Go, Go, Go

Well I just realized it has been forever since I updated the blog!!  A lot has happened since Halloween! 

We have really started giving him more and more food and for the most part he loves it!  I am still making all of his baby food and it really is a lot easier than I ever thought.  The only thing we have found that he doesn't really like is carrots.  He definitely has a gag reflux when you try them, BUT if you mix them with apples he is a happy man :o)  His favorite has to be blueberries and bananas.  It is quite the dark purple concoction, but he LOVES them!  He also loves yogurt.  You get the container out and he goes nuts.  We are currently on a vanilla, peach, banana cream pie and strawberry banana rotation :o)

We started yogurt because right before Thanksgiving we got our first real illness.  Landon had been teething so we thought he was just stuffy because of that, NOPE!  The Tuesday before Thanksgiving we went to the doctor and Landon had an ear infection and bronchiolitis.  So we are now the proud owners of a nebulizer machine!  Landon has learned to take medicine like a champ and that is very helpful!!  The doctor had us give Landon yogurt to replace the good bacteria that his anti-biotics would kill in his stomach.  I think he was pretty excited that even if he was sick, this was a pretty awesome treat!

Landon's cold also helped him master sitting.  I am pretty sure since the only way he could breath was sitting up, he decided that there's no better time than the present to start sitting! 

He is working on the transition from sitting, to crawling.  He can sit and he can crawl, but getting from one to the other can be a little difficult!  We have had a lot of face plants, but this week he has discovered that if you put your hands down first it saves your face.  He has been doing much better and is into everything!!! 

He loves the Christmas tree and it is almost like he knows what presents are his.  He goes for the same gift every time and it is one of his!

Landon is also working on pulling himself up.  He has found a couple of toys or places where he can pull himself up to his knees.  He doesn't really know what to do when he gets there, but he is definitely working on it.  I think we will have a stander before we know it!

I said above we have two front bottom teeth. They both came in on the same day and he did awesome. We hadn't even realized he was getting them until he went to bite on Matt's finger and he felt a little pinch! Since then there has been a little more crabbiness and I think our kid drools more than anyone else in history, but bibs are great!

So that is the last month in a nut shell and here are some pictures! Merry Christmas everyone!!

 

Daddy finally got me to sit with him in the chair!  Proud daddy moment!

 

Mom, I think I'm stuck!

 

What I am 35 weeks old already?

 

Get me out of here!!

 

I'm not being naughty mommy, I promise....

 

Passed out...I love this blanket from Grandma Brehmer!

 

Hanging in my PJ's

 

This sink thing is awesome...relaxing with my feet up!

 

Favorite toy of the moment!  Thanks cousin Aiden!

 

Yep, there are 2 teeth there.

 

I miss my California cousins!  Peek-a-Boo!

 

Having fun at Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa's house



 

8 months old..."I wonder if mommy will let me eat this thing?"

Happy Halloween!!

Matt and I wake up everyday wondering if today is the day for a tooth, no luck yet, but Landon is a drooling, chewing mess!!

Landon has gotten some serious grandma time the past couple of weeks.  We had 6 month pictures and cousin time a couple of weeks ago, last week Grandma Sharon came to visit so mom could go to the football game and daddy could work in the garage, she gets to come AGAIN this weekend to watch Landon while mommy and daddy are at the craft fair and then Landon is going to see Grandma Julie on the 16th while mommy and daddy take their first little trip to watch football in Kansas.  To say he has been a little spoiled is an understatement, but he loves all of his grandparents!!

Tonight was beggars night and I think Landon was the cutest little moster out there!!

6 months ago today...

It is soo crazy to think that 6 months ago today I was just getting wheeled up to the NICU to see my beautiful baby boy...He is growing so much everyday and truly is becoming a little boy!  He is so happy and smiles all the time.  You can't help but love that grin!  He is now rolling continuously and will get stuck under the coffee table or with his legs straddling a toy.  He does NOT like it when he is in his bed and rolls himself stuck into a corner!  We have started liking bath a lot more...hopefully we will be sitting soon, so he can play a little bit. 

He is now eating "real" food at dinner time.  He has tried sweet potatoes, butternut squash, green beans and peas.  I am making more sweet potatoes, squash, carrots and apples tonight.  He loves everything so far with the exception of green beans.  He will eat them, but definitely not his favorite!!  We are also going to finally start letting him have some fruit.  They say to have them try veggies first so they don't like fruit so much they never want veggies.  We'll see how it goes...

We have our appointment on Thursday so not sure how big he is, but he is definitely getting a lot longer.  We have grown out of 3-6 month one piece outfits...just too long. 

Landon attended his first ISU tailgate and did really well, while he was there he discovered his feet, so that kept him entertained!!

We get his 6 month pictures taken this weekend, so we will update you soon with pictures and height/weight.

Enjoy, Melissa

 

I LOVE squash!!  This whole eating thing is pretty awesome!

 

Look at my Monsters Inc jammies...

 

23 weeks old

 

25 weeks old...Mommas don't let your babies grow up to be Hawkeyes!!!! 

 

I can almost feed myself

 

YUM, YUM, YUM

 

This tailgating is pretty awesome!

 

I found my feet!!

 

GO CYCLONES!!  26 weeks, I had so much fun today with Aunt Heather and my BFF Ethan!!

 

 

Give me more mom!!!

 

Yeah...that darn flash, I blink every time!

5 months old already!!

So my baby turned 5 months old on Friday!!  He is getting so big!

This month has consisted of a few more milestones.  We have been working on sleeping in the crib...this was small steps each day.  He now sleeps in the crib without being proped up and completely surrounded with blankets and towels. 

He has started eating cereal like a champ and tonight we made the move onto baby food.  I am trying to make my own and it really wasn't to hard at all.  Thanks to Louise for getting us a baby food processor and containers for a shower gift, I was off and running.  We started with orange veggies, so I made squash and sweet potato tonight.  Matt gave Landon squash tonight and he liked it!  The first few bites were a little funny, but he decided it was good stuff and ate it all!

We have also started our favorite season of the year, football season!  Landon has had a lot of fun cheering for the Cyclones and so far has brought good luck as we started 3-0 and beat the Hawkeyes last weekend!  He even had a day of football with Uncle Luke yesterday while mommy and daddy went to the football game. 

He is rolling over without any trouble now, and is starting to get up on his knees!  It won't be too much longer and I will have a mobile baby...oh lord! 

 

What, I can't go to the game?

 

But, I can still cheer for the Cyclones!!

 

Go STATE!!!

 

BFF's cheering for the Cyclones!

 

Hangin' with Aunt Heather...before she started screaming and freaked me out :o)

 

Cheering with Aunt Abby!!

 

Peek-a-Boo

 

Cyclones win!! 

 

 

Getting ready for daycare!

 

Small steps into the crib, needed foot rests and back support...

 

 

I am SOOO Proud to be a Cyclone fan!!

 

 

What is THIS stuff...

 

 

I LOVE Butternut Squash!!

 

So big, 5 months old!!!

 

 

SO BIG...4 month update

So we have a very big boy on our hands!!  We went to the doctor on August 17th and Landon weighed in at 14 lbs 10 oz and is 25.5 inches long.  He is still pretty low in the weight percentiles, but we'll take it!! 

 

At that appointment we talked a lot about the next steps and decided it is time to start adding in a little rice cereal.  The doctor wasn't worried about any allergies, because he had been taking formula and she said that if he can handle milk-based formula we should be okay for cereal.  We also got the okay to start veggis when he has learned how to eat cereal.  I am thinking I will wait with those until a little closer to 6 months!  One step at a time!!

 

So the week of August 19th was crazy for us!  Landon and I went to the Cyclone FanFest with some of my friends.  Landon and I got our picture taken with Cy, Coach Hoiberg, and Coach Rhoads.  Recruiting class of 2030 here we come!!  2030...that really makes you feel old!!

 

Monday the 20th Landon started rolling over!!  He decided to start back to front...take the hard way first, but we knew that front to back would come shortly there after because he was not a fan of being on his stomach!! 

 

Tuesday the 21st we started cereal.  I was amazed at how well he ate this!!  We have since then had very up and down days.  Especially with Daddy...Landon likes to be stubborn with dad!!  Tonight I got him to eat his whole bowl full and even made a little more! 

 

Wednesday the 22nd Landon had enough of that tummy stuff and decided to roll front to back!  Crazy, Crazy week!

 

Since then it has been pretty low key at our house.  Landon decided to be crazy and do lots of things in 3 days to impress us and then take a few weeks off!  He continues to talk and babbble like crazy and drool like a rock star!  We did get his Halloween costume in the mail this week and he is going to be SOOO CUTE, but you will have to wait until October to see that!

 

Landon started daycare on the 14th of August and has done very well.  We really like the in-home provider we picked and it seems to be working out great.  Landon is always happy when we drop him off and pick him up and she got him on a schedule real quick!  Something we were slacking at. 

 

Last night we decided to really push crib sleeping.  I'm not sure if it was harder on Landon or Mommy and Daddy.  We had been slowing transitioning from his bassinet, but it wasn't going well.  After lots of trys with towels under the sheets, and blakents under his legs, we just put him in there and hoped for the best.  Yeah, that wasn't working so well.  He was up every 45 minutes/hour.  Around 3, Matt finally gave in and put him in his bassinet, in his room.  Now tonight, knock on wood, he feel asleep hard at 8:00 and has been sleeping in his bed ever since...Maybe he wore himself out last night and gave in!! 

 

Football season is in full swing and maybe Landon will get to experience his first tailgate, no games since they are a little loud, but some fun and sun is always good!  Go CYCYLONES!!

 

I love my overalls!!!

 

 

All smiles!!

 

 

Ready to go meet CY!!

 

 

CY!!!

 

 

Coach Rhoads!!

 

 

Coach Hoiberg!  I think mom was more excited for this one ;o)

 

 

Checking out the spoon

 

 

MMMMMmmmmm!!

 

 

That was good stuff mom!!!

 

 

Now we really know how to make a mess!!

 

Look at me sit up!!

 

20 weeks old!!!  Boji Baby!!