Recent Pictures

I decided to clean out the camera before Christmas so here are some recent pictures. Some are just of Joey around the house and then there was Uncle Scott's Birthday / Dumb Bunny Bridge and Christmas with the Rye's. I also uploaded his 10 month pictures from JCP.

2008-12-22 Joey

Joey - 10 Months

Family Pictures

Joey and I both came down with a bad cold last week. We actually went to the doctor today...apparently its turned into viral bronchitis and we are both doing breathing treatments now! We did manage to have family pictures taken last Friday - they weren't the best we've ever had, but they are cute:

Christmas 2008 Family Pictures

Santa & Thanksgiving

Joey met Santa for the first time last Wednesday. He wasn't afraid, mostly intrigued and I think trying to figure out how to grab the beard without getting in trouble!

From Misc Pictures

We spent last weekend (Friday-Sunday) in Ohio, visiting Jon's family. We had Thanksgiving dinner at his Aunt's on Friday and then celebrated Christmas early with his sister and her family. We also celebrated Ellery's 3rd Birthday on Sunday. Joey had lots of fun hanging out with his cousins. He played shy a bit at first but had warmed up to everyone by the time we left! I posted some of the many pictures Jon took (I took a few, but he had the camera most of the weekend)

2008-12-02 Joey

Joey is now in the 90th percentile for height (29 3/4") and weight (24lb 15oz) as of his 9 month appointment yesterday. Joey also has a thing for phones right now - he will come running (ok, crawling superfast) across the room when he hears it ring and he gets mad if you don't let him "talk".

New Pictures

Jon's dad came up to visit for the OSU/UMICH game. There are also a lot of bath pictures Jon took and some holiday ones with Joey and the dogs.

2008-11-25 Joey

9 Months Old!

I can't believe Joey is already 9 months old! Here are his pictures from last Wednesday:

Joey - 9 Months

Crawling...

Joey is officially crawling now. He's been somewhat crawling for the past month and a half - he could actually go 2 feet or so scooting on his butt, getting into crawling position and twisting around. Today, he started moving big time! We were at JCPenney getting his pictures taken - first he sat back too far into the drape thing and moved 2-3 steps forward. Then he went after the Christmas tree. Once we got home, he realized he could move and started throwing toys and going after them. I have a feeling it's going to be a long few weeks until I get that playroom done!

Early November

We've been pretty busy the past few weeks, celebrating Jon's birthday, my mom's birthday and traveling to Ohio for two baby showers! Joey's second tooth came in about 3 weeks after the first and they are both pretty big now. I think his upper teeth are starting to come in now.

2008-11-17 Joey

Happy Halloween!

Joey had a fun first Halloween! He now has two teeth too - his front bottom ones. I posted some recent pictures, including Halloween, and some fun videos!

2008-10-31 Joey

Joey - 8 Months

I can't believe eight months have already gone by! Here are his eight-month pictures from last weekend:

Joey - 8 Months

Lots of firsts...

It's been a long two weeks...Joey had his first cold the first week of October. Then last Sunday he got his first tooth! It's on the bottom right looking at him - I guess that makes it his bottom left. And today we took him to the local pumpkin patch. I posted some new pictures. I've been trying to get a picture of the tooth, but have been unsuccessful! He's very close to crawling now and pulls himself up on anything and everything - it's stressing me out! I'm not quite ready for him to be mobile - still lots of baby proofing to do!

2008-10-12 Joey

Joey's 7 Month Pictures

Joey - 7 Months

Joey's First Time Apple Picking

On Friday, 9/12, Joey went apple picking for the first time! My parents, Jon and I took him to Erwin Orchards, where Jon proposed to me! He had so much fun looking at everything, eating apples, donuts that he fell asleep. Enjoy the pictures...

2008-09-15 Joey

Video of Joey Playing

August

I finally got around to taking the pictures from August off our camera and uploading some of them. At his six month appointment a week ago, Joey was 26 1/2 inches and 18 lb 9 oz. He's right in the 50th percentile for weight and height. The doctor did note that he has big feet - he is already wearing a size 4 shoes and 12-18 month socks! He's also 2-3 months ahead with his finger dexterity - he's been picking up and feeding himself Cheerios since he was about 5 months old and apparently that is unusual.

2008-09-11 Joey

Joey - 6 Months

I can't believe my little man is already six months old! Time is just flying by! I have a ton of pictures on our camera - I'll get around to uploading those one of these days. I did manage to get his six month pictures from JCP online:

Joey 6 Months

Back from Vacation...

We're back from Joey's first vacation - it was a blast! He loved Evergreen - all the people, the swimming pool, sand, toys...lots to see and do! It was so funny when we got home though - you could tell he recognized our house - he was definitely happy to be back! Here are some pictures from Evergreen, the past week and his 5 Month pictures from JCP.

2008-07-25 Evergreen

2008-07-25 Joey

Joey 5 Months

Oakland County 4-H Fair

Joey and I went to the 4-H Fair yesterday. His favorite was the circus - lots of stuff happening and a lot to look at. He was a bit afraid of the goats at the petting zoo - they kept jumping through the fence and scaring him! We also went on an elephant ride which was fun - I had never done it before either!

2008-07-10 Joey

Vacation

We leave for Evergreen this Saturday - Joey's first vacation. It should be an interesting six hour drive - Joey and two dogs! Here are some pictures from the last few weeks, including the 4th of July.

2008-07-08 Joey

Wee Lad

Joey took third place in the Linden Summer Happening Wee Lad contest! I had to submit a picture a few weeks ago and we were awarded a trophy last Friday night and he could be in the parade on Saturday. Unfortunately we missed the parade - we were about to head out the door and he spit up so I went and changed him, then he had a blow out so I had to change him again! By then we were too late - oh well, always next year! He beat out about 20 other boys 3 and under to win - I'll try to post pictures soon.

Today Joey had his four month well doctor visit - he's 15 lb 12 oz and 26 inches. That puts him in the 75th percentile for height and weight. He also got four shots (vaccines) so he's a bit grumpy right now.

Happy 4th of July!

Joey 4 Months

Pictures of Joey on 6/19/08

4 Months Old!

I can't believe Joey is already four months old! Last weekend, for Father's Day, we went to Ohio to visit some of Jon's family. Jon wanted to get pictures of Joey with his dad and his grandpa - all four generations of Linton's. Joey also got to meet three of his cousins: Nikayla, Nya and baby Jada! There are also pictures of Joey's first attempt at eating cereal with a spoon - pretty messy!

2008-06-21 Joey

Swimming

Joey went swimming for the first time last Friday at Nana & Grandpa's house. He thought it was funny that Jack kept drinking his pool water. At first it was a little cold - he didn't like it - but we warmed it up and he splashed around for about 30 minutes! There are also miscellaneous pictures from my parents camera in the below album.

2008-06-07 Joey

New Pictures!

2008-06-04 Joey

Teething

Well, Joey is only 3 months old but he has started teething! He's constantly drooling and chews on anything near his mouth. Lucky for us he hasn't cried much about it yet!

I finally got around to uploading some new pictures. Once I get a chance I'll try to put up a new video as well. Enjoy!

2008-05-15 Joey

Video of Joey

Busy Week

Joey and I have had a busy week - we went to my parents on Tuesday. We took Joey to the Bark Park with his canine brother and sister for the first time. Wednesday and Thursday we went with his daddy to eye appointments and Grandpa helped out. Wednesday afternoon we visited some of mommy's work friends at the SAE show. Since mommy hasn't had much sleep, tomorrow will be a nap filled day!

Here are some more recent pictures - I even managed to catch Joey smiling a few times! He giggles and smiles all the time now - especially at toys!

2008-04-17 Joey

Update

Everything went well at the pediatrician yesterday - Joey is now 23 inches and weighs 11lb 3oz. He is fitting quite well into 3 month old clothes - some are even a little tight! We're going to go shopping at the outlets today - I don't like any of my pre-pregnancy clothes - they fit, I just don't like them anymore!

On a side note, I entered a picture of Jack & Jill in a contest - please vote for them!

Vote for Jack & Jill

More Pictures...

I posted almost 200 new pictures...mostly from Easter (it was Grandpa Barthlow and Kaitlyn's birthday and some friends as well) and his baby dedication at church. He goes in for his second doctor's appointment tomorrow - I'll post chubby's weight and height since he's gotten quite big!

2008-04-04 Joey

New Pictures

This is the first chance I've had to be on my computer in the past week! Enjoy some new pictures:

Joey 3/12/08 - 3/22/08

Three Weeks Old!

Well, Joey is three weeks old today - I can't believe it's only been three weeks! It seems so much longer. Not much is new...Joey eats about every three hours so I'm trying to get by on multiple 2 - 2 1/2 hours of sleep portions at a time. We went to my parents last Friday and even brought the doggies. Jon's back at work full time now so Joey and I hang out all day, watch TV, do some household chores (lots of laundry!).

Some new pictures:

Joey 3/5/08 - 3/11/08

New Pictures: Feb 25 - Mar 4

Joey 2/25/08 - 3/4/08

Two Weeks Old

Jon had to go back to work today so it was just me and Joey (and Jack and Jill) and we survived all by ourselves! He was pretty good today except he wanted to eat every 2 hours (he's been eating about every 3 hours or so) - maybe he's going through a growth spurt. Jon's home now and they are "male bonding" while I work on uploading some pictures, laundry and dishes. I'll post the new album as soon as its done uploading - I just put the past week's pictures all together in one giant album. Joey had his first play date last Saturday - my girlfriend Lacy brought her 9 week old son Rudy over. And then we had our first outing (other than the pediatrician) - we went to church on Sunday and then did some shopping at Baby's R Us. We're going to try to travel down to my parents sometime this week.

Joey's Hospital Pictures

Here is a link to the pictures they took of Joey at the hospital:

Joey's Hospital Pictures

Everything is going really well - Joey is an excellent baby! Jon and I were blessed with a good sleeper and eater. He pretty much just eats, sleeps and goes potty. We even get to sleep for 3-4 hours straight at night.

The dogs are afraid of him - I've been trying to get some good pictures of them together but they keep running away! They don't like when he cries either - they want us to "fix" it.

We've got some more pictures on the camera, but I'm being lazy right now about downloading and uploading them - keep an eye out this weekend - maybe I'll get around to it!

More Pictures...

We finally had a chance to upload some pictures:

Feb 19 Tuesday

Feb 20 Wednesday

Feb 21 Thursday

Feb 22 Friday

Feb 23 Saturday

Feb 24 Sunday

Joseph Daniel Linton

Picture of Becky

Hour eight

Becky is into hour eight of labor. She is doing very well despite the
lengthy labor. Baby Linton is not coming out without a fight.

Baby is on the way!

Becky has been admitted to the hospital. Her water broke at about 10:30pm.

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Contractions?

I had another appointment for a non-stress test / amniotic fluid index
today...everything is perfect with the baby. They left me hooked up
to the monitors a bit longer as I had a contraction early on. I had a
second contraction about 30 minutes later. The weird part is that I
really didn't feel them! I've been having bad back pain the past week
or so and it just felt like a knot. So maybe baby will arrive before
I'm induced on Wednesday...we'll just have to wait and see!

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No News Yet...

Don't worry everyone - we're not going to keep the baby a secret from you!  I still haven't gone into labor yet.  I have another appointment on Monday afternoon for a non-stress test / amniotic fluid index - I'll post something when that is done!  Until then, we're cleaning house today and just watching movies on TV.  My guess is baby won't come until I'm induced on Wednesday evening. 

Happy Valentine's Day!

Well, it doesn't look like I'll have a Valentine's baby! The tests this morning showed everything is perfect with the baby - it's even in the right position - it just doesn't want out yet. I haven't even really had any false labor pains or anything so I guess I'm lucky. More than anything I'm pretty bored...there really isn't anything good on TV and I'm not that ambitious to start any projects. The dogs are confused with me being home - I spend the days letting them in and out and throwing bones and toys around the family room.

D-Day

Today is the big day - due date! And no baby yet...

I had a doctor appointment yesterday and since I hadn't appeared to actively start labor, I am now scheduled to be induced on Wednesday, 2/20, unless baby decides to arrive before then. I have appointments tomorrow (2/14) and Monday (2/18) for a non-stress test with amniotic fluid index - this is normal for anyone over their due date. They are basically going to hook me up to monitors to make sure baby is doing well. It's definitely still very active!

Keep checking back for more updates...

Not Yet...

No baby yet...could be any day now. My official due date is 2/13/08 but I could be early or even late! Jon is supposed to update my site once I go into labor and after the baby is born so stay tuned!

Just waiting for baby...

A lot of people have been asking how I'm doing - I'm actually doing really well! Just waiting for baby to make its arrival. As each day passes, I am a little more tired. It's getting harder to move around as my belly grows - I'm not sure how much more room there is in there! I'm planning on working until February 8th unless I go into labor early (my due date is February 13th). Keep an eye out on this website - Jon is supposed to update it after the baby comes!

Baby's Room

Becky's Baby Shower