A few more lock in pictures

Mmmmmm, powdered sugar from the funnel cakes!

Landon likes books!

Cute in a desk.

My Landon with my student Landon!

Lock In!

Landon came to our band lock in for two hours tonight. The lock in is when we lock ourselves in the school all night long and eat food and play games and drink soda and coffee!

This is Landon trying to kick all of the dodge balls the kids lined up! They were choosing team and he was kicking them all over the gym!!

Vacuum!!

These are the vacuuming pictures from last night. He LOVES the vacuum, either the kitchen one or the big one!

Snoozer

So, Landon was a bit cranky tonight. He played with my little kitchen vacuum for a while and cried like crazy when I finally put it up (pictures of that to come tomorrow). He didn't eat anything significant for dinner, just kept throwing food on the floor. I did give him a huge block of cheese and he gnawed on that for a while. He has all of his teeth including his two year molars so that's not the problem. He might be missing his daddy though. Rob doesn't come home until Sunday.

I tried to put him to bed at 7:30 but that was a no go. He did drink another bottle and finally laid in his Redskins bean bag chair and watched HGTV with me! He didn't want me to hold him but he did want me to rub his hands and feet! He finally started to get really sleepy and when I asked him if he wanted to go to bed, he grabbed my finger and led me to the stairs. I guess that was a yes! I put him down and he went right to sleep.

He's always been a good sleeper. He started to sleep completely through the night at 7 weeks of age. He's never looked back and we usually have to wake him in the mornings to go to Nana's!

I took this picture last weekend. I love his little feet poking out from under the bumper.

Eccentric little man!

You may have heard the term "monkey on your back." I really don't know what that means but here is my kid with a "frog on his back." He walked all over last weekend with Kermit wrapped around his neck!

Aaaaaccchhhoooooooooo!

Bless you!

Landon Joe also has a thing for the dog leashes. I have no idea why but he likes to carry the ones we keep outside to let the dogs in the backyard all over outside. The ones we use to walk the dogs are kept inside and I now have to hide them in the drawer. Otherwise, he whines and carries on until he gets the leashes to play with. You know, he has a lot of toys to play with, it's not like he has to play with leashes!

Great-Granddad

Landon is a lucky young man that his Great-Granddad is here. Granddad is 90 years old and still ballroom dances. I think it's wonderful for Landon to have these pictures of him with Granddad. I have a picture of me with my Great-grandpa Sneddon. I was just a few months old and don't remember him but I do remember Grammie Sneddon! She had these cacti that I knew I wasn't supposed to touch but always wanted to! I have very clear memories of going to her upstairs apartment to visit her when I was young. I hope Landon will have the same memories of Granddad!

This is just the best picture!

Snuggle Bunny

Rob is out of town this week so it's just me, the dogs, and Landon Joe. I picked him up from Nana's last evening in the dark! I hate that it's dark by the time I get to him. It really puts a damper on our evening walks. However, last night we went to get the mail when we got home. He'd taken his shoes and socks off on the ride home so I just put his rain boots on. They are a bit too big but he likes to wear them. He wanted to walk up the street so even though it was dark we did. He found the puddles along the sides of the street and really liked splashing through them. We walked up and down the street in front of our house for a good ten minutes, splashing in the puddles. He cried when I finally picked him up to go back inside! His pant legs were wet and he wanted me to take them off! He ran around in his diaper! Cute boy.

So, we had dinner and played until it was time for the bedtime routine. I gave him a bath. He has found it's not so bad to have water running over his face as long as he's the one who splashed it there! He cried again when it was time to get out. He loves bath time which is funny because he used to hate it, crying because it was time for a bath! He sat on my lap in his Redskins bean bag chair and drank his bottle. He then fell asleep snuggled up in my lap clutching his bunny and blanket. He rarely falls asleep in my lap and I so enjoyed just holding my baby while he snoozed. I sat there until my butt was asleep and my arms hurts! Maybe the same will happen tonight. I sang "opera" to wake him up this morning. He woke up laughing at me (many of you know that I can't carry a tune in a bucket much less sing opera)! He's always so happy! I can't wait to see him this evening.

Old pictures

I found some pictures from Christmas last year on our video camera. The quality isn't the greatest but.... I'd forgotten we used the picture card on it. Isn't it amazing how much the little man has grown? He's just as happy now as he was then. He has such a great temperament!

Trick or Treat!

Do you like my tail?

Let's go Mom and Dad! I'm ready to trick or treat!

Me and Daddy

My stash from 7 houses!

Just a post to say how much I love my little guy. I wanted him to go to bed much earlier last night after trick or treating since he has been up late the last few nights. I gave him a bottle and he drank that and then started to get wound up. He went with Daddy for a bit and then I put him to bed. He cried so I laid down on his floor by his crib. He would pop up every now and then to see if I was still there. I finally heard him sucking his thumb so I tried to oh so very quietly make my way to the door to sneak out. My knee cracked as I stood up and he popped up. I flung myself to the floor just in time and he laid back down! Phew! It took me forever to sneak out. He still wasn't asleep! It's morning now and he's awake but just talking and playing in his crib.

We have a big day planned. We have to take some pants to the tailor, get some groceries, and go to the park. It is cold out but by this afternoon it should be nice park weather. I'll post our trick or treating pictures after he goes to bed tonight.