I HAVE A 5 YEAR OLD!!!

What in the WORLD!  Seriously....Lincoln turned 5 on the 16th of February, and I can't even believe it!  We had lots of fun, and he is such a sweetheart.  He is quite an emotional fellow- but that is alright!  We love him so much.  He absolutely ADORES his Father, and can't wait for him each day to get home so that they can play together.  He LOVES superhero stuff, and building things, and reading.  He loves his sister Morgan to DEATH- and loves to help out with her whenever he can.  Unless she is ruining his legos- then they don't mesh!  Little sisters can really be pests can't they?!  He LOVES his brother Payton. They have a great brotherly (love/hate) relationship and can't live without each other (but at the same time can't live WITH each other.  Silly boys.)  Lincoln is into anything superhero right now- but since I have done superhero themed stuff for the past 3 birthday parties, I talked him into doing something a little bit different.  He really wanted to have a dress-up party and have all of his friends come dressed up in whatever they wanted, so we tweaked it a bit into a Midevil Knight Party!  We had so much fun!  That morning we opened presents with just or family, but then on the weekend, we had his friend party.     

He is all of the sudden TOTALLY into Legos- and would prefer Star Wars Legos if you gave them to him. But he also requested some little green army men (8 to be exact- so that none of them would get lost) but we found these cool Lego's and he was STOKED!  They were a hit!

The Invite!

This kid got seriously hooked up from all of this wonderful friends....he loved EVERYTHING!

Coolest cake EVER- if I do say so myself!  Took me a few hours to do- maybe it took a little longer too because Cole was cleaning the house, and I wanted that to last as long I could!  Bad wife?  Maybe.  Cake decorator extraordinaire...definitely!

OH so excited for cake and Pizza!

I love that this little sweetheart still has his dimples!  I hope they stay for his whole life!

Lincoln- we love you more than words can say.  Last night for FHE he gave the lesson, and told us the ENTIRE story of Ammon without hardly any help at all!  He is such a good boy.  He has a great zest for life, and is pretty fiery!  He loves to do things on his own, but also loves some good quality time with those that he loves.  He asked me yesterday why he and one of his friends "haven't gotten together lately?!" Too big for his britches.  There is NOTHING wrong with his ears, or his brain for that matter.  He remembers EVERYTHING!  He now knows more about Star Wars than us all- just a little sponge that absorbs everything.  One of his favorite things to do though is to curl up on the couch and watch a good movie- just like his mama!  We love you Lincoln and can't believe that you are 5!  We have been telling you that "you are FIVE for heavens sake!  Act like it!" for about 6 months now, so now that he is really 5, we should probably lay off the poor boy.  It seems like just yesterday that we drove to the hospital, were admitted, started the induction, and watched the Olympics A-L-L-D-A-Y before you finally decided that wasn't the way for you to come!  A few short minutes, and a few painful cuts later- you were here, and we are SO grateful for everything that you have brought to our lives.  I (we) love you!