Little cute boy

Spikey hair boy...due to his cradle cap :(


Our little cute boy really keeps us busy these days. He has become a pretty good crawler, but doesnt want to crawl too too much. He'll crawl and then sit on his butt, then maybe crawl a little more and sit on his butt. He is too cute! He loves pulling himself up and standing. He can't get enough of that! He wants to be an adult, in that he wants to stay up late, he wants to stand, and he wants to eat our food. He has already tried mozzarella cheese, yogurt, and peanut butter. I dont give him much of these foods, of course, but his body doesnt reject them nor does he seem to have a problem with them so I let him try little bits.
His nights have been a little rocky lately because he had caught a cold and get's to sleep with momma on his nights of recovery. Now that he is better we are trying to retrain him to sleep in his crib and it hasnt been going very smooth but we are all managing this transition.
I have come to a place where I have learned how to sleep on the couch sitting up and have mastered it to the point that I enjoy taking a nap with Landon, during the day, sitting up on the couch but I also have come to the understanding that I cannot do this forever and have to make sure Landon knows how to sleep in his crib. I have just realized the importance of this because if I dont start now, it will be incredibly hard later to try to tell him that he can't sleep in mommy's arms forever. The boppy is only so big and cannot rest a 2 year old.
This brings up a good point! With my worries in the past (that I may not make it to a year of breast feeding) it looks like I am going to make it to my goal!!! We are 4/6 th's of the way through his first year! Only 4 months left to go and I should be free of breastfeeding. I think this may be hard for Landon when mommy can't give him his breast friend anymore, but I have already come up with an idea on how to get him used to cow's milk. I will pump enough milk in order to be able to mix it with cow's milk! I thought this was a good idea...we'll see how it works in 4 months!
Well anyways, that will be all for now. Each day we have more love for our little cute boy! We cannot help but smile when he smiles and laughs. Too precious!

Uh Oh!!!

Before we dropped Landon's mattress down to a safe standing ^^^^^

After Landon's crib was made safe ^^^^^^^ What a funny boy!!!


In the passed few days Landon has improved with his crawling, sleeping, and pulling himself up to stand holding on to things! Can a child really mentally and developmentally grow so quickly?! Wow! I guess so. Daniel had to lower Landon's crib yesterday because as you can see it would have been a hazard if he would have leaned over the edge of his crib while we are out of his room.
Last night Landon slept from 9:15- 5am! I am so glad that his sleep training seems to have worked!

Our first pumpkin

This is Daniel and my first pumpkin. I met Daniel in 2004 and we have never carved a pumpkin together! Crazy huh? Well I wanted to make this a new tradition now that we have Landon! Daniel had a great idea to carve a Yankee's pumpkin. It turned out awesome and it was pretty fun for Landon. He wanted to eat it. Lucky for me, since he is a baby I just let him wear his diaper and he was very easy to clean up.

A message from Landon...

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What a great typest isnt he? Let me translate what he typed: Mommy: I loved Dunkin Donuts this morning!
Yes, I have given Landon pancakes and donuts before, but donuts are his kryptonite. He love donuts and will tell you while you are eating yours that he wants more with his hmm mmm huh huh huh huh hmmm. It's constant until he gets more donut! What a funny boy he is

Nightime Fun with Daddy!!!

My Yankee Men

These are my two favorite Yankee's! As we know the Yankee's are in the play offs and my husband is a die hard Yankee fan. So that means our Landy gets dressed in Yankee apparel.

7 months old

Tonight I drove passed the hospital that I gave birth to Landon. I looked up and saw the room that I stayed in waiting to be able to take my baby home and hold him. It's easy to spot my room because I was on the corner of the hospital in one of the rooms that had a balcony. It was not an ideal room for someone that just gave birth to a baby but I think it was a room that they give to people that dont have their baby with them. For me that was the case because as soon as Landon came out I was able to hold him for a few minutes and then taken away to the NICU. I remember they wheeled me out of the labor and delivery room and as they were walking me to my room they played the little lullaby for me (to signal that I was someone that just gave birth to a baby). As I listened to the lullaby empty handed I felt like bursting into tears. My sweet baby was in the NICU and for the next couple of days I would be scared off and on by different people regarding Landon's heart.


Today Landon is a healthy, booming, energetic boy that no one would ever think had a problem in the beginning. I am so grateful today that God kept him safe and healed him. He is such a joy and so precious to my heart. Tonight as I passed the hospital I thought of how having him was one of the best times of my life.
So yesterday was actually Landon's 7 month birthday but of course in my busy schedule I am a bit late. The other day Landon tried his first lemon! He really loved it! He must really like sour because he didnt really make any pucker faces. He made one slight face but that was about it.
Also, he learned how to drink out of a straw and actually did that yesterday (exactly at 7 months). I never let him have a straw but he took it in his bath water and started sucking up the water. Before he started drinking a bunch of soapy water I gave him a cup with clean water and a new straw and he just loved drinking that water out of a straw like a big boy.


(My monkey baby ....holding his monkey baby ^)

He still is having some interesting nights. They arent bad nights but he would much rather sleep with his momma than in a bed by himself. He starts the night out in his crib and then he wakes up at different times during the night. Sometimes I get him back to sleep in his bed or sometimes I just take him out into the living room so we both can go back to sleep right away. He can pretty much sleep straight through once he gets his breast friend (he falls right back to sleep) but it is beginning to make me wonder what is going to happen in the middle of the night once he is 1 and I am no longer breast feeding him. I am just wishing that he could just sleep through the night as I keep seeing that tons of other parents babies do! I must be doing something wrong here. But then again one day these days will be over and my little baby will be a boy that doesnt want his momma anymore and I will cherish these nights that I was able to cuddle him.
Lately Landon's teething has gotten worse! I am not sure why because I can't see any new teeth coming. He bit me about 5 times today though and gets fussy sometimes when the teething get really bad. Poor guy! :(
With Landon turning 7 months a reality hits that I am 1 month late in getting him his shots. He was sick quite a bit the passed month so I had to wait until he got well. I called for his appointment today so next week I will be able to post about his weight and measurements. I will not be surprised if he is 21 lbs. now! He is getting really heavy especially when I try moving him in the middle of the night when I am practically half asleep.
Landon hasnt learned how to crawl but he is in training. I think it will be soon. Hope you enjoyed reading the Landon latest. :)