Baby in a sink

After Landon's bath last night, he had a little time to crawl around buck naked. As babies will sometimes do, he felt the need to relieve himself on the floor. He then sat in it before we could catch him. HE HAD JUST HAD A BATH! Oh well, at least only the lower half was affected. Instead of another bath, we opted for a rinse in the sink. As you can see from the pictures, it turned out to be a great photo opportunity as well!

Landon's First Christmas

Before Christmas, we decorated the tree. Landon loved the lights!

"Are these all for me???

Crawling on presents is the best way to play with them...right?

"This is getting tiring."

Baby Faces

I know, I know....
It's been almost two months since I updated Landon's blog. I have lots to update, so it will take me a few days, but let's start out with some great baby faces!

9 Months old and changing every day!

Landon was 9 months old last Monday and according to the docs, he's right on track with everything (height, weight, milestones, etc.). He was:

Weight: 18 lbs, 11 oz (25th percentile)
Height: 28 inches (45th percentile)
Head 17 3/4" (45th percentile)

He was a little lighter than we expected, but that's probably because he's moving around so much now (and burning calories)! He is crawling all around the house and trying to get into everything. He likes to climb and stand too. He's really keeping his parents on their toes and we know it will only get more challenging to "contain" him from here!

"MOM! What did you put on my nose?"

This is what Sunday morning looks like at our house. Mom and Dad try to read the newspaper but Landon has other ideas.
See, he's standing now! And trying to climb too.
..and here's how a lot of pictures turn out. With a baby crawling away from the camera, thank goodness we have digital cameras!

Landon's Christmas Wish List

I compiled a list of things Landon wants for Christmas. It's posted at Amazon.com, but really, I think you can find most of these items at Target, Wal-Mart, Toys-R-Us, etc. Click on the button below to view the list. I'll update it as I find more stuff he wants.

Also, if you want to buy him clothes, he probably needs 9-12 month sizes for the winter, but 12-18 month sizes beyond that. He has a HUGE head, so if you buy shirts, make sure they are polo shirts, button-down shirts or have snaps to open up the head hole. If they don't, they won't make it over his big noggin.

Oh, and here's a picture, just because!

ROAR!

Look at our little lion. What a cutie!!!

All in all Landon had a good first Halloween. He dressed up for daycare and Tonya took some pictures. Here is Landon, Madison (Tonya's daughter) and Nicholas. You can see in the one photo that Nicholas does not like his costume and is trying his best to take it off. Landon was happy as could be though in his (surprisingly) and stayed in it most of the day.

Long time no blog

Wow, it's been more than three weeks since I last updated this blog. Time flies with an active 8 month old. Yup, that's right, Landon is 8 months old tomorrow.

No crawling yet. He certainly tries though. The butt is up in the air and his legs move, he just doesn't know that he needs to move his arms as well. No matter though since rolling gets him anywhere he needs to go. Tonight I had him sitting on the floor in our bedroom while I was in the bathroom. Took my eyes off him for 10 seconds and the kid had migrated his way under the bed!

Eight months old and no teeth either. Boy has he been fussy the last few days though. I certainly hope it's teething otherwise my sweet little baby's personality has completely changed!
Speaking of personality though, what a personality he has! I think some separation anxiety might be starting. He cries when I'm out of his sight now.

Oh, and Landon says mama. It makes my heart melt. It generally comes out as mamamamama.

We don't have another well-baby check until he is 9 months, but unofficially, Landon is about 28 inches long and just over 18 pounds. What a big boy! In fact, Landon was breaking his mommy's arm in the infant carrier so he is now in a big-boy carseat. He's just growing so fast.

That's about all for now. Enjoy the pics!

"Bathtime...my favorite time of the day!"

Fast asleep. Looks awkward, but he seemed fine with it.

"Do you want some of my celery?"

"What did you do to my hair???"

"My first CSU football game. The Rams lost. Good thing I won't remember this when I get older."