Having too much fun!

Landon is now 14.5 months old and he's just having too much fun in life. Fun with friends and going to the park, seeing family and doing other crazy activities. He now does the motions to "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" and to "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" and will nod his head "yes" and shake his head "no." Where is the time going? I swear, the next time I blink he will be graduating, going on a mission, and getting married.

Here he is playing with his best buddy Sutton, they're only 2 weeks apart.

Landon with his new friend Micah, watching a show togetherLandon found this really cool Harley trike at a playdate we went to...he could not stop riding it.Riding the fish at the Toyota play park in the mall...he loves that place. We got a kick out of watching him play at Gymboree. He LOVES bubbles and he had fun climbing on and through things all night.

Making his dad proud....SLAM DUNK!!!

Playing in the little fort that he and mommy created. He didn't like it at first, but then I showed him how to crawl into it and he wouldn't come out for like an hour.

Playing "ghost" with the table cloths after Aunt Krystal's wedding reception.

With Aunt Krystal and Uncle Steve

Playing at the park near our house

Visiting the Easter Bunny at Bellevue Square last week. He was kind of scared at first, but then he kept wanting to go back and look at him.

Trying on Daddy's shoes...those sure are big shoes to fill.

Little Bowl of Knowledge

So Landon is almost 14 months now...and I am starting to realize how quick he is at learning things. It used to be that I had to repeat myself over and over again for him to catch on, but now he seems to get it after the first time I tell him (except for when he's not supposed to do something, he's a pretty strong-willed child....I have no idea where he gets that from ;)). For instance, when we go to the park, he sometimes falls down, wait no, he always falls down in the bark chips and looks at his hands and then looks at me so that I'll come over and pick him up and brush the dirt off his hands and clothes. But just the other day I decided to teach him how to brush it off by kind of clapping and wiping his hands together. Its so cute cause now he does that every time. He still looks at me after he falls but I just say "Brush it off, brush it off" and then he does the hand motions and then goes off and plays some more. We took him to the play park at the Supermall on Saturday and he wasn't too sure about it at first. There were sooooo many kids and there were definitely some that were too big to be playing in there. He had so much fun though after he figured out that most of the toys were slides and that all he had to do was turn himself around or skoot himself to the edge. He just went crazy running around and going down the slides over and over again. It was great to see him having so much fun. On top of the stuff that he knows from my previous blog, he also now knows "arms up", "arms down", "arms out", "baby", "eyes", "nose", "ears", "mouth", "clap", "cat", "dog", "kiss", "mommy", "daddy", "Landon", "tummy", "tiger", "elephant", "wave", "hi", "bye"....He can't say these words quite yet but the way we know that he knows these words is because we ask him "where's your mouth?" and he'll point to it....or we show him the word and he points to the corresponding object. He also knows how to say "thank you" in sign language too. Gosh he is growing up way too fast.

13 Months = many new skills

Landon is now 13 months. His skill of walking is getting much better. It still makes me laugh the way he looks like a little drunken sailor/he just got off a horse though. The other day he came through the kitchen and found a tissue on the floor. He then put it up to his nose and started making blowing sounds through his mouth. It totally cracked me up that he knew what the tissue was for. I've never told him to "blow" his nose when I wipe away the snot from his face,but I guess just the fact that he sees us blowing our noses shows him what he's supposed to do with a tissue. There's proof right there that we are obviously HUGE examples to him. Another thing he did, and I think it was on the same day, was put the phone up to his ear...well, actually he put it up to his forehead. It was the phone that was connected by a string to his Kettler Toy Car riding toy. The string is too short for him to get it to his ear, so he bends down and puts it to his forehead. He's getting smarter and smarter as time goes by. It just amazes me what he learns without me really knowing it until it's apparent that he's learned it. Another example, I think I may have mentioned in my last post, was that he knew to put my comb up to his hair and try to start brushing his hair. He did it with my round styling brush and my regular brush. Ahhhh, I can't get over how cute it was to see that. His sixth tooth is coming in too, which has made him a bit cranky. Oh and one other thing...recently I asked him where his tummy is. He either lifts his shirt or bends down so that he can see his tummy himself. I love this kid so much!

He's Walking!

I just wanted to post a little video so you all could see Landon and his new talent...he's walking. It's too funny, Ben calls him our little drunken sailor...which is a pretty good description of how he walks. He took his first step right after Christmas at his Aunt Rachel's house in Charlotte, NC. So he was a little over 11 months at that point. From then on we were practicing with him, letting him walk from mommy to daddy. After a few weeks of that he got really sick and decided that crawling was a lot easier than trying to balance on two feet. So he protested and stopped trying to walk before his first birthday (Jan. 17th) Then on the 30th of January he just got up one day and walked from the door to the garage all the way to the front door! (about 50 ft). So he's been walking completely on his own for two weeks now.

Oh another cute thing that he just started doing a couple days ago...he'll grab my hair brush off the bathroom counter and try to brush his hair. I think its funny that at a year old he knows that "brush" is for his hair...but he does it with a "toothbrush" too...so I need to teach him that not all brushes are for his hair (example: toiletbowl brush).
Here are also some pictures from his birthday parties in the middle of January...they were a lot of fun. Here are some pictures from Maggiano's

Landon is pretty much always the spotlight of the party, as you can see below ;)

Papa Dirt and Landon, buddies forever!

Happy 1st Birthday, My Moose!!!

A year has gone by already? I can't believe it. Landon, you are my pride & joy and you make me so happy. You bring a smile to both mine and your daddy's faces. We love you more than anything in the whole world.

Here are some pictures from your first year of life

The day you were born : January 17, 2008 11:37 am, 7lbs. 10 oz. 21.5in.

4 days old1 Month6 Weeks, Baby Blessing day2 Months3 Months4 Months5 Months5 & 1/2 Months, Visiting the Woodhouse family in Charlotte, NC 6 months, and the first day you were able to sit up on your own. 7 Months8 Months9 Months10 Months 11 Months I hope you've had a wonderful first year with your mommy and daddy. You have many more years to come and you are such a special little boy. I can't even express how much I love you and how wonderful you have made my life.

Some of Landon's Firsts over Christmas

Well it was actually Landon's second time going to Charlotte, North Carolina, but he happened to have many firsts while he was there. He turned 11 months old on the 17th and we got pictures with Santa, which I'll have to post later. He had his first Christmas with his Aunts and My Lola and Papa Dirt (Grandma and Grandpa Woodhouse). He got his first 5th tooth (if that even makes sense). He had his first haircut. And he even took his first steps.