Mr. ONE-derful

Yes, it's true.  Landon is now ONE!  The last year has flown by.  I can't believe I now have a one-year old little guy.  I still think of him as being around 6-months old.  I guess it is time to get over that, huh?  It's so crazy to think we have gone from this...

...to this.

We celebrated the big day with a very low-key party.  Things have been crazy busy around here.  Between Cameron's school and work, church obligations for both of us, etc, we just wanted to have a night with our little family.

Landon got birthday blueberry pancakes in the morning.  Cameron stayed home a little later than normal to make breakfast and to see everyone.  The rest of the day was a pretty standard day for us, but we did get to run around and pick up balloons and our free birthday cake from Byerly's  (yessssss!).

We were pleasantly surprised when Cameron got home a little early that day (around 3:30).  We opened a few presents, because we figured we would space out some of the present opening to keep Landon's attention a little more.  :)  Afterwards, we went to Culver's to have a little birthday dinner (fancy, we know).

Upon returning home, we opened the rest of the presents.  Really, Miley did most of the opening.  Landon was entertained by everything, but didn't really have any interest in opening things.  Miley was more than happy to fill the spot for him.  Our family sent some really nice gifts...Landon was sure spoiled!  Our big gift to him was a little basketball hoop (although I think Cameron may have been the most excited about this!).

Then it was time for cake.  In true Clark kid fashion, Landon dug right in, and scarfed his cake down!

It was so nice to have a relaxing evening, and to not be stressing about a big birthday party.  Although we would have LOVED to have some family here to celebrate with, this was pretty nice.

Now for just a little bit about our Landon at one-year old:

• He is walking all over the place now and is FAST!  I love the little baby walk-it's adorable.  
• He eats anything we put in front of him.  Seriously, I have not found anything yet that this kid will not eat.  He has made the transition to drinking whole milk, with  no problem at all.  I was expecting a little more trouble, considering we still can't get Miley to drink milk.
• Landon is outgrowing his 6-12 month clothes.  They still fit, but are starting to get a little snug / short.  We are starting to bring out the 12-18 month stuff.  He is wearing size 3 diapers.
• There are still only 6 little teeth in his mouth - 4 on top, and 2 on bottom.  It looks like he may be getting his top canines soon, but who really know.  Either way, teething hasn't seemed to bother him too much.  
• Landon still take two naps.  He sleeps from about 9:00-10:30 am, and then again from about 12:30-2:30 pm.  He is more than ready for bed by about 7:00 pm, and then sleeps through the night till anywhere from 6:30-7:30 am.  Fortunately for me, he is usually pretty happy hanging out in his crib till 7:00, if he wakes up before then.
• He will wave, point, clap, give high fives and "noggins," and gives big open mouth kisses.
• He loves trains, boats, cars...you name it.  He is all boy and will make sound effects to go with them when he is playing with them.  He is also very into Miley's kitchen and play food, and will occasionally pick up a Barbie.  The joys of having an older sister.  :)
• He is into anything and everything still.  He gets into kitchen cabinets, bathroom cabinets, toilet paper, toilets (if we forget to close the lid!), bookshelves...you name it.  Everything still goes into his mouth.  
• He loves his big sister.  He loves to play with her and follow her around.  Miley thinks it is fun to "wrestle" with him sometimes, and he enjoys it for a little while, and then I think Miley gets a little too rough with him sometimes.  Oh well.  Toughens him up, right?
• He loves when his dad gets home and will toddle over to him with arms up to have him pick him up.  
• He is getting more and more attached to his pacifier every day.  I feel like we should take it away before it gets harder, but he goes to sleep so easily for us now, and I hate to mess with that.  He is also starting to get attached to a blanket, and will rub it on his face when we lie him down.  When we are snuggling with him before sleep though, his favorite thing is to play with our fingers.  Weird, but without fail, he reaches for your fingers, and doesn't stop until he finds them.
• He has the cutest laugh.

I love seeing the little boy Landon is becoming, and can't wait to see even more changes in the next year, although I am in no hurry for him to get any bigger!  I wish he could stay at this sweet age for a long time!

Happy Birthday, Landon!