I Will Always Remember...

Wow... what a struggle bedtime has become.

I know it's mostly because Landon doesn't have his own room right now. If I haven't mentioned it, we all share a room. 
He is still in his crib but can easily climb right out so most nights we don't really care where he starts off as long as he falls asleep. Then when I go to bed I move him to his crib if he isn't already there. 

We do the same routine every.single.night. 

But without a doubt the struggle begins after we've bathed. After we've had some milk and gotten into jammies. After we've brushed his teeth and read a story. We "tuck tuck" him in with his blanket (naney) and his George. And said goodnight. 

I barely make it downstairs before he's up and I hear his little feet running across the ceiling from below. 

**sigh**

So up I go, then down, and up... then back down. Then I wait at the top of the stairs. Nothing will keep this kid in bed. 

He goes in his bed, he jumps down. I put him in our bed, he jumps down. I threaten, he laughs. I give him a choice... what's the point, he'll just get out anyway and pick the other thing. =/ It's SO frustrating. 

And don't even get me started if Adam wants to go to bed before Landon has settled on where he's going to lay down... go ahead and add another hour to the struggle since my hubs falls asleep in 2.2 seconds and acrobatics from Landon doesn't phase him once he's out. 

We need separate bedrooms. 

Eventually, he settles and then he's out. Bliss...

One of my tactics is laying with him - at least then I can remind him to lay down if he's getting antsy instead of repeatedly going up and down the stairs. I don't mind snuggling with him but I do like my "alone" time after he's in bed so sometimes I get frustrated if he continues the antics. 

Last night I got a little reminder that it's just a phase... it'll pass... and sometimes you'll never want to forget these times cause no matter how frustrating it is - he's growing up SO fast. 
We were laying there snuggling. I had my hand on his tummy and he was finally starting to zonk out. 
I kissed him on the forehead and whispered, "G'night Landon, I love you."

He whispers back, "I love you too momma."

And then he's asleep. Where did my little baby go??? I'm not sure but this little boy he's becoming melts my heart! 

And that's one thing I will always remember. 

Walking, Sleeping and Teeth... Oh My!

Mr. Landon has been BUSY these last two weeks!!! On the walking front, he literally went from being a wobbly little stiff legged guy to basically running across the living room pretty much over night! He's also started climbing up on things...Oiy! The other night as he was reaching over the side of the tub for his toy the little guy picked up one of his feet and came tumbling over the side all wet right into my lap! And then he laughed about it!? Here's one of him today...

Speaking of laughing... up until this week we'd been rocking him to sleep for his naps and bedtime. Well we had a day or two where he WOULD NOT SLEEP. We rocked and rocked and rocked... we tried laying him down awake, laying him down drowsy... nothing would work. Then all of a sudden he'd start playing while we were doing our usual nap or bedtime routines instead of getting drowsy. He'd flap his arms and shake his head - and when you'd hold his arm down or say "No Landon, night night!" He'd start laughing hysterically?!?! =/

So that was the end of that - for 3 days now - no rocking him to a drowsy stupor! Adam started it cause I don't do well with letting him cry it out... but he gave him his blanky and binky, laid him down, said night night and that was that?! The first day was rough - he cried for like 20 minutes. Adam went in a time or two to calm him down and lay him back down but he eventually fell asleep. Same thing for his afternoon nap.... wow! I did cave for bedtime and rocked him a little but did lay him down awake where he proceeded to SCREAM. But eventually, off to dream land he went!

This morning was my turn for daytime naps... ugh. To my surprise, he laid down and hasn't made a peep for the last hour and a half now! Wohoo!!!

Oh yeah! Yesterday was mister's first Valentine's Day!!! AW! Guess what cupid brought him??? His first tooth!!! :) Yup, he's been drooling like a faucet this week and with that little bought of no sleeping I'd been wondering if one would makes its debut. Sure enough, as we were wondering how so much drool can come out of that little mouth, Adam stuck his finger in and there it was! Ever so slightly poking through - basically with no warning what-so-ever?! He hasn't really been cranky even!

And speaking of Valentine's Day, I'm a little bummed that I've been a slacker about Landon's pictures lately. My house is so freakin' small that it's really hard to find the space to set it all up. Plus I need someone to help me keep mister occupied and happy in front of the camera - now that he's SO mobile it's nearly impossible by myself and needless to say, it's not Adam's most favorite task. I'm still doing them... even though it's passed, but I just have to wait until my bff and her girls has a free minute to help me :) Hopefully this week sometime. Here's one from earlier today when he was just getting up from his nap...

Until next time.... Cheers!!!

Much needed UPDATE!!!

Well looky what I found!!! An unsecured internet connection - thank you whichever neighbor doesn't know how to password protect their network! :)

Finally, a way to easily update my friends and family on "us"!

First of all - for your viewing pleasure.... a little Landon fix!

Lets see... last I posted (and really updated) he was only 11 weeks?! Holy crap where has time gone??? He's now **ahem** 21 weeks. I'm a little embarrassed?! Oh well.

I've been back at work for almost 2 months now... it sucks... I'm not even going to lie. Actual work isn't all that bad and the adult interaction is definitely much needed but being away from my little man is torture every.single.day. :( We have some pretty awesome babysitters though - and for $50/week, it doesn't get any cheaper than that!

About two weeks ago now, we had our 4 month check up. Landon was 15lbs 2 ounces and he was 25 inches long. My big boy!!! Dr. C never gives us our percentiles that I sometimes hear about but she said he was doing perfect. I'm also happy to report that we are now completely OFF the Zantac medicine we were giving him for his acid reflux!!! Woot Woot! He still spits up like a mother but that seems to be getting better as well!! But.... he's not in pain anymore so I'll take it! :) We talked to her about starting him on solids (which actually we already had tried a few times) but she said we could start on rice cereal and oatmeal if we wanted then at 5 months we could start trying the veggies - one new one every 2 or 3 days until we've tried them all and then we can do the same with fruits. Apparently babies like fruits better than veggies so if you do those first they'll never like the veggies. :) He's getting the hang of a spoon pretty well and even though she said to wait till 5 months (we're only a week shy) we went ahead and tried peas and carrots.... FAIL! Well, not really but he gagged on the peas and he only would open his mouth for two bites of the carrots. Next is green beans :)

What else... OH we are rolling... like CRAZY! Actually, he seems to have forgotten how to roll from his belly to his back but he rolls from his back to his belly with no problems and very little effort anymore. The first time I realized that he'd learned how to do this was in the middle of the night when I went in to check on him and he was sleeping peacefully on his stomach, face smooshed into the mattress. I'm not gonna lie - freaked me the eff out! Apparently he doesn't like to turn his head! haha - so pretty much every morning, that's how I find him! 

Speaking of sleeping... he's doing pretty awesome with that now too. I think we are "officially" sleeping through the night! Double woot! Usually he's rubbing his eyes from sleepiness by about 8pm so we take a bath and get him down and he'll sleep anywhere from 3am-7am... lol most of the time it's at least till 5 - the 3am wake ups are rare.

Well... I'm spent - that's quite the update finally. Hopefully I can get this internet connection to work consistently so I can update more often. 

Till next time - CHEERS!!!