The Kohlmans

Lincoln's 2016 Christmas ornament - Chase from Paw Patrol!

This morning I got to take some family pictures for a dear friend. It was pretty cold but we got some good shots. These are just a few of my favorites!

It's been a loooong time since I posted Lincoln quotes. So here are a bunch, collected over the last six months or so! "What is Alleluia?" "Open this mom, 'cause I'm gonna Google on it," asking to use his little "computer." "Bears live in Newton because there's lots of trees. Did you know that? It's important." "I'm not meat to Dinos." (meaning I'm not into dinos - which has definitely changed!) "This Colorado is fun! There's marbles and bulldozers and Paw Patrol!" "Is Colorado farther away than Hutchinson?" Yes "Oh no! I don't believe it!" "I thought our car was faster than anybody." "These are partially good." "Yawning doesn't mean I'm tired." What does it mean? "I just yawn more than anyone else." Why? "That how Jesus made me." I'm going to work at Bethel College (Brad). "W...

I really do love putting rooms together and figuring out how to make them special spaces for us, spaces that meet our needs and make us feel comfortable and feel like home. Lincoln's room is the only space in our house that actually has things on the walls. :) My mom made the curtains just for this room, but everything else we already had - my favorite kind of decorating! I don't think we'll run short on John Deere stuff any time soon - although one of Lincoln's worries about being a big brother is that the baby will have more John Deere than he does! Of course, the space is rarely this clean, but it's definitely one of our most-loved and used spaces so far!

Over halfway there! I've finally been feeling pretty good, though there are the occasional days when I feel pretty nauseous. I haven't really had any cravings or crazy symptoms, other than a few strange dreams (that I can't even remember now that I'm finally posting stuff). Baby K is moving and grooving quite a bit these days. It's fun to feel him wiggle. Lincoln and Brad have both gotten to feel him kick/move several times. Lincoln thinks it's pretty funny. He is so excited about this baby. He plans to hold him, sing him songs, play with him, and read him books. The baby's room is still a mess - full of craft/sewing supplies, home decor, and, of course, baby stuff. I'm hoping that we can get the craft/sewing room a little bit more done over Thanksgiving break (it needs paint prep, painting, old carpet glue scraped up, and some carpet tiles that we already have) so we can move things down there and start organizing the nursery. I want to sort th...

We closed on our new home in mid-August and proceeded to spend every spare minute working (well, mostly Brad and our parents worked). We moved in at the beginning of October, after we had new paint and new flooring (on the main floor) and white kitchen cabinets. It's, of course, still very much a work in progress. But I'm so excited to live here - not because of the short commute (which is super nice) or even because we no longer sleep in a basement (which is also pretty great). I'm excited to live here because it truly feels like home. One thing we love about where we live now is how close it is to special people and special places. My dream is to create a space where our friends and family feel welcome to come over - to stop by whenever and hang out and just be with us. But when I say that, it's not necessarily about the physical space, because, let's face it... my living room floor will probably always have a pile of books in ...