Landon at Nine Months

Our sweet boy turned nine months old on Wednesday, July 1st!

Measurements
20lbs (give or take)

Appearance
~He's starting to thin out and get long!
~Landon has two bottom teeth and it makes him look entirely too grown up!

Sizes
~I'm moving him into 12 month clothes now. He's in the process of wearing his nine month onesies for the last time and nine month shorts do. not. fit anymore.
~Size one shoes.
~Size four Honest Co. diapers.

Personality
~This kid is so cool! He laughs at everything. He's not a huge crier.
~He's started fussing when he wants to be picked up, but overall he's super easy-going.
~He likes to really take things in and inspect things like your face if you're holding him or his toys.

Likes
~He like to crawl everywhere and he's fast!

 

~Landon likes to (try) and feed himself finger foods.
~He LOVES balls. He will laugh and wiggle when we give him one to play with.
~He loses his ever-loving mind when he gets to play in the water table outside.

~The dogs' water bowl is also a favorite of his. Ugh!

Dislikes
~He isn't particularly fond of being changed right now. He uses ninja moves to try and wiggle his way off the changing table.
~In the later part of the afternoon he doesn't like to be put down and wants to be held most of the time. Which presents a challenge because while you're holding him he tries with all his might to get out of your arms!
~Landon doesn't like to be left out and wants to be in the middle of all the action.

Eating
~Landon is becoming a pretty good eater!
~He's eating three meals of baby food each day and one snack mid-morning. He takes a bottle when he first gets up, a bottle in late afternoon and a bottle or nurses before bed.
~He hasn't shown much interest in nursing since he's become more mobile, but I'm still trying to nurse him every night before he goes down for bed. I think we're getting close to stopping, though.
~Some new foods he's tried this month are diced carrots, baked beans, pasta, avocado, banana and eggs. He LOVES eggs!

Sleeping
~I think this child is going to be my morning person. Preslie is not a morning person and neither am I. However, Kevin is and I think Landon is as well. Landon wakes up so happy and he doesn't like to sleep in.

~He's still on the same schedule as last month. He likes to wake up around 6:00, drink a little milk for about 10 minutes, and then goes back down until about 7:00/7:15.
~Still sleeps through the night.

Milestones
~He can now go from a crawling to a sitting position.
~Landon reaches up when he wants to be picked up. I love it!
~When he's standing and you're holding his hands, he tries to pick each foot up off the ground like he's practicing taking steps.

~He pulls himself up into a kneeling position on furniture.
~He will crawl to whomever he wants to pick him up - and then whine at your feet. Ha!

New Experiences
~Landon stayed overnight with my parents for four days while Kevin and I went to a wedding in Oregon. I missed him so much! And unfortunately, he cut his two bottom teeth during that time so he wasn't on his best behavior for my mom in the middle of the nights. Oops!
~He helped celebrate Father's Day for his Papa and Bacca!
~He attended a Hello Kitty festival with his sister. I'm sure he was less than thrilled about it.

~June was a rather laid back month so there wasn't a whole lot of new stuff going on for him.


Kevin and I always say we wish we could keep Landon this age forever. He is so fun and we don't want him growing up and changing so fast!

Landon at Eight Months

Landon turned eight months old on Monday, June 1st!

Measurements
Weight: 19lbs, 1oz

Appearance
~Not much has changed since last month. His hair is growing in a little more, but that's about it.

Sizes
~Clothes: 9 months, 6-12 months and 9-12 month clothes (depending on brand) 
~Shoes: He doesn't really wear shoes right now but I'm thinking he might be a size 2.
~Diapers: Size 4 Honest Co. diapers

Personality
~Overall, he is a very happy baby! He has his fussy moments but he's generally a pretty happy guy! 
~He never stops moving!

~He has started to fuss if something is taken away from him. If Preslie happens to take a toy from him he'll get mad and she's so surprised that he is starting to have an opinion about what she does.
~When he's told "no" he turns back and laughs at you. Little stinker! 

~He's generally a pretty quiet baby. 

Likes
~Landon absolutely LOVES the water. We got him a bath chair so he can sit up in the tub with his sister for bath time and he thinks it's the best thing in the world and goes NUTS!
~He's becoming a lot more aware of Stella and likes to go for her if she's laying near him. He seems to have a fascination with her rear-end and tail right now (lovely).

~He enjoys his crib.
~He just adores his Papa.

Dislikes
~I can't really think of anything he didn't like during this particular month. 

Eating
~Landon seems to have turned a corner with eating solids during this month. He makes a good chewing motion with his jaw so he's able to eat solids a lot better.

~He's eating three meals of baby food a day and nursing/getting a bottle three times a day.
~He's started using a sippy cup and has had no problems with that small transition. He doesn't yet know that he has to tip it up to get the milk out, but he'll learn.

Sleeping
~His sleeping has been a little rough during this month because he was pretty sick and wasn't sleeping well at night.
~He was starting to wake up two hours earlier than he normally would, so I switched up his schedule a bit and it seems to have helped some.

Schedule
6:30/7:00am - Wakes up and gets a bottle/nurses
8:15am - Breakfast of baby food
9:00am - Nap
10:30am - Snack with sippy cup
12:00pm - Lunch of baby food
1:00pm - Nap
3:00pm - Bottle
5:15pm - Dinner of baby food and trying some table food
6:30pm - Bath and nurses
7:00pm - Bed

Milestones
~The biggest milestone of this month is he's crawling! Landon started officially crawling on May 25th. It's actually an army crawl, but it gets the job done.

~He can also sit completely on his own now.

~He can go from sitting up, down to crawling.
~Landon has started to form sounds. His first official sound/word was "bubbabubbabubba."

New Experiences
~He practiced crawling - sometimes with not a lot of success. ;)

~Landon was introduced to the sippy cup. It was met with mostly frustration in the beginning.

~We had a special day with just Mommy and the kiddos and were able to go to the park and just play together all day. Landon tried out the park swing for the first time!

~He had a double ear infection and pink eye in both eyes this month. Poor boy was so miserable.

~He had a nice, long visit from Omi during this month.
~Landon celebrated his first Memorial Day holiday! Since he was still recovering from his ear infections, and Preslie was also getting over a couple days with a fever, we ended up just staying home, so not much celebrating went on.

~He helped celebrate his cousin Nathan's surprise 30th birthday party where he also took a dip in the pool for the first time!

~Since he's learned how to crawl he is now discovering so many new things. One of them being gazing out the living room window into the backyard.

As cliche as it sounds, every day is a gift with this sweet boy. He is the perfect touch to our family of four!

Landon at Seven Months

Landon turned SEVEN months old on Friday, May 1st!

Measurements
Weight: I didn't get a chance to weigh him but I'd guess around 18-19 pounds

Appearance
~Still the same big eyeballs! He get it from his Mama. ;)

 

~He seems to have more hair than his sister did at this age.
~I feel like he's thinning out some and he looks longer to me.

Sizes
~Nine month clothes
~Size 1 shoes
~Size 4 Honest Co. diapers

Personality
~During his sixth month Landon was pretty fussy. I thought for sure that whole "good baby" phase had ended for good. But it looks like it was just a week-long struggle. Ha! He's back to his happy self again!
~He never cries, except for that week I mentioned above. I think he was just in the process of a mental leap and was trying to figure out life and all the new things he was learning. But for the most part he is a content little guy.

~He's always on the move.
~He's at the age where he gets frustrated that he can't move or get to where he wants to be. He wants to be doing everything his sister is doing, so bad!
~He has started to throw a fit if you take something away from him. Which I secretly like because it's teaching Preslie not to steal toys from him and to share.

Likes
~Landon flips out when you put him in front of the mirror. He goes crazy trying to grab his reflection, and he kicks and reaches and squeals when he's looking at himself.
~Crazy about his big sister.

~He likes to rough house. I know it's probably hard to believe since he's just a baby, but he likes to be thrown up in the air, the free-fall feeling, he likes to roll on the ground with his Papa and "wrestle." He is such a boy!

Dislikes
~When we get home from Miss Kara's house at the end of the day, he usually wants to be held. If I try to put him in his exersaucer or on the ground, he's not having it.

~He's a very easy-going kid so I can't think of what else he dislikes!

Eating
~I think he's finally gotten the hang of the whole eating-baby-food task. He's doing much better with the spoon and the different flavors of vegetables and fruit he gets.
~He eyeballs what we're eating but he doesn't yet know how to eat it!
~On his seven month birthday I gave him Puffs for the first time and he did surprisingly well! He pretty much just sucks them to death, but he's slowly getting the hang of the chewing motion.
~Any other normal food I've tried (like baked potato or avocado) he gags himself. I think it's a texture thing with him right now. It's so hard for me to get used to because at this age Preslie was eating full-on table food and most of what we were eating! Just goes to show that all babies are different!
~He nurses twice a day during the week, and exclusively on the weekends.

Sleeping
~Since Landon is mobile now - as far as rolling over goes - he now sleeps on his tummy, back and sides. Every time I check on him on the monitor he's in a different position!

~Because of this, he was having a tough time getting used to sleeping on his tummy at first. But he's a pro now. ;)
~Still a great sleeper, sleeping from 7pm-7am. Naps are still short.
~Landon talks in his sleep sometimes. I think it's cute. :)

Schedule
~Same schedule as the past couple months.

Milestones
~He's not quite to the point of sitting on his own yet. He'll sit up, but he's pretty unstable and as soon as he leans he topples over.
~He is getting ready to crawl! He's up on all fours and rocks back and forth.
~He's trying out the tummy to sitting position thing. He's not close but I can see he's working on the motions. It's so amazing to me how babies learn these (what seem to us) mundane tasks and the process it takes to achieve them.
~He bangs toys on the ground and table tops. He also slaps his hand on the hardwood floor or table tops.

~He loves to bounce if he's standing on your lap or in his exersaucer.
~He wants to stand all the time! If you're holding his hands he'll go from sitting to standing up pretty much on his own. He seems so much stronger and "sturdier" than Preslie was at this age.
~He grunts and growls.
~He was drooling quite a bit until I put an amber necklace on him. Now it's eased up a lot. I don't see any teeth coming in any time soon.

New Experiences
~Landon helped celebrate his sister's 2nd birthday! He was a good sport through all the celebrating.

~He attended his first bowling party and was awesome. He sat in his stroller for almost an hour just watching all the craziness, and then he was passed around for a bit, and then fell asleep in the Bjorn on me for a quick snooze.

~He enjoyed Bacca and Omi's visit during that particular weekend.

~He celebrated his first Easter! Again, he was a good sport through the hectic, but fun day.

~Landon enjoyed the new little swing Omi and Bacca got the kids!

~He had a lot of trips to the park with Miss Kara and the daycare friends.

~He went to Red Robin with just Mommy and Papa one night and he enjoyed the one-on-one attention. We had to leave pretty quickly toward the end because he was D-O-N-E and wanted to be on the ground rolling around.

~We made a trip to Omi and Bacca's house for a little visit.
~Landon got to experience his first Rivercats baseball game! It was Aunt Judy's 60th birthday and the whole family was able to celebrate up in a few suites. Baby boy loved all the attention from everyone and did great!

This little guy is so much fun! He wakes up smiling and goes to bed smiling. He just makes our life so happy.