Landon had a hard time with the formula rice the first day. The next day I kept away from formula and just concentrated on calories. Then I started doing the cereal every other day and now we are doing it once every day. Now he doesn't even flinch. He even makes his mmmm... sounds when he gets a formula cereal bite.
This was a big deal to me because I see so many kids that hate to eat because of something like this and I think it kind ruins eating in the future. I am so glad that this has worked out. James and I can already tell that he is packing on the weight. He is more solid. Our scale doesn't work, so we will have to wait until mid march for the follow up visit at the Dr. office.
We have been giving him lots of table food (except tomatoes) and he gets so excited it is hilarious! I will have to record. I have also been increasing my fat intake (not in a healthy way either), I am going to start trying to be smarter about it.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
More kids
This last week, my friend Heather had to go to the hospital for this pregnancy. Something just wasn't right. So James and I went over to take care of the kids while they went to the hospital. They put her on strict bed rest until further notice and I went over this Monday to help out as well. Luckily, their three children are great kids that are fun to play with, and be around. I was a little overwhelmed at eating times, but all in all, I did great and Heather even told James that I am ready for more kids. I am just glad that I am able to help and that Landon gets along with them all so well. It was more fun than anything!
Stairs are fun!
James loves to help Landon learn how to do stairs. Of course, the next day, when James is at work and I am trying to work, Landon can't stay away from them.
Friday, February 19, 2010
A post about PEE
Yes, thats right, I am going to post about how fun it is to collect pee from a baby and other things about today. Well, in the last post I described the pee catching thingy and I told most of the story of trying and it not working out and how we decided to try this morning. We started the morning with me waking up before anyone else and feeling Grrrrreat! (like Tony the tiger) Shortly after that, Landon stood up in his crib and started playing. It is always when James doesn't go to work in the morning that Landon either wakes up happy or he sleeps in. Whatever, I'll take what I can get! Oh, and the reason that I know that he stood up and played in the crib is because, I decided to use $100 of my Christmas money from my parents and by a video baby monitor. My girlfriend that has 3 kids got it as a baby shower gift and said it was the mommy tool she never knew she needed. I decided after much debating, that when Landon was having a screaming fit after being put to bed (and the time when his legs and arms got stuck in the rails of the crib) that with the monitor, I would know when he was in trouble and when he was just mad. I had just decided not to get it and James said, if it is going to take away the stress of bedtime, it is worth the $100. My mom also said that the price of a normal monitor anyways is already at least half of that price. (Ours is used, so I don't really remember how much they are)
Okay, sorry for that very long explanation. I finally woke James up to have him go and try to feed Landon some formula. He tried for about 20 minutes to a half hour. Not gonna happen. Then he brought them both to me, as I was trying to be non-existent in our room. I tried the bottle as well. It has a pretty good hole in the nipple so if I could get his mouth open it kind of trickled in. But then I started to feel like a bully and just nursed him. We saved the formula for rice cereal at lunch. Yuck. You have to understand, he never really did rice cereal (because it is NASTY), so this is kind of crappy for him right now.
After breakfast, we put the pee catcher back on and took showers and played and just waited. Usually he has a good diaper within the hour. Well, I don't know if the pee catcher just felt weird or what, but when I checked it was empty and so was the diaper. So, I decided to be bold. I got a bottle with apple juice, took his diaper off, grabbed a towel (in case he decided now was a good time to poop) and sat with him and held him while he drank apple juice and we watched Sesame Street. And what do you know, he peed and it stayed in the bag! So then, I had to figure out how to get it off, not spill it, get the diaper back on and so forth. I am happy to say that it went well and we were off to the lab. Before we left, the Dr. office called and said that his labs were within normal limits. Not sure how I feel about that... I guess I just have more questions. The appt for the Gastrologist is in the beginning of April and hopefully by then we can get some weight on and cancel it altogether.
Then we got a call from the local garage that we get our cars worked on and they said that the crack in the windshield is not going to let our car pass inspection. We have to have the whole windshield replaced. Apparently the rule is, if it goes up or down within an inch or so, it won't pass inspection. That sucks, we must have mentioned our tax return while in the car. And in about 5,000 miles, we will have to do the timing belt replacement which will be about $400-500. Sweet! I am just glad that things aren't worse. James's car is running great and that is a huge blessing.
I know that this is another long post with probably too much information, but hey this is our life.
Oh, one great thing that happened is Wednesday my old Young Women's teacher called me and ordered a baby blanket and tag-a-long that she needed to get by today. She lives in Utah and the shipping to get it there would have been $26. We decided to go with regular shipping about $5 something and it got there today anyways! How great is that?!
Okay, sorry for that very long explanation. I finally woke James up to have him go and try to feed Landon some formula. He tried for about 20 minutes to a half hour. Not gonna happen. Then he brought them both to me, as I was trying to be non-existent in our room. I tried the bottle as well. It has a pretty good hole in the nipple so if I could get his mouth open it kind of trickled in. But then I started to feel like a bully and just nursed him. We saved the formula for rice cereal at lunch. Yuck. You have to understand, he never really did rice cereal (because it is NASTY), so this is kind of crappy for him right now.
After breakfast, we put the pee catcher back on and took showers and played and just waited. Usually he has a good diaper within the hour. Well, I don't know if the pee catcher just felt weird or what, but when I checked it was empty and so was the diaper. So, I decided to be bold. I got a bottle with apple juice, took his diaper off, grabbed a towel (in case he decided now was a good time to poop) and sat with him and held him while he drank apple juice and we watched Sesame Street. And what do you know, he peed and it stayed in the bag! So then, I had to figure out how to get it off, not spill it, get the diaper back on and so forth. I am happy to say that it went well and we were off to the lab. Before we left, the Dr. office called and said that his labs were within normal limits. Not sure how I feel about that... I guess I just have more questions. The appt for the Gastrologist is in the beginning of April and hopefully by then we can get some weight on and cancel it altogether.
Then we got a call from the local garage that we get our cars worked on and they said that the crack in the windshield is not going to let our car pass inspection. We have to have the whole windshield replaced. Apparently the rule is, if it goes up or down within an inch or so, it won't pass inspection. That sucks, we must have mentioned our tax return while in the car. And in about 5,000 miles, we will have to do the timing belt replacement which will be about $400-500. Sweet! I am just glad that things aren't worse. James's car is running great and that is a huge blessing.
I know that this is another long post with probably too much information, but hey this is our life.
Oh, one great thing that happened is Wednesday my old Young Women's teacher called me and ordered a baby blanket and tag-a-long that she needed to get by today. She lives in Utah and the shipping to get it there would have been $26. We decided to go with regular shipping about $5 something and it got there today anyways! How great is that?!
Thursday, February 18, 2010
This morning, I woke up with almost no pain. I hope that tonight there will be absolutely none! We shall see. Bedtime isn't that far away.
Then this afternoon was Landon's 9 month appt. Well, he gained... absolutely no weight! In the last 5 months, he has gained no weight. I am so ... I don't know what word... upset, feel like a failure, worried that it is something serious...
He gained another inch, and his head is still in the same percentage as always. But his weight is now off the chart. That is bad, right? The Dr. said that it is a pretty big deal. So instead of doing a finger prick in the office, we went to the lab to do a bunch of blood work (for a baby) and a urinalysis. I am sure you are wondering how they do a urinalysis for babies... Do they use the diaper and cut a chunk of it out and do some fancy science? No, my friends, it is so much more fun than that! Before we left the Dr.'s office, the nurse put this sack attached to a cup like thing (you know a cup like in mens sports) and the pee is supposed to just go inside and it is as simple as that! Well, the first one came right off and his diaper sucked up all the urine. They tried to put it back on at the lab, and told me that if it came off again, I would have to get another one from the Dr. because they didn't have any there. So, we went to Wegman's to meet James, get groceries, drop off a prescription for Landon's double ear infection and eat dinner (oh man, they have the most amazing pizza!). And while we were checking out, I went into the family rest room and changed Landon's diaper, and of course, it had come off again. So I called the Dr. office (so nice that they see patients until 7pm and we went and got another one. This nurse put it on much better than the earlier nurse did and she gave us an extra just in case. When we got home, Landon ate dinner and what did he do? He pooped! I just thought of the poop probably sitting on the plastic bag thing and looked forward to changing the diaper after dinner. Well, James changed the diaper because I was on the phone and I had to hang up immediately because James just pulled the empty container off. What the heck?! It looked like it had come off, and he just pulled it off. So I am trying to salvage what tiny amount of urine there was when I hear him yelling for the container. By the time I realized what was going on, Landon had stopped peeing all over the place. Nice. So, we have one bag left and we decided to try again in the morning. I am sure I am going to have interesting dreams tonight.
If the blood work and urinalysis come back clean, she wants us to see a Gastrologist (sp?). There could be a bigger problem we just don't know about and he might need surgery, blah, blah, blah (this made me relive the whole hernia surgery day in my mind). And while we are waiting for all of this to get figured out, she wants me to increase my fat intake for breastfeeding, give him cereal at least three times a day (we were doing vegetables, fruit, oatmeal and meat already) and really try the formula. (He absolutely will not take it)
She showed me his growth charts and showed me that his weight started to stop progressing 5 months ago. That is when I started having trouble with my milk. I have horrible allergies and when they act up, my allergy medicine kicks in stronger and I get dried up. If I drink insane amounts of water, it comes back, but of course I had to learn all of this the hard way. So, this is why I feel like a failure, like it is my fault...
Okay, so having given all the info, James is just boggled. He and I both feel like Landon weighs more all the time. (obviously he doesn't) And when ever people see him, they say how big he is. Just today some woman asked if he was like 14 months or something. She was shocked when we told her he is just 9 months old. I started crying in Wegmans and James was consoling me and and he said, "Kista, look at him, he is a fine, healthy, active, tall little boy. There is nothing wrong with him!" I guess, that I would prefer it to be my milk issues that are keeping him from gaining weight than some serious gastrointestinal problem, but then I don't know if I will ever get over this guilt I feel.
I seriously just want to cuddle him and never let him go and I know that hormonally I am over reacting, but that is just how I feel. I can't imagine how parents of really sick children feel.
Okay, I think that I have gotten most of this off my chest and feel a little better.
Then this afternoon was Landon's 9 month appt. Well, he gained... absolutely no weight! In the last 5 months, he has gained no weight. I am so ... I don't know what word... upset, feel like a failure, worried that it is something serious...
He gained another inch, and his head is still in the same percentage as always. But his weight is now off the chart. That is bad, right? The Dr. said that it is a pretty big deal. So instead of doing a finger prick in the office, we went to the lab to do a bunch of blood work (for a baby) and a urinalysis. I am sure you are wondering how they do a urinalysis for babies... Do they use the diaper and cut a chunk of it out and do some fancy science? No, my friends, it is so much more fun than that! Before we left the Dr.'s office, the nurse put this sack attached to a cup like thing (you know a cup like in mens sports) and the pee is supposed to just go inside and it is as simple as that! Well, the first one came right off and his diaper sucked up all the urine. They tried to put it back on at the lab, and told me that if it came off again, I would have to get another one from the Dr. because they didn't have any there. So, we went to Wegman's to meet James, get groceries, drop off a prescription for Landon's double ear infection and eat dinner (oh man, they have the most amazing pizza!). And while we were checking out, I went into the family rest room and changed Landon's diaper, and of course, it had come off again. So I called the Dr. office (so nice that they see patients until 7pm and we went and got another one. This nurse put it on much better than the earlier nurse did and she gave us an extra just in case. When we got home, Landon ate dinner and what did he do? He pooped! I just thought of the poop probably sitting on the plastic bag thing and looked forward to changing the diaper after dinner. Well, James changed the diaper because I was on the phone and I had to hang up immediately because James just pulled the empty container off. What the heck?! It looked like it had come off, and he just pulled it off. So I am trying to salvage what tiny amount of urine there was when I hear him yelling for the container. By the time I realized what was going on, Landon had stopped peeing all over the place. Nice. So, we have one bag left and we decided to try again in the morning. I am sure I am going to have interesting dreams tonight.
If the blood work and urinalysis come back clean, she wants us to see a Gastrologist (sp?). There could be a bigger problem we just don't know about and he might need surgery, blah, blah, blah (this made me relive the whole hernia surgery day in my mind). And while we are waiting for all of this to get figured out, she wants me to increase my fat intake for breastfeeding, give him cereal at least three times a day (we were doing vegetables, fruit, oatmeal and meat already) and really try the formula. (He absolutely will not take it)
She showed me his growth charts and showed me that his weight started to stop progressing 5 months ago. That is when I started having trouble with my milk. I have horrible allergies and when they act up, my allergy medicine kicks in stronger and I get dried up. If I drink insane amounts of water, it comes back, but of course I had to learn all of this the hard way. So, this is why I feel like a failure, like it is my fault...
Okay, so having given all the info, James is just boggled. He and I both feel like Landon weighs more all the time. (obviously he doesn't) And when ever people see him, they say how big he is. Just today some woman asked if he was like 14 months or something. She was shocked when we told her he is just 9 months old. I started crying in Wegmans and James was consoling me and and he said, "Kista, look at him, he is a fine, healthy, active, tall little boy. There is nothing wrong with him!" I guess, that I would prefer it to be my milk issues that are keeping him from gaining weight than some serious gastrointestinal problem, but then I don't know if I will ever get over this guilt I feel.
I seriously just want to cuddle him and never let him go and I know that hormonally I am over reacting, but that is just how I feel. I can't imagine how parents of really sick children feel.
Okay, I think that I have gotten most of this off my chest and feel a little better.
Can we say, "Pants on the ground, looking like a fool with your pants on the ground!"
(Emily, I think it was funny when you commented about Dylan, when the same thing happened to Landon!)
Valentine's Day
We never usually do anything special for Valentine's Day. We usually get each other a card. For the life of me I cannot remember if we even did that last year... (Pregnant brain) Well, this year, (after having forgotten to celebrate our anniversary) James surprised me by telling me the Thursday before Valentine's Day that he wanted to make me dinner on Saturday because he had to work on Sunday night. I immediately picked lasagna which neither of us has ever made before. James's mother has a great recipe so we used hers. He made me lasagna, I helped a little just because we make a great team in the kitchen. I made a salad, and we had a candle lit dinner with sparkling cider in champagne glasses. Landon loved watching the bubbles float to the top of James's champagne glass. It was so romantic and even fun to have Landon there too. Then Sunday, I came downstairs to a Valentine's Day card propped up on a picture frame at the bottom of the stairs. And I have to say, this card is the most perfect card I have ever been given. I cried even. (yeah, still hormonal 9 months after pregnancy) I told James that if he got me that card for the rest of my life, I wouldn't mind. As long as what he wrote in it each time was different of course.
If you look at my engagement ring, you will see, I am a pretty simple gal. It is a ring that cost about $60 dollars. It has a microscopic diamond and the way the two ends turn out, we had a wedding ring specially made for it. All in all it cost $460. James doesn't believe that it is the one that I wanted. He thinks that I just didn't want him to spend a lot of money. Really, it is what I want. The only thing that I would like to change about it, is one day, when we have the money, I would like to have them fused together. When they come apart, (there is a notch so that they fit together) it snags my clothes and pretty much everything else. So, there you have it. I am a simple girl and it doesn't take much to make me feel loved.
Yeah, my brothers call me high-maintenance, but it really doesn't take that much to make me happy. When I was a teenager, I had a boyfriend for a little over a year. We fought like cats and dogs. (don't know how the relationship lasted that long) He bought me TONS of stuff. Roses (the really nice, expensive ones) he would have them delivered to me at school all the time. He bought me other stuff and took me out to dinner all the time. When we broke up, I had a few boxes of stuff that he had given me. So, stay at home cooked meals and candle lit dinners are just what I want. Flowers and dinners out on the town and things... I became to hate them. They have a negative meaning to me.
I am not saying that James is better than any one's husband that might take them out and buy them things and such. I am just explaining a little about us.
If you look at my engagement ring, you will see, I am a pretty simple gal. It is a ring that cost about $60 dollars. It has a microscopic diamond and the way the two ends turn out, we had a wedding ring specially made for it. All in all it cost $460. James doesn't believe that it is the one that I wanted. He thinks that I just didn't want him to spend a lot of money. Really, it is what I want. The only thing that I would like to change about it, is one day, when we have the money, I would like to have them fused together. When they come apart, (there is a notch so that they fit together) it snags my clothes and pretty much everything else. So, there you have it. I am a simple girl and it doesn't take much to make me feel loved.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Finally up to date
Okay, so I am sorry for all the updates on one day. I had to get it done before it got worse. Here are some other little tidbits of our life:
Bath time has become interesting. When it started getting cold in the house, Landon would lean over in the bathtub to get his chest in the water. I guess he was too cold. So after a few baths of him doing that, we decided that I would take a bath with him each night so the water level could be higher. Well, just because you are in the tub with them does not mean that they still can't face dive. He did one night and when I reached to grab him, I slipped down and James was too far away to get him, so when I finally got him, he was under for long enough to freak out. But he didn't, he handled it amazingly. I was shocked. Now he dips his face in all the time.
He has a blast in the deeper water though, and of course it is extra fun to play in the tub with another person there too. We'll see how the transition happens when it gets warm again.
Sleeping at night has been great. (I might have posted this before so forgive me if I already did) The rule is, once we put him down for the night and the rail comes up, he doesn't come out until morning. This worked great until he got a cold. It was horrible. He cried for about 2 hours until I realized that his nose had been a little stuffy before bed. We got him about 2am and let him sleep with us. Big mistake. I slept horrible. I hate these little speed bumps it seems like one night can ruin months of good stuff! Well, we are back to him sleeping well, but it took some work again after the cold went away. Now, it is nap time that is a nightmare. I now come to one of the reasons for no posts in a while. He started having issues with naps and would not sleep unless I laid down with him or unless I held him the entire time. Once he hit the crib he would wake up and freak out, no matter how deeply he had just been sleeping. So I just took naps with him or held him. He is such a noise sensitive sleeper that I couldn't do anything! Very frustrating. I finally realized that because I was literally with him all day, I wasn't getting any down time and I decided that it needs to stop. So, I let him cry it out. Since he has been doing this during the night, it was familiar and didn't last too horribly long. I think he just knows, once that rail comes up, there isn't any point. I just started today, so hopefully it stays like that.
The other day, I had a little melt down. I don't sleep well at night because I am tossing and turning all night. My body seems to hurt more when I sleep than it does during the day. So after my melt down, James said that we need a new mattress. I was stressed out about getting one, but since we are going to get our tax return any day, it made it possible to get one. It was just delivered tonight and I am so excited to go to sleep tonight!!! The one thing that makes me sad is that we upgraded to a King size mattress and I made the duvet cover for our Queen bed.... I might be able to make it bigger to fit a King, but I am not sure yet. I know that this isn't a BIG deal, but since I made it, it has special meaning to me.
I know that there is more to post about, but for now, I think I am blogged out. I will try to post pics of the fireplace and my old duvet cover soon.
Oh, and a few recipes as well.
Bath time has become interesting. When it started getting cold in the house, Landon would lean over in the bathtub to get his chest in the water. I guess he was too cold. So after a few baths of him doing that, we decided that I would take a bath with him each night so the water level could be higher. Well, just because you are in the tub with them does not mean that they still can't face dive. He did one night and when I reached to grab him, I slipped down and James was too far away to get him, so when I finally got him, he was under for long enough to freak out. But he didn't, he handled it amazingly. I was shocked. Now he dips his face in all the time.
He has a blast in the deeper water though, and of course it is extra fun to play in the tub with another person there too. We'll see how the transition happens when it gets warm again.
Sleeping at night has been great. (I might have posted this before so forgive me if I already did) The rule is, once we put him down for the night and the rail comes up, he doesn't come out until morning. This worked great until he got a cold. It was horrible. He cried for about 2 hours until I realized that his nose had been a little stuffy before bed. We got him about 2am and let him sleep with us. Big mistake. I slept horrible. I hate these little speed bumps it seems like one night can ruin months of good stuff! Well, we are back to him sleeping well, but it took some work again after the cold went away. Now, it is nap time that is a nightmare. I now come to one of the reasons for no posts in a while. He started having issues with naps and would not sleep unless I laid down with him or unless I held him the entire time. Once he hit the crib he would wake up and freak out, no matter how deeply he had just been sleeping. So I just took naps with him or held him. He is such a noise sensitive sleeper that I couldn't do anything! Very frustrating. I finally realized that because I was literally with him all day, I wasn't getting any down time and I decided that it needs to stop. So, I let him cry it out. Since he has been doing this during the night, it was familiar and didn't last too horribly long. I think he just knows, once that rail comes up, there isn't any point. I just started today, so hopefully it stays like that.
The other day, I had a little melt down. I don't sleep well at night because I am tossing and turning all night. My body seems to hurt more when I sleep than it does during the day. So after my melt down, James said that we need a new mattress. I was stressed out about getting one, but since we are going to get our tax return any day, it made it possible to get one. It was just delivered tonight and I am so excited to go to sleep tonight!!! The one thing that makes me sad is that we upgraded to a King size mattress and I made the duvet cover for our Queen bed.... I might be able to make it bigger to fit a King, but I am not sure yet. I know that this isn't a BIG deal, but since I made it, it has special meaning to me.
I know that there is more to post about, but for now, I think I am blogged out. I will try to post pics of the fireplace and my old duvet cover soon.
Oh, and a few recipes as well.
Playing like cousins should
Eating the blocks
Building with the blocks
Playing with the blocks
James and I went over to his moms house for a haircut and since the girls have not been going to school because of all the snow we got to play for a bit. The girls LOVE Landon and we have to remind them that he needs some room before he gets too overwhelmed. Back to the snow, no kidding, the kids have been out of school for about 2 weeks. I think they finally went back today with a 2 hr delay.
Holy Cow!!!
The other day, Landon was doing this, and bent down to look into the glass and then stood back up. Then that night, he was standing in the middle of the room (on his own) facing the tv and he turned the top half of his body to look at me on the couch, smiled and then turned back around. He had the most amazing control!!! I keep wanting to get it on tape, but of course, I am too slow. This is the best I got.Roar!
I know how much I love this hat, but I am still surprised by how much attention it gets when we are out in public. My favorite part is when he falls asleep in the car and his head falls forward, all you see is a lion looking at you in the mirror.Motivation
Landon watching Daddy work
James putting down the first layer
Scraping off the crudOkay, so this post is mostly to motivate James to finish the fireplace soon. As I am sure you might have noticed from previous pictures, our fireplace is kind of... interesting. Problem #1: When we first got in the house it was some crazy looking marble plastic type thing. UGLY! We decided that we wanted a real mantle. Problem #2: Our windows are too close together to have a normal size mantle, so we have to build our own. Problem #3: It was taking so long that one day I just ripped off the top layer hoping to motivate James to get working on it. As you can see, it has been like this for a LONG time. Well, the other day I fussed about it and James decided to do it. So, the bottom is mostly tiled. I say mostly because we had to go to the store and have them cut the last row with a wet saw and had time to do any more work. So... it is progressing, but I am ready for it to be done...
Problem #4: James doesn't really read my blog, so I am just typing to my friends that won't mind a little hot air. Thanks for listening. Hopefully soon, I will have some more pictures to post...
Buds
If moms are best friends, does that make their kids best friends?
Playing with the train table
James kept the boys entertained for a long time
About four months apartMy wonderful friend Heather asked me and James to babysit while she had the ultrasound for baby #4! As you can see, she has three boys already and baby #4 is also going to be a boy. I think that Landon is definitely going to have fun with these boys growing up. So far, they have gotten along great.
It is all about the simple things
Look at that face! He just discovered the awesomeness of toilet paper!
These are some "cones" I used for a broom hockey activity when I was a Young Women's leader and had the activity for mutual.
Look at those faces
Love that body language, "Dad, hang up the phone and play with me!"
Too young for that poseMan, I tell you, who needs to spend money on toys. Landon's favorite toys right now? Diapers, clean, dirty, doesn't matter. And the #1 toy as of right now..... Wipes! He LOVES them! I actually threw away four dried out ones today that I found all over the house. The first night we realized just how much he loves them, I took it away before bedtime and he had a MAJOR meltdown. I am sure partly because he was tired, but man oh man, I make sure I have something else ready to offer before I try to take those wipes away.
Walking with the walker toy thingy
You can't see all that great with this video, but this is Landon's first time actually walking with this thing. It looks like James is helping, but he is just making sure that Landon doesn't push it too far and fall down. Now when we put Landon in front of it, he goes very well by himself.
Good laughs
I don't know why this was so funny, but it kept him laughing a few days later too. Now when we do it, he just smiles, but no laughing. Oh well, at least we recorded it. Please excuse the bed head.
This outfit he is wearing was from James's mom. James said it was too girlie for him to wear. But after having so many dreary days, I decided we needed a little sunshine in the room. Because Landon is so slim and so tall, when he crawls in an outfit that has more room in the midsection, his knees go right up in there and he gets all tangled up. I hope that makes sense. Of course, the ones that fit him well, are already too short and he has only been 9 months for a week! I wanted him to wear them a little longer before we get into 12 month clothes, but even most of his pajamas are not long enough anymore. We go to the Dr. tomorrow for his check up, can't wait to get the measurements.
Can't wait until Daddy comes home!
Landon gets so excited when he hears the garage door open, then a few seconds later, he hears the car pull into the garage, then he hears James close the door to the car, and then.... the door opens! Every single noise gets him more and more excited! I would try and record it, but I am too busy making sure when he is jumping around the he doesn't hurt himself. The other day (yes, I am almost caught up), he couldn't stay away from the door. He crawled over there with his ball in hand even. He pulled himself up holding onto the door molding. Now when he crawls over there, he says Dadadadadadadada.
Snow storm #2
Who would have thought uneven floors would be so much fun!
You can see the snow falling in this one, if you watch the whole thing. It is still on the ground believe it or not, for how much there still is, it could have snowed yesterday, not a week and a half ago. Three days after this snow fall (about 12 inches), we got 6 more inches. Still haven't played in it...
Toys and Drool
Two different days, same drooley baby
Landon's cousins Haley, Caitlin and Natalie so kindly gave Landon some of their toys that they don't play with anymore. We went from being able to storing his teething toys and rattles and such in a little bin to needing a much larger bin. We went to Target and got this awesome bin. It is extremely sturdy and Landon went from needing me to hold onto when he stands to using everything else. Thanks toy bin. (It was only $15) They are still selling them too, if you want to go check it out. Of course, they have pink ones for girls.
Christmas Evening with the Markers
James teaching Landon piano
Landon and Natalie playing with Grandma
Uncle Brian and Baby Jane
Love my new hat, thanks cousin Sadie!
Fun books from Grandma Marker
It is getting a little crazy in here...
Oh... pretty paper, can I rip it?
Aunt Joan trying to get Landon to crawl to James.
Landon loves his Aunt Joan
Grandma Marker holding Natalie, Kate, Gary and Joan in one half of the room
James and Kate (she LOVES James)
Carol, Ronin, Caitlin, Brian and Jes is blocked behind Brian
Cousin Alle
Checkin out Grandpa's trainI know it is mid February and I am finally finishing up Christmas posting... We had Christmas dinner and James's parents and then opened up presents. Cramped space and lots of kids equals claustrophobia.
So behind...
Okay, it has been way too long since my last post. So much has happened that I am sad that more than likely, I will forget some of the exciting things. I really hate not posting as things happen. Oh well, I am sure that life will just get busier, right? Landon started crawling right after new years. Right before he turned 8 months old. Right before he turned 9 months old a few weeks ago, he said his first word. Uh oh. I don't even know where he got that one from. He says Momma and Dadadada pretty well and knows who we are. My favorite thing that he loves to say is Whoaoaoaoaoaoaoa! So funny. The best thing about Uh oh and Whoaoaoaoaoa is the little shape of his mouth when he does it.
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