Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
The Latest With Landon
Today, Landon is SIX months old. I can't even believe it. It feels like we just brought him home from the hospital yesterday, but at the same time, it is hard to remember what life was like before him.
So what is the latest with Landon?
~ He started rolling over from his back to his belly about a week after we moved into the house. He had done it a few times up until this point, but this is when he REALLY started doing it...as in, as soon as we would flip him over to his back, we would turn around for one second and he would be back on his belly. He seems to prefer that over his back...for playing and for sleeping. He still isn't as great at going from his belly to his back.
~ He is now sleeping in his own room in the crib. Obviously, we started doing this the first night we were in the new house, but he has done really well with it. His naps have gotten more consistent and longer, which is wonderful.
~ He wakes up a couple times a night still, but I think we are going to try to start letting him sleep through here soon.
~ He is sitting up! He started sitting on his own on Friday, August 5th (5 months, 2 weeks, and 5 days old!). Now, I think he is at his happiest when he is sitting up and can look around the room a little easier.
~ We started feeding Landon solids, last Friday, August 12th. He was definitely not crazy about the rice cereal at first, but now is doing a little better with it. I have also given him some bananas (still needs to warm up to those) and sweet potatoes (liking them a little bit more all the time). Both the bananas and sweet potatoes were fresh...I just mash a little bit of a banana for him when he eats it, and I made a whole batch of sweet potato puree to freeze in small cubes. This is something new for me, and I think I will only do it with fruits and vegetables, but we will see how it goes. I may end up going back to Gerber baby foods, because hey, they are convenient. But for now, I am enjoying making it myself.
~ Landon is not quite crawling, but it seems like he could be on his way! He spins himself in circles on the ground, and it looks like the wheels are just turning in his head, trying to figure out how to move around. I have to say, I am definitely not quite ready to have another little mover. I hope he holds out a little longer!
~ He is still a pretty laid back little guy, We have gotten lots of comments lately from people, wondering if he ever makes a peep or cries, and for the most part, the answer is no. He definitely will let you know if he is hungry or tired, but seems to be pretty content for the most part. However, within the past couple of weeks, he seems to be a little bit upset if he can't see someone, or see where the action is. I think he just likes to know what's going on and be a part of it. :)
~ The pacifier won out over the thumb or the fingers. He takes it a lot during the day and when he is going to sleep, but when he wakes up in the middle of the night to eat, he doesn't need it again to go back to sleep, so that is nice.
~ He loves to play with his Sophie giraffe, and his Lamaze elephant. He also snuggles with his glow seahorse at night, and loves to snuggle with his Steiff giraffe as well.
~ He started rolling over from his back to his belly about a week after we moved into the house. He had done it a few times up until this point, but this is when he REALLY started doing it...as in, as soon as we would flip him over to his back, we would turn around for one second and he would be back on his belly. He seems to prefer that over his back...for playing and for sleeping. He still isn't as great at going from his belly to his back.
~ He wakes up a couple times a night still, but I think we are going to try to start letting him sleep through here soon.
~ He is sitting up! He started sitting on his own on Friday, August 5th (5 months, 2 weeks, and 5 days old!). Now, I think he is at his happiest when he is sitting up and can look around the room a little easier.
~ He is still a pretty laid back little guy, We have gotten lots of comments lately from people, wondering if he ever makes a peep or cries, and for the most part, the answer is no. He definitely will let you know if he is hungry or tired, but seems to be pretty content for the most part. However, within the past couple of weeks, he seems to be a little bit upset if he can't see someone, or see where the action is. I think he just likes to know what's going on and be a part of it. :)
~ He loves to play with his Sophie giraffe, and his Lamaze elephant. He also snuggles with his glow seahorse at night, and loves to snuggle with his Steiff giraffe as well.
~ Landon is super ticklish, and will laugh if you tickle him on his neck, his armpits, his belly, his feet, his legs...pretty much anywhere!
Landon's six-month well child visit is this coming Friday, so I will post his latest stats then.
We sure are having fun with this little guy, and getting to know his sweet little personality. He has grown and changed so much, and I know that the next few months are just going to be packed with more changes...I can't wait to see what kind of busy little boy he becomes (and yes, I am pretty convinced that he is going to be BUSY!) We love him to pieces, and are so glad that he is a part of our family!
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Miley Minute
I figured I better take a minute to catch up on the happenings of my kiddos. It seems like so much has been going on in life lately, and we have been crazy busy, but Miley and Landon have also been up to a lot. Today I will post about Miley, tomorrow about Landon (on his 6 month birthday....whaaaaaaat?!?!).
So here it is...The Miley Minute.
Miley is still our crazy, fun-loving, sweet (and often sassy) girl. She has turned into your typical (I think?) three-year-old lately. One second she is being kind and loving, giving you hugs and kisses, and telling you she loves you. The next she is screaming and whining and saying "NO" at the top of her lungs to everything. She has our heads spinning with this naughty and nice stuff. Shew.
I feel confident enough to say now, that Miley is ALMOST potty trained - at least during waking hours. We have been working on it since March, and I honestly thought that we would be way further ahead by now. She picked up going #1 on the toilet super quick, and from the time that we started training her until today, I can probably count less than 10 times that she has had a wet accident. #2 on the other hand has been a whole different story. She had finally gotten it down a couple weeks before we moved into our house, but I think all the chaos of the move and the change caused her to regress a little, and we were back to square one. Now for the past couple weeks, she has started to get the hang of it again, but I still don't think she is quite where she was before we moved. I am hoping we can get it figured out SOON, because she is going to start preschool here in a few weeks, and needs to be potty trained for that. Overall though, I have been really proud of her. She has done pretty great...So I guess I can't complain.
Miley also made the transition to a big girl bed when we moved into the house (another BIG change, that maybe contributed to her potty-training regression??). I have been terrified of this move for a while. Miley has just always done so great in her crib. She has never tried to get out, would always go to sleep wonderfully, etc. I hated to mess with something that was working so well. But Landon was ready to be out of our room and the pack-and-play, and well, Miley IS three, so I figured it was time.
Again, I have been pleasantly surprised with how well it has gone. From the very first night she has been so excited about her "big girl bed," and was even asking to go to bed in it for the first few nights. Fortunately, I think she is old enough to understand that she needs to stay in bed until one of us comes to get her. Since we moved into the house, over a month ago, she has not gotten out of bed once during either naptime or night time. She is in a full size bed, and we debated getting her bed rails to keep her in, but we figured it is big enough to put a pillow on each side of her, and it keeps her pretty well contained. She has only fallen out of bed once, and it was quickly remedied by Cameron going in and picking her up, tucking her back in, and snuggling for a minute before she was back to sleep. I am SO glad it has gone so well!
Miley is still loving being a big sister, and watches out for Landon like a second mom. She has never had much of a jealousy issue with him, but now that he is getting a little older and more into toys, she freaks out occasionally when he is playing with what used to be her toys, but are now his. She is getting better about it all the time though, and really just enjoys having him around.
While this age is hard in many ways, it is also so much fun. Miley manages to crack me up mulitple times a day with things she says or does. She also is a total sweetheart, and dishes out hugs and kisses and "I love you's" like no one's business.
It is crazy to me how fast she is growing up. With all of the big changes lately (potty training, bed, preschool), I think it is really hitting me. I just wish time could slow down a little bit!
I asked Miley a few questions today about her favorite things...so here are her answers. Sorry if you can't understand her...I can, and I sometimes forget that not everyone can! :)
So here it is...The Miley Minute.
Miley is still our crazy, fun-loving, sweet (and often sassy) girl. She has turned into your typical (I think?) three-year-old lately. One second she is being kind and loving, giving you hugs and kisses, and telling you she loves you. The next she is screaming and whining and saying "NO" at the top of her lungs to everything. She has our heads spinning with this naughty and nice stuff. Shew.
Miley pretending to be Rapunzel...you know, "Tangled" up...I promise we don't randomly tie up our kids...this picture is just a great example of her serious 'tude.
I don't know where this girl gets her energy. She has been staying up a little later on occasion (it is REALLY hard to get her to bed at her normal time with the combination of summer / light outside / new little neighborhood friends) and I swear the girl would never wind down if we didn't make her go to bed at a decent time. I only wish I could have some of her energy.
She has been enjoying dancing, riding her tricycle, looking at books where you have to find things (Where's Waldo, Look-and-Find books...), practicing writing her letters, playing princesses, etc.
Miley also wants to do EVERYTHING herself these days. Nice in some ways, not so nice in others. But part of the time she also wants to have us do things for her that I know she is capable of doing herself. I tell ya...she just cannot make up her mind. :)
Miley also made the transition to a big girl bed when we moved into the house (another BIG change, that maybe contributed to her potty-training regression??). I have been terrified of this move for a while. Miley has just always done so great in her crib. She has never tried to get out, would always go to sleep wonderfully, etc. I hated to mess with something that was working so well. But Landon was ready to be out of our room and the pack-and-play, and well, Miley IS three, so I figured it was time.
Again, I have been pleasantly surprised with how well it has gone. From the very first night she has been so excited about her "big girl bed," and was even asking to go to bed in it for the first few nights. Fortunately, I think she is old enough to understand that she needs to stay in bed until one of us comes to get her. Since we moved into the house, over a month ago, she has not gotten out of bed once during either naptime or night time. She is in a full size bed, and we debated getting her bed rails to keep her in, but we figured it is big enough to put a pillow on each side of her, and it keeps her pretty well contained. She has only fallen out of bed once, and it was quickly remedied by Cameron going in and picking her up, tucking her back in, and snuggling for a minute before she was back to sleep. I am SO glad it has gone so well!
While this age is hard in many ways, it is also so much fun. Miley manages to crack me up mulitple times a day with things she says or does. She also is a total sweetheart, and dishes out hugs and kisses and "I love you's" like no one's business.
I asked Miley a few questions today about her favorite things...so here are her answers. Sorry if you can't understand her...I can, and I sometimes forget that not everyone can! :)
What To Do...
...when your husband has an all-day conference for work?
Go to dinner with a friend, and make freezer jam. :) It makes the long day go by so much quicker.
Yum.
Go to dinner with a friend, and make freezer jam. :) It makes the long day go by so much quicker.
Yum.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
National Night Out
One of the things we have loved the most about our new house is the neighborhood, and all of our wonderful neighbors. There is such a great sense of community here...something that Cameron and I haven't really experienced yet in our first four years of marriage. We have a map of the neighborhood that shows us where everyone lives, along with a list of names. We have a monthly "Girl's Night Out" and "Guy's Night Out." It seems that everyone just seems to really value getting to know each other.
Luckily, we moved into the neighborhood just in time for National Night Out. This is a national (duh) event, that is supposed to raise crime and drug prevention awareness. Basically, your neighborhood can plan to get together, and ours did just that with a block party of sorts. Everyone brought their own meat to grill, and a side or a dessert to share with the group. There were some games planned, and a fire truck making the rounds to all the neighborhood parties came by to let kids look in the truck and hand out necklaces.
The best part, in my opinion, was just getting to really meet a bunch of our new neighbors, many of whom have kids the same age as ours. I love that my kids will get to grow up around so many other kids.
Miley was having so much fun running around, and playing with all the toys that people brought out. She also had fun with the water balloon toss game, although I don't think she quite understood the purpose of it, and just wanted to hoard the pink and purple water balloons...
Landon chilled in his stroller most of the night, making the rounds meeting what is sure to be an entertaining / rambunctious group of boys...there are 5 baby boys in the neigborhood, all born within about 5 months of each other! It must have worn him out, because he fell asleep shortly after, and we had to make our way home.
We are so grateful to feel so welcomed into our new neighborhood, and we look forward to more fun events like this. Our only problem now, is figuring out how to get Miley to bed before nine, now that she wants to be out playing with all of her friends all the time!
Luckily, we moved into the neighborhood just in time for National Night Out. This is a national (duh) event, that is supposed to raise crime and drug prevention awareness. Basically, your neighborhood can plan to get together, and ours did just that with a block party of sorts. Everyone brought their own meat to grill, and a side or a dessert to share with the group. There were some games planned, and a fire truck making the rounds to all the neighborhood parties came by to let kids look in the truck and hand out necklaces.
The best part, in my opinion, was just getting to really meet a bunch of our new neighbors, many of whom have kids the same age as ours. I love that my kids will get to grow up around so many other kids.
We are so grateful to feel so welcomed into our new neighborhood, and we look forward to more fun events like this. Our only problem now, is figuring out how to get Miley to bed before nine, now that she wants to be out playing with all of her friends all the time!
Landon's First Swim!
One of the many perks of Cameron working for General Mills, is that he gets half-day Fridays in the summer. I have been pretty spoiled with this, because he will usually work from home in the mornings, so it is like we get him for the whole day.
Well, Cameron just recently switched jobs within General Mills, and has been really busy tying up loose ends at his old position, while trying to learn his new position. Therefore, he has been going in on Friday mornings much more frequently now. As any SAHM can attest, Fridays are when you start the countdown to having another adult around for a couple of days...am I right? :)
Lucky for us, on one such Friday morning, a wonderful woman from church, Shawnee, invited us over to go swimming at her pool. We jumped on it! It was the perfect way to kill a Friday morning, and it is so much easier to take Miley and Landon when we are just going to someone's backyard.
Miley had lots of fun...the pool was the perfect temperature, and they had some princess toys that she was in heaven playing with. She was a little scared though, which is something that is happening more and more often the older she gets. She was like a little monkey clinging to me the whole time. Maybe it is time to get her in some swimming lessons?
Apparently my girl is eating a PB & J everytime we go swimming? :)
Landon spent the time hanging out in his car seat. I don't have a swim suit for him, and he is so laid back that he was happy and content just hanging out and staying in the shade. Towards the end though, Shawnee suggested that I get him in since he had never done it before. We started with dipping his toes...
...but that soon turned into him getting in in his diaper. He was a little surprised at first, I think, but the water was so warm that it didn't take him long to just settle in and enjoy it.
Looks like I may have to try the swimming thing with him again soon, and see if we have a little water baby on our hands!
Well, Cameron just recently switched jobs within General Mills, and has been really busy tying up loose ends at his old position, while trying to learn his new position. Therefore, he has been going in on Friday mornings much more frequently now. As any SAHM can attest, Fridays are when you start the countdown to having another adult around for a couple of days...am I right? :)
Lucky for us, on one such Friday morning, a wonderful woman from church, Shawnee, invited us over to go swimming at her pool. We jumped on it! It was the perfect way to kill a Friday morning, and it is so much easier to take Miley and Landon when we are just going to someone's backyard.
Miley had lots of fun...the pool was the perfect temperature, and they had some princess toys that she was in heaven playing with. She was a little scared though, which is something that is happening more and more often the older she gets. She was like a little monkey clinging to me the whole time. Maybe it is time to get her in some swimming lessons?
Apparently my girl is eating a PB & J everytime we go swimming? :)
Moving and Our First Visitors!
Well, now that we have been in the house for, well, over a month, I figured it was time to recap moving into our house!
On July 11th, we got to close on our house (99 days after they staked the lot...way to keep it under 100!). Closing, and moving went great! We were so lucky to have some friends volunteer to watch Miley all day, and tons of guys from church show up to help us move a lot of big stuff (we're talking about 10 guys here!). I was thrilled to be finally ditching the apartment, and moving into our very own, first house. To top it all off, my parents decided last minute to come out for a couple of days to help us unpack, and help with some various other things that we needed to do around the house (and I think they wanted to be our very first houseguests!).
We spent most of the night trying to unpack stuff - till about 12:30 am - but then went to bed because Cameron had be back at work the next day since it was a Tuesday. This made EXTRA happy that my parents were coming, so that I could have some motivation to unpack and get stuff put away. It's always more fun when someone is doing it with you, right? :)
Mom and dad got here at about 11:30 on Tuesday, and they jumped right in helping us unpack, sweeping dust and dirt out of our basement, etc. They were so great...I definitely wasn't expecting them to jump right into it, especially after driving about 15 hours to get here, but they did. They kept going for the 2 and a half days they were here, too. Just to give you an idea of everywhere we went while they were here (keep in mind, this was all in two and a half days, and with a three-year-old, and a five-month-old to work around with naps and such...) here is a little list...
The two and a half days went way too fast, but they had to get back to Wyoming to get ready for my sister's family, who was coming from Arizona. We are glad that they took the time to come up here, even though it was so quick, and we would have loved to have them longer! Now we are just working on them to come up here for Thanksgiving... ;)
The next few weeks were crazy, as Cameron started doing our landscaping...more on that and pictures to come later!
On July 11th, we got to close on our house (99 days after they staked the lot...way to keep it under 100!). Closing, and moving went great! We were so lucky to have some friends volunteer to watch Miley all day, and tons of guys from church show up to help us move a lot of big stuff (we're talking about 10 guys here!). I was thrilled to be finally ditching the apartment, and moving into our very own, first house. To top it all off, my parents decided last minute to come out for a couple of days to help us unpack, and help with some various other things that we needed to do around the house (and I think they wanted to be our very first houseguests!).
We spent most of the night trying to unpack stuff - till about 12:30 am - but then went to bed because Cameron had be back at work the next day since it was a Tuesday. This made EXTRA happy that my parents were coming, so that I could have some motivation to unpack and get stuff put away. It's always more fun when someone is doing it with you, right? :)
Mom and dad got here at about 11:30 on Tuesday, and they jumped right in helping us unpack, sweeping dust and dirt out of our basement, etc. They were so great...I definitely wasn't expecting them to jump right into it, especially after driving about 15 hours to get here, but they did. They kept going for the 2 and a half days they were here, too. Just to give you an idea of everywhere we went while they were here (keep in mind, this was all in two and a half days, and with a three-year-old, and a five-month-old to work around with naps and such...) here is a little list...
- Target
- Taco Bell
- Noodles and Company
- Wal-Mart
- Ikea
- Eddington's
- Gap
- Gymboree
- Pottery Barn
- Bath and Body Works
- Bed Bath and Beyond
- Lowe's
- Sam's Club
- And they watched my kids while I had a dentist appointment, that I had forgotten about. :)
The next few weeks were crazy, as Cameron started doing our landscaping...more on that and pictures to come later!
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