Wed April 15th

Nick let me sleep this morning and he took Ella to school then he watched the kids so I could go for a run. What a sweet hubby. 

Link's 6 month check up:

18lbs 8oz/ 67%

28.5 inches long/ 98%

Head 16.7 cm/ 22%

Long and lean and small head. Just like Ella was. He got two shots. The first one he didn't let out a peep. Then the nurse said all babies cry for this other shot. I braced myself. Not a tear. No better than that, I got several smiles out of him. Lincoln is one tough kid! I guess all that wrestling with Lisey has paid off. I suppose I should have known he wasn't going to cry. His ear drum burst and I had no idea he even had an ear infection because he was smiling and laughing still. Link Link Link...you have amazingly high pain tolerance. 

I took the girls for a nature walk after school. The weather was just too grand to stay inside. I had let Lisey paint the inside of an egg carton different colors, and we walked around filling the egg carton with things from nature of those various colors. Ironically I was way more into it than Lisey was, but we all had a good time and a good walk. 

We walked to the park near our house. The park borders a daycare center. Ella saw all the kids playing outside at the daycare and she starts asking me over and over if she can go there. I told her thar if she goes there she can't be at home with me and it was for kids who's parents work. I told her she probably wouldn't like it after awhile. She wasn't convinced. That daycare looked way more fun then our house. Definitely makes you start to rethink your lives choices. I dedicated my life to raise my kids, postponed dreams to stay at home with them and they wish they could go to daycare. Ouch. I know Ella didn't mean anything by it...she just loves the idea of playing with kids all day, but still. Oh well. Hopefully Heavenly Father thinks that I'm doing the right thing and if He does that's all that really matters... I suppose the right thing isn't always the most fun thing. Sorry Ella. 

Nick, my dear sweet sweet husband, took all the kids to Walmart after the walk. The house is so quiet it's beautiful.  I can actually hear myself think.

 I keep thinking of is that Simon and Garfunkel song that says "the sound of silence". I understand what the sound of silences really means now. It is this moment. And it's beautiful. I only think a mom can truly appreciate the sound of silence because she knows the opposite sound… The sound of craziness and crying and yelling aka kids. What a sweet gift from my husband. I don't know if he can ever know how much I appreciated it. I love that man. 

Link is such a momma's boy. When Nick is holding him and I come into view he leans in towards me. He stops crying the minute I pick him up. Lincoln loves me :)