9 Months

Well, I have decided to go ahead and do Landon's 9 month post without his picture. I have it, I just can't get it on the computer. Soon though, soon. Here is what he has been up to though...

• Crawling...full on hands and knees, crawling. EVERYWHERE!Pulling up on EVERYTHING!!!
• He started eating table food. He loves broccoli, any kind of bread, black-eyed peas, carrots sweet potatoes and green beans.
• He also started eating finger foods and loves his puffs and yogurt melts.
• He also eats meat now chicken, turkey and beef...yes, I know, there were a lot of eating related milestones this month.
• He is officially and fully weaned...I have to say I have mixed emotions about this,
• He signs for milk and is working on his signs for eat and more. Those two are still a little confusing.
• His favorite show to watch is Wheel of Fortune. I have no idea why he likes this but he is very quiet when it is on. Sesame Street is a close second.
• He is learning to "pat-pat" the dogs and to clap.
• If music is on his is going to be dancing well, bouncing up and down.
• Size 3 diapers finally and 6-9 month clothing with some 12 months mixed in.
• We had to lower the crib mattress because he kept hanging over the side rail.

Oh Sweet Landon, I am so amazed at how fast you are growing. I love you more and more every day. You have the sweetest personality and I love to hear that sweet little laugh. You bring more happiness into our world than I ever could have imagined and I love watching you grow up. Even though, I secretly wish you would stay my little baby forever! I love you to the moon and back!

HELLO?!?

Hi! Yup, I am still here...I have not fallen off the face of the earth! We are having some technical difficulties at the moment which I hope to have cleared up over the next week. I have so much to post about and so many pictures I want to share!!! See you soon!

Landon's First Christmas

Here are some of the highlights from Landon's first Christmas...

Santa came to our house early since we were traveling to Texas. Here is what
he brought...

We took it out for a spin and he loved it (even though you can't tell by the expression on his face).

Once we were in Texas we had lots of fun cousin time...

...and family time

Landon had fun opening presents. He has more than he could ever ask for.

My post will abruptly stop here for now because my computer is acting crazy and I can't get more pictures added. I will update this post once it is straightened out. All in all though we had a fantastic Christmas!

8 Months

Here is what my little man has been up to.

* He has 2 teeth now...and his bit me a few times.
* He waves hi or bye-bye, which ever you prefer and it is so darn cute!
* Size 2 diapers still fit and he wears 6-9 months clothes
* We have started finger foods and he really loves yogurt melts. If I need to keep him entertained I can put him in the high chair with a few of these.
* He has a really good army crawl and he is fast. He hasn't moved on all 4 yet except for just a few seconds.
* He climbs on everything and now has to be strapped into the highchair because he has on occasion decided to stand up and turn around.
* Any random object is more entertaining than any toys he may have.
* He has started eating meat, but still no cereal or apples.
* He is sleeping better at night now but, wakes up promptly at 7:30 each morning.
* Pinching and pulling hair is pretty common if you are holding him mostly because he is trying to climb all over.
* He is 100% all boy! Rough and tumble ready at any moment.
* He also drinks out of a cup...like a big boy (sniff, sniff)

And now here he is...My 8 Month Old!

To whom it may concern...

To whom it may concern,

I received your very anonymous little letter in the mail the other day. It came on a day when I was certainly in need of cheering up. As you letter stated, it did in fact, brighten my day. I thank you for the $10 tucked away inside. I will use it to by myself a little Christmas treat. What a fun and mysterious way to send a smile to someone. I hope to do the same for someone else in return.

Thanks Again (Who ever you are!)

Brittani

7 months

Yes, I know, last month I vowed to be on time with this month's post. As per usual I am several weeks late! Better late than never, right!?! Here is what the little guy has been up to...

• He is 28" long (78%) and 15lbs 13oz (10%)
• He still cannot crawl but, he can definitely get where ever he wants to just by rolling and scooting.
• He is eating sooo much! He has a sensitive tummy though and spits up ALL the time!
• When I am feeding him his baby food and he is ready for another bite, he opens his mouth and leans forward. I think he looks like a tiny baby bird waiting for food. Oh how I love it!
• There is one lone tooth in that little mouth (bottom left) it is so cute! With the one right next to it following close behind.
• He is still in 3-6 month clothes around but needs 9 month pants because he is so long!
• He had been having some trouble sleeping but, I think we may have gotten most of the kinks worked out. Bedtime and sleeping through the night is still a work in progress.
• NOTHING gets past this guy! He is so observant, he constantly sits and watches people and looks at how things work.
• He has started to get so much fuzzy white hair on top, I wish you could see it in the pictures.
• He says Mama with purpose now, he clearly calls for me (I REALLY love this!)
• When I come home from work he gasps with excitement when he sees me. Everyone should be greeted this way, it makes my heart happy.
• If he wants you to pick him up or hold him he holds his tiny little arms up to you.
• He is such a ham, he makes the funniest little faces, blows bubbles, makes silly noises and does what I call the baby whisper.
• He can also recognize my parents and Presley on Skype. He gets so excited when he sees them and tries to reach and grab the screen.

These past 7 months have flown by, I cannot believe in just a few short months he will be a year old. It makes me sad that it is going by so fast. I treasure every single moment with him. I want to remember everything and we are super excited for the holidays this year.

And, for the Grand Finale... let me just say this was not the best 7 month picture I took. I had better ones but this one shows off his little personality so well I had to use it.

Does anyone else think this monkey is shrinking. It sure looks like it because there is no way my baby could be this big!

These pictures are getting harder to take every month. I usually have to take about 15 just to get one good one. Here are some of our out takes from this month.

Embrace the Camera: Halloween Edition

This year Halloween was, of course, very different from ones in the past. I had so much fun making Landon's costume (which Heath picked out last year before we even knew he was a boy) While I did spend most of the night behind the camera, Heath did manage to take the camera the few times I was carrying him. My back was giving me alot of trouble from carrying him around so much and I had a migraine but, I was NOT going to miss this little guy's FIRST Halloween.

This is our small decoy bag that only held a few pieces of candy when it was full we dumped it into our big bag. Yeah, we're scandalous like that!

Landon loved watching everyone and going to all the houses.

Getting some good practice for next year!

This little guy is All Done! He feel asleep directly following this picture!