Linnea's Baptism

Linnea was baptized September 30th. Our church will do either infant baptism or dedication depending on the desire of the family, although our pastor does believe infant baptism is more appropriate.

We had chosen to read Psalm 121 and give Linnea a charge of Micah 6:8; but in all the excitement somehow Chris misplaced his marker and read Psalm 125 instead, oh well!

Following the baptism the pastor walked Linnea down the aisle for the entire church to see and charged them all to treat Linnea as a member of the covenant community; praying for her, teaching her and holding her accountable.

The service was beautiful and the party that followed was a lot of fun too, thanks to all who attended.

Linnea was the life of the party!

Linnea's dress was supposed to be for Easter, which was in April, but as you can see it fit great in September. Chris's mom made the dress in the smallest size the pattern said, supposedly fitting babies 7-14 pounds, Linnea is about 15 in the picture. Thanks Grandma Doughman!

Go Pack!

Last year around July 4th Chris and I took a trip up to Wisconsin to see my family. While we were there Chris wanted to go to Goodwill and see if he could find any "cool" t-shirts. Chris looked through the racks and racks of t-shirts while I headed over to the baby section just to take a gander, as we did not at that time know what we were having. Well where better to find Packers gear than in Wisconsin, so we bought this sweatshirt and a pair of socks. I found the socks in the drawer today and could of put them on her feet yesterday. The sweatshirt is supposed to be a 12 month but if her head keeps growing I don't know that it will fit at 9 months.

Legos!

For those of you that don't know Chris has an obsession with Legos. He collected them as a kid and has bought huge lots on Ebay. We have been collecting our Pampers points for a little while and Chris wanted to see what we could get with them, well you can guess it, we got Legos! We have two sets of baby Legos; one is a train and one is a shape sorter. Baby Legos are even a little different than Duplos, they are a little bigger and piece together easier. Linnea has enjoyed playing with the Legos almost as much as her Daddy.

Pumpkin

Chris and I have a lot of nicknames for Linnea but the majority of them include the word pumpkin. For example, "Punkins" and Pumpkin Pie. Here is a great picture of Linnea, courtesy of Daddy.

When Mom is away Daddy will play!

Last night I left Chris to feed Linnea the rest of her dinner while I got her things ready for a bath. Needless to say Linnea is not too fond of sweet potatoes and turkey. Daddy says she was already a mess he just helped her spread it around.

Chris has been hard at work on the deck here is a picture to prove it!

Sitting and Such

Linnea has been sitting for awhile so I thought I would take her 7 month pictures of her sitting like a "big girl" Isn't she just adorable?

Cheerios!

We have been trying to get Linnea to drink from a sippy cup...she didn't really want anything to do with it at first but is getting the hang of it now.

Linnea and I have been busy nannying these last three weeks. Linnea loves the social interaction. We are watching the twins, who are now 17 months, three days a week and a 2 year-old and 10 month-old the other two days.

The twins love trying to put things in her mouth not that she needs help with that! They also love playing with all the baby toys that come back out when Linnea is over. They have even started giving Linnea hugs..it is cute! Linnea observes everything that they do...I am sure she is analyzing the movements as there are times she mimics them.

Labor Day was a day full of LABOR for Chris...I think he would of rather gone to work than do the work I had for him to do. We (mainly Topher) tore up our deck surface to replace it, as you could of gotten a splinter the size of a pencil from it. Here is a picture with the deck removed.

I will post a picture when the new one is finished.