Well I thought I’d join the blogging world in posting a tribute to the World’s Best Dad!

Truly, you’ve never seen a prouder daddy! I mean come on, Link was born on his dad’s birthday, and he shares the same name. Though we’re told Link looks much like his mamma, he gets most of his personality from Daddy.

This weekend, Miles took Lincoln to an overnight Fathers and Sons campout. Link was by far the youngest child there. This act alone says much about Miles as a father. He’s willing, loving, fun, and has a great attitude. It was so sweet to see them the next day. I could tell they had literally bonded over night.

In this video there is a segment that reminds me so much of Miles and Lincoln. It’s when the father is sleeping outside with his infant son (his only son) waiting to go fishing in the morning. Definitely a tear jerker. Definitely worth watching!

I too thoroughly enjoyed myself with the boys gone. I can’t tell you how long it’s been since I was alone overnight in my own house. Even when we didn’t have Link, I think Miles only left me once for a school interview. I went out for sushi for the first time with a good friend who doesn’t have any kiddos of her own yet. It was so nice! However, one night was plenty! I was very anxious to see them the next day!

The purpose of this post is to vent. So here we go.

I feel cursed lately. I’m having some bad, bad, luck. It’s just little things, but they’re adding up.

Last week I visited my family. And of course, just like last time, Lincoln was really sick. Great! It’s no fun to take care of a sick baby by yourself. He literally started feeling better the day we were supposed to fly out. I came down with it a couple days before we left.

When we arrived at the airport to fly home, I was told I didn’t have a reservation. What?! I paid for it! What happened was I had bought a round-trip ticket, but didn’t take the flight there beacause I needed to be there a day earlier. I called United to ask about cancellation and refunds, and all they told me was it would cost $150 to cancel the first leg of my trip. Well, that wasn’t worth it. The whole ticket was only $200. Anyway, I just didn’t show. So when I arrived at the St. George airport to fly home, they said I no longer had a reservation. Because I didn’t fly to St. George they cancelled my entire reservation. But nobody told me anything about that! Now they were telling me I had to buy another $140 one-way ticket to get home. Anyway, after a lot of frantic phone calls with United, we were only charged a $60 fine. Blah blah blah.So in the end I paid $280 for a one-way ticket when it only takes 6 hours to drive! Ahhhh. Never again.

Yesterday I spent the day working on renewal applications for insurances. And we all know that sort of stuff is just a pain in the butt! Then yesterday afternoon I drove 30 minutes to Link’s doctor’s appointment. We left an hour early and ended up being 15 minutes late. We had never been to this doctor before and it was located within a huge medical complex consisting of two parking garages, two hospitals, and multiple office buildings. When we finally made it there, we had to wait for an hour and a half just to be seen.

Yesterday I also found out that my job training (which I cannot take Link to) started THIS Monday, not next week like I thought. So that took some scrambling.

Oh did I mention I’ve been sick through all this. Yeah.

This morning I really, really, really wanted to go workout. I was feeling better, and it had been so long. Anyway, this morning I was DETERMINED to go. So I got up this morning and realized I left my sports bras in Utah. Ok, running was out. So I decided to go swimming instead. No big deal. I got all ready and it turns out the POOL IS CLOSED June 15–21! Arrrg!

What luck!

Oh, did I mention I ran a half marathon on last Monday, Memorial Day?! Yeah, you can go ahead and say it, I’m amazing! hehehe.

You can see proof here and here.

Because Miles and I ran the race together, neither of us were able to take pictures. A few good friends/spectators got some shots of us though. As soon as I can round up some pictures I’ll post them here. So stay tuned to see pictures of a couple of very sweaty, tired, and feeling-very-accomplished Michelle and Miles!

Official time: 2:05:36—We were trilled!

It’s official! We survived the first year of Link’s life! It’s all down hill from here, right?! Though this year has been littered with many trials and difficulties it also held some of my life’s most meaningful moments!

Lincoln is such a joy, and it’s an honor to be his mother. We are growing and developing together. Things he’s learned this year include: smiling, laughing, sitting, crawling, standing, talking, and soon to be walking. Things I’ve learned this year include: smiling more, finding just the right spot to tickle, sitting still just holding my boy, playing on the floor, getting on my knees and asking for the Lord’s help, and taking one day at a time. And until now, I never knew I could love so much.

Here are just a few recent photos of the one-year-old.

Eating with Daddy. He always wants to eat our food. But who could blame him!? Please forgive the unkempt hair!

At playgroup with his good buddy Benji.

After finishing off a small In-N-Out fry.

We have high hopes for Link becoming and In-N-Out employee. Yummmm, family discount.