Daniel , Kristin, Landon and Haden

Landons 3 Year Stats/ First dentist appt

2012-01-05T15:47:00.000-08:00

Weight: 33.73- 71.74 %tile
Length: 36.25- 22.28 %tile

Landon is getting so big! Still a shorty though...
I talked again with the doctor about Landon's eating habits and the only suggestion was to try to get him to drink green smoothies so he can get more fruits and vegetables. So far it's not working. He only had a couple sips and wouldn't drink more. But I'll keep trying.

Yesterday was Landon's first dentist visit. I expected there to be tantrums but he baffled me and actually let the dentist look at his teeth. I have to head lock this kid to brush his teeth every night!

Playing games with Daddy before the appointment.

He was nervous at first, but then they pulled out the Cars tooth brushes. He couldn't decide between Mater and Lightening (who could, right?) so he got two new tooth brushes. We actually had a really great picture of him smiling and staring at the tooth brushes, but I somehow deleted it while showing it to my mom and sis. in law. I'm really, really sad about it :(

The dentist said that he has big baby teeth and he can tell that Landon will need early orthodontics,(Yay.) but he has nice strong teeth. So good news and bad news I guess...

Haden's 6 months, 24 days Stats/ First teeth

2012-01-05T15:40:00.001-08:00

Weight: 19.09-63.44 %tile
Length: 27.25inch-62.26 %tile
Head Circ: 17inch-21.35 %tile

My poor baby got his first two teeth for Christmas :( Yep, first cut through on Christmas eve and the second the day after. He also caught a cold. So now me, Landon and Haden are fighting colds. Sick babies are no fun.

He's crawling everywhere now, it's kind of a sad, exciting thing in the sense that it's happening so soon, he's growing up too fast. But Landon only army crawled, and he didn't work up to it like Haden, he just one day started army crawling. So it's been fun the see the development. It's a new experience for me.

Landon's 3rd Birthday

2011-12-16T21:09:00.000-08:00

3 years ago today I gave birth to this handsome little guy! It's just too crazy that it's been that long already!

Landon is so smart, I'm so proud. He loves numbers and letters. He just started singing the ABC's and it is so cute! I tried to record him but as soon as he sees the camera it's all over. He's really into Disney Cars still and his newest love is the Angry Birds, he loves playing the game. He's very into electronics, he figured out Grandma's iPad after using it only a few times. Loves watching movies. Some of the favorites right now are of course Cars, Ice age, Mickey Mouse-Have a Laugh, & Word World. Whenever my camera is out somewhere he can reach it, he always finds it and starts taking pictures, he's actually pretty good.
He likes routine, we have to do things certain ways or we get into trouble. He notices when things aren't normal. The other night Danny went in to read to Landon, Dan wasn't wearing a shirt and Landon was concerned about it, he said "Where'd shirt go?" I said "I don't know maybe you should get Daddy one." So Landon ran into our room and attempted to get one by standing on a laundry basket. The laundry basket kept crushing when he'd step on it so he started getting frustrated. I pulled a shirt down and he took it to Daddy and made him put it on.
He still doesn't talk much, and communication is pretty hard, I think he knows what I'm saying but he has very selective hearing... Figuring out what he wants sometimes is no fun at all because he will just stand there throwing fit. Usually his answer to a any question is "No" so sometimes he wants something but you don't know it until you put it back and he gets mad because you put it back. He got confused when I started telling him "That's not ok" when he was being naughty because I didn't want to say "No" too much. Now he says "No, ok." when you ask him if he wants something. It's kind of confusing but it generally means "No"
He has recently started showing concern when Haden is crying. He says "Oh noo! Baby bruh-er is crying!" and sometimes will say "It's ok baby bruh-er.". Earlier today I caught him stepping on Hadens belly.. Yes very naughty but that's more interaction then usual :)
He still eats nothing. Sometimes getting him to eat his usual cereal, pop tarts, or crackers, is next to impossible. I don't know how he goes through days with out eating anything more than crackers. Sometimes at the end of the day after I've fought to get him to eat a bowl of cereal and put him to bed, I realize how little he ate during the day. It freaks me out and makes me wonder what I should have done differently with feeding him when he was younger. Sometimes I blame myself, maybe I was too stingy when it came to what I would let him eat at what age. I was always worried about allergies or if he was old enough to try this and that. But I have to remember my best friend growing up and my brother were the same way. Maybe it wasn't what I did or didn't do..

We had an Angry Birds cake this year. He loved looking at it, He of course didn't eat any.

He doesn't like being sung to (I can't sing along to the radio with out getting in trouble) so when we sang Happy Birthday he started clinging to Grandma and fussing. He liked when the candles were blown out though.

He got some pretty cool stuff! The only smile we got on camera was when he opened the Word World movie (the above picture). He was however pretty excited about the Cars 2 race track.

So excited in fact that he didn't really care about the Cars 2 blu-ray he opened next.

It was a great birthday thank you to everyone who came to celebrate it with us!

6 Months!

2011-12-09T11:07:00.001-08:00

My baby is 6 months old today! I can't believe it! Time is going by even faster now and I really don't like it! My babies are growing up, Landon will be 3 a week from today. It just blows my mind!

Haden is getting really big, he rolls everywhere and is now getting up on his hands and knees and rocking. I think he'll be crawling very soon then I'll be in trouble. He will be into everything! He's still working on sitting up alone, with a little more practice it won't be long until he masters it.
He really likes paper and anything that makes the crinkle noise. Likes to jump and his favorite things is to be held of course. I spend most of my day holding him or if I'm not holding him, listening to him scream about it. He LOVES to eat. I'm hoping he will be an awesome eater, unlike my Landy who eats nothing at all.

He doesn't sleep through the night very often any more, naps are usually short or don't happen because he's really hard to keep asleep, and sometimes hard to get to sleep. He's very sensitive, slight head bonks, someone sneezing or not picking him up hurt his feelings.
I'm undecided if the Zantac works at all, but I don't think the screaming is because of reflux anyway. I think it made him less pukey but he still screams all the time. I'm hoping he will grow out of it very soon. Maybe when he's mobile?

Here's a progression of my Haden baby from shortly after birth to 6 months old today. I think it's crazy how they change so much so fast!

And here's a video of his newest trick

First there was...

2011-11-01T14:43:00.000-07:00

Hair...

Then there was none :(

The first picture was from two months ago. He had tons of handsome dark hair. The second picture was the other day. I'm so sad, I love his hair! You can also see how much bigger he is, in just two months! He's huge!

Haden is 4 Months Old!

2011-10-24T17:29:00.000-07:00

My baby turned 4 months old on 10-9-2011. I can't believe it's already been 4 months since I brought my tiny baby home from the hospital. Both my boys are growing up way too fast!
We took Haden to his Well Child Check-up today. He is healthy and growing perfectly!
His 4 month stats are,
Weight: a whopping 17lbs! 77.53%tile
Height:25.5 inches 58.52%tile
Head circ: 16.4 inches 23.79%tile
We talked to the doctor about Haden screaming ALL the time. He gave us a prescription for Zantac, to see if it has anything to do with reflux. I had decided that milk protein wasn't a problem and I have been back on dairy for about 2 weeks. The doctor confirmed that if Haden had a dairy problem, then we would definitely know about it. So, yay! No more feeling guilty about eating dairy!
The other possible problem with Haden's screaming, could be that he is still too sensitive, when the doctor was examining him, turning his head, Haden would cry and flail his arms. The doctor said most babies didn't care by this age and didn't react like he was. He said it had something to do with his nervous system being to immature still.
Any way we are going to try the Zantac for two weeks and see if it makes any difference and then re evaluate the situation and see if he needs a different medicine or if we'll just have to let him grow out of the crying.
Here's a picture of Landon at 4 months and of Haden this month. Haden is definitely a fatty :)

I really need a girl...

2011-09-11T12:17:00.000-07:00

This is the dress I crocheted about a year ago. Thought I'd see how it looked :)

Projects

2011-09-02T17:52:00.000-07:00

Here's Landon's bed before.. I found it on KSL.com for $10. I had to sand it, paint it, and drill new holes for new hardware. Lots of work!

Here's my lovely project finished! I just love how it turned out! I still have to put contact paper in one drawer and the other need a new drawer track on the bottom.

I finally printed and framed Haden's 5 week old photos

These family photos were taken August of last year, it took me a whole year to get them up and now we have a new addition to the family. But I just love them too much not to have them on the wall.

I made these little slippers for a friend. I got the pattern from myhomespunthreads.blogspot.com.

So way back in March I started knitting. Well I started a baby sweater and never finish it. Right now it's a tank top/belly shirt. My goal is to finish it being as it's getting towards winter and the size I made is for this year... I am also almost two years behind on my scrapbook, I need to get back into the mood to get going on that too. Wish me luck!

Landon Lately

2011-09-02T14:35:00.000-07:00

Landon has now been sleeping in his "big boy bed" for a week! This picture was the first time waking up from a nap last Friday. I thought we would have a hard time transitioning from the crib, but he choose to sleep here and has every nap and night since. He doesn't come out of his room in the mornings so far but will get up and play.(Will post pic of the bed later)

Loves hats.

Anything that fits on the head is a hat. Towels, bowls, nets from his elefun game...

He will carry around ads for weeks and look at them for minutes on end.

He has recently decided to color on himself

And unfortunately my couch several times...

For anyone who may have this problem in the future, hairspray will remove most of the pen. Needless to say, all pens and crayons have been hidden because I'm tired of cleaning the cushions...

Hadens 2 Month Stats

2011-09-02T14:16:00.000-07:00

We finally got Haden in for his Well Child Check on 8-29. Usually Danny gets time off and goes to help with Landon but he didn't this time. I was worried I'd have a hard time, it was around nap time and Landon usually isn't good when we have to sit and wait for any amount of time. But he did really well and we got through the appointment without any trouble.

Haden's Stats at 2months and 17days
Weight: 13lbs 12oz---75.34%tile
Length: 23 1/4 inches-37.98%tile
Head circ:15.5 inches--18.8%tile

They once again measured his length wrong, adding about an inch which put him in a way high %tile, so I mentioned I thought it was wrong and the doctor redid it for me.
At this age Landon weighed about 1.5lbs less, slightly bigger head and was an inch shorter. It's weird for me with Haden, I keep finding out that clothes I think will be too big, actually almost don't fit anymore. With Landon, things fit forever
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Anyway, my baby is fat, short and healthy!

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He "talks" a lot, he's only laughed a little since I posted the video of him, he still sleeps 6-9hours at night and he HATES to be carried down the stairs facing out. I guess it's kinda like a roller coaster for him, just gets his belly just right, he stiffens up and then cries, so I have to remember to be slow and hold him facing me. He loves the swing, doesn't care to sit in his bouncer chair for too long and is showing interest in toys on the jumperoo and the activity floor mat. He loves the tub and shower. Still doesn't really like the pacifier, but will take the soothie brand, like from the hospital, but ya have to put it back in his mouth many many times. He's also only taken a bottle twice in one day. We tried the Medela and Avent bottles before and he wouldn't take them, so we bought one called Breastflo, it's supposed to be easier to switch back and forth between bottle and breast, he won't take it again.

First and only bottle so far..

First time falling asleep in a strange place. Grandma was cleaning the carpets, and he was sitting here fussing, then next thing, he yawned, rolled his eyes and zonked out

Haden's Blessing

2011-08-09T18:06:00.001-07:00

Haden's Blessing
8-7-2011

Unfortunately we didn't think to get the cameras out while almost the whole family was here, so here's a little bit of who was left.

Uncle Jake did the blessing.

2 Months Old/First Laugh

2011-08-09T17:55:00.000-07:00

My baby is 2 months old today!

Here's a comparison of the boys each at 2 months

Here's my baby laughing for the first time.

Haden videos

2011-08-04T18:16:00.000-07:00

Here's a couple videos I didn't know existed until yesterday. They make me all teary and happy and miss my tiny new baby.
8 weeks ago...

And this is how we knew we'd have a little screamer :)
I'm trying to catch him when he does his little girly squeal and will post as soon as I get it.

look at this apron giveaway!

2011-07-29T13:17:00.000-07:00

http://myhomespunthreads.blogspot.com/2011/07/apron-giveaway.html#disqus_thread

I ran across this website and there's lots of fun baby sewing patterns. And an apron giveaway!

Haden's 1st real bath/ "Wait 'till you like them again."

2011-07-10T14:49:00.001-07:00

Haden had his first real bath on 6-27-2011. He actually really liked it and has even liked the shower since then. But all the pictures we got were after big brother fell over the edge face first and started screaming, which scared Haden who also started screaming.

Here he is after the bath all fresh and fluffy haired and ready to go to bed.

People keep asking how it is with two, usually I'll say it's challenging, or something like that. But when my best friend asked, I told her, "Wait till your baby is two. Then wait till you like her again." (I repeated it to another friend who told me I needed to write it down, so I said I'd put in in my blog.) Don't get me wrong, I love my Landy but he sure is a pill lately, with all the crying, fussing, whining, and fit throwing. He has his good days though. And I guess it's not really different since before the baby, he's been acting this way for a little while now. But it's really hard when he won't communicate and just throws fits, and I have a screaming baby who doesn't let me put him down ever. I'm starting to worry about how I'm going to do hair. It will only stress me out to be doing hair and have a screaming baby in the next room. We also don't have a schedule down yet. It's different everyday. I never know when he'll eat or sleep so I can't even plan around that. I know it will get better but it's still something I worry constantly about, among many other things...

Pool Time! 7-10-2011

2011-07-10T14:33:00.000-07:00

First time this year in the icy cold pool!

It was a game to get in the tube, climb the ladder, take the tube off, splash the dog, repeat.

Haden and I watch while Landon played with Grandma.

We also found out yesterday that Landon can climb the side of the pool.. He was also able to shimmy the ladder next to the pool..
Now we have to get a gate for the deck so he can't get down to the pool and lay the ladder down on the ground so he can't push it and climb it.
Not good. I know.

Landons room, updated

2011-07-10T14:22:00.001-07:00

A week or so ago, Danny text me and said he had a surprise for Landon...

He had brought home these pieces of the Cars 2 display from work to hang on Landon's wall. Pretty cool huh!

This magnet board I painted for Landon, the magnets are the "gift from the baby" that we gave him at the hospital. The magnet it came with wasn't strong enough and was only the size of one of the scenes. I added small magnets to the scenes and the detective books that are on the right.

I finally finished this blanket!
I started tying this a few days before Haden's birth, and I just finished the triangle edge and sewed it together about a week ago.

Landy's new room

2011-06-24T13:44:00.001-07:00

When I had Landon, I had always wanted a babies room in Classic Pooh Bear, I'd had a collection since 6th-7th grade. But I've had enough Pooh Bear and Landon didn't care about it anymore so the weekend before I had Haden, my friend Emily and I painted Landon's room. I wanted him to have something special, something for him, since his life would be changing so dramatically when his baby brother arrived.

Before

After!
He loves Cars so I figured he'd love a Cars room.
(Yes, his crib is backwards, he figured out how to climb out over a year ago and this solved the problem. And I'm not ready for a big boy bed...)

I painted this coat rack, it was bare wood before. Then I printed and glued the Mater and McQueen pictures, and sprayed polyurethane over the whole thing.

2 weeks old

2011-06-23T21:56:00.000-07:00

2 weeks
6-23-2011

Weight: 8.14-53.45%tile
Length: 21 inches-65.11%tile
Head Circ: 14 inches-22.19%tile

Haden is growing fast! He's eating more regularly, and I am getting his day and night schedule switch right. He lets me sleep about 3 hours in between feedings but we still have about an hour in the early morning when I have to hold him until he falls asleep again.

We're pretty sure the hospital measured his length wrong... No he didn't grow 2 inches in two weeks. The nurse said it happens quite often.

He looks like Landon to me in this picture, but most of the time I don't see Landon at all. He has his own handsome look to him :)

2011-06-15T12:35:00.000-07:00

40 weeks/6 days old

June 15th 2011

I would have been 40 weeks today! Glad I'm not though! Haden will be one week old tomorrow.
He's a great baby. I don't wake up to him screaming, he first starts wiggling, grunting, and sucking his hands, then when I start changing him he will scream. He is very vocal, squeaks, squawks, squeals. I think it's so adorable. He's eating well and doesn't puke a lot like Landon did. He will sleep about 3 hours at a time sometimes longer at night, but we have a 2 hour block where I can't get him to go right back to sleep and we have to be up and awake sometime between 4-6. He doesn't like a pacifier, but we are "willing" him to like it :) He took it this morning while I was changing him. I always love the "sucky face" a baby has with a pacifier in their mouth.

Haden Jace Grotegut

2011-06-12T10:57:00.001-07:00

Haden Jace Grotegut
8lbs 5oz
19 inches long
Born Thursday June 9, 2011
3:02pm

First picture with Mommy!

Haden's Birth Story
Wednesday night I waited for a call from the hospital to see if they would be able to take me for induction the next morning. When I finally got the call, I was told to call at 7:30 the next morning to see if they would have room for me. But it was a possibility they would be too busy because I was the 4th on their list for induction that day.
I almost wasn't worried about being able to go in, because I had been having contractions from about 4:30pm until I went to sleep that night, I thought for sure I'd go into labor with out their help. But by the next morning my contractions had slowed down and didn't start back up until we were headed for the hospital around 11am to be induced.
we got to the hospital around 11:30. It took about an hour to get all paper work done and then I was admitted at 12:30pm. Turns out I was already dialated to a 3 almost 4 and 80% effaced. Yay! My contractions payed off, I'd been worried since they had stopped, that they weren't real. The nurse hooked me up the pitocin and put me on the lowest setting because I was already contracting so well on my own. Every time the nurse talked to my doctor he'd tell her "Turn up the Pit!" So after an hour and 15min, he came in and broke my water. 15min later, I was having hard, painful contractions. Had I known how fast the contractions would come on, I'd have had my epidural right away. Needless to say I learned my lesson: Get the epidural when you walk in the door!
I was next in line to get my epidural, but the anesthesiologist took forever! Then he ran out of some kind of spray he needed to cool my skin, my contractions were so bad, I was sweating so much, he couldn't get the tape to stick. So he had to go search for the spray and I had to suffer even longer before he got me all hooked up. Meanwhile, the nurse and Danny were trying to get me through the contractions, I keep hearing the nurse say "She's changing." Sure enough, the reason I had no relief from the epidural, was because in the time it took (around 45min) for the anesthesiologist to get me all hooked up, I had fully dialated. They turned me on my back and Haden was ready to come out (about 2:56pm).
While all this was going on, my mom had tried to take Landon home for a nap, but got stuck on the freeway because of an accident. She got him home, put him to bed and turned around and sped back to the hospital and ran in the room just in time.
I pushed about 5-6 times and Haden was born 3:02pm. About 6 min from the time they turned me over after the epidural was hooked up. Lucky for me, I was mostly numb and had no pain for the delivery. All I could feel was little feet up in my left ribs. I almost missed my epidural, it barely caught up on my pain for the delivery. I was so relieved, I cried every time I thought about how much pain I had been in. It was a really strange emotion.
Total labor and delivery time: 2 hours 27 minutes! The nurses said I was the record for the day!

I'm feeling ok, if I keep up on my meds I don't have any problems. The only strange thing was last night getting ready to go to bed, I stood up and all of a sudden I was so cold I was shaking uncontrollably. I couldn't get warm and the shaking made my body hurt. Dan buried me in blankets, while trying to get Haden's bed ready. I finally got the shaking to slow down, and relaxed a little. Unfortunately I had to get up the go to the bathroom and get ready for bed. As soon as Dan lifted to blanket off me, the shaking started again. We hurried to the bathroom and I got ready for bed as fast as I could while shaking and bawling from the pain it was causing. He put me back to bed, buried me again and gave me two heating pads. I feel asleep for an hour then woke up so hot I had to completely uncover. The rest of the night I was hot and sweaty but my skin was cold. I started to worry that something was going wrong with my body. Dan worried I had a fever but couldn't find a thermometer to check. I still have no idea what in the world happened.

First time meeting "Baby Bruher". Landon was so excited for about 60 seconds, lucky we were able to get such a great picture. He lost interest pretty quickly :)

Then we gave him a present from "Baby Bruher". My mom says he played with it the rest of the day.

Landon is so cute, he actually wanted to hold him a couple times this morning. He's still a little unsure when Haden screams, but he's doing pretty well I think.

38 Weeks!

2011-06-01T16:34:00.001-07:00

38 Weeks Pregnant

June 1st 2011

Went to the doctor today, baby is in position, I'm 2cm dialated and if I don't have baby by Wednesday next week, I'm planning on being induced Thursday the 9th!! Woohoo!!

2011-05-04T20:04:00.000-07:00

34 Weeks Pregnant

5-4-2011

3 weeks ago, when I went to the doctor, he said he thought the baby was smaller this pregnancy than with Landon. At today's doctors appointment, my doctor had to run out to a delivery so I had to see the nurse. I've never been measured before, usually my doctor just feels my stomach, the nurse measured me and said it should equal in centimeters how many weeks along I am. So at 34 weeks I should be about 34 centimeters from top of belly to bottom. I measured about 32. Cross your fingers that this baby is smaller and comes on time or early, because Landon was a week early and weighed 8 lbs 10 oz.

I'm more tired again, my body hurts most days and I get sore easily. I think baby shifted recently from his sideways position he's been in for a while to upside down, which means more bathroom breaks, he tends to push down on my bladder a lot more. He leaves my ribs mostly alone though.

I feel more confident, that I'll be able to handle a baby, having already done it once now. I don't think I'll be scared to "break" him like I was with Landon. And this time I know what I'm getting into with sleepless nights and everything that comes with a new baby. I'm starting to get more excited, although it feels like it's coming too fast. (only 6 weeks now!) This pregnancy has flown by!

2011-04-28T09:40:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, Landon was doing this puzzle with Daddy. He was able to match up colors with other pieces, even if they didn't fit they were really close. Then to my amazement, as the puzzle was more finished, he started putting pieces in the right places and telling us where they went before he placed them. After the puzzle is finished, he proceeds to tell all the numbers on the monkeys shirts. (He can count up to, about 17)

I've been trying to post videos but I can't get them to upload lately. These were the one's that actually worked and I wanted to share what a little smarty pants I have :)

In this video, he's "reading" his Cars book. In the story, Mater and Lightening keep hearing a spooky sound "Aahooo!" so they go looking for the source of it.

He's helping Grandma in the flower bed. He kept shoveling the dirt onto the sidewalk... When I went to take the picture, he stopped and said "Cheese!". Not exactly sure were he learned it from, but it got me a great picture.

Easter 2011

2011-04-26T14:11:00.000-07:00

We did a lot of Easter this year. First we went to the UVU egg hunt, which was very disappointing, they ran out of cookies and didn't have enough eggs, Landon found none. I think they should have grouped the ages differently as well, they did 0-5 years and 6-12 years in little tiny areas in the Student Center court yard. He got to go in the blow up slide twice. There was too many people and he had a hard time understanding that you have to wait in like to get another turn.

We also went to the Provo City egg hunt which was a little better, except for the parents who thinks it's necessary to load their kids baskets full for them instead of letting the kids do it...

Easter at the Grotegut Grandparents.
In the picture below, Landon took off running into the big grassy area after finding a few eggs, then he was distracted by the slide on the swing set.

Easter at Grandma Duke's
Uncle Dustin bought and hid for Landon, some eggs with cars in them. Landon was ornery and crying since the time he woke up, until this picture when he found the car egg. Then he decided the day wasn't so bad.

Easter when Daddy got home :)
He loves the basketball hoop!

And the most exciting news of all!
Dustin finally proposed to Kristi!!
He set up an egg hunt, where everyone had a special egg they were looking for with a prize in it. Kristi was the last to find her's because Dustin had the egg, with ring inside, in his pocket the whole time. So when everyone had found their eggs, he dropped it on the grass by his feet. Kristi picked it up and inside was a beautiful ring. He got down on one knee and asked her to marry him! She of course said "Yes!" as she'd been waiting forever (They've been dating 4 years).

30 Weeks!

2011-04-06T12:52:00.001-07:00

30 Weeks Pregnant

4-6-2011

30 weeks, can you believe it? Only 10 more to go!

26 Weeks!

2011-03-09T11:11:00.001-08:00

26 Weeks Pregnant
3-9-2011

All is well! Baby is growing perfectly!
I've gained 12-13lbs total and only have regular aches and pains. My hips/pelvis get sore when I clean too much, probably from the up and down and vacuuming motions. I've just found out today at Landon's tumbling class that stretching feels pretty good. I've been debating on buying a prenatal yoga workout video, I think I just might do it :)

New Hobby

2011-03-07T20:55:00.001-08:00

Knitting!

This blue baby hat was my first attempt at knitting. I had to look up all the different stitches online to figure out how to do them. Not bad for a first try, eh?
www.lionbrand.com (Giggle hat)

This black hat is the same pattern as the blue but I decided the little tie was a bit to baby for a big boy like Landon. So I had a friend teach me how to close the hat using double point needles. On this one I was actually able to do the ribbing (black part) like the pattern said and keep the seeding stitch (mulit colored part) on track.

A hat for myself! The beautiful design in this one is called cabling. You need a cable needle for it or it's a huge pain in the butt. So after I bought a cable needle I actually enjoyed doing it.
www.picknicknits.com (Snappy hat)

This striped green hat I started last night. It is a pattern you do on two aluminum straight needles and make a flat pattern as opposed to a round needle which is two short needles connected to a cord which make the pattern connected so you don't have a seem anywhere. All the above patterns used a bamboo 16" round needle. The bamboo is much easier to work with. On the metal its a little harder to control because its slippery. So after 3 times taking it off and starting over I was able to use the metal needles. I don't particularly like the metal but now know I'm capable of using them. I don't like having to sew up a seem either so I'll stick to the round needle patterns.
www.redheart.com (Stripe Knit Baby Cap)

Since I decided I really like knitting, I got a interchangeable knitting needle set for my birthday, which means I have several different sized needles and 2 sizes of cables that you can change to make different lengths on different sized needles. (If that makes any sense).
I'm so excited about them! My next project I'm going to attempt will be a toddler sweater or vest. Wish me luck!

Tumbling Tots/Landon Lately

2011-02-22T12:37:00.000-08:00

So at the beginning of the month, I got the City activities book and started looking through it. I came across Tumbling Tots and thought it could be fun to try. I figured Landon would love it. I was so excited I signed up immediately (If you know me well, you would know that is very unlike me to sign up for something like this, I have a lot of anxiety over new social things and normally would have tried to find a friend to sign up with me or not dared do it at all, I'm thinking my pregnancy hormones have something to do with my random, strange personality differences). Classes are 45 min. long twice a week for about 5 weeks.
So on Valentines day was our first class, there's 6 kids total and a parent with each. The teacher shows the kids different exercises to do on the different equipment and then the kids take turns doing them.
Well Landon didn't like taking turns, obviously I can't blame him because he's never had to before... He ran from me every moment I let him go and threw fits when I wouldn't let him do what he wanted. By the end of class I was embarrassed and not so excited about it anymore. Luckily the teacher gives free time after so the kids can practice their favorite things. That's how I was able to get these pictures without Landon "snotting" on the mats and throwing fits :)

2nd class, Daddy wanted to come, I was so relieved when it wasn't me dealing with the fits (which weren't nearly as bad as the first time). Landon loves the parts when they sing. He actually participated and waited turns, which was still a little difficult but he managed. Our next class tomorrow and I'm hoping he'll behave even better.

Landon Lately (2 years 2 months)
he knows his alphabet, numbers 1-10, 12 and will say "fihf-teen" for the rest.
Phrases- Where'd it go?
I don't know
Come Mom/Daddy
Wait-a-me! (This one is my favorite)
Cereal, that!
Where's Daddy?
Sorry Mom/Daddy

He say many words, gotten really good at "No"

Even though he can say so much, we deal with many fits, most of the time we don't even know what the fit is about. He understands me when I ask him to do something, even though he ignores the request at least half the time, he very good at tuning me out.

He still signs "Milk" and "More"

He literally only eats
Cereal
Crackers-Favorite are Wheat Thins
Some cookies
"The right shaped" french fries
Yogurt
Pudding
Bananas
Used to eat strawberries but it's been so long he probably wont anymore
Granola bars
Pop Tarts
Gold fish, only in the little carton you usually see at check out

He stopped eating well around 13-15 months, he used to eat all baby food and would try most things. Now we just get told "No". He won't try things, even if we manage to get something in his mouth he doesn't taste it, just spits it out. I tried cutting food into the shape of Mickey Mouse's head, that didn't work either.
Although this is frustrating, it's not anything new to this family. My brother was the same way, still doesn't eat most meat but has tried many new things. He actually eats things that I won't eat now. Also my best friend growing up was the exact same way.
When we talked to the doctor at Landon's 1.5 year appointment, we were told to offer new food often and make the "usual's" less available. Well I can tell you from experience that you cannot force a 2 year old to eat anything he doesn't want to.

Sometimes he has a bit of obsessive tendencies (I do too so it doesn't surprise me) For example, he has 4 trains that hook together and if you don't hook them in the right order he gets mad. Bed time and wake up routines, must be preformed the same. New clothes and definitely shoes either won't be worn with out a fit or have to be chosen by him, he recently got new shoes and will only wear them because they are Disney Cars theme.

He got an awesome Schwinn trike for Christmas, we put it on our large family room so he could practice for when we have warm weather. He loves it and even though he can't reach the pedals, he is learning how turning works. I can't wait to take it outside!

22 weeks!

2011-02-09T09:34:00.001-08:00

22 weeks-February 9, 2011

This is the best part of the pregnancy! No more sickies, appetite back, and not completely uncomfortable yet!
So I was at Motherhood Maternity last Tuesday, trying on pants because they were having a sale. I put on the pants, had on a really cute (but way too expensive) shirt, looked in the mirror and, woah! My belly had popped out that morning! It's kinda exciting how that works, one day ya look like ya ate a whole pizza by yourself, the next your pregnant :)
I'm still on track with my weight, about a pound a week since my 15th week. And I still haven't hit my starting weight when I was pregnant with Landon! I'm feeling pretty good about myself, not that I've done anything special. Some days I eat way too much, I've been trying to eat healthier, some kind of protein for lunch with a fruit and veggie, a small dinner. I'm having problem with portion control. I eat what seems like a good sized meal for a pregnant lady, then while I'm finishing it, I'm thinking about what I want to eat next... Sometimes I wonder if having the appetite back is actually a good thing, although I know it is.
A strange thing I was eating for a couple of days one week was bread with mayo on it... something I used to eat when I was little. I don't really have any cravings that have to be met immediately but I do think about things that I want, and after a few days usually end up fulfilling that want.
This baby is a wiggle worm! Daddy even felt him wiggle sooner than before. I was able to see his movements by my 20th week, which seems early to me.
It's all starting the feel real now. People would ask "Are you excited?" I would say " Well sure, it just doesn't seem real yet." While thinking, "How can I be excited about something that doesn't feel real to me?" Well maybe 2 weeks or so ago, I finally had that excited, "I want the hold my squishy baby!" feeling! I don't want time to fly (like I know it will) but it's so hard to wait.
I still want to spend time with my Landy Roo. Right now he's working on his last two molars, so I'm happy I don't have a tiny baby to take care of along with his fits. He's still not communicating either, which means he's trowing fits when I don't do something right, even though I have no idea what I did wrong. I'll have to do a post about Landon, I haven't done one in a long time.

We are having a...

2011-01-24T15:14:00.000-08:00

BOY!

18 weeks!

2011-01-12T10:21:00.000-08:00

18 weeks pregnant Jan. 12 2011!

I have started feeling much better. I realized that I have become more sensitive to dairy products so I called the Doctor and asked about the Lactase enzyme. You take it with your first bite of dairy and it helps break down the lactose. No more bloating and stomach aches! Yay! The nurse told me it has really great reviews with pregnancy, so I have been taking it with all dairy. It works great! I am also using lactose free milk.
I started feeling baby move for sure, around my 16th week. That is the most amazing feeling. It might be my favorite part of pregnancy.
I've gained around 3 lbs. since my 10 week check up, which I'm feeling pretty great about, by this time my first pregnancy I think I had gained close to 20 lbs.
So aside from the occasional head ache, sinus congestion and tiredness, I'd have to say I'm feeling pretty good.
The most exciting appointment is coming up! Still scheduled for Jan. 24th I can't wait!

My Baby Turned 2 Today!

2010-12-16T19:08:00.001-08:00

A Cars birthday!!

Before the party I showed him the cake, bad idea! He wanted to cars off it, and threw a giant fit until I hid the cake and he forgot about it :)

Didn't care about the candle.. Just the cars.

After he opened this one, it's a book with little Disney Cars figures and a play map, we couldn't get him to pay attention to the rest of the gifts.
(Thank you Uncle John, Auntie Rachael, Gavin, Keaton, and Ollie)

So his cute cousins helped him open the rest :)

I had him open this one last, and he has played with it since. Every now and then he puts it down and checks out the other toys but always comes back to it.
Over all we had a great time, I think after a few days, when he gets time to play with everything he will love it all!

12 weeks!

2010-12-01T20:45:00.001-08:00

12 weeks
Dec. 1st 2010

Made it to the 3 month mark! Woo hoo!
I still have a stomach ache most days but usually without nausea so that's a plus. Still tired but I do have a little more energy. And I'm still eating every two hours or so. That's hard because usually nothing will sound good and I'm not creative in coming up with new things to eat and I hate to cook.
I decided to take a photo at 12 weeks just like I did with my first pregnancy so I can compare them. I was going to post the one from 2008 but I look really miserable in it. I also look much better this pregnancy, that might be due to the fact that I started out 10lbs less this time, I'm still wearing my favorite jeans! Yay! Last time I had to buy new pants at 11 weeks.
We will find out the gender on January 24th, 2011!

2010-11-16T20:48:00.000-08:00

Surprise!!!

9 weeks 6 days

Due June 15th 2011

I went to my OB today and they did an early ultrasound and gave me my due date!
Baby looks like a little gummy bear, who didn't like to be bothered, it was very wiggly.
I've just started feeling better the last 5ish days. Hopefully being sick is over and it's not just a fluke! I was nauseous most days and it got worse at night. I've done a lot of sleeping and lying around. I feel like I have to eat every 2 hours or I start feeling sick. My metabolism is on overdrive!
I think it's a boy. But I guess I'm programed to think it's a boy because the Grotegut's make lots of boys, I have only 1 niece :) We'll probably find out the gender sometime in the end of January.
I showed the ultrasound picture to Landon and said "Look a baby." He pointed back and said "B!" Sometimes he calls babies "Bear." He has a stuffed bear and I think he relates it to being his baby. It's so cute.
I'm so excited!

Halloween

2010-10-30T13:58:00.000-07:00

For Halloween we took Landon to Hee Haw Farms in Pleasant Grove. We had a lot of fun!

On the trick or treat hay ride, they threw candy to us. Right before the ride, Landon fell climbing the wooden stairs up to the trailer and hit his cheek so he wasn't very happy right then.

Slides were the favorite :)

Playing in the corn box.

He loved the tractor.

Didn't love the pony ride, he was the first kid to bail after about a 30 second ride. Guess he was too young to care.

I thought since he loved the chickens so much at Pumpkin Land, that he would like the petting zoo. He chase one chicken and didn't give any thought to the fat pigs and goats that were all around us. He just kept running in circles, both Dan and I hoping he wouldn't trip and fall in the soggy stinky hay/mud.

Later that night (after a long overdue nap), we went trick or treating to a few friends homes, then to Great Grandpas and Aunt Nancy's, then to Grandpa and Grandma Grotegut, then to Grandpa Duke's. Landon of course was the entertainment at everyone's homes. He's a silly little guy!
Here's my cutesie little dragon :)

Laughing at the chickens in Pumpkinland

2010-10-26T21:04:00.000-07:00

Pumpkinland!

2010-10-26T13:42:00.001-07:00

My friend Emily and I took her baby Kylie and my Landon to Pumpkinland in Orem today. We missed our friend Janee who wasn't able to join us today.

When we first walked onto the path, Landon was fascinated by the twine that showed the way. In the picture below you can see it just above his head. He kept grabbing it and bouncing it up and down. He's so silly.

He loved the wooden photo scenes

This was the "Owlden”

Kylie, Emily and Landon

Not cooperating, but it turned out to be a cute photo

He loved being able to run! When we went through the corn maze he led the way.

Checking out the goats which he first called cows. After a few times correcting him, he started saying goat.We also saw bunnies, peacocks, turkeys, ducks and Landon's favorite, chickens. I got a video of him jumping up and down, laughing at the chickens, he kept saying "It funny". I might try to load it later.

LOVED the tunnels.

While trying to do this post, I had so many things go wrong. First it wouldn't load the pictures. Then my wireless mouse died, lucky I had extra batteries. After I got the pictures to load and started typing, my keyboard died, didn't have extra batteries... So I had to save it and go to my Mom's computer. While trying to type sometimes it wouldn't keep things centered, then spell check wouldn't work, and for some reason I can't figure out, it kept underlining random things. And somehow I erased the last photo of Landon standing in a giant wooden pumpkin, which for some reason he thought was a trampoline :) And then it wouldn't post all day.

Anyway, we had a really great time! Lucky for us the weather stayed nice while we were out. The sky is looking pretty nasty now.

Labor Day at Willard Bay!

2010-09-13T12:46:00.001-07:00

We spent our Labor Day weekend at Willard Bay Campground. I was so impressed, They had nice big campsites, clean bathrooms with flushing toilets, showers and a nice sandy beach.
The first night we almost froze. We didn't realize how cold it would be at night, so we only took blankets. Lucky for us, Dan's brother's family came up the next day and were able to stop by our house and grab some sleeping bags. Yay!
We played at the beach until Landon's nap, around 3. We got back to the tent, I went to unzip it and a huge disgusting spider ran across my hand! I HATE spiders. They are the worst thing right above bees. So I had a little heart attack. Finally recover and we enter the tent. Landon isn't used to sleeping anywhere but his crib, as I have mentioned before, so it took almost an hour to get him to sleep. And of course he only slept of 45 min.
Landon was very ornery when he got up. So we drove back to the beach hoping to cheer him up. When we got there, the wind was blowing so hard, everyone was packing up to leave.
When we got back to camp he cheered up because his cousins were there. My niece Grace, who's 3, kept hugging him, of course he tried to resist, then eventually gave in to her affection and hugged her back. It was the cutest thing! I wish I had gotten a photo.

Here are some at the beach

I am shocked he let Dan put the life jacket on him! He's really weird about new things.
I'm worrying about closed toed shoes this winter...

He thought this was so funny, Dan would divert the water so it splashed him in the face.

Manager Training

2010-08-31T15:24:00.000-07:00

Dan has been scheduled for manager training starting September 20. The first week 9/20-9/24 will be in Murray, UT. Then his flight to Chicago leaves on 9/26 for two weeks! Then another week in Murray. Then to Chicago again on 10/17 for another two weeks.

First Camping Trip

2010-08-18T12:45:00.000-07:00

I have been saying all summer that we needed to go camping. I've been worried that Landon wouldn't do so well.
We decided to go Sunday night up to Hobble Creek Canyon. We stayed at Jolleys Ranch. We didn't get there until about 7pm. We search for the perfect campsite that would be big enough for our new tent then we started trying to set it up, it took over an hour I guess because we hadn't ever set it up before, so we didn't know exactly what we were doing. It also didn't help that Landon thought it was a game and wouldn't stop jumping and sitting on it... Luckily they have a new playground that I took him to while Dan finished setting up. When we came back it was dark and we still didn't have a fire or any of our bedding set up. So we had to do it in the dark. It was about 10pm when we got to roasting hot dogs and smores. Landon was afraid of the fire. He tensed up when I walked toward it then wanted daddy :) We didn't get to bed till about 11pm and by then my poor tired baby has been up 2 hours past bedtime and he can hardly hold his head up. We laid down on our full sized blow-up mattress and were way to crowded. I tried to make a small bed next to it for Landon but I wouldn't have anything to do with it. So Dan took our foam pad and laid next to us. That's when I realized that our air mattress was slowly leaking and would defiantly be flat in a few hours. We remade the bed and all climbed back in together. Finally Landon and Dan went to sleep. Of course I laid there tired, but awake. By 1am Landon woke up and "charge crawled" from where he was laying to the floor at the end of the bed and started crying. It was really weird. He snored and cried out a few more times and then we were up at 7:30am, about 1 1/2 hours before he normally wakes up, on a flat air mattress. We ate breakfast then went to the park and played for a little bit. Then we went back to the campsite to pack up. The whole time Landon was whining and crying yelling "Go! Go!" We were home by 10am.
We have a family camping trip coming up, it will be near Ogden hopefully if we go a few more nights before then, Landon will be ready!

Our 6th Wedding Anniversary!

2010-08-18T12:38:00.000-07:00

August 14th 2010 was Dan and my 6th anniversary! I can't believe it's been 6 years! I sometimes still get those tummy butterflies when I look at my wonderful man! He is so good to me! I love you Dan!

We are currently waiting on the training recruiters to give him a date on when he will be training for manager. The trainging will be in Chicago! If we hear back soon enough he could be leaving in September. The training lasts 5 weeks but is broken up so he won't be gone so long at a time. I don't think I am going to survive without him even for a week!

New Family Pictures!

2010-08-18T12:33:00.001-07:00

Here are a few of my favorites! Photos done by
http://timeheldphotography.com/

Funny Photo!

2010-07-21T21:39:00.001-07:00

Getting ready for bed, I pulled up Landon's onesie to change his diaper. I did a double take when I saw his belly button. Then I started laughing and grabbed the camera. He also had one in the diaper, which I have found various foods in before but never stuck in the belly button!

2010-07-21T21:33:00.000-07:00

He climbed into the washer for the first time, silly boy!

"Oh no!"

2010-07-21T21:24:00.000-07:00

This is the cutest thing Landon says lately!
He also said "Want go daddy!" the other day when we were shopping.
a few new words
Crackcaw=Cracker
Ow know=I don't know (while holding his hands in the air kinda like a shoulder shrug)Haven't been able to get this one on video but it's way cute too
Where'd go=Where did it go
uh oh
ouch
by-ye=bite

Dan had an interview!

2010-07-21T21:14:00.000-07:00

Dan had an interview today for store manager! We went suit shopping because it was suggested to him that it would look more professional. Well, we found out suits and even just jackets are very expensive and borrowed this from his brother. We also found $20 dress shoes!
So he had to drive up to Salt Lake City for the interview. He was told it was supposed to be about an hour long interview, with a panel of interviewers. He printed a whole bunch of reports last night and studied them just in case.
When he got there, they immediately started the interview which only lasted about a half hour and he was only interviewed by 1 or 2 people...
He is very confident that they will send him to the 5 week training school that is out of state. After that he will continue training in his home store.
He will find out for sure in a few days what will be happening.
I'll let you all know what happens later!

Crochet

2010-07-02T11:55:00.001-07:00

Things I have made lately..

Pattern for the hats http://crochetme.com/patterns/simple-newborn-hat-ear...

I made up the flower, not even sure I could explain how but you can find many free patterns on the internet

I also made up the top half of the little slippers and I tried to make a pattern but unless you use the furry yarn it looks like a horse hoof...
Here's the pattern for the sole...

http://chrisdfriend.tripod.com/christals_crochet/index.blog/1898736/peekaboo-toes-baby-sandals/
This is also the pattern for the sandals below

Here's where I got the start flower pattern
http://ibrakeforyarnpatterns.blogspot.com/2006/03/basic-star-flower.html\

This dress took forever! A couple hours a day for about a week. I had planned on giving it away but I decided I liked it and I hope to have a baby girl to wear it someday. It was a really confusing pattern so the skirt comes from a different pattern then the top. (Which I can't remember where it's from and can't find my printed pattern right now. It's the confusing one anyway... If I find it I'll post it later).
The top half is from this pattern
http://thecrochetcradle.com/baby_child_crochet_patterns/

These fuzzy pink slippers I also made up, the sole comes from the sandal pattern above

There is one other cute little dress I gave away, I forgot to take a picture so hopefully I can get a one to post later.

18 months

2010-06-23T18:01:00.000-07:00

This is my favorite picture this month. He got a hold of Grandma's pearls and thought they were the greatest so he actually posed for me.

Landon turned 18 months on June 16th! I can't believe how fast he is growing.
Height: 31.5 inches (27.45 %tile)
Weight: 25.79 lbs (49.61 %tile)
Head Circ: 19.09 inches (70.59 %tile)

He's still a shorty, maybe he'll have a growth spurt sometime because both Dan and I are tall, so it's kinda strange he is considered short.
His weight is almost average. He was at the doctor exactly a month before for his stitches and gained about
1 1/4lbs (38 %tile) since!
Still has a big head, of course it's because he is so smart!
He just really started saying words only two or so weeks ago,
the words he says are,
Sssth= Cat (kinda sounds like a "hiss")
Dog
owside= outside
Byye= Bye
Ma Ma
Da Da
Um-Ma= Grandma
Ouch
Shoes
Up
Ball
Step
Baah=Bath
I ya= I love you (We are still working on this one)
He can imitate some of the alphabet and some numbers, he makes the same noise for most of them, but he will go through the whole alphabet with me.
He signs:
All done
Bye Bye
Please
Thank you
He just recently started recognizing his shapes and colors on his Shape Ball (where you match the shapes and they drop into a ball)
He still loves books, his favorite toy is still his vacuum from his first birthday. He has a fascination with the computer key board and mouse as well as our cell phones, everything turns into a phone.
He loves his swing set we got last month. We just put up the pool so we'll see if he ends up loving it too.
He's being a super picky eater, he used to eat everything. Now he won't even try anything. Even things he used to love.

I didn't get a chance to post this last week because he had his appointment, then two days after that he was sick.
He threw up 5 times on Saturday, and had several "blow out" diapers a day, up until today. He's feeling much, much better but he's still not 100%.
On Monday my Mom and I woke up sick too and we are barely getting our strength back. It was a horrible flu, so be careful and wash your hands a lot!

The last 2 days of Dans vacation

2010-05-29T14:09:00.000-07:00

Lucky for us, my mom decided to ask for Thurs-Fri off from work.

Dan and I were able to get away for our first night away from home alone, since Landon was born.

We made our reservations at the Grand Summit Hotel in Park City.

I of course ended up sick with a head cold the day before we were going to leave. It was too late to cancel so we went anyway. It was nice being alone with my hubby. We tried shopping at the outlet stores but I just didn't feel good so we went to Baja Cantina, a Mexican restaurant, one of the few places open this time of year. Everything was closed. It was dead when we walked in. They only had a waiter and a bartender on staff and weren't ready for the huge rush of people that walked in right after we got there. I ordered a smoothie and Dan a coke with our meals. We didn't get our drinks until we were almost done eating. Luckly they felt bad and gave us a 20% discount which covered the price of our drinks.

Our room was nice but a little small.

Whenever either of us rolled over while sleeping, the bed frame would clank against the head board that was attatched to the wall, would hit the wall and woke me up everytime.

I didn't sleep well.

Here's a pic of the $5 water we found in our room By the way they also charge $16 parking with valet. We parked in a dirt parking lot way over by another hotel so we wouldn't have to pay.

Here's the tub in our room

The view from our balcony

(see the hotel in the upper left corner of this pic? That's right next to where we had to park)

Aside from the room being kind of on the small side, inconvenient parking
and being sick, I'm very happy we were able to go together.
Although we probably won't stay in that hotel again.

2010-05-29T13:34:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday the 25th we took Landon to the Living Planet Aquarium.

Petting the sting rays

Looking at the upside down jelly fish. Ya can't see any jelly's in the picture because they all were on the ground.

It just really liked the picture :)

This is the new penguin exhibit. They kept jumping out of the water onto the land, Landon was cracking up! I think it was the coolest thing there. It was just glass between us. The penguins were huge!

Vacation!

2010-05-29T12:58:00.001-07:00

Vacation time! Dan had 9 days of vacation from work so on Friday the 21st, we were getting ready to leave for our vacation at Capitol Reef National Park. This was Landon's first vacation and first time sleeping somewhere other then home.

Before we could go, we had to take Landon to get his stitches out (only 5 days after he got them). It was another traumatizing event because the nurse wanted to strap him to the board this time. He cried the whole time, poor baby.

(After the stitch removal)

Once we got to the hotel in Torrey UT. We decided to go swimming while we waited for the rest of the family. Landon was ornery because he didn't sleep long enough. He really didn't like being in the pool.

The next day we went on 2 small hikes.

We are standing on a huge rock!

(this is the "huge rock")

After the 2 hikes we left the family to take Landon back for a nap. He wouldn't go to sleep for about and hour after we got back even though he was exhausted. He doesn't sleep well anywhere. Finally he gave up and slept for almost 3 hours! We went and got back in the pool with the family. He decided the pool was ok once he saw the other kids playing.

Then on Sunday we went on a way too long hike to see the "Hickman bridge"

Poor baby was tired and ornery the whole time.

(He really hated being stuck in the back pack.)
On the way back he fell asleep

Then we all went and had lunch. After lunch Dan, Landon and I left the family and headed for home. We were going to stay another day but Landon wasn't sleeping well, which meant I wasn't sleeping well because I had to sleep with him...
It was fun to get away but vacations with a toddler isn't very easy.

Another "First"

2010-05-17T20:52:00.000-07:00

At about 2:30 this afternoon, Landon came running through the kitchen, tripped on the rug and hit his face on the chair leg. As soon and we picked him up, he had blood running down his face. We dabbed it off and found a huge gash right above his eye. It bleed for a bit then we got it stopped to a point were we only had to wipe it off every few minutes. It looked bad enough that we decided to call his doctor and see if he could be seen.
(going to the doctor)

We were in the waiting room for about a half hour. The nurse finally came and got us. Landon immediately didn't want her to touch him, she took his stats then said the doctor would be in soon. We waited for about 20min before the doctor came in. Funny, if you know Landon you know how he acts towards strangers, especially men, he let the doctor touch him! I don't know if it was because he was so tall (taller than Dan) or maybe he had a good feeling about him, but he was calm and didn't squirm, we had never seen this doctor before either. The doctor took a close look at it and said it needed stitches. (I figured it would) He said they would put lidocaine cream on it for about 20min. That didn't work. As soon as the nurse got the cream and band aid on Landon ripped it off. She was worried about getting the cream in his eye so they decided it would be best to just do the shot. At this point I'm starting to loose it a little. I have heard those shots right into the wound are painful. I'm worried he won't handle it well and of course I don't want him in anymore pain. They finally come back in and give him the shot. He does great! He was so brave! He only cried and squirmed a little. After a few minutes they were ready to do the stitches. The doctor got two stitches in, Landon cried and fought us a little (Dan, a nurse and I were restraining him) by the time he was doing the 3rd and 4th my poor tired baby gave up and just laid there. At some point he even spit the pacifier out and started telling us off. When he did the 5th Landon screamed and tensed up when he stuck the needle trough. It wasn't numb enough! He could feel the needle! Broke my heart! He had to endure another stitch next to that one!
Well 6 stitches later we thought we were finally done. We were getting ready to walk out when the doctor remembered he wanted Landon to have his tetanus shot. And he was do for an immunization next month so we just decided to get it done at the same time. So we lay my poor beat up baby back on the table and he knows something is up, he starts crying and gets stuck twice. Finally we leave. He fell asleep on the way home. I was even able to get him out of the car and into his crib (which is never possible). He slept for two hours and when he woke up, he seemed just fine. He played and even went outside. I was so relieved that he felt ok. Of course he won't let me put a band aid on it, and that is the side of his face that he usually sleeps on.

Zoo

2010-04-29T21:17:00.001-07:00

We went to the Hogle Zoo a few weeks ago. We hoped Landon would be more interested in the animals this year. He actually did notice a few this time but I guess he's still not quite old enough to care yet.
We were kinda disappointed, they don't have any bears because they are re-modeling the habitat. The zebras weren't there and the penguins were locked up.
We did see the rhinos running in the mud and head butting each other, and the baby elephant.

First Dippin Dots. Yum!

Not cooperating for a pose with the tiger statue...

More fun to push the stroller then to look at the animals.

Loved the playground.
Expensive and far away playground to visit huh..

He got a kick out of the gopher holes!
He was so excited to pop up out of the hole and see mommy.

We went on the train.
(Whenever I try to hold the camera and take a picture of all 3 of us, I always look like some random head poking in from the side..)

Anticipation for the train ride? I like to think so :)

Going through the dark tunnel.
All in all we had fun getting out of the house.

Easter this morning

2010-04-04T13:14:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter! I know there's a bunch of pictures on here already but I had to share again. We did real eggs and plastic eggs. Landon wouldn't have anything to do with the real eggs. He only would put the fake one's in his bucket. Silly boy!

Coloring Eggs

2010-04-03T22:06:00.001-07:00

After the egg hunt at Grandpas, we came home and colored eggs.

Our awesome eggs!!

First Easter Egg Hunt

2010-04-03T22:00:00.000-07:00

Landon had his first Easter egg hunt today at Grandpa Duke's. I wasn't sure he would be interested but after just showing him two eggs he was after them all. He loved it.

Checking out what was in the eggs with Grandpa after the hunt

I made a hat :)

2010-04-03T21:58:00.001-07:00

I made my first crochet hat following a pattern. Still can't decide if I like it on me or if I need to give it to one of the sisters that said they want it.

Landy Lately

2010-03-29T12:47:00.001-07:00

He decided he really likes to swing. He actually climbed into it the other day and fell fore head first into the ceramic tiled floor. Even after that he still wanted to climb on it so I took it down. Gonna have to get him a swing set this year. Yay!

He recently started taking baths alone. We tried it a few times before, in the big jetted tub but it was hard to reach him and he didn't like being in alone. So the other night I put him in the small tub and he loves it!

Saturday night Auntie Nicole and I were watching t.v. when Landon started dancing so we started "woot wooting" and yelling "Dance dance!". He went crazy! His usual dancing consists of stomping one foot.
He's just too funny!

More "Dance dance!"

and peek a boo!

Upside down popsicle. Grandma gave him his own yesterday and he would only hold it upside down and chew on the stick. As soon as I turned my back he dropped it on the floor for the dog to eat.

The New Landy "Doo"

2010-03-29T12:03:00.000-07:00

This is Landon's 3rd haircut ever. The first one I cut while he slept. The second one Grandma cut, but it took about a week to get it looking good because he wouldn't hold still. This haircut I did. He had just woke up and Grandma was in the salon waiting for her appointments color to process, so I took him in and we decided it was time to cut it. She held him and entertained him with a metal box and some perm rods while I cut. I cut a lot off! And I love it! No more scragly-haired little boy anymore. Although it makes him look like a big boy now... I miss my little baby!

Before

After

Landon's slippers

2010-03-07T11:25:00.001-08:00

I have been teaching myself to read crochet patterns. I was trying to make Landon some "abominable snowman" slippers. I undid the first one a couple of times, until I was satisfied with it. I thought he would love slippers because he loves to wear his shoes around the house but when I try it on him he starts fussing and pulling on the loops every time! I'm still not sure if he is scared of it or if just feels funny to him. So now I am debating on finishing it and making the second one. I'm kinda sad he doesn't like them. Maybe I'll try something else.

Here's what it's supposed to look like.
find the pattern at http://www.crochetme.com/media/p/88147.aspx

Whose Birthday is it?

2010-02-27T21:55:00.000-08:00

Look's like it was Landon's birthday today huh?
Even Dan got a new pair of pants! (I guess that doesn't compare to the truck he got a year ago today..

It was my 25th birthday today! Dan took the day off so we could be together. He even let me sleep in and then made me breakfast in bed! Pancakes, bacon, sausage, eggs.. Yum! Grandma watched Landon while we went shopping in the Draper outlets and at the South Town Mall (I had never been there.) We went to lunch at Mimi's Cafe, then went shopping some more across the street in a few other stores I had never been to.

I finally found some shoes I like. It's been a long search for the perfect shoes.

Here's my yummy cake. White cake with raspberry filling and white chocolate shavings. Then chocolate cake with chocolate shavings!

It was a very nice birthday, even though we still have a lingering cough and runny noses that we got from our Landy Roo...

Wow! Seriously?

2010-02-20T17:33:00.000-08:00

Went to Home Depot today. When I parked I was worried about the van on my passenger side being too close. I didn't even think the car on the driver side was to close. Well apparently I should have been more worried about them because when I came back out my fender was dented (right side of tire) in and there were small dents on the edge of the wheel well, and scuffs on the opposite side of the tire. No note from the other driver. That's how our luck with cars goes. All damage that has happened to our vehicles is not done by either Dan or myself. That's 1 hit for the old red truck (brother hit it in the driveway). 4 hits for the stupid cavalier (sister hit in the driveway once. 2 times were hit and run and one "no insurance, I'll pay for it" then the guy disappeared). Then our new truck totaled just in September, the owner of the car had insurance. The driver didn't even have a license. Now my Mazda. What is wrong with people that makes them think it's ok to damage other peoples property and then not care or take responsibility? I don't understand it! I take care of my vehicles! It just makes me sick!
I took the car over to Dan at work. He came out and looked at it and luckily was able to push the fender back in place. Now there are just the scuffs which hopefully will buff out and small dents in the edge of the wheel well.
I really hate stupid people.

And down there in the left side of the pic it the evidence of how unnecessarily close they really were. Wet tire mark, inches from my tire.

Sick baby :(

2010-02-20T16:58:00.001-08:00

On Tuesday afternoon this week I noticed Landon seemed hotter than usual, I took his temp and it was 100.1 a few hours later he started coughing really hard, like he was trying to cough stuff up and his nose was runny.
He kept us up all night, I had him sleep in our bed because I was worried and I figured he wouldn't sleep in his crib.

This is the next morning, he obviously got comfy :)

I decided that because his temp was still high (now 101.2) I would see if I could get him into the doctor. Unfortunately Wednesdays are his doctors day off. So we saw the new RN in the office.
She checked his breathing, says "Sounds good!"
Then she wants to check his ears, he of course doesn't want to be touched by a stranger let alone have something stuck in his ear. He starts crying and she says she needs to get some earwax out. She digs and digs and digs. Meanwhile he is throwing the biggest fit I have ever seen him throw. She stops so I pick him up and calm him down and she tells me she needs to look again. So the fit starts over. We do this probably 5-6 times while I'm holding him down so she can dig in his ear. It's of course breaking my heart and I'm starting to feel very very uncomfortable with her. She finally gives up and decides his ears "Look good!" We talk for a minute then she realizes she didn't check his throat. Ya think he wants her to poke a stick down his throat now. No way. Fit starts over. "Looks good." she says.
By now I'm wondering if she has even been around kids before because I feel like she doesn't know what she's doing. I'm my opinion I don't think you should be digging in a screaming, wiggling child's ears with a stick. Seems dangerous to me. We talk again.
I say "So, there's nothing I can do for him, huh? Cuz I've tried the corn syrup and it doesn't work for the cough."
She says "No they are really backing away from giving small kids cough syrup/medicines. I would use a humidifier and you can try honey."
I say "So humidifier or vaporizer? Does it make a difference?"
She says " No not really but I would go cool mist over hot mist because I worry about burns. We wouldn't want them to roll over on it."
I'm thinking, "How is a kid going to roll over on a vaporizer? It's not like ya put it in their crib with them."
By now I think she is stupid and unqualified to be an RN in pediatrics. I just want to leave.
She says "Well I'll want to see him back if his fever doesn't go away." Yeah right! Needless to say I will not go to anyone but Landon's doctor again. He probably also would have told me there was nothing he could do but I think it would have been less traumatizing for the both of us.

My baby is still sick and ornery, he had a fever for two days straight. But I think we are on the mend.

2010-02-13T15:39:00.000-08:00

Auntie Colie and I took Landon to the small park by our house. This was his first time since he's been able to walk. On the way to the park, there were some horses, these are the first real horses he has seen.

He loves the tunnel!

Then just the other day Daddy and I took him to a much bigger park with a big tube slide and swings.
First time on the swings!

He really likes to go down on his belly!

Landy fun

2010-01-26T20:26:00.000-08:00

Landon's favorite book by far is Moo Baa La La La by Sandra Boynton. He calls it "Yie Yie Yie!" It starts, "The cow says moo." Landon holds his lips together, puffs his cheeks, and says "mmmbuuh!" This is one of the few books he will sit all the way through.
In other books he can point out the puppies and mice. He also has one with flaps and loves to open them.
In another book there are bees and we always make the "buzzz" noise and tickle him with the pretend bee. He can say "bzzzzz". He really loves books!

He loves commercials! In this picture he was watching his very favorite, "Stevens Henegar College". Yep that's the favorite. He also likes "KFC" and all the "Swiffer" ones with the "Love Stinks" song in them. He will stop whatever he is doing and watch the whole commercial. One time he was halfway down the stairs, heard the "KFC" commercial and came back up the stairs to watch.

He loves to sit in his chair. He moved when I pulled out the camera but he was all lounged out with his feet resting on the bucket in front of him.

He likes to play in the salon. He especially likes the broom and dust pan.

One night we were all watching t.v. and realized Landon wasn't making any noise so we all look behind the couches we were sitting on. We couldn't see him so I got up to look for him and found him in this basket right next to the love seat I was sitting on. He is so silly.

The other night when it was snowing, Grandma and I took him out around 9ish and took pictures of him walking in the snow. He loved it!

Here his is playing with Antie Colie in a basket of stuffed kitties.

He also likes to dance.
Here he is bustin' his awesome moves!

2010-01-16T18:21:00.001-08:00

http://timeheldphotography.com/blog/2010/01/free-session-give-away/

Progress!

2010-01-08T13:39:00.000-08:00

I am happy to report we are making a little bit of progress with Landon's sleeping habits! It's been 3 weeks.
He is still waking up every few nights, but we aren't holding him for hours anymore! We go in and reassure him that he's okay, give him the pacifier, lay him down and walk back out. He usually cries for a few minute but then goes back to sleep.
Putting him to bed is getting easier. I nurse him, then take him to his room and read a couple of books then I put him in bed and lately he isn't protesting as much. Sometimes he will cry for maybe 10 seconds then he is quiet.
Naps are a bit more of a fight but he eventually goes to sleep. I change him then turn his music on and put him in bed and walk out. He will usually cry for 5-20 min. Then he sleeps for about an hour twice a day.

I am finding that routine works best. By doing the same thing every time I put him to bed, he isn't surprised. He knows when I turn on the music that I'll head to the bed next (he starts whining when I turn the music on).
I am having a hard time getting him down for naps at the same time everyday. It's hard because he wakes up at different times every morning. But I'm working on it!

First Haircut

2009-12-31T10:32:00.000-08:00

I gave Landon his first haircut after he fell asleep last night. Yes, asleep. I didn't dare do it while he was awake. I was afraid I'd end up taking an ear off with how much he moves. I figured he would want to see the scissors or play with the comb.
I think it turned out pretty well! If you have seen him recently then you would know he was growing a mullet and his bangs were poking him in the eyes and his ears were getting shaggy. No more mullet! He looks so cute with is new haircut. It's just a shorter version (minus mullet) of what he had :)

I tried to touch up the back a little this morning with him awake. He wouldn't have any of it. He kept pulling away and turning around.

Although it was very awkward to cut his hair with him asleep in my lap, but I think it was the way to do it!

Landon's 12 mo. Dr. appt and my advice to new mommies

2009-12-20T13:52:00.000-08:00

Landon had his 12 month Dr. appointment on Friday. We had kinda been looking forward to it because we have been having problems with sleeping habits and wanted advice from his doctor. Landon would fight going down for naps and sometimes not take one at all. He would fight going down for bed and then would wake up again 2-3 hours later. When he would wake up in the middle of the night we could spend between 20-60 min putting him back to sleep by holding and rocking him and still when we would go to put him in the crib he would wake back up alert like he wasn't sleeping at all, he would scream if we put him down.
So we told the doctor what we were dealing with and how hard it was. His doctor told us that he was a "conditioned crier" (or something like that) and that we were going to have to retrain him for good sleeping habits. He said we weren't allowed to hold him or rock him to sleep anymore. We can sing or read to him but then we have to put him to bed wide awake. Of course he screams. He gets so mad I think he might explode! He once screamed for 40 min straight! Anyway the doctor told us to go in every 15 min and reassure him that if he needs us that we will be there. If his adrenaline is going and he can't calm himself down (which happens every time) we can hold him until he calms (standing in front of the crib) and put him right back in the crib as soon as he's quieted. We have just been going in and letting him touch our hands while he stands in the crib and we rub his back. (I figure it will be harder if we pick him up..) Then we leave the room again and he cries a little bit more then gives up and goes to sleep! The doctor said it could take 2-3 weeks to get him trained. I hope for my sanity and Dan's sleep, it goes much quicker.

The crying is hard. I think that's how we got ourselves into this little problem. We would hold him instead of letting him cry.

I know no one wants advice forced on them, but being a parent and dealing with this, I wish I could have done it differently.

My advice is to put your baby in their bed for naps and at bedtime (awake if possible).
Don't hold them while they sleep.
Don't rock them to sleep.
Be willing to let them cry as long as they are fed and changed and are not sick. It doesn't hurt them.
Start good sleeping habits early so you aren't dealing with it when they are much louder and can get up or sit up.
I hope my advice can help you!

Now for the fun stuff! This is on the exam table at the Dr. office. He was having so much fun!

Landon's Stats are...
Height: 29.25"-33.58 percentile. Still a shorty!

Weight: 20.66lbs-19.12% He didn't gain much from last time (19.97lbs) The doctor said it could be from getting less calories. But I think is cuz he is walking, mostly running everywhere.

Head circ: 18.75"-83.91% Yes. My baby has a huge brain! He is such a smarty!

2009-12-16T20:11:00.000-08:00

We had lots of fun for Landon's birthday.

This was the first gift opened, I thought for sure he would just rip through all the wrapping paper because he is a paper shredder, but he didn't care about opening anything.

He couldn't wait for me to get the cars out of the package.
(Thank you Miller family!)

This is his most favorite toy, the vacuum. He first played with one at Grandpa and Grandma Grotegut's house so we thought we would get one. As soon as it was open nothing else mattered. We had to hide it so he would pay attention to the rest of the gifts.

Here's the cake..

After we sang to him and I blew out the candle, he reached up and touched the hot wick and cried.

First taste of frosting.

He didn't really get into the cake, but this is a cute picture.
(It makes ya think he enjoyed it!)

After everyone left, he and Daddy played with his toys for probably 45 min. Fun stuff! There's lots more pictures and fun toys but too many to post.
Thank you everyone!

Landon is afraid of...

2009-12-13T21:36:00.000-08:00

Today Landon was sitting with Grandma at the computer and there was a container of raisins sitting close by. He started pointing like he wanted them. Grandma gives him the container and he starts working on getting it open.
All of a sudden we hear a scream/cry, (that we'd never heard before) we both think he's throwing a fit over nothing and look to see what the deal is. He had gotten the container open and was trying to back away from it, both hands in the air, like "get it away from me!". Grandma picks up a few raisins and holds them out to him and asks if he wants some. He screams and tries to back away again.

Landon is afraid of raisins.

2009-12-09T11:32:00.000-08:00

Landon is turning 1!

We will be having a birthday party for him, with pizza, cake and ice cream!

It will be Wednesday December 16th
at 7pm
My house!

Hope you can come!
(Let me know if you will be there so we know how much food to get)

Landon's First Snow Day!

2009-12-07T14:04:00.000-08:00

Ready to play in the snow!

Poor kid immediately face planted in the snow, he didn't cry though. He liked watching the dogs play, but wasn't too sure what he was supposed to to with all the cold white stuff.

We went out a second time later today, he laughed at the dogs and actually started bouncing his arms like he was playing.
Snow works really well for wearing him out before naps. He took to naps today that were longer then an hour! Which is amazing for him, his regular naps are between 30-60min.

Well I had two videos of Landon playing in the snow but they won't load, I think my internet is too slow today..

2009-12-02T16:28:00.000-08:00

Landon went to see Santa today!

This is his friend Lexi.

2009-11-30T11:47:00.000-08:00

Yep...the tree is now gated.
Thanks for the gate John and Rachael!

Landon's 1st Thanksgiving, & 2nd & 3rd...

2009-11-28T15:55:00.000-08:00

Yes Landon is almost one, and has had three Thanksgivings already. My Mom's side of the family did Thanksgviving on the Sunday before so that everyone would be able to come (almost half of them worked on Thanksgiving). Landon got to eat turkey, beans, mashed potatoes, and our special potato salad! He really liked the Yams!
Danny's parents also did their Thanksgiving on the Sunday before, (trying to avoid the problem with having too many dinners to go to, and so everyone could be there). So Landon had some more yummy food.
He likes to play with the four other cousins that were there, he is the youngest one..
Then we had Thanksgiving at my Dad's on Thursday. More food. Let's just say nothing sounds good anymore and the leftovers will not be eaten by me..

I am so thankful for my family!

2009-11-09T20:41:00.000-08:00

So we've been trying to teach Landon some sign language. So I started trying to teach him a few basics like "milk" "cookie" "eat" and "more" he's been waving and clapping for over a month now and we figured he would gladly do some signs. Wrong. He pretty much refused and would ask for things by saying "eh eh eh!". Stubborn little boy (takes after his mommy of course).

Then, the other day he signed "cookie"! He altered it a little but we all know what he wants! It's so cute! Now we are working on "milk"

Funny things Landon does

2009-11-06T13:17:00.000-08:00

Seriously, who needs toys? All ya need is a couch with the cushions off and a shoe... He played with the shoe for probably 10 min before I recorded him. He was laughing at the shoe when he would drop it and it bounced, but of course he stopped when I pulled the camera out. He also likes to sit in his toy box and play with his ball popper, but it amazes me how much he really likes shoes. Sometimes we find pacifiers and blocks in the toes of them. One time I couldn't find the truck keys.. I later found them in one of Danny's shoes :) He's a really silly baby! He's also fascinated with the laundry room, the bathrooms, the dog bowls, the swiffer duster (yes my 10.5 month old dusts..) he loves the vacuum! He really likes hair. He holds on to long hair when he's upset or tired, no he doesn't have a favorite toy or blanket to sleep with. Just hair. I know, he's a weirdy, but he's my little weirdy.

Then he got distracted with the camera

Then he went back to the couch with a second shoe and played for another 5 min.

2009-11-02T12:03:00.000-08:00

Landon took his first steps on Oct 14th,two days before he turned 10 months old and has just been getting better and better since! I finally got some good videos of him walking! This video was on 10/25 it was a first day he took more than a couple of steps, but of course I didn't get the long walk on video...

This one was on 10/29

This one was today Nov 2!

Monster Family

2009-11-01T13:49:00.000-08:00

Happy Halloween!

Daddy and Baby monster

Grandma and Baby monster

2009-10-26T09:24:00.000-07:00

We carved pumpkins Saturday night!
Pumpkins as big as Landon...

One that was just Landon's size...

and even a butternut squash!

There was a Jack Skellington pumpkin, an Oogie Boogie pumpkin, a crazy ghost, a panda, a witch and bat, and the squash was Frankenstein! It was so much fun! Even Landon has fun eating his pumpkin...

2009-10-25T13:36:00.000-07:00

Check out my little stud muffin!!

2009-10-23T13:45:00.000-07:00

One month and $3000 later... The truck is finally fixed! It has a new hood, new bumpers, and fresh paint. Isn't it lovely?

2009-10-21T12:13:00.000-07:00

Yep... Its been that kind of week.

2009-10-20T09:10:00.000-07:00

Just got stuck under a chair, not very happy about it...

Realized he really wasn't stuck and could get out.

Just fine now :)

Cute pictures

2009-10-11T17:56:00.001-07:00

We went for a walk in the cold last night cuz Landon was being a fussy.

All bundled up!

First Bleeding Ouchy!

2009-09-29T09:37:00.000-07:00

My poor baby fell with his sippy cup in his mouth and bit his lip, it started bleeding and now he has a small fat lip :(

2009-09-25T10:03:00.000-07:00

They are totaling the truck :( its about $4500-5000 worth of damage to it. So we are going to buy it back from them for $800 and have Dan's friend Correy fix it for about $3000.
Dan gets to drive a brand new, only 40 miles on it, silver Dodge Ram, hemi! It's so nice, I wish we could keep it!

Guess what Danny got for his birthday!!

2009-09-21T21:49:00.000-07:00

Truck Crunch!! That is the light from the other car stuck in Dan's bumper!

Here's the unlicensed guy's car who hit Danny's parked truck in front of our house...Airbag did deploy.

And his bumper

There was a total of 3 cars involved, the dumb unlicensed guy, Dan's parked truck and my sis boyfriends parked truck. and here is the lucky 4th car! less then 4 inches away..

Happy Birthday to you Dan!!

Landon is 9 months old today!

2009-09-16T10:55:00.000-07:00

Look what Landon learned!

Waving!
(As I was loading this he saw it and started waving back at the baby on t.v.
So cute!!)

Raspberries!

2009-09-09T17:05:00.000-07:00

New Landon pictures!! (also done by Rachael!)

2009-09-05T21:50:00.000-07:00

New family pictures done by my wonderful sister in-law Rachael!! Check out her website at www.timeheldphotography.com

Look what Landon did today...

2009-08-24T20:59:00.000-07:00

So I sat down on the stairs with Landon and stood him on the step next to me and he took off up the stairs! This video is the second trip up the stairs...I was in shock and didn't record the first time. But trust me it was exactly like the video. He acted like he had climbed the stairs 100 times before and it was a piece of cake! I'm afraid he'll be walking in no time...

Landon's First Visit to the Zoo!

2009-08-24T20:34:00.000-07:00

What a perfect hair doo for the zoo. He looks just like a baby baboon! They actually did have a baby baboon but I couldn't get a good picture of it.

Here's the baby giraffe, in the second picture look how tiny it is compared to the big one!

We are standing in the the Madagasgar exhibit in front of the water fall.

Here's the Fossa (like in the movie Madagasgar)

Landon didn't really care unless the animals were moving, he did see a tiny, twitchy, monkey with mouse ears and a long furry face. It kept running back and forth on a rope. He also saw a huge rattle snake that was "dancing" against the glass. And a goose honked at him. It was cute, when he actually saw the animals he cooed at them. Maybe he'll like it more next year!

2009-08-22T18:56:00.000-07:00

Yay! I did some more scrapbooking! I feel so accomplished! I know it might be silly or lame that I post my pages on here but I don't see anyone that I can show them to. So here they are!

Cheryl, I used your idea and made a vellum envelope for the extra pictures! Great idea!

Pictures on the last two scrapbook pages taken by Rachael Grotegut www.timeheldphotography.com

2009-08-17T21:22:00.000-07:00

Poor little Landon is teething again. His gums are so swollen and I can see his 3rd tooth coming through :(

This is a picture Daddy took this morning

This is right after he woke up. See his sweaty hair, he sweats so much. He's a little hot head. Need to warm up? I have my own personal furnace!

Our 5th anniversary!!

2009-08-17T21:15:00.000-07:00

Friday August 14th was mine and Danny's 5th anniversary! I can't believe it's been 5 years already. It flew by! We went shopping and then to lunch, then Grandma watched Landon while we went to our first movie together since I was about 7 months pregnant! We saw the Time Travelers Wife. It was pretty good, but sad... It was a great day!

2009-08-09T14:30:00.000-07:00

Yes that's a bow on his head...

The longest post I'll ever write...

2009-08-05T13:23:00.000-07:00

Oh what a wonderful day... Let me just tell you how it went...

5:30am: Random scream/cry from Landon's room. No other noise, must have went back to sleep. Good...
6:00am: Danny's alarm goes off. Great now I'm really awake, and I know it will go off 3 more times in the next half hour.
6:30 Dan gets out of bed. No noise from Landon yet. Maybe I'll get to go back to sleep...
6:42am: Landon cries. Get him, change him, while he fusses.
6:46am: Feed Landon, of course he doesn't really eat much.. Dan Leaves for work. Give Landon medicine.
7:00am: Get out of bed, maybe we can say "Hi" to Grandma before she leaves for work. Nope she's already in the driveway leaving :( Go back down to my room climb in bed, Grandma wants me to close all the windows. Get that done. Climb back in bed. Grandma wants me to close the garage.
7:12 Climb back in bed for the 3rd time. Sit with my poor baby who has developed a cough now, he starts coughing, starts gagging and...

Largest projectile puke ever all over me, my pillows, my sheets, and my bed spread! None on the baby... Great just what I wanted to do at 7:15am. Laundry.
7:15am: So I'm stripping my bed and my baby is on the floor trying to catch me and crying because he is tired and wants to be picked up. Finally I just put him in the crib and let him cry. Finish making my bed.
7:30am: Baby gives up and falls asleep.
7:45am: I take the laundry up and put a load in. Come back down and climb in bed for the 4th time. Get comfy and relaxed...
8:00am: Landon cries. I go get him feeling bad for him I put him in bed with me. Well turns out he is fully charged after only a half hour nap and wants to play. Mommy wants to sleep. I try to snuggle him for a little while but give up.
8:30am: I tell him he's going in the crib. Give him toys and shut his door. He screams on and off and hits toys on the sides of the crib for a half hour.
9:00am: I feel bad so I go get him and head upstairs. I put him in the jumperoo, crocodile tears anyone? Watch this...

9:30am:I get cereal and come back up to eat it. I notice there's a wet spot on the leg of his jammies. Sure enough, "poo juice" (Yes, I know, sounds yucky, well if you are a mom, you can probably figure out what I mean...) So I strip him and take him to his room to change a giant messy, poopy diaper. While I'm changing him he decides to put his fingers in the poop. I wipe his hands, tell him "No, yuck!" and he laughs at me! I continue to clean his bum and he does it again! Little turd kept laughing at me! Finally I finish.
9:45-10:45am: I put another load of laundry in, this time it includes poop instead of puke. I ignore his fussy butt and let him free in the family room. Antie Lissa comes upstairs. I hand him over and say "How 'bout you play with him while I do my hair" I really needed a break by then.
11:00am: Lissa comes down with him. "He won't stop crying!" she takes him to change him and he continues to fuss. Once she's done I take him and feed him
11:20am: He ate for 20 min straight (that's a good feeding) and now he's asleep. Yay! Not. I have to take Nicole to the High School by 11:45am. So I put him in the car and he wakes up of course. He is, by the way, the lightest sleeping baby I have ever heard of. He was good at the school. I got asked for the first time if he was a boy or girl...Don't know if it was because he was wearing yellow.
Any way we come home around 12:15pm. Landon decides its ok to play by himself for a minute. He climbs in a box. and in the box he has a glue stick, a lotion bottle, a squeeky fish, and mouse (a cat toy) He just puked and had the cat toy in his mouth and looked so dang cute I had to have a picture! I jump for the camera afraid that if I don't hurry I won't get the shot. Turn on the camera, focus, it dies! I grab my phone, of course the screen won't come on. (its been broken for about 2 months now, if I flip it closed the screen goes out) I was so mad. I didn't get the picture. It would have been a good one to have, puke and all!
Then Danny says he's coming home for lunch. Yay someone else to hold the little bug. He had to leave too soon. His lunch isn't long enough.
by 1:30pm I get Landon to take a nap in his swing with the classical music on. He slept for maybe a half hour 45 min.. Wakes up and doesn't know what he wants. I hold him, give him toys, food. Nothing works. He's still being a butt.
And that is why this post has taken me over an hour to type up. and that is why you probably won't ever see one this long again. Usually I don't have anything to write about, but it's been a pretty eventful day for us.