House - Day 15

I know a lot of you are probably sick of the house updates already, but we gotta keep our families updated!  :)  Please bear with us...

It is crazy how fast this thing is going up!  Today we took a little peek INSIDE (no pictures...it's not too exciting yet!) and it is so fun to see where all our rooms are going to be!

Too Cute At Two Months!

Landon is two months old today.  I can't believe this sweet little fella has already been here that long.

Here is what is going on with him now:

• He is one laid-back, mellow kid.  Seriously.  He is so content.  He only gets a little fussy if he is hungry or tired, and even then he is very easy to soothe (Cameron tells me to quit saying this, because he is afraid I will jinx it...but I gotta give the little guy some serious props!).
• He is eating about every 3 hours on average during the day, and will give me a 5-6 hour stretch at night, then go back to sleep for about another 3. 
• He is wearing size 1 diapers, and is starting to outgrow some of his 0-3 month clothes, but is not quite fitting into his 3-6 month clothes.
• He is smiling and cooing all the time.  If you just smile at the kid, he will break out into a huge smile that will melt your heart. 
• He is not a fan of tummy-time, and therefore has not gotten nearly as much as he should.  I need to work on that.
• He loves his big sister.  Miley loves to just lie by him and look at and talk to him, and he is always just staring at her and is happy the whole time.
• Landon will take a pacifier occasionally, but will spit it out a lot of the time when we try to give it to him.  He is starting to find his hands, and starting to suck on his right hand/thumb every now and then.  He still has a hard time getting it to his mouth, but we are wondering if we are going to have another little finger/thumb sucker on our hands. 

We have his two-month appointment on Thursday, and will know his length and weight then, along with getting his shots.  Poor little guy.

House - Day 9

Framing started today!  It is so exciting to see it actually start looking like a HOUSE!  We also had quite the hill in our backyard, and it has been graded to a much more level surface. 

I have had some requests for more details about the house, so here they are...

• It is a two-level house, with a basement.
• It is about 2,750 finished square feet (our basement will be unfinished).
• There are 4 bedrooms upstairs, plus a master and main bath, a laundry room, and a loft (I LOVE the loft!  Can't wait to have a place out of the way for all the toys!).
• The main floor has an office/flex room, a great room, kitchen with a dining nook, and a mud room and powder room.

We are getting more and more excited to finally have a place of our own, even though it may be a WHILE before we completely get it decorated the way we want.  :)

Now for the pictures of the day...

I am pretty sure these two little munchkins are getting excited as well...

Short but Sweet

This past weekend Cameron's dad was in town.  He had some work stuff to do up here this week, so he came in on Saturday to spend a couple days with all of us before he had to head to St. Cloud to do his work.  It was a VERY short visit, but we loved having him here!

Miley loves it when her grandparents come to visit.  She doesn't leave them alone the whole time they are here, wanting them to do everything for her, and wanting them to play with her 24/7.  She even asked if Grandpa could take her potty everytime she needed to go...Grandpa settled for just reading her lots of books instead.  :)

This was also the first time that Grandpa got to meet Landon - his 29th grandchild!  Landon made sure to put on quite the show for Grandpa, cooing and "talking" with him and giving him lots of smiles!

We only got one night and a couple of days with Grandpa, but we are glad he got to spend a little bit of time with us!  We are already excited to have him and Grandma, and Grammy and Papa (hopefully?) back in three weeks!

House - Day 4

Day 4 - April 7, 2011:

The foundation is going in!  Looks like we may be on track for framing to start on Monday?

Squeal!  So excited!

Please excuse my lounge pants and overall dishevled appearance...didn't realize I was going to be in a picture when we left our apartment!  Well, let's be honest.  This is just kind of how I look these days being stuck at home with a new baby and a potty-training toddler.  :) 

Signs of Spring

When you see your two boys doing this at night...

...watching this...

...it is a sure sign that spring is here!  We start them young, right?  :)

And the weather outside is finally starting to match!  60's for the first time since NOVEMBER!!  That's 5 months, people! 

Ahhh...I feel the end of our hibernation is in sight.

**Post Edit - And in the words of my sister "HELLLLLO JOE MAUER."  I love spring.  :)

Happy Little Man

Despite having a nasty cold for the past couple of days...

...and a gunked up eye due to a clogged tear duct...

...Landon still is giving us his sweet little smiles. 

This is what makes all the sleep deprivation worth it.