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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

16 things about Landon

Our little Landon is now 16 months, and has been for a week or two now, but I thought I would write down 16 things that I love about him...

1. His amazing red hair
2. His open mouth kisses
3. The proud look on his face when he walks
4. The way he snuggles with the kitty.. or steam rolls him
5. His long eyelashes
6. The adorable dimples
7. The way he calls for the kitty
8. When you ask him if he wants to go to bed he signs 'please'
9. If you ask him if he wants a snack he makes this happy sound, meaning YES!
10. He loves anything crocheted, even some of my scarves, but especially blankets
11. He says 'bok bok' for chicken, 'baaa' for sheep, and 'kak kak' for ducks :)
12. He gives his dad snuggles
13. He loves to play in the dirt, any dirt, anywhere.. he'll find it!
14. His favorite toys lately have been any types of trucks.. vrrrroooom
15. Oh.. he sleeps through the night, and has been doing so for months now, but I love it!
16. He just melts my heart and I want to gobble him up every time I hear or see him

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Bob the Bobcat

Over the past two weeks there have been work crews building a new sidewalk on the road near our house. So close in fact that you can see them working if you look out the window. The kids can hear the machines going by and it has gotten to the point where when they hear a machine they start pointing to the window, yelling 'BOB' for Bobcat(which I taught them just a day or two ago), and if I don't lift them up to look out they just lose it! It's quite adorable actually :)

So instead of lifting them up and having the other one get jealous I have pushed the couch over to the window and stuck the munchkins on top so they can look out the window at the same time. They point, say Bob, chat with each other and are truly enthralled with the whole thing, it's just priceless!

Here are a few photos of the kids enjoying their view.


Every few weeks or months I tend to find someone's blog that I just LOVE! It has happened again people... this blog has just sucked me right in! A lovely woman writes about her family and what goes on in their daily life.. or every few days I guess. It also helps that she has an awesome life with a great vision for design and is also a wonderful photographer.. oh, and she has two amazing munchkins and one more on the way. I'm inspired by her design choices for both her house and her kids' wardrobes.. my goal is to get my munchkins to look at least 1/5th as stylish as hers but perhaps for a little less money (since i'm so darn cheap!).
It just makes me feel like I'm off in her little lovely world and it's quite fun!
A link to her lovely blog: http://sharandandrew.blogspot.com/


Here is our adorable baby boy sporting some cutie pie clothes... this is what the blogger I'm liking lately has inspired me to go and dress him like. Her little boy is always sporting the converse shoes with collared shirts :) Love it!

I'm going to be a mommy!

Well, if you haven't heard yet, now you know! I'm 24 weeks along in my pregnancy with our first bundle of joy. So far the pregnancy has gone pretty well. Luckily I did not have any morning sickness, instead of throwing up food, I inhaled it. You know how some preggos lose weight at the start of their pregnancy? I did the opposite and piled it on. Oh well, it's a healthy amount and if I didn't eat I would feel nauseous.

Jeff and I have decided to go with a midwife for several reasons and so far have had a great experience. I've had all of my blood work done and went in for the ultrasound at 19 weeks. We are so thankful that both the blood tests and ultrasound came out great! We got to see our little bean moving around and made us really think.. wow.. there's something alive in there! :)

So far the last 3 weeks have been the best weeks of the pregnancy. I have quite a bit more energy and I look pregnant. The only complaint I have is SLEEP! Or, lack thereof. I guess my hips have been swelling up like crazy and causing sciatica. Within 5 minutes of lying down on my side my hips fall asleep (like you sit too long cross legged), and then I usually wake up in the middle of the night with horrible pains in my hips, fun times! Thanks to Jeff's bright idea of icing them before bed I have minimized the pain and am sleeping a bit better.

The newest occurrence with the pregnancy is Braxton Hicks contractions. I had no idea that these could occur so early in the pregnancy, and thought it was common to get these when you were about 9 months. I guess not! They're just the tightening of my pelvic muscles and usually don't hurt. However, they have been hurting for me and usually take my breath away. I guess i'll be somewhat prepped for the real deal?

Anywho, that's all for now. Thanks for reading!