The Park in Wolseley

On the way from Winnipeg to Grandma and Grandpa's, we stopped in Wolseley for about an hour. The first stop was the playground, so that Landon could play off some energy. Again, I was amazed at how well he played, climbing the play structure, and loving to play at the bottom of the slide (the slides here didn't work as well as in Winnipeg, so it wasn't as much fun to go down them). He also sat on the spring horse all by himself (made his mommy proud).

Playing the Keyboards

Landon had quite a fun time playing Cor's keyboards. There was some pretty interesting music coming out of there...heh heh. Then he thought that maybe his butt, and/or his feet and knees could play too. The climbing stage has officially begun - he's climbing EVERYTHING!

At Uncle Neville's we had a nice night watching the football game. Landon got to spend some time with Neville and Mary, which he took full advantage of. Here he's drawing something for Uncle Neville.

Playing at the Park

We had a lot of fun playing at the park by Cor and Dave's house. Landon has so much fun going down the slide ... Allie took him down as did I. He smiles with big dimples right from the top! It was fun to watch him playing here, he actually climbed the play structure himself, and he likely would've gone down the slide on his own (but I was too worried he'd crack his head open). Then he had fun playing at the bottom of the slide, examining rocks and such.
This was all after we went to feed the geese. It was pretty funny. Landon just wanted to chase the geese, he thought their hissing at him was funny (mom didn't think it was too funny though). Then Cor gave him some bread to throw to the geese, and he just ate it. Then he proceeded to eat 2 more slices of bread (yes, we do feed this kid, just not stale bread which is apparently a favourite!! lol). Too cute.

Playing at Pam's

Here's a picture of Frankie posing for me.

Despite being a sick little monkey, Landon did get some playing in at Pam's. Landon had a blast playing with Murphy too, they both chewed the same toys :-/

And Landon had so much fun 'cheersing' with Pam -- they must've cheered each other 2 dozen times, giggling the entire time.

Visiting Nathan (and Karen)

We managed to get a short but sweet visit in with Karen, Ken and Nathan (born same day as Landon, shared hospital room) while in Winnipeg. It was cut short as Landon was sick, but it was so great to get to see them. Nathan sure is a cutie-pie, and he's still got an inch or two and a few pounds on Landon. They got along as well as any 16 month olds do I guess ... playing more beside each other than anything. But it was cute to see them together.

Golfing!

I was lucky enough to get a few golf games in while at Falcon -- three to be exact. While my game isn't quite what it used to be a couple of years ago, I did manage not to hack up the course too badly. Uncle Bob, Aunty Rosemary, John, Uncle Neville, Brian and I all managed to get out through the week, and here's a picture of Brian, Uncle Neville and Uncle Bob on the course.

Also - we did manage to get a picture of most of us one night. Unfortunately Lorie and the kids were already gone, Isabel was sleeping, and Thomson didn't want to get in this picture (although he did make it for a second version not posted here). But the rest of us were here and smiling. This was taken on the top of the boathouse.

Fun at the Cottage

Landon had so much fun playing with Aunty Liz at the cottage - here Aunty Liz was singing 'the wheels on the bus' and Landon was laughing his little butt off.

Landon loved playing with his cousins too - he and Konur got along especially well. It sure was fun (if tiring) with all the kids.

Landon didn't take to the water too well on his first try with dad, but after a couple of times playing on the beach he got into the water with mom at the end of the week.

The best part of all for Landon was playing with Zoey. He loves puppies so much, and Zoey is so great with all of the kids. They gave each other kisses at every turn it seemed.

Home in Calgary :-)

Ok, I got orders from Grandma to get this thing updated now that we're home again :-) So here it is. Pics are not yet uploaded, so watch for them in the next day or two.

Landon recovered from his throat infection fairly well, once he started his antibiotics on Tuesday evening. This was after he threw up all over Karen and Ken's house (I sooo hope Nathan didn't catch this infection!!), cutting our visit much shorter than originally intended and prompting me to go to a walk-in. I must admit, the walk-in experience was great -- about a 10 minute wait, then saw the doctor immediately for about 5 minutes, and I was outta' there!
So Landon got some good sleep in on Wed afternoon (after being up for 2 hours throwing up overnight ... my first experience with Landon puking in his bed ... poor little bugger!!). But his good nap on Wed aft meant that Pam and I could (finally) get a good visit in ... that was long overdue and I really enjoyed it.

Wed evening we watched my old ball team, Bad Habit, win their game out at Blumberg. Then we went to Cor and Dave's where Landon terrorized the house. Thurs we met Loreen and Liz down at the Forks for lunch (Landon isn't exactly restaurant trained, but he wasn't too bad at the Forks). I stopped by MTS for a few minutes to see everyone - it was short and sweet, although I didn't get a chance to visit very much. Thurs aft was spent with Cor and Liz visiting and relaxing - very nice - while Landon snoozed (good kid!).
Thurs night Alison stopped by Cor's for a nice visit - it was great to see her again!! We went to feed the geese (Landon chased them, and then ate the bread himself!! lol) and went to the park where Landon had tons of fun on the slide.

Friday was spent on Sherry's deck (friend from MTS), which was very nice and relaxing (and hot). Landon was a good kid and napped very well there too, giving us a chance for a really good visit. Then Friday night to Neville and Mary's where we ate pizza (Yum Yum) and watched the football game. It was a nice relaxing evening there too, I am so glad Landon got over his infection so quickly as those last days wouldn't have been nearly as nice.

Sat morn up and off to the farm, Sun back to Calgary as Jenay was here for only a couple of days before flying off on Tuesday morning (so I didn't spend any extra time at the farm). Mom came back with us, which was nice. To have some company on the ride, and some help with Landon. Although I must say that Landon has learned to travel extremely well. We stopped in Wolseley and were 'tourists' on Sat afternoon ... we walked across their swinging bridge, and played in the playground, and at ice cream. And on Sun we stopped in Brooks at their water park (it was 33 degrees or something stupid like that!!). Landon didn't go under the water, but he splashed and stood close enough to get 'misted'. It was fun.

so that's the play-by-play of the trip.

I can hardly believe how much more Landon is playing now. It's like he's grown 3 months in 1! He climbs all over everything, the couches, chairs, everything. He loves light switches, and he can reach a few in our house ... one in the living room, and the three by the front door (he climbs the first 3 stairs). It is fun to watch him now. He rides his cars, he actually plays on the play structures at parks now (climbing them mostly, I still help him down most slides as I'm worried he'll crack his head open on the bottom). He is learning how to manipulate objects by twisting his wrist, so he can 'start' his ride on car, he can open his diaper garbage, etc.

And words. He calls everything with wheels a 'guck', except cars. But trucks, semis, tractors, graders, etc are all 'gucks'. Ducks are still 'gucks' too. Birds are a sort of squeal, as are cats. Baths are 'bahs' , and he LOVES them. He responds when you ask what a puppy says with a breathy 'arf', and he loves dogs more than anything. He had a blast with both Uncle Neville's Zoey and with Pam's Murphy (will have pics to post soon). He imitates many things, but mostly just the intonation than the actual sounds. But he imitates the tones of cock-a-doodle-doo, an owl hooting, etc. And he loves baa-baa-black sheep, he says Baa Baa all day long hoping we'll sing it again!! It is so much fun to play with him now.

So ... this is a long post. I will post more when I get pics up. This is too close to a novella for me!! lol Until next time...TK

Trip Update :-)

We are back from the lake and have survived, if barely ;-P LOL It was a ton of fun, with lots of family and visiting and swimming. Landon really enjoyed himself, and was a good boy most of the time. He had a bit of a time settling into a sleep pattern, and has managed to fanagle himself to a midnight to 11 am sleeping routine :-/ But we're dealing with that and will worry about 'fixing' it when we get home.

The trip out was good. Landon travelled like a pro. I left the farm last Fri morn (June 29), and drove for 5 hours before stopping (to Brandon) ... I stopped because I had to pee!! Landon had a good run, and we would've made it all the way to Winnipeg had he not smacked himself in the eye while we were going through St Francois Xavier (and I had to pee again anyways).

We stayed with Aunty Margaret for a couple of nights, and relaxed most of Sat. We went to Liz and Chris for some fun times with the Tremendons -- I sure miss those gals.
Then Sunday off to the Lake. It took a few attempts before Landon got used to the water, but by Friday we had him swimming and enjoying himself. Good thing too, as he got sick after that, and has been since then.
I'm at Pam's in Niverville (since Sun) until tomorrow. Hopefully we haven't gotten Frankie and Taya sick as Landon has a throat infection. He even threw up yesterday and today -- poor kid :-( He's on antibiotics now as I took him to the doc this afternoon. Yesterday I thought he got sick because he choked on a cookie so I wasn't so worried. But today he got sick while visiting Karen and Ken and Nathan (I sooo hope Nathan doesn't get sick now too!) so we were off to the doc. He started playing right after being sick, so he wasn't too traumatized, and hopefully the antibiotics will kick in quickly and we can salvage the last days of our visit.

It's been fun though. I have plenty of pics which I'll post when we get home. Should be home no later than Tues as I play v'ball Tues night. I'll post more info with the pics when I get them up.

Hope all is well with everyone!! Take care...TK

I'm supposed to be packing...

So I thought I'd post a note instead.

And post a picture too. Landon loves to play with the headphones, there's many pictures of that. So we stuck these ones on his head ... too cute. He thought it was funny because we were laughing :-) Little imitator. He loves to be the centre of attention, no doubt about that.

So I'm off to pack for the trip to the farm tomorrow. To Manitoba Friday and won't be back for a couple of weeks. I'm sure hoping Landon sleeps well at the cottage. Last night he woke up at 11 pm for about 30 minutes of talking and googling. I didn't go in to his room at all and he did fall back to sleep. Then at 5:30 am the same thing. *sigh* At the cottage he's in the same room as us, so hopefully he won't know we're sleeping on the bed or he'll just want to play, and we won't get much sleep! John and I are taking ear plugs - the rest of the cottage will have to fend for themselves!! lol

That's it for now. He's still babbling up a storm. Bah is for sure bath - I said to him 'let's go upstairs for a bath' and he ran to the tub and said 'bah' as soon as he got upstairs. He LOVES the bath, that's for sure.

No posts now until mid-July. I hope you won't suffer too badly ... I will try to sneak one in maybe, but no guarantees. Have a good Canada Day weekend!!

I've been neglecting news on WORDS!

I've not been letting everyone know about Landon's new words. He's getting more and more as time goes on, and it's kind of fun to hear him say something other than dadadada and momomomom :-)

first official word (beside mom and dada) was up ... pronounced 'bup'. He uses it non-stop now ... heh heh. Sometimes he says up when he's already up, so I'm not sure what he's thinking of then ...?
He also loves anything with four wheels, and they are all called trucks, pronounced 'guck'. He even will say guck at a picture of a truck too.
We're working on getting tractor to be something more like tractor, although he usually sticks with guck for that one too. But every now and again he'll say 'gackter' (after we've prompted him).
He also has some sort of sound that we've been able to equate to birds, same for dogs and cats (usually a high-pitched squeal!). Birds is more like 'buh', dog and cat less clear.
Grandma claims he would say 'go' all the time at the farm, but not so much here. Could be because he's so fussy and whiny all he's saying is 'bup' *shrug* Not as many neat things to go to here versus at the farm either I guess.
I think he's also saying bath, pronounced 'bah' ... it's not 100% clear that he is speaking with intention or if it was fluke, so the jury's still out. But I think it is bath.
And he likes ducks and the word quack. So he says 'guck' for duck, sounding very close truck, but in response to seeing pictures of ducks or to me singing 'six little ducks'. He also responds to quack, with something like 'ack' or 'aghk'. So I guess those count too :-)

So that's Landon's set of words for now. I'll post more as he gets more :-)

When oh When will Landon get better??!!?

This kid is still not feeling 100%. don't get me wrong, he's considerably better than say, a week ago. But he's still pretty fussy and miserable most of the time. Last night he was up most of the night ... crying so hard! Breaks my heart and ticks me off all at the same time :-/ Then he slept in until 11:30, and hasn't had a nap yet despite being in bed for over an hour already. So who knows what tonight will bring ... aiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiai
All six teeth have broken the surface though. I'm just wondering if there's a couple more in there working their way out too ? Who knows.... If this runny nose would give in and go away, I think he'd be much easier to live with.

So we're just hanging out at home all weekend, nice and relaxing, starting to get prepared for next weeks travels to MB. Hopefully Landon will have put all this teething and cold business behind him by then....cross your fingers!

Dr appt follow-up

Landon does not have RSV or pink-eye. His chest is clear, his throat is ok. He did have a slightly reddened ear drum on one side (beginning of ear infection), so if he develops a fever we go back for antibiotics. Other than that, he's to work through it I guess *shrug*
He slept very well last night, from 9:30 (fell asleep on my lap) until 10 this morning! YAY - mom and dad got good sleeps too!!
Today he's doing a bit better. It's mostly just his sore sore mouth...Some Tylenol helps that a bit. He did finally get off of me and play for awhile this morning though, phew! What captured his attention? Well I left the gate open at the bottom of the stairs. He played on the first 4 stairs or so, and discovered that from there he can reach the light-switches...so the lights went on and off for about 45 minutes!! lol I didn't care, I could get something DONE!

I had to laugh yesterday, he'd slept so poorly the night before, he napped for FOUR hours! aiaiaiai
But then he ate some dinner finally, and a good snack before bed. And today his appetite seems to have returned a bit more yet. He likes Montreal bagels, that's for sure!! Kid has good taste :-)

I had dentist appt yesterday aft as well, a crown preparation. It feels pretty good today, I get the permanent crown next Wed. I have a cracked tooth, and we're hoping the crown will prevent me from having to have a root canal, or worse, have the tooth pulled.

Just getting ready for my Pampered Chef party tomorrow evening. Grocery shopping when Landon wakes up (depending on his mood), and I'll have to get some cleaning done. Our house is a shambles. Mostly because one of the things that will keep Landon quiet when he's feeling miserable is shredding kleenexes! He'll spend half an hour on one kleenex, ripping it into strips. Makes me giggle, and mutter and swear when I spend 4 hours afterwards picking up little bits of kleenex all over the house!

So that's the news for today. I'm looking forward to picking Jenay up from the airport tonight! Haven't seen her for sooooooooo long! YAY!! Talk again soon...TK

Six new teeth and one helluva cold!

That's our Landon! Leave him with Grandma and Grandpa for a week, and all hell breaks loose!! Well, all teeth break loose anyways.

That's right - SIX teeth popping through at once. Poor, sore little mouth! Two molars, both eye teeth (moving up and down, although one has popped through), and some more bottom teeth. He looks like a different kid from when I dropped him off at the farm! This mouth full of teeth.

And his sore red eyes...He has one helluva cold or infection or something. He is miserable! Thank you to Grandma for such great care when we were down East and you had this sick little munchkin to deal with :-/ He's still miserable now, he's been sick a week. We're going to the doc this afternoon, to rule out severe infection, pink-eye and RSV. There's no fever (he broke that after a couple of days), but lots of coughing, boogers, and sore eyes.

Between the cold and his teeth - we don't have a particularly happy boy these days. Although he was pretty excited to see daddy yesterday. That was about the only time he really smiled and showed some enthusiasm for anything. Other than that he's just grumping and whining and squirming and making everyone's life miserable. Poor guy...

The trip was great though - John and I had a great time. Cape Breton Island is gorgous, the Bay of Fundy (at Hopewell's Rocks) was incredible, the seafood was scrumptious, the scenery (mostly) breathtaking. We hope to go back sometime to see CBI in the fall, maybe when the kid(s) are old enough to come along. I'll post some pics when I get them uploaded.

Until then, I'm going to relax for a few mins until the grump wakes up. Until next time...TK

Getting ready to go...after Landon's first flu

We are almost all packed up and ready to go. John leaves for PEI golfing tonight - his flight's in about 2.5 hours. Landon and I head to Carla's tomorrow, to the farm Friday afternoon. Then I'm to meet John in PEI on Monday and we'll spend a week touring through Nova Scotia. Mostly Cape Breton Island, a day at the Bay of Fundy, and a day or so on PEI. Lots of seafood, lots of fresh salty air. Hopefully some whales. Some wine. And most importantly, some Alexander Keith's :-)

All of my travel has been delayed a day as Landon had his first tummy flu yesterday :-( We went shopping in the morning, and he was sooooo good. But when I pulled into the garage coming home, he cried cried cried. I was wondering why, then he puked all over. Yuck! I got him in the house, cleaned up, sitting in front of cartoons and I got the car seat out to clean it up. Then I picked him up to feed him -- diarrhea poo everywhere. Into the tub. He ate a bit, went down for his nap. Then he woke up at his normal time, cried and puked again, poor guy. Then a few more poops ... another bath. Yuck. Poor kid. He ate lots of supper though, and hasn't looked back. He still has a bit of a fever, but other than that he's good. So hopefully he'll be fine for his week with Grandma and Grandpa.

Anyways, I won't be posting until the week of June 18. See y'all then!! Take care..TK

Just Ridin' along in my Automobile...

Here is a pic of Landon riding on Mater. He has figured out how to ride "properly" on his ride-on cars now, and does so occassionally. Mostly though, he pulls the both of them around at once, all over the house. He loves pulling them everywhere!! lol

Another weekend down...

Weekends certainly go too quickly. Sheesh! We had a good one though. Today we went out for lunch - to one of John's co-workers, it was very nice to get out for a bit and get some visiting in. This afternoon was quiet - Landon snoozed, I got a pedicure, *shrug* That's really about it. We're starting to plan for packing for the big trip! I have to give Carla a call to see what her plans are this week, and then I'll have to make my plans for when I'm leaving. Getting excited, although I don't think the excitement will fully hit until I get to the farm. Once I get Landon there and settling in, then I'll be excited for Nova Scotia.

Off to call Carla...TK

When All's Quiet...

I was brushing my teeth this morning. Landon was being blessedly quiet. Oh wait -- when they're quiet, there's something up right? Check out these pics!! LOL

Somehow he got the kleenex box off the top of his dresser. I'm guessing it was some sort of magic trick involving the cord to his lamp and the cloth that both the lamp and the kleenex sit on. Then the fun was on!! He got through most of the box before I got in there...little stinker. And looks at me all innocently. bah! He actually didn't destroy most of the kleenex, just pulled it out of the box, so I folded them all up nicely and we're all happy.

Made me giggle though - him all stuck in that nook, just tearing kleenex from that box. Stinker!!

Picture updates - FINALLY

What you've been waiting for -- pictures!! I finally got some updated. I took quite a few the last few days, Landon's been particularly adorable :-) Considerably less pictures in my May 2007 folder vs May 2006 though ... heh heh Shame on me.

We've been having fun. As long as Landon gets his nap in, we have fun anyways. It is very important that he gets that nap-time or we're in trouble!! aiaiaiai But when he gets it he's pretty darned adorable all day long.

We went over to Ricki and Mike's yesterday afternoon to visit for a bit, and drop off our Baby Bjorn for them to borrow as Parker had been fussy. I find that story hard to believe though, as Parker was an angel the entire time we were there :-) I fed him his bottle, he felt so darned tiny!! Landon was a bit jealous, yes. I do not remember Landon being that small ever!! We got to have a very quick visit with Mona Patterson as well as she was in town at a conference. It's been far too long since I last saw her.

Today we went to visit Stephanie Weinbender ... I haven't seen Steph since sometime last millenium. She has a little guy, Iden, 10 months old. Very adorable! Landon was pretty good, didn't hit him too hard nor too often :-/ We had a nice visit, albeit brief (see note about getting naps in above!!). Hopefully I'll get a chance to see Steph and Iden a bunch more this summer!!

I got a haircut tonight - felt GREAT! It's still 'long', to my shoulders, but I got a good chunk taken off. It is much lighter and feels much better. Hopefully with less hair weight my neck won't bother me as much.

Other than that - we've just been enjoying the sun. Learning how to keep upstairs cool (downstairs never gets hot, but upstairs sure can). I'm going to have to get some curtains for over the blinds in the bonus room as I think most heat comes in there. But something that will still let air through, as we can get a great cross-breeze going. Landon has been hot at nights though - his room gets quite warm. Tonight he's just in pj top, and we leave his window open all night and it still doesn't cool down. I guess he gets late-day sun in there, and not much breeze as the window's sheltered by the house. *shrug* We'll keep working on it.

That's the news -- check out the pictures! Will post again soon...TK

Some Landon faces :-)

Here are some faces from Landon. From funny to adorable to mischievous. I love the one where he's peeking around my arm ... he was playing hide-and-seek with the camera!! lol

We tried on his new sunsuit the other day...it's a bit big, but that's better than too small. These suits are great - SPF 50 so he's protected from the sun while swimming. Just what we'll need (I sure hope) at the cottage in Falcon in July :-D

And look at those teeth! You can notice the new one (the 9th) on his bottom right (our left) ... it's just barely poking through, it looks more like a bump than a tooth still :-)

Treasures!

When Landon finds and gets ahold of something he's particularly coveting at that moment, he runs around the house clutching his treasures very closely to his chest. The shovel and hairbrush were the treasure combo the other day. He gets some weird combos of treasures, today was a hairbrush (again) and a peek-a-block. Sometimes it's underwear. *shrug* Whatever strikes his fancy.

He still loves trying to get the camera when I'm taking pictures too. But I did manage to get a few cute ones.

Fun times!

Landon is loving all different types of 'games' these days. A fun one this week is crawling beneath my legs --- whether I'm kneeling on the floor (as in the picture), or if I'm working in the kitchen he'll come and walk through my legs too. Giggling the entire time of course.

and he LOVES to jump on the couch. We pull a cushion to the floor to give him 'steps' up to the couch, and he jumps jumps jumps. As you can see by the last picture, this has GOT to be one of the best things a person could ever possibly get to do.

Sandbox fun...

Landon has really been enjoying his sandbox now that the weather is nicer. Unfortunately, the favourite thing in there is the eating of sand! ACK!! By the handfuls, he just shovels it right in. I don't know why. He had a diaper with sand in it yesterday :-/ *sigh* But it does provide him with some fun on the deck :-)

Stinker !!

Well, Landon never did have a true nap today. Instead he fell asleep while eating his supper! LOL Right in his high-chair. I thought I'd never ever see that (Pam I guess you were right). John and I were chatting, I turned around and there was heavy eyes. I have some pics, I'll upload and post tomorrow. [ edited May 31 to add picture]

So Landon went to sleep - we put him in jammies and everything. Only to wake up 1.5 hours later. Crying. Hard. We got him up and let him play until about 10, then I did the whole bedtime routine, and he amazingly went down. At least I hope so - I haven't heard him over there since I put him to bed, so hopefully that's a good sign?

I guess he did have his nap, just much later in the day (from 7 - 8:30 pm!!). Tomorrow we will get him down for his nap properly -- this was the second day in a row that it was skewed (yesterday we went to MEC, and he fell asleep in the car on the way home).

It wouldn't have been so bad but he was such a grumpy-lumpagus all damned day. I was ready to string him up! sheesh!! Ah well....

Express Service and Running Wild

We went to get the oil changed today - at the "Express Service" ... heh heh. How can 1 hour to change oil be called Express Service??!! Beyond me. So that leads me to the next part of this posts title....

Landon was pretty good while we waited, and waited, and waited.... but eventually I did have to let him free of the stroller. And did he run -- he took off out of the lounge area like a shot, and ran literally everywhere in that building!! It was so funny - he runs knees up with his back ram-rod straight -- cracks me up every time. He ran through the show room, the offices, everywhere but the service bays! For about half an hour he ran. He was quite pissed that I wouldn't let him go through the automatic doors - those things were quite a fascination. But finally our car was done, and we got to come home.

he fell asleep 2 minutes from our house - the worst thing. By the time I got him to his crib, he'd woken up (the construction noise outside the window certainly didn't help). I've left him in his crib for half an hour now, but he hasn't gone back to sleep. I'm not sure what to do - he needs to nap, the 3 minutes on the way home won't be enough, but he's not going back to sleep now. And it's all because Honda doesn't know what "Express" means.....grrrr

Life has been fine. Landon is adorable. He's saying a few 'words' these days, we think. Guck for truck, Gragoer for cracker. We think that's what he's saying anyways...

so that's my story for today. I think I'll go get Landon up now, he can nap in a hour when he's ready I guess *Shrug* maybe I'll just give him a sandwich or something and some food will konk him out. Until next time...

POOP!

On the walls, the change table, on Landon ...
yup - he grabbed his full diaper right out from under his butt, and within 1 nanosecond there was poop everywhere!! lol
Actually, it was a relatively small mess, I was able to clean it up quickly, and swear under my breath for a little while... heh heh. I put him down naked and he ran around the house quite happily that way! *shaking head* He loves that the suitcase is on the floor in our room - in and out and in and out. Too funny.
It's great just to watch Landon playing these days. He's really thinking through stuff, processing. He loves to take things (whatever things he has handy, like magnets, cards, pieces of paper, toys) from one place to another and back again. He does this very orderly as well. Take one thing to the chair, go back for the next thing and take it to the chair; then when all things are on the chair, take one back to the original spot, or maybe a new spot, and keep transferring things until they're all moved to the new location. Repeat.
He also looks like he's thinking through what to do next. He'll be playing, then just stop and think, and then move on to whatever it was he thought of I guess. At first I thought he was pooping, or farting or something, but nope - he's just thinking of something and then gets right back to playing.
And he'll be playing at something, then he'll stop, think, get up and race off to do whatever it was he just thought of. Something like "hey, I wonder if the phone will still make that awful beeping sound if I take the receiver off the hook and leave it dangling from the table". Or maybe, "so mom's not looking, I think I'll go and see if that stuff in the toilet is still wet and cold". Or another favourite "Hey look, mom's laying on the floor and not watching me. I should go and sit on her head!"

And Landon loves hide-and-seek games too. You don't actually have to hide, he just likes it when you look at him from under the table, then over the top of the table, then from beside the chair, then from under the chair...

So he's been very busy. He cannot walk to do any of these things either - when Landon moves, it's very quickly!! And I find I'm spending a good part of my day on the floor playing with him. It's so fun - who could resist!! He loves to play with pillows and blankets, throwing them around the room and then pouncing on them. It seems everything he does cracks me up - which is a good thing I guess. And I do enjoy those 2 hour naps in the afternoon - the only time of the day when I can actually get anything done!! LOL

So the weather's supposed to be nicer this weekend - which is good because I think Landon needs to get outside for some fresh air playtime. We've been cooped up since Sunday at Aunty Vonnies really - it rained at Carla's, and it's been raining and snowing ever since :-( So hopefully some good sunshine this weekend and we'll get outside to see if the lid for the sandbox actually kept the sand dry!

Hope everyone is well ... and not spending gross amounts of time on facebook like me :-/ Gack -- who invented that narcotic! sheesh!! Take care...TK

back from long weekend in Sk

Well, we're back from another weekend in Saskatchewan. Landon and I hit the road Thursday morning, came home last night. John was camping with his friends back east -- he had MUCH nicer weather than we did! heh heh

But - Landon and I had a good trip. He travels pretty well. We stop once, the rest of the time he naps and squawks, it's manageable.
Saturday I got in to Swift for 9 holes of golf with Tilly and Savannah - it felt good to get out golfing again!! That's for sure. Sunday we went to Kyle to visit Aunty Vonnie -- who absolutely SPOILS Landon rotten!! So many gifties for the little stinker! It was a great visit, but I couldn't believe he wouldn't fall asleep on the way home ... 1.5 hours and he was awake staring at everything the entire time :-/ He went to sleep as soon as we got to the farm though!
Monday we went in to spend the day in Swift with Carla and the boys. Landon LOVES Ryder ... holy moly! He followed him around all day long! heh heh.

And Tuesday back to Calgary. I think Landon, John and myself were all glad to get home again! It was a great long weekend though. Now it's rainy (and snowy) and yucky. Blech. The weekend's supposed to be nicer though - hopefully.

I will have to dig up some pics and post them soon. I've been spending so much time on stupid facebook that I don't get to blogging as much :-/ Dumb addicting website. So I will get some pics on here shortly, adn will try to keep on blogging regularly. Sorry to all of those who miss the (more) regular updates!

Fun weekend in Swift :-)

I sure had a good time last weekend, golfing in Swift Current. It had been awhile since I've been home with good friends just letting loose! The drive back to Calgary was pretty looooooong on Sunday though :-/ aiaiai

John and Landon had a good weekend too. They played played played all weekend long. When I got home, Landon was like 'hi mom' and then off playing some more! lol

We haven't done much this week. Bought some sand for his new sandbox ... he's been LOVING that thing! There's sand everywhere now :-/ And running around outside as much as possible - Landon does not like to be in the house for any length of time, that's for sure. So we go out lots.
He's still at 1 nap a day - it's working well. A nice 2-hour snooze at 1, he's in bed at 9 snoozing until 9 am. That I can handle.

We're getting ready to head to the farm tomorrow. Grandma *might* be a bit excited to see him, but I'm not too sure :-/ Heh heh Hopefully he'll travel well - we're leaving as soon as he eats breakfast. He'll be bonkers by the time we get to the farm - all that sitting all day. I'll have to let him out of the car and he can run run run at the farm. That will be nice.

So I likely won't post again until next week. Take care everyone!! TK

Fun in the tub!!

Here are a couple of cute pictures of Landon from the tub the other night. He loves to play with the water coming out of the faucet ... keeps him occupied for great lengths of time :-) He tries to drink it, claps his hands under it, tries to catch it and wonders where it goes (stares at his hands amazed it's not just sitting in his palm). It's pretty damned cute, I must admit!!

I'm just getting ready to hit the road this afternoon ... back to Swift Current for a golf tourny tomorrow. I'm sure I'll be nice and sore on Sunday, from the golf and the bevvies :-) Ah well...

I bought Landon a sandbox today. Now we just need to get some bags of sand...yeah! It's on the deck for now (until we get our yard fenced ... that's another drama!).

Have a good weekend everyone! Take care...TK

Monday Report :-)

Here's my little monkey concentrating this morning ... I can't remember on what, likely the cell phone :-)

We had a good day -- to the zoo this morning, which was fun (pics below). A long snooze this afternoon after that fresh air and excitement. Tonight he ran around outside ... explored the backyard while John and I measured for a fence. He didn't even have his pants on (socks and shoes, + shirt) but he was happy as hell just to be running outside (I think he was happiest to have gotten off of the deck!!). I'm very much looking forward to having the yard fenced ... we're phoning tomorrow.

I went for a bike ride tonight. Three so far this year - WOW. It was such a nice night though - very nice ride.

That's the news for today. I'm heading home on the weekend to golf with Carla, Tilly and Julie. I'm going on my own - Landon's staying home with dad :-) Should be fun fun fun!! Heh heh

Until next time ... enjoy the pics!! TK

At the zoo - it's the animals that are supposed to excite you, right?

Not Landon! heh heh Don't get me wrong, he did like some of the animals. But the big hit were the waterfalls we passed, and this lion statue :-) He liked the butterflies too, but I didn't manage to get any in this picture.

Landon also saw hippos (they were eating right in front of us ... pretty hard to miss), giraffes, and peacocks. Everything else he wasn't too interested in :-/

It was fun to go to the zoo though - I'm looking forward to going again. We only went through a portion of it, and he did seem to pay a bit more attention this time. heh heh And I enjoyed seeing the animals too :-)

Fun with Windows!

Landon thinks it's a blast to 'kiss' the windows, and I finally got some pictures of it tonight. He does this all day long on the front door, and even while I'm in the shower, and today he was kissing the patio door too. What a monkey ... that's all I can say!!

My Little Man

OMG -- Landon isn't a little baby anymore!! Look at my little man in this photo!! All handsome :-) Just thought I'd post a cute pic from today.

We had a nice day today, the sun was out, it was quite nice. John let me sleep in :-D

We went to the driving range this afternoon too. John and I took turns. I was quite impressed with how improved John's hits are ... I didn't realize just how much better he'd gotten last summer. I have my work cut out for me to kick his butt again!! I hit a few straight ones, a few not-so-straight, but hey -- it's been 2 years, what'd you expect right?

For Nikki ;-)

ahhh .... finally ... sun!! We went for a nice walk this afternoon, despite the wind :-P Blech! But it's nice to get out again.
We also went to the kids only community garage sale this morning, but by the time I got my sorry butt there all the 'good stuff' was gone. We did buy a few shirts for Landon, and a noisy toy (WHAT was I thinking??!!!).

Julie was here last night - on her way home from her TO class. It was great to have her again, and I'm looking forward to many more visits as we're only a few hours apart now :-)

And Aunty Laura is here for the weekend, for her class. John and I are looking forward to more visiting tonight, and some foot massages as Aunty Laura practises for her big test tomorrow. Everybody think good thoughts for her tomorrow so she passes :-D

And plans are in the works for next weekend --- I'm going to head back to Speedy Creek to golf in a ladies tournament. The last time I golfed in this particular tournament ... aiaiaiaiai. So I'm really looking forward to it - although I'll be some sort of sore after not golfing for the past 2 years!!

And to Landon - he's wonderful as usual. Was very glad to get outside today, to say the least!! He's getting better at holding onto my hand when we're outside, so he can walk on his own more and work off some energy! lol
He was pretty hilarious yesterday actually. He learned to scream ... all-out ... Aunty Laura would jump when he did it, so he'd laugh soooo hard, and scream again. He was laughing harder than I've ever seen. Aunty Laura and I were laughing so hard we were crying too. It was very funny - loud - but funny!! Hopefully we can curb the screaming habit though :-/ It's an awful sound.

And we're still on one nap a day ... it seems to be working. Although today the nap was over a bit early, so I'm not sure if he'll make it to bedtime tonight, or if he'll go to bed early, or if he'll need a bit of downtime on his own. I guess we'll see. He gets pretty tired by the time he goes to bed at night ... like one nap just isn't quite enough, and two is far too much. Add to that a shorter, earlier nap today, and it could be interesting. Ah well ... we'll see.

So that's the news from here. Will post again soon...TK

Sleeper head :-)

Landon did something the other night that he hasn't done for months ... he fell asleep on John!! John was msn'ing with Guy and Donna, Landon was being adorable (or so I heard), and then *blink* he went to sleep :-)

It's part of this new transition I think. He has been fighting naps for us, sometimes not falling asleep for over an hour after we put him down. And then at night he's up 'til all hours.

On this day (of the pic) he had had only one nap. And then again Tuesday, Wednesday and today he's had only one nap. Tuesday was good - he was tired as we'd been out bike shopping. Last night not-so-much -- we're thinking he went to sleep well, but then woke up thinking he'd simply had a nap. He was talking and googling in his room. I went in a couple of times to put him back down (he LOVES to jump in his crib), and he finally went to sleep for the night at midnight.

Tonight has been better -- he napped even later today (2 - 4 pm) and went to bed at 9:15. I've heard some squirming, but I think he's sleeping, and I don't think he's woken up as if from a nap (not yet anyways).

So we'll see how this all goes. I wouldn't mind if he kept his 2 nap schedule as the second one was right when I would make supper, but hey ... what can I do? This way we'll have more of the day to do stuff, and maybe he'll get back to going to bed at a decent time (it's been running to 10, 10:30, 11 as of late ... mostly because he fights his second nap for so long, then sleeps until 6 or 6:30 and we have to wake him up!). So maybe, just maybe, this is the transition to 1 nap days :-) We'll see.

Other than that ... it's rainy here. We've had the May snow for this year, so hopefully that doesn't happen again. Big fluffly flakes ... so big they make 'smoocking' noises when they hit the windows! S'posed to rain again tomorrow :-( So no zoo plans for us! Not until Monday anyways -- when it's supposed to be in the 20's. I'm very much looking forward to getting to the zoo again - I think Landon will 'see' more this time, especially if it's nice out!

Aunty Laura is coming for the weekend as well - YAY!! She'll be here tomorrow afternoon, and will be doing her reflexology course Sat and Sun. We're looking forward to a nice visit again.

That's the news from here ... will post again soon (and yes, I'll try to take more pics and get them posted!!) TK

John (finally) bought himself a bike

We went out tonight and John finally bought himself a new bike!! YAY It's quite nice, and I'm sure he'll enjoy riding it to work much more than his old bike. And I'm glad because he can quit fretting over which bike to buy - it's bought!! :-D

Landon was pretty good while we were out. We left home about 4:20 and didn't get back until 8 pm. Landon didn't even get a real supper - just crackers and cookies while we were at the bike shop :-/ He was in bed by 9 though, and I'm hoping he's down for the night! He was a real trooper though - smiling and flirting with everyone he met the entire time we were there. But after close to 2 hours in the bike shop, I was glad to get him out of there (it's tiring running after a 1 year old hoping he doesn't pull every bike in the shop down!! lol)

We had a nice weekend - Julie was up on Saturday, we went out for drinks Sat night. It's been a long time since I've been out in a bar. I don't miss it. But it was nice to be out with Julie. She'll be back Friday night too - after her course in TO.

Other than that, life is just ticking along. We got our taxes submitted last night about 11:58 pm or so. Of course :-/ aiaiaiai Next year maybe we'll get them done early. Heh heh

That's about it .... I'll try to get some pics up soon. I've been looking back at pics from the first few months of Landon's life ... *sigh* All wistful :-) SO hard to believe he's over a year already! lol And so darned cute too! tee hee

Until next time...TK