This morning Lincoln was so tired but more than that he was hungry. So I laid him down in his crib and fed him a few ounces while his eyelids slowly glued shut for a nap. I pulled the bottle out after he finished and he had completely zonked out. His lips even stayed in the same place they were in as he was sucking on the bottle, his lower lip curled and a little pushed out. I had to take a picture! If you click on the picture it will give you a much better view of what I'm describing.

Isn't that adorable? As cute as that is, I don't know what is more heart-melting for me than the next picture. I've often noted how Lincoln holds his hands the same way as Matthias does when they're relaxed to his side. While we were hiking a couple of days ago, I noticed that both Matthias's and Lincoln's hands were in sync:
I love it when I can pick out things in Lincoln that came from either Matthias or me.

We hiked with Matthias's brother and wife, George and Wendy, to Thunderbird Falls. It's not the most jaw-dropping waterfall you've ever seen, but was a good warm-up hike for their first day here.

It was a beautiful hike along the way, too. It's been really fun to go and enjoy the summer weather with George and Wendy. I keep telling them this would be a great place for them to buy a summer home. Which is totally true, but definitely self-serving as well.

Lincoln's face couldn't be beat as we were walking along.

Lincoln adds so much fun to everything I normally do in the day. As I cook or clean the kitchen, sometimes I hand him whatever made up toy I can think of for him to play with. For awhile, it was an empty Cool Whip container. After it had dropped a couple of times, though, it turned into my toy and I amused myself greatly with turning it into his hat. I have about a dozen different pictures now that resemble this: