A lot went on this past week. Wednesday Christi and I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary! It's pretty crazy to believe it has already been 3 years. Time seems to have flown by, but then again we already feel like we have been with each other for a long time since we started dating our senior year of high school 7 years ago. We had a great time going out to eat while Christi's parents watched Landon. Of course, we spent most of the time wondering what Landon was doing. I'm pretty excited about my gift, which was a mystery trip. I wasn't supposed to guess where we were going, but I did. I'm very excited about it because I know it will be fun.
An interesting side note is that our insurance agent, with whom we have become good friends, also celebrated her and her husband's 3rd anniversary on Wednesday. Pretty crazy, especially when you factor in that Landon was born Dec 2 2009 at 9:59am and their daughter, Abbie, was born around 9am Dec 3 2009. So, we got married on the same day 3 years ago and both of us were in the hospital having our 1st child at the same time.
Sunday was Mother's Day, which took on a whole new meaning with us being parents. Landon and I worked hard on trying to give Christi some gifts she will really like. I think we did good and she seemed to like them. We also went to see Christi's mom as well as my mom and my granddad's wife. Although we saw a lot of people, it was a pretty relaxing day and we had a good time hanging out with family. It was a good day.
Landon is getting huge. He is rolling around all over the place. He's also sitting up by himself and standing up a lot easier. He is a big fan of the exersaucer and loves standing up. He moves around all over the place and is practically jumping up and down. Landon is trying so hard to talk. It's funny because he will make noises trying to talk, and you can make similar noises back and basically carry on a noise conversation with him. It's pretty entertaining. I'm not sure what age he is supposed to start talking, but he has said "mama" several times. Does he know he is saying it? I don't think so because it's too early. He's more mimicking the words, but it sounds just like he is saying mama. The problem is that it is impossible to get one camera. He knows when the camera is on him and he will just stare at you. You have to sneak up on him because he is so aware of everything now. I think that - his awareness - has been the biggest change in the last month or so. He was already pretty aware, but it has skyrocketed lately.
His coordination is improving greatly as well. He can pick up objects and will try to grab many things, which naturally heads straight to his mouth. Kid tries to put everything is his mouth now. It is pretty funny and sometimes frustrating, such as dinner time when he grabs the whole bowl of food and tries to put his face in it. He'll also attack your hands when you are playing with him of changing your diaper. You think you are tickling him or button his shirt back up, but it's a trap! He'll grab your hand or arm with both hands, then wrap his feet around you and puts you in the figure 4. It is quite impressive.
Some other things he has done recently is sticking his tongue out while smiling at you. He's done it before, but now he's trying to chew on his tongue and smile at the same time, which is pretty funny because he makes a funny sound while he is doing it. We think he will start teething soon. He's drooling a ton and seems to have some of the other signs of teething (breaking out some on his chin, trying to chew everything) but we haven't found any teeth yet. I think it could be soon. I also think he will start crawling in the very near future. He has already learned to slide and roll around to where he want to go (and sometimes where he doesn't want to go). It is only a matter of time before he starts crawling, at which point we are in trouble. He is going to be a handful because he has so much energy. Christi and I think that he is going to be all over the house very soon. We are not prepared for that. Terror is sure to reign as we are chasing him around the house. It should be fun.
More updates coming soon.
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