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! 

1 year pics

On Sunday we went out to take our family pictures...bad idea! It was so windy, only a few pictures turned out=( I'm going to have to redo them I think. These are the ones that turned out, that I liked. 

See...not very many! 

Landon's 1st Birthday Party!

On Saturday, March 28, we had Landon's 1st Birthday Party! It was from 11am to 1pm at Mission Hills Park. We barbecued turkey dogs and brats for lunch, and served chips, dip and fruit as a side. We thought it would be fun to get juice boxes since there were going to be quite a few little kids, so we had those as well. For dessert, we did cupcakes...decorate your own. Since it was at the park, all of the kids were able to play and have a good time, while the adults were able to hang out and talk. Here are some pictures from the party. 

This is Landon in the car on the way to party city to pick up the balloons.

He was mad because we wouldn't give them to him.

Cupcake decorating!

Frosting.

Us in front of the birthday banner.

So happy! =)

He liked the candles more than the cake. I'll admit I didn't go out on the cake..he was just going to destroy it anyways!

Hmm, he wasn't quite sure what to make of it!

Mmm...frosting!!!

Look at his hands!

This is how messy he was by the end...not as bad as I thought!

The fire truck was the 1st gift he opened...he was too distracted with the fire truck to pay attention to his other toys. He did however play with the others when he got home. 

By the end of the party, he was exhausted!

Thank you so much to everybody that came! We had a great time! We hope you did too!

Our Little Boy is One!

Today is Landon's 1st Birthday! Wow time went by fast! On April 1st, 2008 Landon was welcomed into our family weighing in at 6lbs 11oz and was 18.5 long. Today, April 1, 2009, Landon is weighing in at 20lbs 8oz and is 30 inches long. In this past year, he has grown in so many ways, besides his weight and height. He went from being a little newborn to a toddler. He went from only drinking milk to eating hot dogs, from laying down to crawling, to standing up, to almost walking.  He is a very active little guy! He loves to climb stairs, and practically run around the house while holding on to his little bike. He is so much fun. I just love seeing how excited he gets over the smallest things. I love his smile. His smile can put a smile on anyone's face no matter what their mood is. Being able to be his mother is the greatest blessing to me aside from my eternal companion and the gospel. Although Landon is only 1, he has taught me so much...especially patience. He is also very sociable. He goes up to anybody and makes friends with them. I wish I was more like that. He is so good with other kids. I am so excited to see him grow through out the years, physically, mentally, and spiritually.

Happy Birthday Landon! We are so glad that you are our little boy. We couldn't imagine our lives without you. 

*Pictures of his birthday party and birthday to follow on my next blog update!