Come on Summer!

The weather is gorgeous, Landon is mobile and interested in EVERYTHING, and I cannot wait for summer break to arrive! I have so many things in mind for us to do this summer, and I simply cannot wait...only 34 school days to go (not that I'm counting). I'm hoping the days fly by and then magically slow down for my time off.

Also, due to the weather, we've had to cut Landon off of being swaddled cold turkey. We put him to sleep every once in a while without it anyway, but he still sleeps so much better with it. He's able to go to sleep on his own without it (yeah!) It just took 2 hours for him to go to sleep for his nap yesterday (yikes!) Let's hope that gets a little easier really soon. He's so excited about being able to stand up and walk along the side of the crib that he just fights going to sleep. It's hilarious (and exhausting) to watch him stand up on one side, talk and babble to himself for a while, crawl to the other side, stand up....back and forth. I've even woken up in the middle of the night to see him in the monitor standing up and "practicing".

Speaking of practicing...he must be getting stronger from all of the standing up, 'cause he's become a surprisingly fast crawler! There's no more hesitation...he sees something he wants, and he's after it, lickity split. It seems like I hardly blink my eyes and he's across the room, standing up to get something. He wants to move around and explore things so badly that he can't even stand to sit long enough to drink his bottle. He gets antsy and tries to crawl away...until he realizes that he's hungry and then cries at me for not feeding him. I'm pretty sure he can't decide which one he wants more :) I think if he could figure out a way to use one of those straw helmets so he never had to stop moving, he would...I'm kinda hoping the novelty of being mobile wears off, but I have a feeling he's just going to be an active kid.

Boy Meets Grass

Landon got to experience crawling on grass today for the first time. He was so intrigued by all of the new textures of it and even tried tasting a little :) It was so fun to watch him feel the blades of grass between his fingers and squish the mud in his hands, and although he seemed a little hesitant to move very much, I think he liked it a lot. Now, let's hope he doesn't break out in a rash!

Playing with Papa

Landon loves spending time with Papa in their backyard. It was a beautiful weekend and their backyard was tons of fun. He loved looking at their garden, going down the slide, and especially loved "driving the boat" at the top of the slide. I think we'll have lots of fun hanging out over there this summer with the cousins.

On the move...

It seems as if in the last few weeks my baby has begun turning into a boy...a kid. I can not believe how much and how quickly things have changed in such a short amount of time. When we first brought him home from the hospital, it seemed as if things changed so quickly...then we went through a couple of months where it seemed not much was changing...and now....!!! He went from rolling over and over to crawling to pulling himself up and standing so fast. He has two front teeth (and is working on a couple more), eats everything from prunes to butternut squash soup (homemade by mommy :), and "talks" all the time. He has learned many new consonant sounds in the past few weeks, his current favorite is "dadadada". So...while he sleeps through the night and takes great naps, I go to bed feeling exhausted...only now it's because I spend the entire day chasing him around and trying to keep him from smacking his little head on anything and everything. He seems so grown up lately...curious about everything and ready to explore the world. I was always excited for him to reach this stage and become more playful, but now I'm not so sure I'm ready to let go of the baby stage...Prunes...his favorite!Trying to get the doggies to play :)