Mr. Independent

Now that Landon is walking, he can maneuver his lawn mower around successfully. Before he could walk, he wanted so badly to walk behind the lawn mower, but he just wasn't able to keep the handle up and push at the same time. He sometimes gets so into his toys that he doesn't even want me around. I'll try to play with him and he pushes me away...little stinker! What's worse is when he goes to his room and closes the door. And I go to check on him by cracking the door and peeking in, and he comes to the door as quickly as he can to close the door in my face. He is definitely Mr. Independent. Oh how I love watching him get his little personality.

Playing with a football and making daddy so proud!

On the go...

Landon moves so fast now, and that makes it hard for me to get a picture of him.

Running away from me with his football...daddy was so proud. :)When he is still enough for me to take a picture this is the look I get.

Finally...

Landon is getting his first tooth...FINALLY!! This morning before I gave him his breakfast, I checked his gums as I do most mornings in hopes of feeling what I did this morning--a tooth! I ran and grabbed the flashlight and forced him to open his mouth, sure enough I could see a little white tooth barely poking through the skin. I was so excited as worry about Landon not getting teeth was starting to creep up on me. Yes, it can happen, some kids are born without teeth--Dr. F said that it is a very rare thing, but it does happen. I will try to snap a picture of the new tooth, that is if Landon will let me. When I try to look at his new tooth, he tightly squeezes his lips and pushes me away. Walking and his first tooth, all in one week....this is all happening way too fast for me...sigh.

Walking Boy...

Proud Mama

This video has Landon saying the word "hot". He can say "haaa", to the "untrained" ear it doesn't sound like hot, but mommy knows!! :) When I give Landon his food and it is hot, I tell him that it is hot. The other day he was pointing at his peas saying, "haaa". It was so cute!!

Weekend review...

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We had a very low key weekend with no plans. These are my absolute favorite kind of weekends after a busy work week. On Saturday, we hung out at home and played with Landon. In between playtime we did squeeze in a quick trip to the grocery store for some items to get us through another week.

Sunday we played around the house again and went to church that evening. Landon was such a good little boy in church. He "read" his books and wanted to snuggle, so sweet.

Each day Landon is taking more and more steps. He will be running all around in no time...sniff, sniff--time is going by too fast. At the beginning of the weekend he was taking 3 to 4 steps at a time, now he is able to walk from one side of the room to the other. Look for videos of his new moves soon!