Landon is 6 months old!

Really??  That's how we feel, too.  A busy 6 months that passed very quickly!

I had a hard time getting his "month" pictures this time...   First attempt, he just wasn't having it...

(This is the arching when you try and put him in sitting position that I comment on further down this post...)

Close, but not focused or cute by any means...

What are you doing to me mom???

Second attempt... Had a quick few minutes where he was in a good mood so I thought I would try again... Better and more focused pictures, but not a good outfit for the tie, and still not ideal.  Oh well, he's a baby.  What should I expect??  :)
Landon's eye seem to be a different color every day, depending on his outfit and surroundings... mostly a grayish blue, but sometimes they look very green...

We haven't yet been to the 6 month appointment to see how much he weighs, but I would guess he's somewhere in the range of 14-15 lbs.  Landon is sleeping all night, still half swaddled up to his chest, and greets me with a giant smile and kicking his feet excitedly each morning when I go in to get him from his crib.

We are starting to give him solids on a daily basis, thought I think he was probably ready for them much sooner..  So far he is equally as excited and eager about the foods as Caleb was, and I can't spoon it in quickly enough for him.  Hopefully he will be as good of an eater as Caleb!

Landon isn't so keen on the sitting position yet - he always straightens out when we put him in that position - but he really likes standing on laps.  Although he has been smiling for months and he flashes awesome smiles at everyone he looks at, he doesn't laugh as often, unless Caleb is around or we tickle his sides while changing his clothes.  The boys are starting to interact more and more with one another.  Caleb loves when Landon smiles back at the faces and smiles he gives him, and Landon loves watching Caleb spin around and be silly.  These are the moments that will usually get some giggles out of him.

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This picture deserves some sort of clever caption...  Suggestions?? :)

 In this past week or two he has really begun to babble, gurgle, and shriek as he is discovering his voice, and also his feet.

Still fine-tuning that coordination....  ouch.

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"Happy Mother's Day!!"

Caleb gave me a wonderful little gift today for Mother's Day (with a bit of practice beforehand with daddy)...
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Landon had fun playing with my Mother's Day carnation

...moments before the stem was snapped off of the bloom... 

I am thankful for you, Caleb, and Landon, and love you both so much!!

Landon eating solids

Here's what we did during Caleb's nap today.....

Mr. Helper already wants to feed himself...

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Landon at 5 months

On April 14th Landon turned 5 months old.  Here are some of the new things he is up to...

Still wearing mostly 3 month clothes, but this past week or two we are noticing that he is finally starting to fill out a bit... such a little peanut..

Tried rice cereal a few times and got the gag reflex.  Can't blame him... that stuff tastes like cardboard.  He did a bit better with the peas, but it is definitely a work in progress.  (I had a picture of him with a look that totally explained his reaction to the cereal, but can't seem to find it...darn.)

Rolling over both directions now with ease...

Landon now has the coordination to get his paci into his own mouth, as well as anything else he has in his hands.  This also means holding his own bottle, yay!  

                                      

Landon has really started to respond to Caleb's interactions with him.  He is smiling and sometimes laughing at what he sees Caleb doing.

Okie baby?  Lol.  This looks terribly hilarious, but Landon had so much spitup this day that I had to take him home in his socks and diaper.  At least he is still smiling :)

Still a super happy and smiley baby!!

Easter Fun

Although he is pretty young, we thought we would try to dye eggs with Caleb this year...  We were able to color the eggs, but Caleb was mostly interested in using the metal egg dipper to eat the vinegar used in the food coloring bowls!  He ended up with blue lips and a green hand and looked a little like the Hulk...

Look closely and you can see his blue lips.

Daddy and the boys on Easter morning

Tessa loves to love on Caleb, and she gets so excited.. its adorable.  Usually Caleb just stands there looking at her, as if to say 'what in the world is she doing?', but this time it made him smile.  From what I hear, cousin Deacon like to do the same loving on other babies :)  

Caleb did better than we thought he would with the concept of finding and collecting the eggs...  In addition to the plastic ones we put out some of the hard boiled ones we had colored, and he threw those ones into his basket with an equal amount of force as he did the plastic ones (a lot!).  No being gentle for this little boy... he was having too much fun!  Tess was excited for a brief moment about the egg hunt, but then quickly moved on to driving Caleb's (Flinstone peddling) car (or truck, as he calls it).

He is actually saying 'cheese' here.  Caleb has figured out that you are supposed to say cheese when someone is going to take your picture, but he usually says it as he is still playing and never looking up, and without actually smiling, so this picture is a slight improvement... no smile, but he is at least looking at the camera :)

Playing with his new bat and helmet at Uncle Jack and Aunt Gwen's house on Easter day

Love playing ball with daddy!!

Random March photos...

 It's amazing how quickly they learn... Jimmy used one of my rubberbands to hold chopsticks together and Caleb was able to get food in his mouth on the first try.

We found the trick: a movie keeps him interested enough to sit still for a trim!

Painting the sidewalk with water

Tried on one of Caleb's old hats for Landon the other day...

...as you can see it didn't work out so well...

...looks like we are going to have to get him a smaller one!

..and all of Caleb's baseball hats are now too small, so we settled on this one.  Que guapo esta! :)