15 Months Old!

I can hardly believe it. Landon turned 15 months on Sunday and you want to know what he FINALLY accepted on his 15 month birthday? MILK in a sippy cup!! Yes people, our little Landon has been completely bull-headed when it came to drinking milk out of a sippy cup. I remember this process with Adalyn. You want them off the bottle SO bad and when you first try a sippy cup of milk with them and they throw a screaming fit, it becomes very discouraging and quite frankly, super annoying and aggervating. Adalyn finally accepted milk in her sippy cup at 14 months old. Dr. Eastham wants babies off bottles by their 15 month check up so we were cutting it close! We spent about $30 or so on different cups. (That's annoying part # 2.) I have said this before I belive, but what works for your fist child will more than likely NOT work for your second. I just assumed (you know what they say when you assume...) the Nuby sippy cup that worked with Adalyn would work for him, too. Wrong. But, that doesn't matter anymore because something finally clicked with this stubborn little boy and it worked! This mama is VERY happy. The older Landon gets, the more and more he is picking up. It is so enjoyable and rewarding to watch him figure things out and to communicate with us. Here is a little info on our sweet 15 month old!
- 18 month shirts and pajamas are starting to get too small. 18 month jeans still fit fine.
- Still in size 4 diapers
- Size 6 shoe
- We weighed him the other day and he was just over 26 lbs
- He loves Adalyn very, very much! He loves playing with her, watching her, copying her, and fighting with her. Who knew siblings would fight so early in age?! Ahhh!
- Says "Dada" "MaMa" "Uh-oh"
- Can point to his eyes, ears, nose, belly, mouth, head, and hair when asked
- Sticks out his tongue when we ask "Where's your tongue?"
- Makes the animal sounds of a Cow, Chicken, Elephant, and Tiger
- Gives big, opened mouthed kisses
- Signs "All Done" "Sleep" "Giraffe" "More" "Please" "Dog" "Thank You"
- Loves flipping through books. He will pick up a book and walk backwards until he sits in your lap so you can read to him
- Loves to dance. He points at the computer and grunts until we pull up a music video. One of his favorites to dance to, Kip Moore- "Somethin' about a Truck"
- He learns so much just by watching and listening to Adalyn. Wilson, our Elf, is very popular in our house at the moment. Landon walks around with us every morning as we search for him. By watching Adalyn, he now points and screams with excitement when we find him. It's so cute.
- I will tell him to hold my hand and he grabs it and walks with me where ever I need to go. Ah, just precious.
- We call him our squealer. When he gets really excited/happy or really mad, he squeals (or yells) really loudly.
- He does not like to get his diaper changed.
- I'm pretty sure his favorite food is a Sausage and Biscuit. He will eat one any time of day.
- Has his first 3 molars. YAY! Teething bites! I'll be so glad when those pearly whites are in!
- He still has the whitest hair but it really is starting to grow. It looks like the hair behind his ears is starting to curl outward so he may have just have curly hair! Who knows! But I'm curious to find out.
- Landon is such a sweet, lovable, happy little boy. Happy 15 months big boy!

BLAH!!!!!

I was so glad when the kids were finally better from the stomach bug they had Sunday afternoon. Adam and I went back to work on Tuesday thinking since we were the parents, that we probably wouldn't get sick. I don't know what it is, but I remember as a child being sick and it seemed like no matter how much throw up my mom cleaned up or how much she held me, she never got sick. So, I honestly figured it might skip Adam and I. HA. Boy was I wrong and actually quite stupid for thinking we couldn't get it. That stomach virus was so strong and hit us so quick! I left work Tuesday afternoon at 3:15 and went straight to my bathroom floor. Adam got home, brought me a coke, and let me lay there in all my misery. Adalyn was loving the fact that she could play doctor on me. She was climbing all over me and I didn't even care. I so enjoyed wathcing her be so excited that I was her "sick patient". She covered me up since I was freezing, brought me pillows, wet a washcloth for me, and even got out our first aid kit. We play "Doctor" on a regular basis but me actually being sick made it much more fun for her I believe. At around 4:00, I finally started throwing up. I had felt it coming on for a few hours prior so I was glad I finally did. I was then able to crawl in bed and rest some. After a little while, Adam informed me that he was not feeling good. I felt like I was dying and could barely move so I went ahead and called my mom to see if they could get the kids. At one point while we were waiting on my parents to come, I was in the bed and Adam was in the kids bathroom. Adalyn and Landon were roaming the house. Adalyn is fine doing that, Landon on the other hand still needs to be watched some. Adam had started packing their bags and food for my parents house but I had to finish it up. I managed to walk, but looked like an old woman doing so b/c I was hunched over, I even crawled at times. Blah, I'm telling you I was miserable. We managed not to forget anything for the kids except a shoe for Landon. He made it there with one, just not the other. That's pretty good if I say so myself. So around 7:00, the kids were gone. I looked around and our house was an absolute wreck. I was so sick I didn't even care and that is NOT like me. If I had even an ounce of energy I would have started cleaning. Since Landon went unsupervised for only a short amount of time, I found Christmas ornaments all throughout the house. He knows he is not to take them off so since we weren't around to tell him no, he took it upon himself to take off a few and leave them in different rooms around the house. Before I go further, I need to say this was the very first night BOTH kids were away from us. Adam and I have been talking for weeks now that during Christmas break, the kids were gone! We need a little piece of our old life back, if only for a day. We need some alone time being together, cleaning, organizing, relaxing, watching what we want on TV, shopping, and just simply hanging out. We don't get much uninterrupted time and it will definitely be nice to have that. With all that being said, this was NOT how I planned for our first night to go having the kids away from us! We could barely talk to each other. We spent most of the evening in seperate bathrooms laying on the floor. At one point, we both managed to get in bed. At 11:00, we took phenergren and it knocked us out. We didn't get out of bed until 9:45 the next morning. I can SAFELY say that without a doubt we haven't slept that late in 3 years. BUT, we still felt like crap when we woke up. Not good. We spent the rest of the day watching TV and sleeping. Finally, that afternoon, we were somewhat better. We went to pick up the kids around 3:30. We still weren't anywhere near 100% so I was hoping the kids would be easy on us. Thankfully, things went pretty smooth. Both kids were very tired and were in bed at 7:30, Adam and I were in bed at 7:50. My alarm woke me up at 5:30 this morning and I was a brand new person! I would never wish that on anybody, ESPECIALLY if you have small children at home who require a ton of supervision, entertainment, and assistance! I am glad to say Adam and I are feeling MUCH better today!

What a long two days!!!!

For the past week, Adalyn has had an awful cough and nastiest runny nose I seriously think I have ever seen. Snot has been pouring from her nose and is a gross brown/green color... it has been screaming sinus infection! So, with that said, I now want to tell you all what Adam and I have been doing within the past day or so. Sunday afternoon once we got home from church, we put both kids down for their naps. BUT, before we could even put Adalyn down, she throws up! What?! Where did that come from? We figured it was all of that sinus drainage she had going on made her stomach upset. We cleaned everything up and layed her down. Adam left to check on the cows and I sat myself down in the recliner and watched TV. At 2:00, both kids woke up. They only slept for about an hour and a half and on a Sunday afternoon, that's a pretty short nap for them. Church wears them out so they normally get a solid 2-3 hours worth of sleep. Not long after Adalyn woke up, she threw up again. So I started thinking, well crap! Maybe this isn't sinus drainage afterall! UGH! Please not another stomach bug! I called Adam and asked him to come back home. I was trying to clean up the mess, put her in the bath, and try to keep Landon out of her throw up. All while trying not to throw up myself! Gag!! After about 10 minutes or so, Landon started acting really figidity. He would moan and kind of walk back and forth. He didn't really know what he wanted. Then don't ya know, he throws up too! It was around 2:30 or so by then. The rest of our afternoon consisted of Adalyn and Landon taking turns throwing up. Adalyn. Landon. Adalyn. Landon. At one point, I was holding Landon in my lap on the couch. He started making a gagging noise and I knew better than to move him. He started throwing up once again, but this time all over my lap. Keep in mind, I was wearing pajama pants which are very thin. I made the decision to let him finish his business on my lap as opposed to running him across the house to the bathroom or something. In the back of my mind I just REALLY did not want anymore throwup on my carpet! agh!! New carpet, throw up, and a neat freak mama do not mix very well. I yelled for Adam to come and get him so he could wipe him down. I sat on the couch, again trying not to barf myself, and just watched his throw up seep through my pajama pants. Oh My Goodness. Inside, I was without a doubt freaking out. Want to know what was even more disgusting? Pineapple chuncks sat perfectly still ontop of my pants while all the juice was slowing going thru. Yes, Landon ate some bites of pineapple before Church and that is one of the things we kept seeing. Not only was it soaking through my pants, it was on my shirt, somehow got on my bra, and of course on Landon too. Adam got me a trash bag to "step" into. There was no easy answer on how to clean it up. I stripped my clothes off and ran to the shower. Adalyn had also just thrown up as well so I had Adalyn and Landon both in the shower with me. We kept Adalyn in panties and Landon in a diaper the rest of the day. I really did lose count as to how many loads of laundry I washed. We even had to take my clothes and some towels out to our driveway to hose them down to get the food, chunks, and pineapple off everything. Just Sunday afternoon alone, I know we gave four baths plus the shower the kids had with me. They both were so thirsty all they wanted was water. Landon and Adalyn chugged their sippy cups. A little while later, they threw up what seemed like a gallon of water. Adalyn is real good about going to the toliet to do this but poor Landon just lets it fly wherever he is. Afterall, he is just a baby so I wouldn't expect anything else. BUT, the good about him throwing up a gallon of water? It was on our hardwood floor! No carpet that time. Our poor kids had thrown up so much they had absolutely nothing left to throw up but water. So we really cut back on their water the rest of the afternoon since they couldn't even keep that down. They both were real puny throughout the afternoon and evening. They would both get spurts of energy then Adalyn kept asking for a popcicle. It had been a few hours since she had last thrown up and we were just glad she was asking to "eat" something. Wouldn't you know... no popcicles in the freezer! Thankfully Carla had some so I got some from her. She ate a blue popcicle, a pink one, and a little bit of a Banana. The kids were wore out and by 8:00, they were asleep. Adam and I went to bed early too because I figured it would be a very long night for us. 10:45, our bedroom door opens. Adalyn runs to the toliet and starts throwing up. Remember, she has no more food to throw up so this time it's blue liquid from her popcicle. We put her in bed with us. She tossed and turned, we took her pj's off because she was hot, she finally fell asleep but was snoring because she was stopped up. It was after midnight by this point and I made Adam take her back to her bed. 30 minutes later she comes back in so I pull her back in the bed. She mentioned her ear was hurting but she went right to sleep so we didn't ask questions. I was finally able to fall asleep myself. Then, I hear Landon over the monitor at 4:15. I went in to get him. He immediately started pointing and grunting. I walked into the kitchen and he did everything in his power to let me know he wanted some milk since he can't talk. He was starving since he hadn't eaten anything since Sunday morning before Church so I went ahead and gave it to him knowing he would probably throw it up anyway. Well, he did. I cleaned him up and we played in his room for a bit. Adam and Adalyn were still asleep so I didn't want to wake them. I did give Landon a tiny bit of water to wash out his mouth. I remembered how thirsty I was after I threw up last year and I knew he was to. Even the tinest bit of water made him throw up again. So at about 4:30, I was giving Landon a bath. Adam and I both took off from work to be home with them. When Adalyn woke up, she continued to talk about her ear hurting when she would lay down or cough. We asked her every so often which ear just to see if she would point to the same one each time and sure enough, she did. I called the doctor and made an appt. for 10:00 to see Dr. Eastham. Adalyn has never had an ear infection before and I knew she was old enough to tell us when something was hurting her so I didn't want to take any chances. Aside from her ear, we could tell she was feeling a lot better. She even ate a biscuit. I got her ready (and myself) and we headed to Murfreesboro in the nastiest weather. I really don't like traveling when rain is coming down sideways. Adalyn fell asleep as soon as we got on the interstate. She woke up when I parked. I got her out and she layed on me the entire time we watied in the waiting room. They weighed her and she had lost 1 lb. since we were there for her 3 year check up a few weeks ago. She loves Dr. Eastham so she was her silly self while he was in there with us. He checked her out and sure enough, her very 1st ear infection! He said that the sinus issues she was battling a week ago (all the sneezing, coughing, runny nose, etc) caused it. Poor girl! We loaded back up and made our way home through the awful weather. She was pretty uncomfortable on the way back but managed to allow herself to doze off. We went to pick up some medicine and headed home. It was about 11:30 but this point and I was beyond tired. Around 12:30, Adam put Landon down for a nap and Adalyn and I got into bed for a nap ourselves. She slept a little over four hours! I ended up waking her up since it was almost 5:00. She felt a lot better after such a long nap. Still didn't eat too much for supper, but I could definitely tell she was getting back to herself. The rest of the evening went pretty smooth. Landon was eating and keeping things down just fine. He was asleep by 7:30 and I put Adalyn down at 8:30 since she had napped so long. They both slept great so I am hoping they are all better. But, as I have been typing this, I have decided I don't really feel all that good. Oh boy. I sure hope that stomach bug isn't going to come to me. We shall see! So, the above is just a little glimpse of mine and Adam's Sunday afternoon/evening and Monday. We had to miss the Christmas Musical at Church Sunday night which I was SO bummed about. I had been looking forward to hearing all the beautiful Christmas songs they sing each year. :( Then reading posts on Facebook about how amazing it was made me even more sad! But, atleast I was able to take care of my babies when they needed us! I would never wish that on any parent! Two kids throwing up one right after the other is not high on my wish list that's for sure!

Christmas Parade

Last Friday Adam and I took Adalyn to watch the Christmas parade. We asked my mom to come over to watch Landon since he still didn't feel 100% and had a bad cough and snotty nose.We met up with Hope, Ryan and Liam and Adalyn was so excited she was going to see Santa. We had to wait about 20 minutes or so and she asked over and over when the parade was going to start so she could see Santa. Thankfully, our waiting was up and we saw police cars and firetrucks to start the parade. She was in awe at everything she saw. Ryan gave Adalyn a bag for all the candy. Adam and I were obviously not thinking about bringing a bag for her. Oops. Once she realized people were throwing candy, she had a blast picking up all the pieces. When it was over, I bet we came home with more candy than we did for Halloween. We had a great time. We stunk to high heaven though once we got in the car and could smell ourselves. We smelled of nasty diesel, smoke, gas, and whatever else you can imagine that goes with being around vehicles that close. Landon was sound asleep when we got home, we changed Adalyn's clothes and put her to bed, too. It was a quick, but fun outing! Getting ready to leave for the parade. She is very animated, can't you tell?

Watching the floats pass by us

Putting candy in her bag

"Look Mama, CANDY!!"

These next two pictures will make you smile just by looking at the excitement on her face. It's Santa!

Adalyn's letter to Santa

While Nancy was here Thursday, she asked Adalyn what she wanted for Christmas and they wrote a letter to Santa. When I came home and read it, I couldn't help but to laugh. I have NO idea where she gets this stuff! Dear Santa, My name is Adalyn May Clark. I am 3 years old. Landon is 1. I have been a good girl. My mama needs kitchen towels and cooking stuff. Daddy has a bad wire on his 4-wheeler and needs some stuff to fix it. Landon needs a crocodile Dream Lite. I want: 1. a "Pop the Pig" game 2. A new bathroom so I don't have to share with my brother 3. A crayola Airbrush marker set 4. A Ladybug Dream Lite 5. A barbie doll with extra clothes 6. a tea set with real tea 7. New shoes- mine don't fit 8. A Trampoline. I that not the sweetest thing?! But first, let's set the story straight. I don't need new kitchen stuff. I have way more than I need anyway. It is true Adam needs to get the 4-wheeler fixed. I have no idea if they even make a Crocodile Dream Lite. I do not know what a "Pop the Pig" game is. I'm not real sure if I have ever seen a Crayola Airbrush marker set but it sounds legit. I'm pretty sure they make a Ladybug Dream Lite. She doesn't even have a Barbie doll, just the one's a Jerry and Nancy's house. They obviously have made a big impression to her. She has a tea set. Got it for her birthday. It pours "fake" tea so I guess that's why she wants a "real" set. And she got boots and tennis shoes for her birthday...and they do fit. And I can see why she wants a trampoline... they are tons of fun! I'm interested to see what her letter to Santa will sound like next year :)

Cough...Cough...Cough

That's all we have heard this week. Two kids coughing their little hearts out! Landon woke up with a low fever Monday morning and had a nasty cough along with a runny nose. Adalyn just has a nasty cough. So far no fever. Landon hasn't really wanted to eat much this week which is understandable. I never feel like eating when I don't feel good either. On Wednesday afternoon, he napped for 4 hours (12:30-4:30)! And still was in bed by 7:30 and woke up at 6:30 the next morning. By the time Adam and I get home from work, he plays for a little bit then he's basically begging us to put him to sleep.Thankfully he woke up this morning without a fever! Adalyn came into our room at midnight last night coughing. I gave her her sippy cup of water and put her back in bed. At 4:45, I heard our door open again and she was coughing...and coughing...and coughing. I put her in bed with us and within 2 minutes she told me she needed to spit up. She hopped out of the bed and went straight to the toilet. She spit up, or threw up, whichever you want to say. But it wasn't the "stomach bug throw up" but it was more like nasal drainage throw up. She looked at me and said, "Momma, I can't get enough sleep because I'm coughin." Sweet thing. Oh, I forgot to mention Landon has 2 top molars in. Adam discovered them a week before Thanksgiving. I have had my eye out for the bottom two. He is almost saying "No". He will shake his head and it is sounds like he is saying it. Adam has both kids interested in watching pig videos on YouTube. It sounds funny, I know, but they all love it. It seriously will entertain all three of them for the longest time. Landon will grunt and point at the computer until one of us picks him up and shows him pig or cow videos or turns on music. He gets so excited and starts waving his arms and clapping. And Ohhhhh!!!! I can't believe I haven't mentioned this yet!!! Landon stayed away from us for the very first time last Saturday!! AHHH! Adam and Adalyn headed to Pelham Saturday morning so it was just me and Landon the majority of the day. He took a long morning nap and after about an hour and 45 minutes, he woke up. I got him out of his crib, brought him in the living room to sit with me and watch TV, but he dozed back off. So I put a pillow on the floor and layed him back down.

Once he finally decided to wake up, I fed him lunch, got everything ready for his first night away from us (booo!) and we left for my parents. I have to admit, I was a little sad! :( I moved my rear view mirror down to where I could see him and stared at him the whole way there.(I know that sounds cheesy but I couldn't help it!) I did pay attention to the road as well though, so no worries. :) It was around 2:00 or so by then and after he played for a little while, I left and him and my mom took a nap. Christopher and Brandy were still in town and they were staying over, too so he had a lot of company to play with. I took the pack n' play over there and set it up in the computer room. Momma said she layed him down at 8:30 and didn't hear a peep out of him until the next morning. By the time Church was over, Adam and I almost ran to the nursery to get him. Instead of running, we just walked really fast. We kept Adalyn home with us Saturday night so we could put up the Christmas tree. She is at such a fun age and really understands the whole Christmas tree, ornaments, Santa, etc. After we set everything up and cleaned up( you know me! MUST CLEAN!) we went to J&G for supper.

She ate Chicken strips, french fries, went to the bathroom twice, and ate jello. The jello didn't go over so well. Her whole body shook and she spit it out. ha. She just wanted to play with it. She said they looked like ice cubes. It was a great day/evening and I'm glad we were able to spend one on one time with just her. The next time Landon stays the night somewhere, Adalyn is going too. Then wait for it.... Adam and I would have an empty house!!! Can you feel the excitement in my typing?!?! Already looking at the calendar to see when we can make that happen! Until next time!

3 year check-up

Adam and I left work early this morning to take Adalyn for her 3 year check up. We told her a few days ago she would be going so that's pretty much all she has talked about. She would randomly ask if she would be getting a shot. We didn't lie to her, we just told her we weren't sure. And thankfully, we were telling the truth. No shot. Just a finger prick, and that didn't even phase her. She was SO excited when we came and picked her up. She was bouncing off the walls. When we arrived at the doctors office, she was in the best mood and kept asking when Dr. Eastham was coming to get her. Since she likes Doc McStuffins so much, I guess she felt like she knew exactly what was going to go on. She would sing, "Check your ears, check your eyes, find out how much you've grownnnnn, time for you check up!" Sweet girl.

Waiting on Dr. Eastham!

Adalyn weighs 39 lbs-96% and is 40 1/4" in height-98%! Dr. Eastham referred to her as a giant. :) I am very short so I am beyond thrilled that she will be a tall girl! I have always wanted to be just a little bit taller so I'm glad she is taking after Adam in the height category!

Thanksgiving 2012

Thanksgiving morning we woke up and started getting ready for our day! Adalyn stayed the night with my parents Wednesday night. We didn't have too much to do since we did most of it the night before. With my personality, I have to make lists and be extremely organized when it comes to a big event where cooking is involved as well as packing for two kids for an entire day and most of the evening away from home. Good clothes, good shoes, play clothes, play shoes, Pajamas, plenty of diapers, plenty of wipes, toys and books for Landon, jackets, food for both kids, sippy cups for both kids, two bottles for Landon, extra change of clothes for Adam and myself, camera, all of our food we were to bring, drinks, birthday gifts, and I feel like I could go on and on. That's a lot of stuff for only 1 day! Not only did I pack for our day on Thursday, I went ahead and packed for Thanksgiving with the Clark's on Friday as well. Ahhh, organization makes me oh so happy. Landon took his morning nap and then we were off to Hillsboro around 10:15. As soon as we got there, Landon ran straight for Granddaddy's lap. He kept squealing and waving his arms up and down. He was beyond excited.

We then asked Landon to show us his newest trick! We will ask, "Landon! Where's your tongue?!" This is his reaction:

I'm pretty sure it's one of the cutest things I have ever seen. Shortly after, everyone else arrived. We got our food situated then headed outside for our annual grandkids picture for my Granddaddy. My Grandmother use to love getting this picture each year. Here is our family picture

And of the Grandkids, great-grandkids, and spouses

You can clearly see Landon was DONE by this point with the picture taking. We all headed back inside to check on our food and we got ready to eat...and eat...and eat. Whew. It's safe to say we were all stuffed. We cleaned up, played, and then napped. I took Landon upstairs and we slept while Autumn had Adalyn in the bedroom downstairs trying to get her to fall asleep. I later learned that Adalyn kept talking (and talking) and then finally talked herself to sleep. Landon slept fine and I did too for the most part but all I could hear was gun shots going off by Adam, Christopher and Casey in the pasture. Boys and their toys. Landon and I eventually woke up and ended up waking Adalyn from her nap so we could celebrate all of the November birthdays. November is a very popular month for birthdays in our family! Just my immediate family, we celebrate 5 birthdays. Brandy, Casey, Adalyn, Adam and Autumn. (That's not including all of our other cousins who have November birthdays!Oh, and Singer :) ) Here's the birthday gang!

After cake, we started getting out the Christmas decorations.

Adalyn is at the perfect age to help with the tree! Landon on the other hand, is not. My almost 15 month old was pulling ornaments off left and right! Oh geeze! After a while, he finally gave up after us telling him "no" for the millionth time. He would randomly come over and try to snatch one but I had my eye on him. Little stinker. I have no idea why I didn't take a picture of the tree once we were finished with it! I am easily distracted I guess. We cleaned things up and packed everything and headed home. We put the kids in bed as soon as we got home then we relaxed. It was a wonderful day to be with family and I am very thankful for them. On Friday, we got up and got ready to head to Winchester to celebrate Thanksgiving with Adam's entire family. Thanks to my mad organizational skills, everything was pretty much ready to go. Landon took his nap then we left. We stopped first at Jerry and Nancy's. We did some of our cooking and the kids played. On our way to Melissa's, Landon fell asleep so we let him get his nap out in the car once we got there. Adalyn rode with Jerry and Nancy and she fell asleep, too. Their bodies are use to their 1:00 nap time! They eventually woke up and quickly found the toys and their cousins. Every get together we have 1 5 year old, 1 4 year old, 3 three year olds, a 14 month old and a 10 month old. WHEW! Thank goodness for a big room full of toys! As usual, everyone ate and ate and ate. We all kept occupied with football and playing with the kids. Here are some random shots from our Thanksgiving with the Clark's!-Landon with Uncle Jim

Landon is in love with lights/fans. As most babies are I know, but he will bug you to death until you pick him up and let him touch the string or even just to get a "little bit" closer to the light. After a while, we took a walk outside. It was such a beautiful day!

Here's Mr. Personality in his filthy shirt waving at everyone

Hannah, Maddison and Adalyn

All the kids love Hunter! (and Tori! even though she isn't pictured)

Can we say identical?

Landon and his apple

I saw Adalyn's bow sitting on the table I couldn't stop myself from doing this!

He looks JUST like Adalyn did when she was this age! Amazing. Landon was in charge of the rolls. He took each roll and placed it on the pan. He even licked a few. :)

and here is Super Landon!

Brian, Adam, Tommy, just missing Kenny!

Adalyn wanted to stay the night with Jerry and Nancy since Tori and Hunter was staying there as well. Tommy and Sarah came to stay with us. Landon fell asleep within 3 minutes of us leaving and when we got home, around 7:30, we woke him up so he could take his bottle, then once he was through, we layed him down. It was another long, but fun day with great food and family! Check out some previous Thanksgiving posts! Thanksgiving 2010 when Adalyn was just 1 year old! HERE! and Thanksgiving 2011- Adalyn was 2 and Landon was just 10 weeks old! Amazing what one year will do! Read it HERE!

Landon is 14 Months Old!

This little guy is 14 months old and doing something new almost every day! He now will shake his head "no" when we ask if he wants another bite, drink, etc. He signs "all done", "more", "dog", and "please". For whatever reason when he signs "please", it is the absolute sweetest thing ever. You take your head and rub in a circular motion on top of your chest. His version is your take you hand and very slowly swipe it across your chest. He will do it over and over again. I ask him where my nose is and he will put his finger on my nose. I ask him where his nose is and he just looks at me like, "Huh?" ha ha. He will still not drink milk out of a sippy cup. With Adalyn, I know we spent over $40 just trying to find the "right" cup she would drink milk out of. She was 14 months old when she finally accepted one. It was a Nuby brand, which is what Landon has for his water. I just ASSUMED the same cup that worked for her would work for him. Well, it didn't. I had a small mind lapse and forgot that my kids are nothing alike. Beside their looks when Adalyn was a baby, they have been so different. So darn. Here we go on a sippy cup hunt. Landon has not let us feed him since he was 10 months old. That's when he was completely off baby food and started eating whatever we ate. He will sometimes let us feed him yogurt or applesauce, but that's only if he's in the mood for it. So I somewhat knew this process would be a bit frustrating. (and long) So far, every cup I have bought hasn't worked. Stubborn little thing. But, I know eventually he will take it. So I'm not stressing myself over it. It's amazing how much you learn/understand/accept when you have a second child! Things are SO much easier and you worry WAY less than you do/did with your first. Am I right people? In other news, one of Landon's favorite things to do is take a bath. We can ask him, "Want to take a bath?!" He high tails it to the bathroom. He will turn back to look at us, and if we aren't right behind him, he will walk to us like he is trying to get us, and grunt and then start walking back towards the bathroom. When he's in the bath, he is such a character! He is really very entertaining.

Blowing bubbles! He normally comes up choking after he does this.

He loves sitting and looking through books. Or give him a sandwich bag with crackers or pretzels in it, he will spill it and then pick every single piece up and put back in the bag one at a time. We have to keep all toilet seats closed or else you will find him elbow deep playing in the water. He absolutely hates getting his diaper changed. I have to give him one of Adalyn's old toothbrushes that sings the "ABC's" to keep him occupied. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I'll be glad when he grows out of that stage. He is still in a size 4 diaper, 5.5 wide shoe, 18 month clothes, 24/2T pajamas, AND his hair is really starting to grow! It's hard to tell in pictures since his hair is so white, but he really is starting to get some. People call him "cotton head" all the time. Adalyn was 15 months when her hair finally started growing. I'm curious to see if his hair will stay straight or if it will curl. I'm secretly hoping it will curl but Adam says he will look like a girl if it does. Whatever. Another interesting fact about Landon being 14 months old is Adalyn was 14 months old when I found out I was pregnant again. SO crazy how fast time flies. What a blessing our "surprise" has been! Happy 14 months Landon Riley!

Party day for Adalyn!

We had Adalyn's 3rd birthday party on Saturday, November 10. The theme was Doc McStuffins, one of her favorite TV shows! I had so much fun planning this for her. We all had a wonderful time! The door sign! I LOVED it!

Birthday Invitation

Centerpiece

Got to love Cricut machines! (notice band aids in the back ground. I had them scattered on the tablecloth)

Drinks

Hot Dogs!

The Birthday Girl!

Of course I made her shirt!

Birthday cake- so cute!!!

Present time!

Close up of the poster I made. I am SO in love with it! I plan to do this every year now. It will be neat to see their new "likes" over the years.

She really enjoyed everyone singing "Happy Birthday" to her. She soaked it allll up and scanned the crowd back and forth as we all sang. It was precious!

Sweet friends!

Adam and I with the party girl!

Happy Birthday Adalyn May! We Love You very much!