Is this cool or what?

Can you still be cool when you have pizza on your face?
How about when you are still sucking your soother when you put your sunglasses on for the day?
Landon has become even more attached to that soother these days... it used to be he didn't even think about it when he was out of bed, now he'll be playing downstairs and will go upstairs just to get a soosie. I don't know if it's because his teeth are bugging him, or if he's just turning into a bigger sucky-pants...
This morning Landon was loving his cheerios so much that he was double-fisting!! LOL He LOVES his cheerios in the morning, that's for sure. Almost as much as he loves rice-krispie treats in the evening!

Relaxing week before Xmas...

Well our week has been pretty relaxing. Landon and I have been hanging out at home, playing at the park in the afternoons, and just generally vegging out as we make final preps for the holidays. Landon is still enthralled with the tree - but he hasn't managed to knock it over yet. He crawls underneath several times a day though. And the decorations get moved around quite a bit too. But it's all good. He's not so fanatical with having to have the lights on all day, which is nice.

Landon has taught me something that I must be doing a lot these days -- wagging my finger while saying "don't" Heh heh. The other night he was throwing some toys, and I said "don't throw toys". He was sitting on the couch beside me, and before I even finished my admonishment, he was looking at me wagging his finger saying"Don't!" I had to look away I was laughing so hard - and John wasn't much help sitting on the other couch with his face buried in the arm laughing his ass off too! So I've been trying to use more positive statements to avoid bad behaviours ... like "Play nicely with the Christmas tree Landon" versus "Don't swing the broom at the tree Landon!!" or "Toy trucks are for playing on the floor" versus "I said NO! Don't smash your trucks on the living room window!" *sigh*

Landon's starting to figure out colours a little bit too. We've been pointing them out to him on various toys and things (like lego pieces), and every now and again he gets them right (whether it's by chance or skill we're not sure yet). He's confused over how orange can be orange and a thing that you eat ... which I can understand. But it's so cute to hear him say purple...I just love it.

Anyways, it's time for eggs, and Landon's crawling all over me saying "egg" so I'd better go and give him some lunch. Then we're off to check the mail to see if our photo Xmas cards have arrived yet .... ahem. Everyone will be getting their Christmas cards sometime in the New Year I guess ... Ooops!! Until next time...TK

The Tree is the BEST plaything EVER

Landon is having far too much fun playing with and around the tree!! Tonight I was working at the cupboard when I hear behind me "Where go?" I turn around and Landon's hiding under the tree, giggling away like I can't see his feet sticking out!! Then he crawls right through and of course he can't see me from the other side, so again he thinks he's hiding. I might've been a bit slow with the camera, but I did catch him on the trip back under the tree though. Look at that face - he was having WAY too much fun!!

And earlier in the day I couldn't figure out where Landon was ... should've known to look behind the tree. Here are a couple of pics of him - he was happy as can be to play with his trucks back there!

First thing when we go downstairs in the morning, the tree has to be plugged in, the lights on the mantel, and now I have two lit snowmen up that have to be plugged in too. And they are supposed to stay on all day, and it's become part of our nighttime routine to unplug everything when we're going to bed. *shaking head* He just loves the 'pretty light' (and yes, that's what he says, all day long!).

We are thinking he's on a growth spurt again, as he's been eating like a horse for the past few days (and pooping like one too, ahem). Where before we sometimes wondered if he was getting enough, now we are wondering what to feed him next!! LOL But that's a good thing. We have learned that he REALLY likes vanilla pudding - he'll eat 1/2 a cup (after eating a good meal) and ask for "more". He has also polished off a little watermelon too - another newfound fave. heh heh

The other night we counted up the words that Landon knows, and we are up to 100 or more. He says some phrases too, like "where go?" (as in where did the cat go, or where did Landon go), and following that "there 'tis". He has said "all done" for quite awhile now, mostly when he's done eating, but sometimes when he's done playing with something. He is starting to tell us when he's going to "poo poo" so we are thinking more about potty training. But it's pretty amazing to watch him picking up so many new words so often. I can really tell when he's concentrating on learning what I'm saying - he gets a very serious look on his face. I was amazed when we pulled out a small book that we haven't seen for weeks, maybe a couple of months, that has pictures of objects and the sounds they make. Landon knew and could make the sounds for over half of the objects, and now today he does them all (for example, a kettle say wheeeeeee, vacuum cleaner whooooosh, toaster pop!, fire crackle crackle, frying pan sssssizzzzzle, and telephone rrrring rrrring).

Hiding is lots of fun for Landon too. He'll be walking around with his hands over his eyes, then pull them away yelling 'peek-a-boo!'. This evening I came upstairs and wondered where he went as he climbed the stairs just ahead of me. Well, he had crawled up on our bed and put a pillow over himself! So I walked around saying "where did Landon go? Where is Landon?" I would've found him eventually, even if I couldn't have seen his feet, because he was snorting he was giggling to hard!! Too funny - I am loving this playful little creature!!

Anyways, that's the long blog for the everning....will post again in the next few days....until next time...TK

Some 'getting ready for Xmas' pictures...

Landon thought the stocking made a pretty good hat - although he really didn't want us to take a picture of it :-/ But John did manage to catch one good pic.
Landon and John were having fun playing ball the other night....I love how Landon has his feet planted, all ready to take John on!! lol
Here's a pic of our tree ... for those wondering where exactly we stuck it this year! LOL I'm kind of liking the tree in this spot, it doesn't seem to take up as much of the living room....

Here Comes Santa Claus...

If Santa is coming, Landon's likely running to my arms. Poor stinker - he did NOT want to sit on Santa's knee today!! He played very shy as we walked up to Santa (head on my shoulder, holding me very tightly), and when I went to put him on Santa's knee ... well, we were having NONE of that! Luckily though, he was okay when I sat in the very big chair beside Santa, and then I could put him on Santa's knee and he was alright. So you can see a bit of my pants and shirt in the picture, but only if I point it out to you, and we have a picture with Santa! Landon's expression is very similar to last year ... that is, serious. LOL Silly kid - I don't know if we'll ever have smiley-Santa pictures!! heh heh

Last night I went to see Bon Jovi with some friends - it was a blast! I'm not nearly as familiar with some of his new stuff, but I sure loved the old stuff! It was nice to get out for an evening with some friends too, esp since John's out tonight and tomorrow with the band.

And if I could just find something for Great Grandpa I would be done shopping!! Today we went to Toys R Us (GONG SHOW!!!!!!!!) to pick up a gift from Grandma to Landon. Landon was insane in there, because all he wanted to do was play with Thomas toys and of course he couldn't and he went bonkers (like most other kids in there). The line-ups at the till were 10 deep, it was insane! But we got out of there relatively intact, to head to the mall for above-mentioned Santa picture and to try to find a gift for Great Grandpa. Well we got the picture, had some lunch and skedaddled without shopping for Great Grandpa because by then we were far beyond nap-time. That's my last trip to the malls before Xmas -- I'll have to find something for Great Grandpa closer to home....

So that's the scoop from here today. Hope all is well and that everyone is done (or nearly done) their shopping...Until next time...

It's beginning to look a lot like Xmas

At least it's starting to look a bit more Christmassy in our house. Landon and I put up the tree this morning. Well, Landon made sure that I had all the parts out of the box, and then he made sure the lights weren't going loose, then he ran around and around saying 'tree' and 'pretty'! Cute little bugger. He's down for a nap now, but when he gets up we'll work on decorating the tree, and then I'll hopefully get a picture up here.
Other than that, we haven't gone too nuts for Xmas. We've decorated the mantel, and hung a wreath on the door. We just might get a big more stuff up in the next few days, we'll see. I'm off to Bon Jovi concert tomorrow, then John plays Friday and Saturday nights, so after tonight we'll probably wait until Sat afternoon to do any more decorating. But Landon's loving that tree, that's for sure!! LOL

Pictures from Grandma's house...

Landon loves to climb up and over absolutely everything, including his chair at Grandma's house!! He gave Grandma many many heart-attacks with his antics!! But he only fell off of the chair once (it was a good one too!), and kept this up despite not feeling so well while we were there!
Landon also had fun putting on Grandma and Grandpa's reading glasses. He did a pretty good job too - he could put them on properly with the arms over his ears and everything. Then he'd usually give me a big grin :-D
Now that we're back home Landon is feeling much much better. And he's back to his usual antics and his absolutely adorable self.

Baby #2!!

Here's #2!! The ultrasound today went well ... they think I might be more like 13 weeks, as opposed to 12 (which would move my due date from June 24 to about June 18 ... we'll see if that's what the doc does).
But everything looks good. This ultrasound was testing for chromosomal abnormalities (such as Down's Syndrome) and our risks are determined to be very low, which is great news! Also I was just glad to see the little stinker, see the heart beating, see s/he moving around. What a wonderful feeling!!
That's it for now, just a quick post that all's well!! Until next time...

We're home again...

We are home again. After a week of colds and flus for both Landon and I :-( How awful, to be traveling to visit family and friends only to be sick. Landon started with a full-blown cold on Monday, for our visit with Great Grandpa. Then on Wed at the farm he puked, so we took him to the doctor as this was the same progression as in the summer with his throat infection. At that point his throat was slightly infected, so we got antibiotics. But poor little munchkin puked all day Thursday still. Friday and Sat he was better, but he was sick again Sat night, overnight and Sunday morning again. Add to that the fact that I was puking Fri night and all day Sat as well. We just weren't a lot of fun for anyone to be around, that's for sure!! But we both managed to make it through the road trip yesterday (we didn't even stop the entire way back), and hopefully now we're on the road to full recovery. aiaiaiai

but it was a fun visit, when we could visit.

Landon and Ryder had a ton of fun together. They jumped on beds together and ran around the house and broke-in Carla and Dave's new furniture. They were quite the crew. And it's nice now that Landon can play a bit more and Carla and I can actually get some visiting in! He didn't sleep particularly well at Carla's, I don't know what it is, but he doesn't seem to sleep as soundly there :-/ Ah well

Then we were at the farm for a few days. There of course our days were consumed with washing floors, clothing, bedding and anything else that got puked on. Poor kid. He did learn how to puke into a pail though -- well, he did it once anyways :-/

one neat new trick Landon did learn was how to climb out of his playpen. Lickity-split he can crawl right on out!! We did manage to get him to sleep in there most of the time (the last night when he got sick in his bed he ended up sleeping with me for the last half of the night ... he only fell out of bed - onto the pillow - once). But it did take a few trips to put him back into bed !!
So we came home and I thought he'd be okay in his crib. Well, he was, for about 2 minutes. I turned around and there's Landon!! LOL But it only took 2 trips last night and he went to sleep. So I guess we'll have to get his big-boy bed up ... I have to buy some sheets for him though first. Not sure it matters though - he still doesn't like to sleep under blankets. Even when he slept with me, the covers were thrown off of him!!
He did nap with me in my bed at Grandma's, and one day he napped in there by himself (Grandpa and I were at a funeral). When he wore just his diaper (that was easier than cleaning more and more clothes as he got sick on them) he would sleep under the blankets, but if he's dressed, no blankets needed!! He's better at napping with me though - he'd maybe try to get up once or twice, but I'd just say lay down and go to sleep, and he would. He also wasn't nearly as squirmy as usual - which may be because he wasn't feeling well? Don't know, but I must admit it was nice to have him in bed with me....

So that's the quick news from the trip back. I will try to get some pics up soon. But for now I must get Landon fed some lunch, and then I'm off to my first ultrasound. More news on that soon....until next time...TK

Sask Traveling...

Well, we made it back to Saskatchewan with no troubles on Thursday. I can hardly believe how well Landon travels. He was very well behaved all the way home - we only stopped in Med Hat for some beer (for Carla) and that was it all the way to the farm.
Unfortunately, now Landon is sick with a cold. Poor little bugger. I kind of thought something might be coming last week, even before we left, as he was up in the night and stuff. But yesterday he woke up with a stuffy nose and was pretty grumpy all day. The only saving grace is Ryder -- when Ryder's around, Landon seems to feel a bunch better!! He follows Ryder around and laughs at his antics, then they jump on the beds together and giggle and laugh. Landon absolutely LOVES Ryder!! LOL
So he's still sleeping. YUP - it's noon and he's sleeping!! Poor kid - I was going to wake him up, but he needs his sleep for sure. He went to sleep at 11 pm last night too, so obviously he's not feeling well to be sleeping that long. I have been drugging him up - but since I can't get infants' stuff anymore, I'm debating on giving him children's stuff (for 2 years and up) so that I can hoard the infants stuff for the next kid!! aiaiaiaia I hate that it's been taken off the shelf because idiots overdosed their kids because they can't read labels. grrrr

anyways,

so poor monkey isn't feeling well. We're going back to the farm today, so hopefully he'll be okay out there without his playmate Ryder. *shrug*

We spent yesterday at Great Grandpa's - it's too bad Landon was feeling so poorly for the visit though. He was good, though. he didn't break anything is what I mean! LOL

Don't know if I'll get the chance to post from the farm, so this might be it until we get back to Calgary. Until then....