The Tall and Short of US

Roughly four years ago I said a prayer that would change my life. At the time I had no idea just how much I would hang onto that moment. Thomas and I had been married for about 4 months. We always talked about waiting until we were married a year before we'd start trying for a baby. After a few short months of marriage, we decided to pray together to help us decide if it was the right decision. I immediately received an answer. That was not   the answer I was expecting, but I was satisfied with it. At the time. Months passed. We didn't tackle the whole pregnancy thing very hard. We just decided to stop preventing and let things happen. We waited. And nothing happened. So we waited some more. Nothing. After about a year of no luck, I decided to go see my OBGYN and find out what was going on. Sometimes waiting that long is normal and there are no complications. And sometimes there are many complications. And boy do I have them. I have a condition called PCOS. L...

Lincoln has blossomed so much in these last few weeks. I'm not sure if it was the holidays with lots of company around or just this stage of toddlerhood. He is becoming much more verbal and surprising us every day with new words, funny actions, and a goofy personality. I wonder where he got that from! ;) My favorite things to make him say in his funny little voice are: - Aww, man! - Oh, boy! - Cool, dude! - Alright! - Otay! - I did it! I've been trying to get him to perform on camera, but he just says "cheeeeeeeese" whenever he sees my phone pointed towards him. Also, I have no idea where he learned to say "cheese" for photos! He smothers me with hugs and kisses at random. We were watching a movie the other morning (translated as Mama needed a few more snoozies, so the TV watched my kid while I took a cat nap) and he would randomly lean over and kiss me on the mouth. It was the sweetest little surprise. Sometimes he'll even give a forcef...