eating grass

hot tubin' already

hahah...lincoln's a fan of the hot tub already!

peaches, peaches, peaches, and some plums too!

lincoln has spent the past two days discovering peaches. he hasn't eaten them yet but it's serious business when it comes to figuring out their slimy texture.


archie likes to help lincoln with his discoveries!

Lincoln's developmental breakthrough

Lincoln had an amazing developmental breakthrough this evening. I know that it's not really that exciting but to me it is so I have to post it! He was standing with the help of our friend Renee. He was leaning forward and got down on the floor on all fours into crawling position AND held it there for a minute or so. SO EXCITING (to me!) Here's some adorable pics of the amazing event. Yay!


p.s. lincoln loves bananas!

pause to love

i just wanna pause for a moment and revel in the life that is mine. despite some ridiculously shitty things that have happened in the past year, my life is pretty freaking awesome. here's an update on the awesomeness of my life:

- my husband is the coolest and sexiest and i love him more everyday
- my baby is the most beautiful ever and i love him more everyday
- i (finally) have lots of colorado friends (again!) and love every one of them
- i am dedicating my life to loving all of you and because of that my life keeps getting better and better.
- colorado is a beautiful state and while i never thought i'd be back here raising a family i am finding that it is a wonderful place to be because of all the wonderful people in this state.
- i love being surrounded by those that i love in other states and countries. i've always wanted every single person i loved to be here with me but now i realize that i want them to geographically surround me. josh and i have stopped caring about money and we are going to live to love = which means travel to see all of you as much as possible.
- i feel closer to my in-laws and am so very thankful for them (guess what...i love them, too!)
- my relationship with my dad has improved ten fold. i'm so happy to have my dad back.

sounds like i'm in love with a lot of things, huh? well, it's true I am. ever since philip died i've been even more in tune with the necessity to love everybody and tell them that. so if i haven't told you that i love you...i do.

in honor of my mom (who died 1 year ago of uterine cancer) i'm going to get a tattoo. thats right folks...a tattoo. doesn't sound like sweet little alison? well think again. it's going to say "amor onmia vincit" (translation: love conquers all) and i'm gonna get it on my forearm in order to remind me that i NEED to love everyone i meet and foster the relationships i do have. my bro plans to get something similar to honor my mom too! he's an awesome guy and i think i'm in denial about him moving to l.a. in a few months.

forget all the b.s. that consumes your life and dedicate your time to what matters most...relationships. learn to love everyone!

love you.

what an amazing little boy!

lincoln's first venture into the world of solid foods was hilarious. quite entertaining. his tongue kept pushing the food out and i'm not sure any actually went down. we have it on video too but can't get the video uploader to work. his first meal consisted of homemade brown rice cereal and avocado. this first picture is priceless!




yesterday, lincoln even went "out to eat." uncle cory and i went to Namaste for some indian food and i brought lincoln's dinner. he ate really went and most of it went down this time! i don't think he's a big fan of avocado.

need a baby fix?

it's been awhile since i've posted about lincoln. lincoln will be 6 months old on the 19th. he has two teeth which are perfectly exhibited in the first picture. we are starting solid foods this weekend with homemade brown rice cereal and avocado! i'm nervous yet excited. watch for updates on that! should be funny!



bath time is now hilarious. he splashes for as long as we let him. we put a beach towel on the kitchen floor so we don't slip. these pics don't do justice.


here is a pic with him and archie. they are best friends. lincoln gets upset if he sees the cats and can't reach them. i have a hilarious video of lincoln doing mouth-to-mouth on archie but couldn't get the video posting thing to work. maybe i'll try again if you're lucky.


lincoln has reached another milestone of self-sufficiency. sippy cup all by himself...heck yeah, dinner's on the stove!

a plentiful harvest

yesterday i ventured into my backyard to check the status of my garden and i came in with quite a plentiful harvest. 2 baskets of peaches, lots of little roma tomatoes, and, get this, an 18 inch zucchini. thats right 18 inches!
here's my proof.

a reflection on last week

wow...last week was one of the most difficult weeks of my life second only to the week my mom passed away. as you probably know, josh's brother, philip, died in a fatal car accident last tuesday the 28th of august. this was a devastating blow to the gubser family even more so because it was intentional. he'd been drinking for more than 12 hours and his thoughts of failure were too strong and they took over. the three surviving brothers: zach, matt, & josh

although it was extremely devastating and still is it was also so beautiful. the way the whole family came together and was nurtured by john and marsha's (josh's parents) church community was incredible. we had more food than we knew what do to with. we had to borrow josh's grandma's fridge. (i think i regained the 5 lbs i've lost in the past 3 months). josh's mom, marsha

while healing is no where near complete but we got off on the right foot with all the love that enveloped us. thank you to all who sent prayers, cards, and flowers. God's grace has been shown to us. josh had the courage to get up and reminisce about his brother

josh's sis, chrissy