New Mexico

We spent a few days this past week visiting David's family in New Mexico. The weather was absolutely gorgeous and it was so nice to get away for a few days.

Landon and Grandma

While we were there we were able to visit with David's grandparents. They are just the sweetest couple and Landon is so blessed to know his great-grandparents. One of the highlights of the trip was getting to meet Katie. She turned 4 weeks the day we met her and she was just so precious. Jeff and Beth are so proud of this sweet little girl and I know they are going to be the best parents. David and Katie. Doesn't David look so handsome in this picture? I think so! :) I could have held this bundle of sweetness all day long.

Landon was a bit intimidated by baby Katie. When I asked him if he wanted to hold her he said, "No, mommy...she's too little for me." He has such a tender heart, he probably thought he would break her.

Whenever we are in NM we HAVE to enjoy some authentic Mexican food so here we are on St. Patricks Day eating a La Hacienda. The food wasn't as good as we remembered but we still got our 'fix'.

Two happy boys.

We took Landon to a museum called Explora and it was absolutely FABULOUS! Super hands-on and fun for the kids! We could have easily spent the whole day there!

Creating some music of his own.

Checking out a walking stick.

Landon really enjoyed the water portion of the museum. Landon keeps asking if we can go back to Explora, so I know we'll definitely have to go back next time we are in NM.

One of my favorite things during this trip was seeing this....

Outside of David's parents church is a reflection area with the stations of the cross and there are bricks along the sidewalk that can be purchased in memory or in honor of people. David's parents purchased a brick in memory of Logan. I LOVE this! I love seeing his sweet name!

Here is a picture of the reflection area and Logan's brick is in the bottom right section. Thank you Gary & Sandra for doing this for our sweet boy.

Soccer

The weather was pretty out today so we spent the majority of the day outside. David and a friend of his did a few things outside, so Landon was out there with them playing around while they worked.

I know it makes David so excited to see Landon playing with a soccer ball since he played for so many years.

Hopefully in the next few years we will be cheering on this cute boy while he plays!He looks just like David to me in this picture! David makes this same face when he is being a stinker! Ha!

Silly boy!

We Made It....

Someone is happy that we made it to SPRING BREAK!! He's not the only one, David and I are so thankful for this break every year. We are going to hang out at home the next few days and then head to NM to see David's family later this week. I'm looking forward to getting out of town for a few days with my two favorite boys.I'm pretty sure Landon is dancing to Justin Bieber in this picture. He is liking the song 'Baby' but he argues with me that is says 'David' instead of 'Baby'. So funny!! We caught the ice cream truck this afternoon and we were so excited because we always miss it every time it drives down our street. Landon settled for the 'Frog' ice cream bar after I told him that we was NOT getting the BRATZ ice cream bar that he originally wanted!
I snapped this picture when he was still happy to have his ice cream. I took a bite of his ice cream and he started crying because he said that I got germs on it. It was after that that he decided that my germs on it were just too much for him to handle and he wanted to put it in the freezer. Maybe the freezer will freeze my germs off and he can eat it later! Ha! Silly boy!

Shaving Cream

Just hanging out playing with shaving cream....

I tried to encourage him to write his name or draw a picture, but he thought it was more fun to rub his hands ALL around!

Messy but fun!
"Okay, I'm ready to wash my hands now!"

Kitty House

We have a new member in our family...his name is 'Kitty'! Landon has been referring to himself as 'kitty' for the past few weeks and he calls the ottoman his 'kitty house'. His imagination gets a little out of control at times! Ha!

Davids thoughts....'why of all the countless animals does Landon have to choose to be a kitty??' When I tell Landon something such as, "It's time to get ready bed!" His reply is, "No, this kitty's not sleepy!" Aside from pretending to be a kitty, he still has his imaginary friend, Sashi. He continues to give Sashi a bath in the sink and he likes to bring him into his kitty house.

So thankful to have this sweet little boy in our lives...he provides us with some good entertainment.

Birthday Weekend

Blogging has been on my agenda every night this week after Landon goes to bed, but the bed and kindle have been more appealing...so that's what I went with! :) Last weekend was my birthday and David sure did a good job of making me feel special. On Saturday, he encouraged me to get out of the house and go shopping, get a pedicure, or whatever else sounded good to me...so I did! I ended up going to watch the Justin Bieber movie with a friend and her daughter and it was really good...yes, I just said the Justin Bieber movie was good! You should go see it! I even downloaded some of his songs on to my ipod when I got home! Ha! We did a little shopping after the movie and then came home. When I got home, Landon and David were 'deep' cleaning the house for me. Of course they weren't finished by the time I got home so they had to finish up on Sunday, but it sure was nice not to have to worry about it over the weekend. Saturday night we went to dinner and the TCU basketball game with David's cousin and his wife.

Here is my sweet little guy at the game rootin' for the LOBOS!

Aside from giving me the 'day off', David gave me some new running shoes and gear that I'm loving.

Bumps, Bruises, and Bath Time...

Landon has had a rough few days in the bumps and bruises department. Thankfully, nothing that needed more than a little TLC...I can handle that! It all began when he was playing in his room with David and tripped and hit his ear on the edge of his table. His ear now has a bruise on it....I didn't know that your ear could bruise?!?! We think he may have popped a blood vessel in it because it's fairly large and dark blue. Later that day we went to Academy Sports and he smashed his finger in the shopping cart. Nothing too serious but it swelled up a bit and the nail bed turned blue. Finally, the next day he was running through the kitchen and clipped his head on the pointy edge of the counter...sigh. And it was on the same side that his bruised ear was on! Poor little guy! Thankfully he had his 3 year check-up last week, otherwise, his pediatrician might have been suspicious of all his bumps and bruises! Ha!

On a totally different note...Landon had a fun time in the bathtub pretending to be Santa!
So silly!

This little boy fills my heart with so much happiness and I feel so blessed to be his mommy.