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

Philip Gubser

Philip Nathaniel Gubser
September 10, 1983 to August 28, 2007

Here are the memorial details:

There will be a viewing at Struve and Laporte
Funeral Home in Salinas, CA Saturday September 1
from 12:00pm-3:00pm.

A memorial will be held at Harvestlands Foursquare
Church in Salinas, CA Sunday September 2 at 3:00PM.

Struve and Laporte Funeral Home
41 W. San Luis Street
Salinas, CA 93901
(831) 424-0311
http://www.struveandlaporte.com/


the Harvestlands
327 Pajaro St
Salinas, CA 93902
(831)757-3677
http://www.harvestlands.org/index.php

A Loss

Unfortunately, Philip died shortly after being admitted to the hospital. After receiving severe head trauma, he was admitted to a cat scan where his heart stopped, and he couldn't be revived. This fucking sucks.

please pray for the gubsers

the gubsers are in the midst of a family crisis. josh's oldest brother and sister-in-law are getting a divorce, josh's uncle is refusing to see his own mother, and josh's younger brother just attempted suicide this morning. the lord stepped in and prompted him to call his ex-wife to tell her that he was going to committ suicide. she then called josh's parents to let them now and they called cali. highway patrol. in a matter of minutes he was in an accident. he's in the hospital in santa barbara unconscious right now. please please please pray for the gubsers that they heal from whatever is plaguing them and they open up to talk about it. please pray for a miracle for this family. pray that those who are not directly in a crisis be safe from one.

thank you for your prayers.

Meet the Simpson-Gubsers

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CLE

I'm going to become a certified lactation consultant and I'm sooooo excited. yay for breastfeeding women!