The Holidays are near!

So I know, I'm not doing a very great job at updating the blog page. Landen is so mobile these days and its hard enough getting the house clean and dinner cooked. In the evenings I try and relax with Tyler since I don't really get to see him much with work and school all week. Anyways, here's a few pictures and such. We can't wait to come home from the Holidays. We will be getting in on Tuesday night and leaving on Sunday for the Thanksgiving trip. It looks like were going to be home for 9 days at Christmas!!!!!!

So Landen is surly growing up! He isn't walking yet but getting closer and closer everyday! He is pushing those walk behind toys great and walking along the couches. He is getting into everything and has gotten many smacks on the hand at this point. I have a feeling he is going to be extremely stubborn but that is just our punishment for the way we both acted as children. If you didn't know, we were both getting in trouble on a daily basis when we were much younger...our parents had it hard and now its coming back to bite us in the behinds! He is still as amazing as ever though, he may drive us crazy at times but he makes us smile all the time and were grateful to have such an amazing baby!

~Daddy Time~

This past weekend Landen and his daddy had some good quality time together! They even dressed to match..lol...then Tyler put in a new storm door that we got at Lowes for $25 (woohoo...we got super lucky!) Landen stood at the back door watching him for most of the installation, he sure does adore his Daddy!

We have been sitting Landen on the toilet between diaper changes throughout the day just so he gets used to the potty. I give him my trashy magazines to read and he will just set there so patiently..lol...nothing has happened in there just yet but we hope this helps with potty training down the road!

~Landens 1st Halloween ~

We didn't take Landen trick-or-treating this year but we handed out candy and had fun seeing all of the kids dressed up. It was so hot down here that he couldn't even stay in his costume or he would sweat like crazy...the joys of NC! Oh, and I dressed up like Punky Brewster!

~Happy Fall Yall'~
We are loving the recent weather down here. Its nice a warm with a cool breeze, its really perfect weather most days! We try and spend as much time outside as we can before it gets too cold. He is just so into everything right now and wants to eat anything he can fit in his mouth. When we go out, he eats at least 3 leaves and some grass, I'm sure he gets a few bugs in there too..lol! There are so many ant hills (red ants that bite and leave blisters) so its hard to even find a safe grassy area to play in. Anyways, he loves it outside!

9 Months creeps up on us!

Landen will shortly be 9 months old and the fun begins! He is already getting into everything and getting in trouble daily..I can't imagine him walking on top of that. At this point, he is standing alone for about 10-20 seconds on a good try. He is walking behind his push toys and taking steps so I'm sure it won't be too long.

He is so funny, always talking and wanting attention. We have a real character on our hands. I'm pretty sure a tooth has come through on the top. The other day he fell and his mouth bled for a good while. Later that night after the bath he was laughing and looking up and I swear its a tooth that came through when he fell. It feels pretty sharp like a tooth but you can hardly see or feel it so we'll see.

He's going to be a giraffe for Halloween. Were not going to really take him trick or treating but were planning on handing out candy so we will go ahead and dress him up. Its going to be so cute!
He's growing up so fast, I really can't believe it! We are enjoying everyday with him and wish we were back home so everyone else could watch him grow as we do!

8 Month Pictures...

So today I decided to take Landen outside to get some more recent shots of him. He was looking especially cute in his giraffe diaper and teething necklace. I know what everyone is thinking...he's a boy, whey would you have him wearing a necklace? This necklace is an all natural teething remedy. It releases Amber oil and is an all natural anti-inflammatory. Its used mostly in Europe so that's why you've probably never heard of them. Anyways, we think its super cute on him and he is doing sooo much better since he has had it around his neck. He has really been difficult the past couple weeks. He naps better and isn't hanging on me all day...I'm being completely honest when I say its an amazing product!!!

Back to Landen, he is getting so big and doing so many things. Pulling himself up on everything, taking steps while holding on to things, eating real food, jibber jabbering and getting into everything. Tyler came home from work today and said that he changed his looks...he said that he looked different...I don't think so but Im sure its possible. So, here's some new pictures from today...He's 8 Months old~

Landen's almost 8 Months Old!

Wow, how did this happen? He grew up so fast, it seems like yesterday I was waiting for him to come! He is everywhere these days, crawling, pulling himself up on EVERYTHING and getting into anything he can get his hands on. He is fun though, blabbering Dada and Mama all of the time. Tyler is so busy lately with work and school so Landen will be crawling around the house saying "Dadadadadada" and going into all the rooms. When he gets home, you should see the look on Landens face, he is all smiles! He is eating "real" food these days. He pretty much refuses baby food. We give him what we eat for dinner. He loves meatloaf, lasagna, pot roast and pasta. Meal time is fun around here because he loves to feed himself, so he is a total mess when he is done. Most of the time bath time is needed after meals. We went to the Dr the other day because I was sure that he had an ear infection. He was rubbing his right ear a lot and he was being very cranky. Turns out he doesn't have one but she said that he is just teething and that can bother his ears too. His gums are swollen and were expecting a tooth any day now. I actually had a dream that he had a tooth on the bottom but I looked today and it isn't in yet. He is going to look especially cute with a tooth, I just know it! Anyways, here are some pictures of Landen getting into everything and standing on anything he can pull himself up on and some random cute ones. Enjoy the pictures! Landen and I will be traveling up to WV next weekend and will be home for a week. Were basically coming in to have time to see everyone and visit some people that we haven't seen in awhile. Were excited and can't wait...we will really miss Tyler (daddy) though!

I Love my Mommy!

I Love my Daddy!

Standing up in the skull diaper I made him!

Bath Time!

Pulling the clothes out of the drawer!

I made him this monkey shirt and a diaper to match!

Look at those muscular legs..lol!


Our big boy!

Im not doing anything Mommy!

See..Im cute!

~Labor Day weekend in the West Virginia Hills~

So we headed to WV for Labor Day weekend and it was great! The weather was perfect and Landen was a charm! We want to move back home so bad we can taste it...we hate leaving every single time!

So I have a forever list of pictures that I want to share, don't try to copy them to your computer because I have shrunk them down so they would upload faster. If you'd like any of them, just let me know and I can email them!

*These are in no specific order...I just upload them and they way the land on the page, that's the way they stay! We love you all!

Uncle Jon trying to tickle me...I wasn't having it!

Scarlett -6months, Landen -7months and Ava -almost 6 months. They are so cute together!

They were already fighting over toys! At least it was a book, thats a good sign!

Bryson, Zach and Joshua...such a great picture!

Scarlett and Landen, best of friends!

This is how they will be, Scarlett is chill and Landen is crazy man!

Me and Paw-Paw John at the farm!

All of us, except were missing Grant and Josh :(

All the grandkids, plus Meme..

Look at Abby's eyes...

Me and Abby!

Aidan helping Poopap in the barn, feeding the Lama's and goats!

Ava's already trusting her big cousin!

Ava in the dress Tautie made for her!

Aidan, the blue marker monster...he thought he was in trouble, I thought it was cute!

Aunt Sue and Aidan...

Zachary and Aidan...they are growing up so fast!

7 Months...Zoom Zoom Zoom!

So our handsome little man is crawling EVERYwhere! He is really hard to keep up with these days. We love it though, he is truly amazing us every single day. He is eating real food, off our plates! He isn't really that interested in baby food at this point but he loves everything that we eat. He has his little snacks that he will eat until he explodes. We are the luckiest couple in the world to have such a wonderful baby boy (Im typing this as he is screaming his lungs out because he doesn't want to take a nap for the 2nd time today..lol) Anyways, we will be headed to WV on Thursday night and staying until Monday afternoon. We hope to see everyone! I'll try to get a video up tonight of him crawling! ~Oh and today he started sitting up from a laying position. Its great b/c before I was having to set him up when he got tired of laying on his belly :)