Linc's photo shoot with Creative Image Photography

Our family room was temporarily turned into a photographic set today as we had Steve Murray from Creative Image Photography http://www.creativeimage.com.au/ come and photograph Linc and Mum and Dad (as a gift from Mum's family [thanks!!]). Steve also photographed Mum and Dad's wedding and he's extremely good (he won 2nd prize in the AIPP awards for a photo he took at our wedding [slide 27 in his gallery]) and is an all round nice guy. Linc was very well behaved, only peeing about 4 litres over Mum and Dad during the session. As a result, poor old Steve has some washing to do (including the lovely backdrop below)...Will post some photos of the shoot when we get them back!

Lincoln and Father

There's been a few comments that Linc looks like his Dad when he was a baby - you can decide for yourself.

Lincoln visits Belconnen Mall

Isn't it amazing that it's not until you have a baby that you become aware of just how many Mum's and babies are at the shops during the week... It's called your reticular activating system (RAS) and is quite an interesting phenomenon - it's worth googling. Put simply, your reticular activating system is like a filter between your conscious mind and your subconscious mind. It takes instructions from your conscious mind and passes them on to your subconscious. In our case, we have a brand new baby, so Dad's subconcious mind is now noticing other babies - whereas before he wouldn't have. Another example is that you will find that you'll notice more cars of the type you have just bought on the road - wow I never knew there were so many Nissan Micras around - there's not more of them, it's just that you are noticing them!!! Anyway, Mum, Dad and Linc visited the Mall again today, and yet again, Linc had to stop Dad as we walked past Bras'n'things... And after all the excitement we just had to take a load off and down a muffin and a cappucino...

Linc warming to bathtime

It appears Linc is actually starting to accept that bathtime is one of the more relaxing activities, and Mum and Dad were pleased to see he quite enjoyed this bath - until five minutes after when he absolutely screamed (he hates having his bits out at the best of times).

Lincoln's feline foes (or friends?)

Whilst at first Logan and Tia (our two burmese cats) weren't too keen on Linc, they have finally warmed to him and only get annoyed when he screams, rather than frightened. Here is Linc and Logan having a chat on the couch...

Faces of a 3 week old Lincoln

On thursday we took Linc to get weighed, just to make sure he's growing nicely. For background, when Linc was born he was 3.07kg. On leaving the hospital he was 3.01kg (4/2). Six days later (10/2) he weighed 3.36kg (a 250g increase in one week is well above the expected 100-150g/wk). On Thursday (19/2) we weighed him again and he is now 3.58kg...
Every day we think our little man comes up with a new facial expression. Whilst at the moment most of the time he is grumpy (or feeding, or asleep) he still manages to give Mum and Dad a giggle...

Vote for L-Jay - The next Australian Idol

Canberra's very own Lincoln Jack, better known as L-JAY, is representing Canberra in the current series of Australian Idol. His song from friday night - 'bow chica wah wah' cemented his spot in the final 5, with the audience also being blown away by his moving rendition of the classic 'wah eeeeee wah oooooh'. To vote text L-JAY to 191 773 or call 1902 1990 8002. Here is an exclusive photo from friday night's show: