Landon at 15 Months

What a little man our baby is turning into! This month the mental and physical changes have been extraordinary. Of course I am late on uploading photos, but for now a listing of accomplishments will do:

• New words include: mine (oh dear . . ), block, Addy, Diddee (my mother), Jack (his best friend at poohs), Bella, ess you (for bless you), all done, up, ez (for eyes), Steve
• Has been waving his finger, "No, no" to the little babies at daycare. Eeks!
• Shakes head when says, "No"
• Is learning a lot from the other kiddies at Poohs! Yesterday I was blowing him kisses good-bye and while he very well knows how to do this, he never seems to respond when I do so at daycare. Of course all the other kids were blowing them back to me but him. However, yesterday he noticed them doing so and copied them! Finally!
• Face is looking more mature
• Has a protruding tummy.
• Is getting taller! His 12-18 month shirts are getting small, and his pants no longer need to be cuffed.
• Adores his daycare. Half the time he cries when I carry him out of there.
• Does kunckle fives
• My favorite - will pick up a book, walk backwards and plop his tush down in my indian-style lap. Be still my heart!
• Runs around the house saying "woooooooooow!"
• Swats at Chloe :(. Poor girl.
• Points at eyes in a book and says "eyes".
• Runs in place when you say to him "hot feet!". Uncle Ryan taught him that one.
• Loves to push his lawn mower and ride his bulldozer.
• Teases by offering to give you something and taking it back when you reach for it saying "No!".
• Favorite book is "I Love You Through and Through" This is the book he picks up to read and then sits in my lap with.
• Eyes still blue, hair is looking more brown than blond.
• Adores Italian food, meatballs are the favorite
• Has somewhere between 13-15 teeth.
  

Landon at 14 Months

The changes continue, what fun we are having! I thought I'd be sad to see my little guy grow out of baby and into toddler, but I have to say we are enjoying this time more than ever. At 14 months Landon is a running parrot. Specifically he:

• Speed walks everywhere and in all directions. Often times you can tell his mind is working faster than his body and that's when he'll trip and fall.
• Repeats everything we say. His main vocab right now is: mama, daddee, dada, mommie, two, three, four, a boo (peek-a-bow), Hi Boo (for Chloe), ah choo (sneeze), up, Nanny, Papa, Auntie, shoe (his favorite), sock, Ry-Ry, cracker, please, yah, no no
• Waves, gives kisses, plays beek a boo, gives high and low fives, claps hands, smiles and laughs
• Crouches down to look under doors and the coffee table for things that may have rolled.
• Loves to be chased and to play hide and seek with me.
• Is learning to climb down the stairs
• Insists upon feeding self with spoon yoghurt and apple sauce
• Is a diva . .when he doesn't get his way his whole body goes limp and he stretches as if to fling himself backwards on the ground like the cover of a trashy romance novel
• Loves juice. Sometimes will reject water
• Is drinking well out of cup that is not a sippee
• Has been reaching for books. Sometimes will sit still to listen to a story, sometimes not.
• Favorite songs are "On Top of Spaghetti, Monkeys on the Bed and Old McDonald"
• Somehow misplaced his green shoe yesterday
• Is ready for bed by 7 pm sharp. Sometimes I try to give him quiet time with the rocker and a story, but he wants none of it, just wants to be put in the crib, cries for about 5 minutes and then is out for 10-12 hours.
• Is clingy to me in the mornings, when he is tired and when he gets hurt
• Is obsessed with going both up and down stairs
• Loves toys that have tiny buttons and make music
• Insists upon carrying both remotes - the one with batteries and the one without
• Likes baths, but despises getting his face washed
• Sings, "Bye, bye baby, Bye, Bye" and "Ei, Ei, O"
• Can identify my nose, eyes and ears
• Points to things all the time, not sure exactly what they are

Santa Baby

So, photos with Santa did not go that well. Nonetheless, they are totally classic!

Instead, Landon had much more fun hanging out in the baby room at daycare with the toys he sees every day, go figure!


A first for the both of us, a polar bear ride!


Happy Holidays,

-L

Weekend Recap, Part II

I truly haven't forgotten about my blog, so here I go catching up.

Later on that evening, we went to Steve's housewarming party where Landon was reunited with his girlfriend Anastacia. What a pair!

This little flirt shimmied herself right up to our little guy to inspect his ears. It was his first spoon too!

Mommies and babes!

Weekend Recap, Part I

What a weekend! Landon went to 4 parties, including his own.

First ride in Daddy's car with the seat forward!

Party #1 was Billy and Alissa's engagement party. The light outside was perfect and I got some great photos of "the Don" in the leaves.

More to come soon!
~L

On His Feet

Only one pic at the current time to post, but just wanted to jot down Landon has been doing the following things for the past week:

• Walking more than crawling
  
• Using his bum to go down stairs while using the stair rails to lower himself


• Saying "no, no, mama, dada, uh oh, ei, ei and dn dn, which I *think* could be his way of saying Landon??"


• Can do a full pivot while standing


• Can get self into a standing position without using something else to pull himself up with. He sort of does a summo wrestler's squat to get up.


• We also said "bye, bye" to bottles. Yippee!

He changes so much each day, I honestly can't keep up.

One Year Old Today

I can barely believe my once tiny baby is one year old today! How time flies. How challenging parenthood can be. How happy we are to have such an amazing little person in our lives and how good it feels to love this much.

I'll never forget Wednesday, January 31, 2007 for the rest of my life. I was at the doctor for a routine visit and I found out I was pregnant. 8.5 months later Landon was born one week overdue after he put me through a grueling 24 hours in labor. Doesn't matter; as I always say, he is a dream come true.

We celebrated with Grandpa Steve and Grandma Mary Ann. They brought Landon a cake all for himself and he LOOVED the frosting. Didn't care much for the cake, but couldn't get enough of the sugary stuff; obviously my child.

Happy Birthday to me!

First wish:
Examining the cake:


The fun begins!



Thirsty!

Very happy!

Lots of hugs and kisses to all the grandparents, family and friends for all their calls, emails, songs and love.
xoxo,

Lindsay, Stephen and Landon