The Falk Family Blog

Labor started at 8am this morning, giving no warning, with painful contractions coming no more than two minutes apart. After getting in the car, they slowed to four minutes. Here is Lynn at the hospital, a few days more pregnant than she’s ever been.

Lynn was a little worried between contractions in the car ride to the hospital that it might be false labor, but then felt reassured as each new contraction started peaking that going to the hospital was a good idea. She was admitted quickly and here she is modeling the gorgeous hospital gown.

And… the new baby is born at 5:16pm. Here is mommy meeting him at about three seconds old.

Baby’s first mommy kiss.

Not a big fan of the scale, it seems. Actually he didn’t seem to be much of a fan of anything for the first several minutes. He kept trying to open his eyes every few moments but before getting them all the way open, winced at the bright lights and cried harder. But as soon as his eyes adjusted enough for him to keep his eyes open, he stopped crying immediately. His eyes jumped from one thing to another for several minutes until it was time to eat, and then sleep.

Here he is staring at Aunt Lisa

and Uncle Dan

and Aunt Kari… (starting to get tired again).

And back with Mommy and Daddy again.

Now, we had discussed several names but had to wait until seeing his face before picking any one of them. And in the end, we settled on what the boys have already been calling him. Here is Lincoln Nicholas Falk:

Daddy is showing Ethan and Isaac the new easel we got them for Christmas. This is a really nice easel and the boys played with it all day today. It was probably the most liked gift overall. But, Ethan did say to me today, “Mommy, God is the best gift ever.”

The easel has a dry erase board on one side and a chalkboard on the other. There is a paper role for painting as well. They will enjoy this a lot.

This is the gift Ethan asked for more than anything else! He was very excited to have a new calendar just like Mommy’s.

I like Ethan’s expression in this picture. He’s hoping Isaac will like what he bought for him. He gave Isaac two little bug rings. Isaac loved them. He gave one to Ethan so they could each wear one.

Whoppers! Daddy’s favorite. Before Warren even had a chance to get the wrapping paper off Isaac told him it was candy,then quickly said, “But, I’m not telling you what kind because it’s a surprise!”

Ethan is opening a gift that Isaac got for him. It’s a new car. In this picture Isaac is saying, “Ethan, I bought that for you at the grocery store!” That is where we got it.

This is a hand-held game that can hook up to the TV. There are several different games you can buy to play with it. It’s supposed to be pretty educational, we’ll see.

Isaac and Ethan really enjoy watching TV with a blanket to cuddle with. Ethan has a nice big spiderman blanket that he got from his Grandpa Lovejoy a couple of years ago. Isaac usually uses the blanket I keep in the living room. When I was doing some last minute Christmas shopping I found this Diego blanket. Isaac really loves to watch Diego and this blanket is super soft! I thought he would like it. When he opened it and spread it out on the floor he squealed in delight and said, “This is what I always wanted!” Warren and I laughed and I was so glad I bought the blanket after debating for several minutes in the store. He took a nap with it today and it is covering him up tonight in his bed as I type.

Next year I plan to have matching stockings for all five of us. I want to get them after Christmas when they are on clearance.

We let the boys open one gift each on Christmas Eve. They have been asking us all day if it was time yet. It’s hard to wait when you want something so badly, but it’s good to teach them patience.

Isaac is opening a transformer/police car. He has been carrying it all around since he opened it.

Ethan was very excited about this gift. He has been wanting a camera of his own for quite some time now. He was a little photographer after we opened it for him. He had us sit by the Christmas tree and he posed us just the way he wanted us and took lots of pictures.

Well, it looks like I will probably hold off for Christmas! I am excited about this. I really want to have a nice Christmas day with the boys and not be stuck in the hospital. Anytime after tomorrow will be fine with us!

We took several pictures before church on Dec. 23rd. We all had our Christmas outfits on and the boys looked to cute. Here are a few…

This is my favorite

Ethan looked like such a big boy today. He was not thrilled about wearing a tie at all, but he got used to it.

The boys and I made these Christmas chains at the beginning of December. Each morning they get to rip a link from their chain and then count the days until Christmas. They get so excited each morning, especially now that the chain is getting so small!

Ethan really likes Katelyn and wanted me to take a picture of them together. She told me that Ethan chases her during recess.

He kept wanting to go back and pet him again and again. The horse would walk right up to Ethan and put his head right next to him. Ethan was convinced the horse liked him the most!

This llama was a particularly viscous eater. Several times he took the cup right out of Ethan’s hand. Good thing Ethan was wearing gloves.