37 Weeks!

Woo last week was TOUGH.  Landon was still sick and teething(and just finally feeling better)! So last week was just rough.  That is really all there is to say about it!

I do have some pictures.  Mostly of a sick little sad dude though!

Running a fever so cloth diaper it is for a little bit!

His best attempt at playing on Sunday

The awesome rash that made its appearance on Sunday from the virus he had! Rashes creep me out. 

 

 

 

 

Mommy is losing her sanity...even with a cute sleepy sick baby on her shoulder!

Starting Monday we got the clear from the Dr. to go back to our usual places so we went to a spouses coffee on Tuesday and a short walk around Colonial Williamsburg.  We also went back to our walk on Wednesday mornings and made up music on today.  Landon is still kind of grouchy since his teeth haven't popped through, but overall he seems to be on the up swing!

Just stood right on up (8.5 months)

Pretty tree from CW on our walk!

Landon is officially real crawling! He keeps me busy getting into everything and moving around.  He has started pulling up on stuff and is extra wobbly.  He makes me a nervous wreck!

Finally, I tried to get a video of Landon making his sleepy time noises.  It is just black because we were in the dark room, so just listen for his whiny sounds =).

Sorry not much to say this week!  Until next week =).  Stay tuned for Halloween pictures!! 

36 Weeks

This past week has been pretty uneventful since Landon and I were both sick with our first cold of the season.  I feel pretty much 100%, but Landon has some lingering nose issues that are rather gross.  So we have been pretty lame this past week with just staying in and away from people so we don't contaminate anyone. 

Come Monday I was going a bit stir crazy and was ready to get out so we headed out to Barnes and Noble to wander around.  They have a nice kids area so we walked around that, read some books,  and then stopped to have some Chai. 

Having chai tea with Mommy

Tuesday we headed up to Richmond to go to a mall called Short Pump.  It is an outside mall, but has lots of nice stores.  Then we headed up to Northern VA to visit Mr. Brokaw.  We got to stay in a cabin with him for one night which was fun.  We headed back early the next morning since we didn't want to get caught having Rusty in the cabin since it specifically said NO PETS!

Cabin

Backyard of the cabin near the lake

Logan and Landon...my favorite people!

Pretty

Landon and I

Updated family picture

Rusty enjoying some swimming

Wednesday afternoon we hung out with our good friends; Landon and Wyatt played together.  They are so funny with each other. They have grown up and changed so much since 4 months ago when they first started playing together.  Wyatt is long and lean...he is constantly on the move and so advanced for his age.  It is fascinating to see since he is so different than Landon.  Landon is tall and bulky (I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THIS COMES FROM) and is just a bit slower on the movement aspect.   He is sweet as can be and just loves to sit and cuddle even when we are out playing with people.  Danielle and I think it is funny we both see other traits in each others babies that we want our own baby to have ha ha.

This week Landon you:

• Have started teething.  I can see two little white nubs in your bottom gums.  They seem to be playing a fun game of coming up and going back down depending on the day.  You have been extra fussy on top of your cold.  As I am writing this you are currently sitting on the floor making your mamamamama sound at me. We have been giving you a bit of Tylenol at night to help you sleep through the pain, but during the day we try to distract you with other things to chew on and play with! 
• Have been eating more solid food.  I got in trouble for feeding you a half of a french fry and a chicken nugget for lunch one day by your Daddy!  You enjoyed it and as a treat once in a while I don't think he will care too much.
• Have been working on real crawling still.  You make a few movements and then go back to your usual belly dragging army crawl.  You are pretty fast so I think you just don't have alot of motivation to crawl.
• Lola is your favorite animal these days. You try to get to her as fast as you can, but she gets just far enough away that you can't reach her.  One day you will get her and she will not be pleased!  It is a cute little game that you play with each other.  You laugh and smile whenever you see her and she perks up realizing you are paying attention to her.
• Continue to work on standing.  You have fallen over a few times from standing and it takes all my effort not to freak out and scoop you up.  The more I react, the more you get upset...so I am working just saying "oh no you bonked your head" and play it off like no big deal.  If you burst into tears right after the fall though I usually come to your rescue and give you some cuddles.  
• Your favorite toy is your piano that used to be attached to the playmat.  You bang on it all day long.  It is also what you use to pull up to your knees and then eventually to stand.  Here is a video of it.

Here are just some other pictures that I took throughout the week!

Eating his new socks

More standing...even though he is a bit wobbly!

His birthday face for Gigi

Sporting some Rockies gear

Mad because he is stuck and can't figure out how to sit back down

Crawling around at the cabin

Until next week!

35 Weeks!

Landon turned 8 months a few days ago! Time is going so fast.  He changes so much every week.  This past week has been pretty routine for us.  We had a low key weekend. We took a long walk on a trail close to our house.  Logan has been telling me to try this trail for a while, but to get to it we have to go through someones yard...which makes me rather uncomfortable.  So I found another way to get up there, but turns out the big no trespassing sign was probably a bad way to go also!  So we will see what works best to get up to the trails.  It is about a 4 mile walk, so its a nice long walk for Rusty too!
Here is a picture of one of the lakes we walk past.

Warhill Trails

The rest of the week consisted of errands, music, our walk, and coffee with some friends.  Today and tomorrow, our AC/Furnance is finally getting replaced! YAY!

This week Landon also learned to REAL CRAWL.  I am working hard to get it on video, but when he really wants to go somewhere he just drags himself on his belly since he thinks that is faster.  I am in trouble when he starts to real crawl all the time.  I will hopefully have a video next week!

Landon has his first cold of the fall season it seems.  Yesterday his little nose started to run and he was up twice last night since he was super stuffy.  This morning I am trying to determine the best way to catch all the snot dripping out of his nose.  Two little ones in his music class were sick last week and I am wondering if he caught whatever was leftover from their sickness.  I am hoping he doesn't catch Strep since that is what these two were out sick with! So I am hoping this ends as quickly as it began!

A funny story of something that Landon did yesterday.  So when Landon gets up from his nap he always has a pacifier in his mouth.  When I picked him up yesterday I said hello like I always do and took his pacifier out and threw it back in his crib.  I wasn't paying much attention, but when I looked back at him he had another one in his mouth.  He was so proud that he had replaced it with the spare one he must have had in his other hand! He wasn't so pleased when I took that one out and didn't let him keep it.  Funny guy these days!

At 8 months, Landon is still a handful, yet the most delightful baby ever.  I may be a bit biased though!  He is still getting up once at night.  I am giving him one more month to naturally wean his night feeding.  If we hit 9 months, I will eventually had to figure out how to get rid of it.  He obviously weighs enough to not have to eat much at night! He is taking two naps most days.  They vary in length, but are usually at least an hour and can go as long as 2.5 hours.  Of all the things that I don't want to forget at this age is all the little noises he makes.  When he gets his pacifier he makes this satisfied sucking/moaning sound, it is rather cute.  He still makes sounds right before I nurse him of an "ah ah ah" to show that he is super excited to eat.  He also makes this sounds when eating solids.  He moans and growls himself to sleep at night.  He will be completely still on the monitor but you can hear him whining himself to sleep. We still don't have any babbling going on, but he makes alot of other sounds through out the day.  He is still yelling, alot! When I walk away from the room he goes mamamamamama in his most whinny voice!  I refuse to count this as his first word. 

He is constantly on the move.  If I am holding him he arches backwards, tries to spin around in my arms, turns his head constantly, and leans around me to get a nice view of things....he is extremely wiggly! He is always rolling, army crawling, and slithering across the floor.  This particular day he got stuck between the couch and the end table!

 He now knows there is life outside his little confined living room and his bedroom.  I have had to be creative with baby proofing until Logan gets back so he can help me hang a wall shelf for the dvd player.  I also need to finish hiding the cords.  In addition to the electronics, I installed a gate with a door at the top of the stairs so I can block him upstairs when we are up there! 

He is also on the verge of pulling up on things!  So here is a video of the first time he got up on his knees!  He has done it several times since and is getting better at crawling over things as well!

His food eating continues to go well!  We are working on small finger foods such as puffs and cheerios.  His pincher grasp is developing more everyday.  We are still working on chewing the food and not just swallowing it directly.  I have found that he HATES rice.  I have tried pureeing it and giving it to him whole...either way he isn't so much of a fan.

We got a new stroller this week as well!  Our giant jogging stroller is great for walks and running, but it is almost just too large for stores!  I also plan on bringing this one home with us at Christmas, so it should be a perfect size for traveling as well.  I got it because the seat can lay all the way down or sit all the way up.  It is so versatile that Landon can nap or sit up and look around.  The back seat position can adjust to 5 different positions as well.  We have only used it on a short walk around the neighborhood, but I am excited to go out to a store to use it as well! 

Chicco Liteway stroller

Finally, here are some of the better pictures of Landon's 8 month photos!  You can see all of them on flickr, so check that out for more fun pictures of wee Landon! 

Hammin' it up for the camera

Look a those thighs! Annie-this picture is for you! Clearly, these pictures are getting more difficult to take since he squirms so much!

We are going to visit Logan for one night next week, so we are looking forward to that! I just hope that Landon is feeling better by then!

Until next week! =)

    

34 Weeks!

The tiny human is 34 weeks this week.  We have had a busy last week with being out and about with Logan and just getting things done around the house.  It was nice having Logan home but he is away again for the remainder of the month.  While he was home we decided to take advantage of everything going on in this area and try it out.  We finally ventured down to Virginia Beach and attended the Neptune Festival.  Traffic was amazing but I think that has to do with it being cold and rainy the day we chose to go.  We braved the rain and cold to walk up and down the boardwalk.  We also saw part of the sand sculpting contest.  Since we had Rusty we couldn't buy tickets to go in, but we saw part of it from the boardwalk. We introduced Rusty to the ocean and he was terrified! He would back up quickly when the water came towards him but then kind of chase after it when the water went back out!  Landon was neutral, like he is in most situations!  We then went to dinner at Harpoon Larry's.  Logan got his nasty oysters and I had a nice conservative chicken wrap ha ha.  No sea food for this lady!

Example of the sand sculptures

Landon braving the cold like a champ

First time at the beach

Rusty's first time at the beach

Logan volunteered to push the stroller through the sand

Nasty nasty oysters at Harpoon Larry's

On Sunday we headed out to our usual Sunday breakfast and got bagels.  We tried two different breakfast places but since we were later than our usual time it was SOO busy and we didn't want to wait, so bagels it was! After breakfast we took the ferry across the James River to the pumpkin patch! We picked up two pumpkins and a couple gourdes.  Landon wasn't the most cooperative that day, but we got some cute pictures none the less!  

On the ferry-Landon had his eyes closed for every picture since it was bright.

Inside the ferry where it was a bit warmer

First time at the pumpkin patch

Yeah-if you look closely he is eating the grass/pumpkin vine.

Landon kept eating the grass/dirt.  I was telling Logan he had dirt all over his face and was getting all dirty since I couldn't stop him from grabbing the grass.  Logan bluntly pointed out it will not be the last time our little boy is covered in dirt and I better get used to it!

This week Landon:

• You have slept through the night twice.  On Monday night, Logan's birthday, we kept you out until 9.  You slept until 8 the next morning.  I, however, checked on you almost every hour since I kept expecting you to wake up.  

At dinner for Daddy's birthday at the sushi place waiting for his friends to show up.

• You have learned how to spit this week thanks to your Daddy.  You used to just make the sound with your lips, but you Dad had to teach you how to add your tongue in and now you do it all the time.  
• You got your first official boo boo, thanks to me! Yesterday after feeding you I was holding you in my arms and my phone was in my mouth.  I decided to put it down so I dropped it on to the ottoman in your room, but instead you moved and it his you square on the eye.  You have a nice bruised eye to show for it now...Mommy of the year over here.

See his little bruised eye?

• You are not a fan of being hot.  So the fact that our AC hasn't worked in well over a week and has been back in the high 80's this week has made for a cranky pants Landon.  Last night it was so hot you were just chilling in your diaper before we went upstairs for your bath.  

 For this weeks video-we have one of Logan and Landon.

 Until next week!

33 Weeks!

I can't believe Landon is almost 8 months old....good lord.  Every day we go out you are the star of the show.  We stop and talk to multiple people, you smile and make the eyes at everyone, you kick your legs in excitement, it goes on and on.  You are the friendliest little thing!  Since I am not terribly social, I have to remember to stop and interact with these people so you see that it is good to continue to talk to people and not be afraid of them.  With that said, if someone seems creepy, we smile and move on! 

We have had a busy week since your Daddy got home last Friday.  We went out to eat a couple of times this past weekend, ran errands, took Rusty to the dog park, went to see Daddy for lunch, went to music, and went to the salon to get my hair cut and colored.  You have been fantastic this week while we are out. 

This week Landon:

• You are still working on crawling.  You really can't figure out how to move your arms and legs at the same time.  You just drag yourself across the floor to whatever you are hoping to get to.  Generally, it is anything electronic or some cord you aren't supposed to get.  Perhaps you are going to be an electrical engineer with all your interest in cords! I am constantly chasing you to get you from grabbing the computer cord or the one extension cord that is left on the floor that we can't seem to hide well enough! 
• When you are finished with your bath, I say...it's time to get out Buddy and stand up to unplug the drain.  Well between that saying and me standing up to unplug the drain, you kick your legs are hard as you possibly can to get in your last splashes before we get out.  I usually end up drenched in the process, but it is fun none the less!  
• You have become very vocal again in the past week.  I am thinking babbling may be coming soon.  You seem to go through stages of working on something verbal or something physical.  We have had lots of physical milestones lately, so maybe now some verbal things will begin to happen. I am determined to make Dada your first word to make Logan feel less sad about being gone so frequently! 
• We went to the park this past weekend and you went on your first swing ride with me.  Logan took some pictures-sorry not the best quality! You had a great time.  I really need to find a park that has actual baby swings!

• You came with me to get my hair cut yesterday.  You were an angel.  You hung out with the receptionist the entire time.  You two had a great time.  She walked you around, showed you all the different things, let you talk and see all the different people, etc.  You even took a NAP on her....you don't even do that for me.  Too bad I didn't ask her if she would ever consider baby sitting for us.  Perhaps the next time we go in...
• You are getting stranger by the day.  You come by it naturally, but I was hoping you wouldn't be as weird as your parents.  For example, I just caught you chewing/licking the handle on the fireplace.  Good thing we don't plan on using that this year.  

• Your food eating is coming along very well.  We haven't run into anymore foods that you are allergic too...yet.  We have continued to give you food from our meals in addition to your purees.  You are still enjoying your yogurt.  The good news is also you little system seems to have worked itself out and you are much more regular again! Yay for you, boo for me and the cloth diapers ha ha.  

Here are some other pictures we took throughout the week!  In a couple of weeks our new iphones will be in and hopefully we will have better quality pictures and movies! YAY!

New hair

A mini Logan in plaid

The chalk festival

 Ok since the movie last week failed....I have several (not extremely interesting) videos of the little human. 

Until next week =).

32 Weeks

The wee man is now 32 weeks old.  Each week that passes he learns something new, it is rather fascinating.  However, as each week goes on we are entering into the separation anxiety and stranger danger area as well.  We have had a bit of a rough week.  Lots of screaming/yelling at virtually everything. Unhappy-yell, happy-yell, don't want to nap-yell, tired-yell, don't want a new diaper-yell, clothing change-yell, Mommy leaves the room-yell, Mommy picks you up-yell, Mommy puts you down-yell, you see the pattern.  Pretty much anything requires some sort of vocal thing which is usually yelling.  You also have started working yourself up over virtually nothing and even when I try to calm you down you still proceed to carry on...its rather confusing, not to mention frustrating.  I think we are both rather tired of each other and having Logan back will be a welcomed relief for both of us! Also, seriously considering wearing ear plugs. 

This week Landon:

• Have started eating larger chunks of food. We tried a stage 3 food of a chicken puree mixed with some veggies-that didn't go overall particularly well.  Lots of gagging and bad faces were made.  I think we will wait a bit to try that again.  However, I have started giving you little rice crackers that dissolve and you can hold and those go over alot better.  You seem to enjoy feeding yourself.  This next week I am going to try to find some veggies that we can make for our dinner and also give you to hold and feed yourself.  Perhaps we will also try some larger chunks of chicken or turkey.  I have also started giving you about 2 oz. of baby yogurt-you are doing pretty well with it considering! Today I mixed some peaches with it and you really enjoyed that. 
• Most places we go now I give you small tastes of my food.  You have had a bit of chicken noodle soup, pancakes, and chicken nugget meat.  So far so good...you are slowly learning to gum things so that is great progress.
• We went to North Carolina last weekend to visit friends and you had a good time.  However, sleeping in your pack n play was a disaster.  You were up every 1.5-2 hours all night for two nights.  We were exhausted by the time we got home. The first night home you slept from 7 pm-9 am with only one wake up! 
• Your sleep is still all over the place.  Last night I started a new rule that I will not feed you before 3 AM.  I REALLY don't think you need to be fed before 6 AM, but honestly after listening to you cry for 30 minutes at 1:30, then finally go back to sleep, then to wake up at exactly 3 AM...I was not about to take on that battle again.  After I fed you you were quiet until 8:45.  I am fairly certain it is just needed to help you relax enough to go back to sleep.  You have the shortest temper EVER and when you don't get what you want you are quick to let me know.  I am trying my hardest not to give in so Logan can't say I turned you into a brat ha ha.
• Your new thing is you have started licking things.  You lick the fireplace all the time.  I now kind of understand why they make people sign those lead paint warnings in old houses! I now need to figure out why you are licking random things =).      
• In addition to licking random things you also have started biting my nose.  I think it is more of an idea of kissing.  I have been working on this with you but instead of kissing my cheek with a closed mouth I get big open mouth kisses on my nose.  You put your mouth around my nose and kind of close...it is rather funny, but very odd. We are also working on clapping and waving, but those are MUCH further away...I think they say those are usual 9 month milestones!
• You still aren't crawling.  I really thought being around Brooke you would have picked it up watching her.  You only have one more day to wait until we can show your Daddy what you learned and you can take off.  I also realized we need to get a few gates for the house-one for the top and bottom of the stairs.  I am sure Rusty will hate those since he is used to having full run of the house!
• You have started doing a downward dog yoga pose lately.  You put your little butt in the air and get up on your toes...pretty cute.  Not sure what this leads to though, maybe the ability to keep your bell off the ground when you are crawling?  Or pulling up...either one should be interesting.

Ok now time for the pictures of the past week!

Continuing his trend of paper eating....this was our lunch stop on our drive to NC.

Landon and Brooke in Adam's truck for our shopping trip!

Playing together-future boyfriend and girlfriend

Wee Landonius

He loves to read

Rusty is slowly coming around to being pulled on by Landon...Rusty loves to lick Landon and honestly right now I am just going to allow it, especially if it means he wants to be near him.  We will break that habit down the road.

Super up close and personal =)

For the movie this week-most practice crawling!

     

It has been a rough couple of weeks around these parts with the wee human.  I guess not every month can be easy! I think he is just learning to assert himself and isn't pleased when I don't give him exactly what he wants! Add that to the fact that we are alone 90% of the time; I don't know how single parents do it! On that note-if you would like to come visit, we are more than happy to have you! We could definitely use some distraction from our every day lives and I could use some help =).
Until next week-here is to hoping this next week is better!