The Nine Week Update

I'm trying to get caught up here.... so even though Landon is 12 weeks old, here are some 9 week pictures! We were lucky to get some smiling shots because Landon will stop smiling and giggling as soon as he sees the camera... Joe on the other hand comes running to get in the picture! What a goof ball. So, the very top picture is after we went to the doctor for the ear infection... they told us to let him sleep in his carrier. The rest are just fun shots of us hanging out at home! Good times! I love my little guy!

Conference

I love General Conference!! This weekend was so wonderful! First of all, Landon has been sleeping through the night so I was well rested!! Saturday was so fun just staying home and hanging out with my boys! I really enjoyed watching conference. The talks were great! I really enjoyed talking with Tyler about the traits we admire in the leaders of our church! I also found exercises that Landon and I can do together and he loves them! Tyler and I were able to spend time studying for his upcoming marketing test. I love helping Tyler study, its nice to know that he needs and appreciates me plus I get to learn a little about things that Tyler is interested in! I love that Tyler gets so distracted by Landon! Its so cute to see Tyler at the table "studying" as he talks and smiles at Landon in his swing on the other side of the room. They are such great buddies!
Today we watched conference with some of our great friends, the Pitneys. They are so much fun! I was also able to get my cross-stitch pretty much completed. Ever since we had a mutual on how to cross-stitch I've been addicted! Since conference we have been home playing. Today Landon started to open-handedly (is that a word??) reach at his little infant gym thing. I'm so excited that he's figuring things out. He is such a blessing in our lives! We can't get enough of his smiles and giggles.
Honestly, its been a pretty hard 2 1/2 months. We could never figure out why Landon was always upset. So, here's Landon's medical history breakdown: He was born with a high level of jaundice and was on the billi-blanket for about 2 weeks. Shortly after Landon got an ear infection, poor little guy. Tyler got ear infections when he was little so I guess we will have to keep a close eye on him. At the same time he developed some kind of cold or allergies. When he started to throw up his meals we knew something else must be wrong. We took him in thinking that he had reflux, which he did have, and the doctor told me to try going off of dairy. So, I did that until the day that we moved... I accidentally had a piece of cheese on my sub sandwich!! Ahh... that was the day we discovered Landon was allergic to milk, poor little guy. Since then... he has been on medicine and we've started ailamentum (a super expensive formula for babies with allergies). Now, Landon smiles and plays! We love it! We have so much to be thankful for!

Landon at 8 weeks

Here's Tyler and Landon at 8 weeks. He was really starting to fill out! In the top picture Tyler was hanging out with Landon during "tummy time." The bottom picture is Landon taking a nap on ole mom and dad's bed. For some reason he sleeps really well on OUR bed! :) Wow, that pacifier looks really big, now it looks so small. In fact we need to get him some new ones! I'm so surprised at how fast he is growing! This week I pulled out the 3-6 month clothes and got them washed! It was so fun to put new little outfits on him! I think he's been more comfortable because they're not skin tight! He doesn't look so fat! Yea!!

I'm so grateful that he's doing so good. He's been so much fun! 8 weeks was about the time he started to smile and now he smiles even more! I love spending time with him, and I love being a mom!

Lucky Number 8

8 OBSESSIONS

* Tyler - I've been so blest to have him, he takes great care of our little family
* Kissing Landon - I was sitting in a class and I guess I kept kissing his cute little head because a lady leaned over and said "It's hard to keep from kissing them isn't it?"
* Joe Studly Boxer
* Milk - Landon is Milk and Protein intolerant and I can't tell you how badly I miss dairy! :(
* The Batchelor/Batchelorette - I was in the hospital on the last Bachelorette's finaly so I was desperate to get ahold of my aunt's copy of it as soon as I got back to my senses.
* I love to organize and clean my house.
* Reading blogs - I need to get better at keeping mine up to date
* Young Women stuff

8 WORDS OR PHRASES I USE OFTEN
* I love you babe
* Are you kidding me?
* "like" - I'm working on getting rid of this bad habit
* Laaaaandon - As he screams in the car
* You are SO cute (to Landon)
* I don't know
* "Uhhh" I think I say that every time I have to wake up to feed Landon
* Oops

8 THING I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE
* Go on a mission with my love
* Live in the house that Tyler is constantly designing
* Go on a cruise
* Take a church history tour
* Finish School (sometimes it seems like it will never end)
* Go to law school
* Ride an elephant
* Ride on an old-fashon horse-drawn sleigh through the snow on a wintery evening with Tyler!

8 THINGS I'VE LEARNED

*I can't try and live someone elses life.
*You can burn boiled eggs
*Be patient through trials
*Joe is a sneaky dog
*Differences between Landon's cries
*How to cross-stitch
*How to make Melissa's pepperoni lasagna... Mmmmmmmmm
*Family ties are a lot stronger than ties with your friends

8 PLACES I WOULD LOVE TO GO
*Tyler and I would LOVE to go to Hawaii
*Nauvoo
*Missouri, to visit my Granparents, and my Great-grandparents.
*The San Diego Temple
*London, England
*The Carribean
*This really cool boat hotel I saw in California
*Virginia

8 THINGS I CURRENTLY WANT OR NEED
*I definently need more sleep
*I could use more time (for eating, showering, painting my toenails, you know... basic nessesities as well as visiting teaching, home teaching, and interviews with my young women)
*I would love some new clothes, heck... I would settle for some new undershirts - all in good time I suppose
*I need to start my exercise routine again so I can have some muscle tone in my body
*I need to write in my journal
*I want scrapbook materials
*I want to be a better communicator with my husband
*I want to see my mom and dad and my sisters

8 PEOPLE I TAG
*Yolanda
*Stephanie
*Nikki
*Ashley
*Shawnie
*Chelsea
*Holli
*Jennifer

Our Sunday

I'm feeling inspired! It's 10:36 PM and I'm so tired, but I've been feeling guilty for not writing in a journal about Landon, so I figured that if I blog maybe I can copy and paste and somehow make up for it? Oh, well...
So, Landon was blessed on Sunday. It was so fun! All my family came and Tyler's parents and grandparents. Also, Tyler's mission president flew in, with his family (the Kirks), for the big day! :) We couldn't be happier to be surrounded by so many loved ones! It was so weird though, I felt nervous. I'm not even sure what I was nervous about, all I had to do was just sit there and listen. I think I'm now starting to feel like a mom! WOW! On, that note... I have so much more appreciation for mothers, I've always loved my mom and grandma, but now I feel like I am starting to really be able to understand and appreciate them more! :)
Back to Sunday... after Sunday school and visiting with the Kirk's for a bit we headed over to my Uncle Kevin's home to visit with family. After Landon woke up he was not happy. We figured that he was over stimulated, since my family is super loud when we get together, but after a very long night Tyler and I knew that something must be wrong with our little guy. Low and behold he has an ear infection, and a cold! :( I felt so bad for him. He's doing a lot better now, thank goodness. I feel so guilty to admit this, but since he's been on Tylenol I have been sleeping FANTASTIC! He eats around 6/6:30 and goes to sleep until around 3am! :) Then goes back to bed until 7am! :) Oh, bliss... Sleep!! How I have missed it! So, now I ask myself... what am I doing up still??? Goodnight!

Landon's Pictures

We finally were able to get together with my friend Brandis to do Landon's baby pictures! He he is in all his glory! :) This was so fun! Brandis was a good sport... Landon was WIDE awake so he was wiggly and not the easiest to pose, but she was able to get some cute shots!

One Month

Just a quick post...
Landon was officially one month old yesterday! I can't believe it! Where does the time go? He is already a chunk... weighing in at over 11 pounds he is somewhere in the 85 percentile! Yikes! I swear, all I'm doing is nursing him... no doughnuts or anything!! Heck, I'm not even eating doughnuts! I guess the kid just likes to eat! :) Tyler and I couldn't be more grateful for such a healthy and happy little boy! He is fantastic!! He likes "belly-time" and having his back rubbed with lotion! What a silly kid! Oh! He has slept through 1 night (6 hours is a full nights sleep for me now), but he hasn't done that again for a while. I think he is still a little mixed up with day and night! It's just so hard to keep him awake when he wants to sleep!
As for Tyler and I... this has been quite the experience! We have had our moments of frustration but so far we've been a pretty good team! Joe has also been great... he enjoys the "belly-time" when he can lay on the ground and hang out with Tyler and Landon! I'm so lucky to have all of my boys!