Deanna Rose Farm

My brother, sister-in-law and nephew were in town the week before Travis' wedding and in the midst of all the chaos we were able to spend some fun time together. The five of us, my mom and my niece Elizabeth went to Deanna Rose Farm in Overland Park. Landon was very good and even feel asleep for 45 min to an our at the end. My Nephew Charlie is almost 14 months old and he loved it. He loved to be able to run around, feed the goats, go in the tee-pee and most of all sit on the fence. We had a great time and I wish we were able to spend more time with Jason, Jenny and Charlie so our boys could grow up together and be best friends. Here are a few pictures from the day.

Landon watching the cows, he was much more interested in his hand

 

Charlie Liked the Chickens

And the cow

Landon loving life in his stroller

Charlie feeding the goats

Charlie and Jason in the tee-pee

Charlie sitting on the fence

Charlie and Elizabeth on the saddle

Catch Up

I have had a very hard time keeping up with the blog so I spent the evening tonight after my family went to bed trying to catch up. I posted about Easter, going to the lake, food, and swimming lessons. I have a few more post to put up and then I will be caught up and hopefully will try to stay more on top of it. I am sorry to all of those who follow and have not seen pictures recently of Landon. He is getting so big and I hope you enjoy!

It is time for food

I knew Landon was ready for food because he is always interested in everything we have.  He always wants our food and drinks so I decided about a week before his 6 month birthday it was time for some baby cereal.

Around the same time Landon started to have very dry skin and rashes that would appear now and again. We did not know exactly what was causing the rashes so we stopped the cereal to see if they would clear up. The rash did kind of clear up and then when we started cereal again the rash seemed worse. We stopped again to give Landon's skin a chance to clear up for my brother’s wedding. Then the day after the wedding we started oatmeal. Landon began to spit up a lot more than normal with the oatmeal so I switched back to rice cereal . His rash still will appear now and again but we are just going to continue to feed him and see what happens. I hope he is not going to be a very sensitive little guy.  We will just keep trying new tings and hopefully he will get used to all sorts of food.

Anyway, today was the third day back on cereal/oatmeal so we decided to branch out and try our first vegetable.

I have always wanted to make homemade baby food because baby food in jars grosses me out for some reason. So this morning I steamed some organic carrots, purred them in the food processor and made my own baby food! I was so proud of myself so I decided to see what Landon thought about them. With each bite he would make a horrible face, hold his breath and turn bright red...but I kept going and after about 5-7 bites he began to swallow and I think actually enjoy them. I plan to do carrots for three days or so before moving on to our next veggie...squash or peas?   All the new adventures with a baby are so much fun, who ever thought it would be so much fun to feed your baby food!

I took a video and I will soon try to figure out how to put videos on the blog so you can see him enjoying his carrots.

Swimming Lessons

Landon started swimming lessons at the end of April. There are 5 babies in his class and he loves it once he gets used to the rather chilly water. We are learning to kick, splash, blow bubbles, float on our back and belly, go under water and of course Have FUN! The classes are at the Lee's Summit Aquatic Center and some of my friends and their babies are taking the class with us. It is twice a week on Monday and Wednesday at 7:10 if you ever want to come watch. We have 4 classes left. Here are some pictures before and during class.

okay mom I'm ready to go swimming

wow this is kind of cold!

I love the Lake!

Well the weekend after Easter we headed to Branson for the weekend and took Landon on his first boat ride. He absolutely loved it. Papa let him drive and he thought it was pretty cool. He took a nap on the boat, and lounged outside...what could be better. I can’t wait for this summer when we can spend more weekends at the lake. It is so nice that Landon is so easy going and is a perfect baby at home or in a new environment. Anyway here are some pictures of Landon loving life on the boat!

Do you like my hat?

Papa let me drive...isn’t that cool

Me and my Papa

What a nice way to end the evening

Easter!

Again it has been so long since my last post I don’t know where to start. In March Landon and I survived another weekend by ourselves while Stephen went to my brothers Bachelor party. It was a busy weekend helping out with my nieces but we survived and were excited when daddy came home. After Daddy was back he soon got sick and spent 4 days home from work and in bed. When I got home from work on Monday Stephens fever was 105.9....Scary! After a week of feeling bad and a few days of antibiotics he was finally getting back to normal in time for Easter.

Landon’s first Easter was good. We went to church and then home for a nap before going to Aunt Shery’s for lunch/dinner. The weather was perfect and so we were able to play outside. It was so much fun to get him all dressed up...Who doesn't love a baby in a sweater vest?

As I am posting this and looking back on our Easter pictures I realized I am the worst mom ever and I never took Landon to see the Easter bunny :( Oh well maybe next year.

Landon's First Easter

Daddy, Mommy and Landon

Baby and all the kids with the bunny cake

Bath Time

Well my friend Christina has rubbed off on me. She introduced me to a website named piknik where you can edit your pictures and make collages and such. So here is one I made today while playing on the website. I cannot believe Landon is 5 months old. He is changing so fast and I wish I could just freeze time. Although, I must admit each day is something new and more fun! He is the happiest baby and he is so easy going and relaxed.

Anyway one of his favorite things to do is take a bath. He has always loved his bath...from his sponge bath on the counter to his big boy bath where he can splash. I am so excited for him to start playing with toys and really having fun in the bath.

4 month update

Well I have been very bad at this whole blog thing.  It is just so hard to find the time with working full time, keeping up with the house, the dogs and of course Landon.  He is so much fun but it is so hard to find time for all the other things in life.  On my days off all I want to do is play with him and hold him and I never get anything done. Oh well, I guess they are only little once.  So for now the house will be a little messy, the laundry not put away and dinner not always made...but it is all worth it. 

We went to the doctor a few weeks back for his four month check-up and he was in the 50th percentile for both height and weight.  He is 15 pounds and growing so fast. Hope you enjoy the pictures and I also hope to get better about updating more often.

He likes his Bumbo chair

                                                                   Crazy Eyes

Below are a few that my friend Christina took when we went over to her house for a playdate.  He was very happy and she got some very cute ones of him.

Proofs

We got our proofs back today from Landon's three month pictures. If you want to check them out here is how to do it:


Go to only-young-once.com
click on enter full screen
click on client proofs (top right)
at the bottom there is a place to enter a password it is: ashley_L
enter
click on the 3 month picture and they should come up

Hope you enjoy them, there are several cute ones, he is getting big so fast.

Sorry it has been awhile again since I have posted but our computer is not working so hopefully we are going to be buying new one Friday or Saturday. I will post new pictures as soon as we get our new computer up and running and I have pictures on it. Landon is getting very big and starting to do more. He tries to sit up and can roll from tummy to back and is trying to roll from his back to his side. We are having so much fun enjoying everyday with him. He is doing great at night, although he does not sleep through the night he only wakes up once usually and he does not eat. He just wants us to give him his binky and pat him and he will usually go back to sleep rather quickly. Stephen has been the main one to get up and do this since I have been getting up for months. I have to admit it is very nice to not be the one he has to have in the middle of the night. Stephen has been such a great help and it is so neat to see him bond and play with Landon. He loves to talk to him and get him to smile and laugh at him. I don't think there is anything better than watching your spouse be an amazing parent.

Anyway I will try to get some new pictures on as soon as I can.

3 month pictures

Landon had his three month pictures on Saturday and he did pretty good. It is amazing to me how much he has changed in three months. It is so much fun to watch him grow, change and learn. I love every minute I get to spend with him. Anyway you can check out a few of the pictures on the photographers blog. I will share the rest when I get the proofs.

To go to her blog, just click on the title of this post "3 month pictures" and it should take you there. You can also always get to her site but clicking on only-young-once photography on my friend list on the right hand side of my blog.