Tuesday, Apr. 10th

Tuesday, April 10th

Apr. 8th – Apr. 15th

This week John was in the Philippines on a business trip so I was doing the “single mom” thing at home.  It was rough!!  Having to do all my usual stuff, plus the things John does, and take care of the baby and dog were absolutely exhausting.  I told John when he got back that he wasn’t ever doing that again!  Unfortunately that’s probably not the case but I think a week is definitely the max I can handle for now.

Since I knew John would be missing us, I took a bunch of pictures and sent him slideshows daily of what was going on.  It was a lot of work (and ate up my little spare time at night) but he enjoyed them so I’m glad I did it.  I know I would want to know what was going on at home if I had to be gone.  I’m going to include the slides here to show how our week went.

Monday, April 9^th

April 8th: Easter

The Easter Bunny made a stop at our house this year!

Checking out the loot!  The Easter Bunny sure knows what he likes.

Hanging out with Daddy before he has to leave on a week-long business trip to the Philippines.

Chicks adore me!

My first Easter!

Mid-morning we had to drive John to LAX for his trip. Just as we got home, my car hit 70,000 miles!! I always notice stuff like that.

The spent the rest of the day at my parent’s house.  Aunt Lori, Grandma, Bobby, Renee, Taylor, and Riley were all there too.  It was a nice relaxing day with family.  That night I put Landen down in the family room so I could make him a bottle.  When I came back from the kitchen I found this:

He likes to grab the blanket while he’s rolling so he ends up being a “baby burrito” half the time!

Apr. 2nd – Apr. 7th

Monday, April 2^nd

Bottle from Lolo Peping

I’m not entirely sure what the fascination is, but Landen is totally obsessed with the vacuum. He will follow my every move as I’m vacuuming.  If I run around his exersaucer in circles, he’ll spin around just as fast to watch.  I had John do a little demonstration so I could get some video. J  I’m definitely happy Landen isn’t one of those kids (dogs) who is afraid of the vacuum (Nala). Between his fascination with folding sheets and vacuuming, I’m hoping to have a housework helper in a few years!

Tuesday, April 3^rd

While sitting on the floor Landen started screeching and singing out of nowhere! I’ve noticed he seems to do it more when he’s been sitting up for awhile and his muscles are tired. He needs to figure out how to lay down!

Now that he can pull his legs up, we find Landen sleeping like this occasionally.

Wednesday, April 4^th

Ready to go to Disneyland to get pictures of wedding locations for some friends! (We ran into our wedding planner, Cynthia who was SO excited to see me and Landen.)

So pretty ….

Friday, April 6^th

Now that Landen is rolling around he finds himself in the oddest places. I’m still not sure how he wound up under the swing at my mom’s.

Saturday, April 7^th

Mommy’s Bunny indeed!

Playing outside in the backyard for the first time

Air Nala!!

Playing before bed

April 2nd: Seven Months Old!!

Dear Landen,

You were born 7 months ago!  This past month has definitely been one full of firsts.  You caught your first cold and it lasted a little over two weeks!!  It didn’t seem to bother you too much other than when you were waking up in the middle of the night because you couldn’t breathe with all the congestion.  The humidifier sure got a workout!!  You coughed some in the beginning mostly from post-nasal drip but towards the end you developed a pretty good cough.  We eventually took you to the doctor since you’d been sick so long and your cough sounded horrible.  The doctor said it was all breaking up and you’d be better soon.  She was right!  Within a day or two you were back to normal.  We survived!  How about we don’t get sick again for awhile??

One perk of taking you to the doctor was getting to check your weight!  You weighed 20 pounds!!!  No wonder you’re getting too heavy to cart around!  We’ve started avoiding having to lift you in the baby carrier because it’s just too heavy.  We finished up the last of the stage 1 foods and started stage 2.  You sure love peas!  You must have gotten that from Daddy.  You’re loving most of the stage 2 foods and all the variety that come with it.  We aren’t having to mix the purees in with your cereal so much anymore.  You’ve been refusing your bottle again - lots of crying and batting it away.  We can’t figure out a pattern so we’re thinking maybe there is some teething going on.

Unfortunately you’ve started getting fussier and fussier.  Especially in the afternoons when you’re tired.  You now pump your legs and kick when you’re really excited about something.  You aren’t too interested in bath toys yet but you like to hit your foot against the end of the tub and make the water splash.  We turned you around so you are sitting in the toddler position rather than the infant position.  This means you’re sitting up straight and in a good position to splash with your hands.

Just recently you’ve started sitting up unassisted for longer periods.  You don’t know how to sit up on your own or how to lay back down though so you get stuck there.  You’ve finally remembered how to roll in BOTH directions and now you’re really moving around on the floor a lot.  You also put your head down while you’re on your tummy and use your legs to push forward.  It won’t be long before we’re going to have to get out the baby gates!!

Just like always, you make our lives so much more special and we love spending time with you.  We can’t wait to see what the next month with bring.  We love you!!