cute little performances such as... blowing kisses, waving bye bye, etc. (forget morals, social skills.... ;) ). I said "TA DA!" earlier this week and Lincoln picked it up pretty fast... see for yourself! (we still have to work on his inflection, this guy only has ONE speaking level).

Post Dinner Entertainment

Not sure how this got started... this was towards the end but they still had some pep! Quality time as a family, ya know. :) **please excuse how loud and high-pitched my voice is!

Visiting Daddy

Mason has had some 'moments of missing Daddy' this summer... including a period when he'd wake up in the night trying to 'catch him before he left' (sigh). So, as an incentive to relax and comfort the little fella, we enticed him with a visit(s) to see Daddy at work (if he chilled out and slept :). Here are the two cuties at Daddy's desk -

Yeehaw!

We've been able to go horseback riding at my parents a few times this summer and Mason even got some ride time! Here we are on the ever-faithful Nidja (uh, is that how you spell it?). Matt and I even got to take both horses back into the woods on a trail ride alone and it was soooooo lovely (we didnt run into any spider webs... otherwise, it might've not been so lovely).

Happy Dance

It is official...Lincoln is on milk & soy and is doing GREAT! No reactions at all and he is LOVING whole milk and all the goods he previously couldn't enjoy.

It is so amazing to think about this time last year I was feeling so lost and helpless concerning Lincoln's issues we were discovering. I remember when I pinpointed "mspi" as the issue I read that most babies outgrew it around the 1 year mark (+/-). I remember thinking a year was SO FAR AWAY. Now I look back and laugh at how quickly it went! Not to say that parts of it weren't incredibly difficult and challenging, but we made it and learned a lot in the process.

Friday morning at the Spanns

What else do you do with the bed covers while you wait for the sheets to dry? Why, practice flips, of course.

Bristol

Backing up some more...

Michael, Matt's best friend from Utah, and his Dad came to visit at the end of August! He and his Dad are NASCAR fans and after talking about going someday, it ended up being a Father-Son outing - Matt & his Dad included! The four of them piled into the car and drove to Bristol (located at the far north-eastern tip of the state) Saturday morning and came home Sunday night. They had a BLAST at the race and even spent some time checking out Gatlinburg the next day. It was a quick trip, but we loved having them and hope we'll get together (w/Tara too!) again sometime soon. Miss you guys!