My Little Artist

I have been so bad about blogging lately. Honestly, I just haven't felt like doing it. I should be better about doing it because I do love documenting Landon's life. Speaking of which, I really need to get the last year of my blog turned into a book for the little guy. Anyways, we have just been doing the normal everyday stuff. Landon is really into "art" projects lately. We have been painting, coloring, using play-doh, and making pictures with shaving cream.This water painting was a soggy mess, but he had fun!

Landon made an airplane with blue finger paint, at least that is what he kept telling me it was.

The weather is going to be nice this week, and I am looking forward to spending some time outside. Maybe Landon won't mind giving up his art projects for a few days if we are playing outside instead. He is a total outside boy. January is not even over yet, and I already have SPRING FEVER...that is not good!!

Landon's first movie...

We took Landon to see his first movie at the theater this weekend. We saw The Princess and the Frog. I was expecting to purchase tickets and stay maybe 30 minutes or so, but nope...Landon lasted the whole movie. In fact, when it was over he said, "more". I'm glad it was a hit with the little guy, however, David thought it was a "girl movie".

I won't tell you about the fit that Landon threw as we were leaving the movie. It had to do with a little almost 2 year old not wanting to put a coat on before going out in 30 degree temps!! Other than the coat drama we had a great time, and we look forward to many more movie outings with the little man!!

Snack and Coloring

Almost everyday when we get home Landon goes straight to the pantry and says, "nak". Which means that he wants to eat fruit snacks. When he sees me reaching for them he immediately goes and sits on the floor and waits patiently for me to hand them over. Today as he was eating his fruit snacks he wanted to share them with Elmo. I'm so glad that he has those slippers; he loves them and he is definitely going to need them for this cold weather the next few days.This little guy loves to color, paint, and play with playdough. He gets so into his "projects" and his concentration is so deep. We colored together for a good 30 minutes this afternoon. I love these special times together, because I know that he won't want to color with me when he gets older.

I love these sweet little hands.
I think that he did a pretty good job coloring those airplanes!! He is really into airplanes lately. He always looks for them when we are driving, and if he hears one fly over the house he runs to the back door to look. I think I may just have to get him an airplane cake to celebrate his 2nd birthday coming up!

He really wanted to play with playdough tonight, but we did not have any here at the house. So we had to settle for coloring instead.

Us lately...

It's been almost a week since my last post. Not a lot has been going on since the new year started. We celebrated New Year's by spending it with our neighbors. Danny and Beth are always great hosts and invited everyone over to celebrate!! I love that we have great neighbors, because the kids can run around and play together, and we only have to drive a few houses down the street.

All the ladies on New Year's. The guys were probably outside shooting off illegal fireworks!!

Ginger and I.

Some of the kiddos dancing. I'm sure Landon and Luke were attempting to climb the stairs (which they are not allowed to do), which is why they are not in the picture. Luke is 8 months younger than Landon and I can't wait for them to start really playing with each other. For now all they do is mostly look at each other, and every now and then one will take a toy away from the other. When the ball dropped, Beth gave all the kids pots and wooden spoons to make lots of noise...fun stuff!! Landon and Luke were the only kids that did not stay awake until midnight! I look forward to future New Year's when we can ring in the New Year with our sweet little boy!! I know that he is going to make this next year in our lives even more fun than the last!

School started back on Monday. It's always hard to go back after a long break. I know it's harder on me than it is on Landon. In fact, when I dropped him off at his babysitters yesterday, he gave me a hug and gave me a very loud, "BYEEEE", and ran off to play. I'm so glad that he loves his babysitter.

I have attempted to take pictures of Landon during the past few days, but he always runs from the camera. So, unfortunately I don't have many pictures worth putting on here unless you want to see the back of his head! Ha!

Here he is running away from me again because he knows I have the camera. He is closing the door so that I can't come in! The little stinker, but I sure do love him more than he will ever know.

I'll try to get some good pictures of him during the next few days. It is supposed to get really cold this weekend (Arctic Blast cold), so I'm sure we'll be cooped up in the house.

Snow, snow, and more snow!!

I can't believe all the snow that we have gotten in the past week!! Landon still is not a huge fan of the snow, but hopefully he'll come around.

This picture of David and Landon was taken on Christmas Eve when we took Landon out to play in the snow...remember, he did NOT like it one bit!!
Seeing snow on his boots threw him over the edge, he didn't like the snow on his boots at all!!This was the snow that we got yesterday. I took the picture from inside the house, which is why it is not very good.I love this little confused face. He is probably wondering why it is snowing again. When he woke up from his nap and saw that it was snowing on his cars outside he was very concerned. He was very worried about Coco and Bubba (my parents dog)...I guess he didn't want them to get snowed on either.
"Cheese!"

I'm glad that when it is snowing I get to be cooped up in the house with this cute little face!!

We are going to spend the next couple of days taking Christmas decorations down. It is much more fun to put decorations up than it is to take them down.

Merry Christmas

David's parents came and spent Christmas with us. I think it was the first white Christmas I have ever seen! We got several inches of snow and we had several snow banks in our yard. We thought it would be fun to bundle Landon up and let him play in the snow. Unfortunately, he totally despised the snow. He cried the entire 10 minutes we had him out there (I have pics, but I'll save him the embarrassment!). I think it took more time to bundle him up than the time we stayed outside. With ALL the snow and ice we were cooped up in the house for a few days, so what else is there to do besides eat and lounge around?!? That is exactly what we did and it was worth it!!

Landon with daddy and Grandpa. This little guy sure makes the Christmas holiday so enjoyable. Landon painted David's parents a masterpiece too!! Getting presents for your parents seems a little easier once you have kids. Ha!

Landon got a cleaning set complete with a broom, hand held vacuum, and trash can--he LOVES it!! He is of course our cleaning machine!!

Grandma got Landon an Irish tale from Ireland.
Santa brought Landon some Elmo slippers. He stomps around the house in them and sometimes will bend down and try to hug them. He loves his Elmo slippers.

This precious little ornament arrived in the mail today from Logan's nurse, Lisa. Lisa was Logan's wonderful nurse when he was in the NICU in Dallas. She is so caring, thoughtful, and kind. We have kept in contact with her through the years, and we are blessed to have gained her friendship. Thank you, Lisa.