Craft it forward!

The first 5 people to leave a comment on this blog will receive something made by me. However there are some limitations:

1. I make no guarantee that you will like what I make.
2. What I create will be just for you.
3. It will be done this year.
4. You have not a clue what it is going to be; poetry, shoes, bags or a little invention of my own. I may even bake something and mail it you! Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!
5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange. It may blow your mind!

Here's the catch... if you choose to do this, you must post this on your blog and be ready to make something for five people too. This will be fun! And, when you receive the fabulous item I make you, you must post a picture of it on your blog. Or if you don't have a blog, send me a photo and I will post it! Ready....Set....Comment!

A childhood toy

This is Landon sitting in a little wagon. It was mine as a little girl! I pulled it out of my parents garage so Landon could push it around with his toys in it, but apparently he want to be the one getting pushed around in it! I plan on refinishing this wagon as a project! I'm excited!

Disney Day Trip

On Saturday, April 18, we woke up around 4:30am, and by 6:30 am, we were on our way to the happiest place on earth! We arrived at Disney around 11:30 am. We started our day off in Disney California!

There was a HSM 3 show going on, so of course we had to stop and watch!

After HSM 3, we saw there was a Playhouse Disney theatre, so we decided to do that! Landon had a really hard time sitting still! He was getting fussy because all he wanted to do was move around, and he couldn't! Every now and then, during the show, things would fall from the sky, like bubbles, or leaves, or confetti, and he really liked that! Once things were done falling from the sky, he was angry again that we wouldn't let him move around. Poor guy.

We walked out of the show and it was so sunny out, so I put his hat on him...that stayed on for 2 seconds! 

We rode a few rides, the got some lunch! Here's a picture of Landon sharing fries with daddy! He was laughing and having a good ole' time.

After lunch, we went to the Haunted Mansion! Here's Landon and Daddy in line while waiting for the ride!

We saw Aladdin, so we had to get a picture with him. He was the only character we saw that day:(

This was the only picture taken of the 3 of us...my arm looks big and Landon is asleep...Lovely! I actually had never been on the Peter Pan ride before, it was pretty cool, Landon slept through the whole ride, which is kind of a bummer, he would have loved it!

The last and most fun ride we did that day, was the Buzz Light Year one. It was the most fun for Paul and I because Landon was having the time of his life...it was so adorable! Paul and I were shooting targets, while Landon was steering, and screaming...screams of joy! I was winning until I stopped shooting targets just long enough to get a shot of Landon having fun! Oh well! It was worth it!

After our day at Disneyland was over we went to Cheesecake Factory and enjoyed a yummy dinner...as always when we go there! Then, around 9pm, we left and headed home! Doing a quick day trip to Disney was very exhausting, but it was so much fun! It was nice to do something together on a day off of work!

Easter Sunday

On Sunday, April 12 it was Easter! We woke up and went to church at 9am. It was just my Mom, Landon and Me because Paul was working that week, and my dad is overseas. Before we did any Easter stuff, I had to take a few pictures of Landon in his cute Easter outfit! Only 1 really turned out! I couldn't get him to sit still or keep his hat on! Wasn't he cute?!

After we took pictures, my mom watched him inside while I set out just a few eggs and his Easter basket in the yard. FYI...his Easter basket was supposed to be super cute...but it wasn't :( as cute as I had hoped it would be! I ordered a really cute blue, green and white plaid liner from pottery barn kids that was going to have his name on it! Well....I got an email saying it was on backorder, then a few days later saying it was sold out! So next year, I need to order the liner right when they come out! There's all kinds of fun random stuff in there!

My mom also got him the Easter Bunny in the picture below. It sings and dances. At first when we played it for him, he was scared of it, but once he saw us singing and dancing with it...he was laughing!

Here he is showing us his Easter Egg...

...then he discovered 2 cars in in Easter basket! He held on to those cars for the next 2 hours...those cars went with him in his wagon while we went on a little Easter walk. He also brought his dancing bunny! Look how happy those cars made him! Too cute!

For Easter dinner, we had a Ham and a yummy broccoli dish. We didn't make much food since the only guy eating with us was Landon...and he doesn't eat much! After dinner we made some yummy chocolate oreo milkshakes! Following the milkshakes, I let Landon have a marshmellow peep. In the picture it looks like he enjoyed it, but he only enjoyed touching it! He didn't care for the taste, which is a good thing!

Easter Egg Hunt

On Saturday April 11, I loaded up the wagon and we walked to a nearby park, where our ward was having an Easter Egg Hunt! Landon, of course loved the ride there, he's always happy in the wagon! When we arrived to the park, breakfast was served by members of the ward who volunteered to cook. There was eggs and pancakes! Yummy! After breakfast, the missionaries told the story of Easter. Following the story was the egg hunt! Landon had just learned to walk the week before...so all the other kids were much faster than him! He did however manage to get two eggs, and some miscellaneous candy that was all over the ground. He had a fun time playing with his plastic eggs. Who would have thought that something as simple as a plastic egg would make a kid so happy!?

In this picture below, he was bringing me his first egg.

Within a week of Landon's 1st Birthday...

Within a week of Landon turning 1, he...

...started holding phones up to his ears!

...continues his adorable habbit of carrying one item in each hand! The items always have to be similar, for example, 2 cars, or 2 balls, or 2 crackers, or 2 blocks! It's so funny!

...walked exactly one week after turning one!

My little boy is growing up so fast! It's so fun watching him grow and learn new things, but sometimes I wish that I could freeze time, and just enjoy the fun moments for a lot longer!

Finally...Landon's 1st Birthday!

Finally here is the entry for Landon's first birthday!

I watch two little girls at their house during the week. The day started off by Paul, Landon and Me going over to the house to watch the girls. We had some breakfast, then Paul took Landon to his one year check up! They were out of one of the shots, so Landon got lucky, and we decided not to give him any of the shots, and to do them once they received what they needed. So it was a happy doctors visit for him.

After Paul and Landon got back to the house, Landon and the little girls decorated and ate cupcakes! He didn't really do much decorating...just eating!

Then the little girls gave them a "Cookie Jar" toy for his birthday gift. I know it doesn't look like it in this picture, but he had a lot of fun playing with it! He was laughing at it for like 5 minutes straight...no joke!

After the kids played for a little bit, we took them to the park, but before we went there, we stopped and got happy meals for the little ones. Our plan was to have a "picnic" at the park. We showed up and it was so windy! After 10 minutes of attempting to hold all of the food bags and drinks down to keep from blowing away, we gave up! So we put the rest of the food in the car and saved it for later. We let the kids play for about 30 minutes. They had lots of fun! You can tell by this picture of Landon how windy it was! Check out his hair!

His favorite thing to do at the park is to swing on the swings!

When we got home from the park, the kids finished their lunches and took a nap! After nap time, we dropped the little girls off at their older sister's softball game. On the way there, Landon started screaming, and of course the girls started doing it too! It got LOUD! They screamed for about 5 minutes! It was a moment where I just had to laugh and take a picture. This picture captures perfectly how loud it was! I love it!

Once we dropped the girls off, we went to my parents house and had dinner. I wanted to make a "kiddie" dish, so I decided to go with Mac & Cheese, but homemade! It was so good and Landon loved it! After dinner he opened his present form my parents! Grandma and Grandpa got him a wagon for his birthday! He started pushing it around the house before it was even assembled! Here's him helping Daddy put it together.

He was so happy when the wagon was put together!

Here's Landon waiting to go for a spin in his new toy!

We went for a family walk (my Mom and her 3 dogs, Paul, Landon and Me), and Landon was in the new wagon, loving every minute of it! During the walk, we tried to put the dogs in there, and it made him even more happy, but the dogs didn't like it, so they jumped out! Poor Landon, he loves the dogs!

When we got home from the walk, Landon received all of his presents from Mommy and Daddy! I wanted to wrap them, but I didn't even bother! He doesn't quite get how to unwrap a gift yet. The first thing we gave him were some books! He loves books! He especially liked this "Where is Baby's Birthday Cake" peek-a-boo book. He gets so happy when he hears the words peek-a-boo...his facial expression is too cute!

Then he got an Activity Cube. Here is Landon playing with his cube! He just loves all of the different things to do on it! He also loves to push it around the house! He is a strong little boy!

Then we gave him a remote control car! This is him playing with his car...Parents (as in Parents magazine) has a line of toys, and this is a remote control car made for little one, 12 months and up! He just loves it! It's so cute to see how excited Landon gets over cars! I love it! He's a cute boy!

He had such a fun little birthday!