Happy Birthday baby!

Today is Landon's 4 month birthday. It seems like he should still be the little baby he was just a short 4 months ago. He has really changed and seems so big now. I love watching him develop but sometimes I still miss my little baby (I also know that feeling will never go away).

Stats:
Weight 11 lbs 8.5 ozs.
Length 22.25 inches
Head 40 cm

Accomplishments:
He can roll over from his back to his tummy and prefers to roll to the right.
He can now push up on his elbows when on his tummy and look around.
We have play on floor time and when I put a rattle or keys in his hand he holds onto it and shakes it around.
He almost giggles.
He loves when we hold him in the standing position.
He sleeps through the ENTIRE night. Mommy is VERY proud. He goes to bed between 10:30 and 11:30 and does not wake up until 5:30 or 6am!!
He eats a lot during the day (I am assuming to make up for not eating through the night).
He talks a lot when he is on the changing table--regardless of whether or not we are actually changing him.
This month, we took our first trip to Arkansas to see family and friends. He did pretty good on the way there and back. Landon was in a picture with Brian, Brian's mom, and Brian's grandma when we were with Brian's family.
When we went to visit my family, we were able to take a 5 generation picture with him, me, my mom, my grandma, and my great-grandma.
Said pictures will be coming.
Landon and mommy joined a couple of mommy groups and are making new friends. Tomorrow (or almost today), we are going to meet some mommies and tots at a park. Landon loves being outside.

On a mommy note:
I am still walking most mornings.
I am now selling Mary Kay. If anyone would like a free facial, please let me know. I can come to you.
I have started school. I am only taking one class this semester--mostly due to the fault of the school. I was signed up for 2 classes.
I will be starting guitar lessons on September 18th. I am very nervous about this.
My sister-in-law (Brian's sister) has moved in with us. We are enjoying her company.


Big news:
Landon is being baptized on August 31, 2008. We are very excited about this and at the same time, it is hard putting into words all of our emotions. God has really blessed us by giving us the most amazing gift we could ever ask for. Landon has brought so much joy and love into our lives and we are so thankful for having such a beautiful, happy, and healthy baby boy.
After the baptism, we are having a cookout at League Park. A friend of ours is coming to the church and party to take pictures. We hope to see everyone there!

Milestones

Mommy's milestone:
I signed up on meetup.com for a walking group. There is a group of ladies that go walking in League City at 6:45am every morning. I have joined them every day for the past week . I can now fit into a pair of non maternity jeans that I bought at the beginning of the pregnancy. YAY!

Little man's milestones:
We just hit the three month mark (July 26).

He weighs 10 lbs 5 ozs. and is 22 1/2 inches long.

He is almost rolling over. He gets on his side, then throws his legs on over but alas, his arm is still in the way. So, technically, his bottom half rolls over from back to stomach but the top half gets half way.

He babbles now. Today, I had him on his play gym (on his back--he hates tummy time) and he was kicking the elephant at his feet and talking to the giraffe that was hanging by his head. It was the cutest thing ever.

He LOVES getting his diaper changed. He could be screaming at the top of his lungs and the moment we put him on the changing table, he starts smiling and recently starts cooing. He is very happy the whole time and will even stay on the table for a while after we are finished.

We went to Dallas August 13 and 14. The trip was good. We had to stop every hour and a half to let little man eat. But he was great riding in the car. Tomorrow, we leave for Arkansas. It is a 9 hour drive so hopefully things go great again and hopefully, he will space out his eating times a little more.

We are having Landon baptized August 31 at the 9:30 traditional service. We just found out that not only will both sets of his grandparents be able to come down, but also Landon's 2 great grandmothers. We are all so excited. We hope that our Sunday School class will be able to be there as well. We are going to have a cook out afterwards (at 12:30) at the park.

No mommy....no sleep

It is 12:30am and little man is wide awake with no sleep in sight.

On the plus side, I get to watch The Golden Girls.

Catching up

This past week, Brian's mom, dad, and sister came down to visit. We had a wonderful time with them and hated to see them leave. They came in last Sunday around 11 am and left this morning at 9am. We did a lot of things. Tuesday morning, we drove down to Freeport and hung out at the beach. Landon slept for most of the time on the beach but the one time he did wake up, we put his feet in the water. We think he liked it. Here is a picture of Landon and mommy in the water.

Thursday, I made a cake for a girl at my work. She is having a baby girl due July 31st. Everyone at work threw a shower for her. Me, Brian, and his family drove downtown for the party. Here is her cake:

Friday night we went downtown to Memorial Herman park for the fireworks show. The Houston Symphony was playing at the amphitheater starting at 8 and they were going to play the 1812 overture and had canons to shoot off. When we got there, there were not anymore seats left in the amphitheater so we pulled out our blanket and sat in the grass on the hill. We could not hear any of the symphony play. We sat until 10:15 waiting for the fireworks. Once they started, it was a really good show.

Saturday, we all got up really early and headed down to Galveston to the beach. I definately like Freeport beach a LOT better. It only took about an hour to get to Freeport so the next time we head to the beach, Freeport is our destination.

Sunday morning, Brian's family left and our house was quiet. It was sad seeing them leave but we will see them again soon. We all had a lot of fun and got a lot accomplished. Photos will be posted soon of Landon's bathroom we finished while they were here.

Happy 2 months!

Happy birthday to me! Today is my 2 month old birthday. I went to the doctor yesterday for my 2 month check up. I got lots of shots but I did so good. I was such a big boy for mommy and daddy. I only cried a little bit. The doctor said I am doing really good and really growing.

Today, I am 8 lbs 7 ozs. I am 20 1/2 inches long and my head is 37 cm around. All of my measurements are in the 3% but that's ok because I am healthy and growing. Some day I will catch up to all those other babies. During the day I eat every 1 1/2-2 1/2 hours but at night, I let mommy have a 4 hour stretch, usually between 12am-4am. I still do not smile voluntarily, just reflexively. Mommy and daddy can't wait for me to smart smiling at them.

Another fact about me: I do NOT like sleeping in my crib during the day. I have no problems sleeping there at night, but do not try to put me in there during the day. I know the difference. I will only sleep for 5 min. max before waking up screaming if I am there during the day. Mommy and daddy do not know what else to try to get me to sleep there. I am not going to tell them the secret trick though.

Photo Shoot

Today, mommy tried to take some nice pictures of Landon. He was too fussy to cooperate the way mommy wanted him to. But, we did get a few good shots.

I also forgot in the previous posts...

We went and saw a friend of mine who does photography a few weeks ago (May 17th) and we had her take photos of Landon. He was pretty fussy about 10 min. in so we did not get a lot of time. But, here are some of the ones she took.

Other news: My doctor's office called this morning. I do not have diabetes. It has disappeared with the pregnancy. YAY!!

June 15-June 21, 2008

June 15, 2008: Today is father's day. Brian got a blue tie with Landon's feet print on it. It turned out really cute. He wore it to church today. We managed to make it to Sunday School. Brian also got a book titled I love you, Daddy. It's about a little bear who looks up to his daddy as they complete bear type tasks. I also managed to wake up early enough to "make" cinnamon rolls for breakfast. Brian will also get time to himself. A co-worker of his has invited him and another guy to go fishing one day after work. And, from me, he will be getting an 8 drawer tool storage chest for in the garage.

June 18, 2008: Today, Landon and I had lunch with daddy. There is a scale at Brian's work. We weighed Landon on it while we were there. He now weighs a little over 8 lbs. We will see next week at the pedi's if that scale was close.

June 19, 2008: This morning, I had another glucose test for type 2 diabetes. It was a two hour test and it is to see if the diabetes disappeared after the pregnancy. I should hear something on Monday.

HIGHLIGHTS of this week

This week, Landon has really discovered himself in the mirror.

This next picture, we could not help ourselves. We started unswaddling him and his diaper was sagging. He wiggles around so much when he is swaddled, he wiggles his diaper down. So, here is the very important, every parent must have one,"embarrass our son when he brings a girl over" picture.

Here is his almost smile. It is very hard at this point to capture the full smile. So, here is the beginning:

This is his usual contented face:

Then, it quickly turns to angry:

Tummy time! He is getting to where he pushes his feet against the couch, picks his head up, and slowly makes his way in a circle. Before I realized it, he was facing the other way.