Wow, a lot has happened since I last posted. I've probably lost a few fans in the past several days. Posting is hard work, ya know? All you non-bloggers, you. Especially with a ton of pictures to share. The uploading of the following pictures took almost an hour from start to finish. Jeeez...
First and foremost, I have two very special announcements...
1.) My beautiful sister-in-law is ENGAGED!!! Congratulations Leah and Greg. We'll be flying down to Myrtle Beach at the beginning of October for her wedding. I, being the best sister-in-law (or only, in this case) a girl could ask for, will be standing as Matron of Honor, and the famous Linc-meister will be the ring bearer. Let's just hope the poor boy decides to start walking in the next 5 weeks, otherwise the flower girl will be pulling him in a wagon. We're so very happy for you Leah!! I can't believe you're moving away from Ontario, but Myrtle Beach certainly isn't a bad spot to have family :)
2.) My sweet, too-dang-litte-to-be-going-off-to-college brother Grayson left for UNC Chapel Hill on Saturday. I really can't believe it. I'm still shocked he has his license. But, he's gone. Mom and Dad kicked him outta here early Saturday morning, and I was there to witness it...
I'm so proud of you little (I mean, grown-up) buddy. You coulda sprung for Duke, but I guess this will do :)
Lincoln has been doing lots of fun stuff...
Although he doesn't consider it 'fun,' I find his eating of Cheerios for breakfast QUITE entertaining...
We found my brother's old red wagon and Lincoln has been putting it to good use...
We took Lincoln to one of those Bounce places the other day...We left about 5 minutes after we got there...He was NOT a fan.



These two smiles came in the first minute and a half and then quickly faded to the paranoid/worried look you saw above...
Shawn and Dad have been grillin' up a STORM since we got here, and it's been oh so delicious...
Even Lincoln was excited about it...
Oh wait, that was about popcorn...Go figure.
Lincoln and I met up with some friends on Friday for some park play...


I haven't looked forward to the mall in a LONG time. I typically avoid it in Toronto...The mass crowds are just not my thing. I may be more apt to combat them if Chick-fil-A was my reward. Alas, Chick-fil-A remains strictly in the States. Yum.
Lincoln played in the germ-infested play area at the mall...And yes, he's learned to climb stairs. And loves it...


And last but not least, the mall trip wouldn't be complete without a ride on the carousel...He liked it a little better this time, compared to March...



Saturday was the big festival in town, and little did we know that the night before was a time for 
















And when he's not eating, he's busy throwing blocks over the side of the porch into the rocks...









"Can someone bring that back up here please? I wanna do it again."
7:30 PM – It’s raining HARD. I remind Shawn that he is the one who decided to leave a day early and it’s his fault that we’re driving in this nasty weather. Shawn reminds me that I have the luxury of sitting in the passenger seat with a laptop watching Gilmore Girls and playing Solitaire and he’d more than happy to switch places with me. I shut up.






