The Jessi James Gang: 11 March 2012

Happy St.Patrick's Day! Grandma and Grandpa McCalvy sent us a St.Patricks Day card with some fun stickers:

St. Patrick's day was pretty mild so we went for a drive up to Brighton and on the way down, decided to go for a hike. James knows of a low elevation hike (meaning free of snow) in Big Cottonwood Canyon across from the Ledgemere Campground. When we parked, we realized that Jessi needed better shoes, James wanted the baby carrier and Lincoln was napping. We drove home (about 5 miles) and collected the stuff we needed and changed a major diaper blow out and finally returned for our hike.

Here are my boys in green!

Just as we started hiking, we realized that the clouds were threatening to rain on our hike.

So we put on whatever protection we had (a hoodie for James, a blanket for Lincoln and a jacket for me).

And put on our happy faces and went for a hike in the sprinkling rain.

We stopped at the overlook for just long enough to take a family photo.

Then turned around and hiked back down.

There was only one tricky spot.

Where having a baby strapped to your tummy might be a bit of an inconvenience.

We lived! We were soggy and a Lincoln's nose was very red, but it was fun! We saw a rainbow, but no gold and no Leprechauns. Maybe next year!

Six-Month-Old Stats:
•15.5 pounds - 12% for weight
•26 inches - 30% for height
•17.5 inches - 69% for head circumference

Dr. K says Lincoln is healthy and growing, but she's a little concerned that he dropped from the 24% for weight down to the 12% for weight. She says to start solids ASAP and three times a day. I'm not certain Lincoln is ready yet, but it is mostly for practice, right? His eczema is essentially gone, yay!

Lincoln did cry when he got his shots. James wasn't there to hold him, so I had to hold my baby while the MA poked him. Sorry Linc! We brought our own band-aids this time. They're from Disney's CARS movie. Way more fun than the boring plain band-aids. And Lincoln pulled them off his own legs before the end of the night. No shots at the 9 month appointment! YAY!!

Video (:27) of "Screech" in the exersaucer. Not bad for the same day as having shots! (You can hear me making a "suprised" noise, several times in the video. This is how I try to play peek-a-boo with Lincoln. He laughs at my "surprised" face and noises, so I keep doing them!)