Twelve months

(Okay, the "official" check-up stats, that is). We visited Dr. Hood yesterday, and here's the goods:

22 pounds, 2 ounces (45th percentile)
30 inches long (55th percentile)

So it looks like he's staying on the same curve! Dr. Hood was pleased with his development and said that he is adorable (FACT!). She also noticed that he was a little wheezy, which was disappointing. So we've been hitting the albuterol/pulmicort combination since. Hopefully that will clear it right up. (Okay, since I haven't gotten around to actually posting this post until 3 days after starting it, I can go ahead and tell you that it has cleared up just fine :)). It was an overall uneventful appointment - the best kind!

Anyway, in the past few weeks, Landon has really gone crazy, development-wise. He is now walking as much as he's crawling (although he still looks like Frankenstein); he's babbling all the time and is quite certain that "uh-oh" is his favorite thing to say; and is having tantrums like they're about to go out of style. I had forgotten that the "terrible twos" start in the second year Luckily, he's cute enough to get away with it... ;)

Sweet baby boy

Landon - I can't believe you are already a whole year old! Goodness, where does the time go? It seems like just yesterday we were on the way to the hospital and I was kind of feeling sorry for myself (and you :)) because I doubted that I could ever love a second baby the way I love your sister. Boy was I wrong! The second you were born, my heart grew (as I had been told it would). It was the craziest thing. And it has only gotten stronger since then! You have been the best baby we could've hoped for. You are so easygoing, happy, and lovable. You make the funniest expressions, and now that you're entering into tantrum territory, you make us laugh even more than ever. And even though you get frustrated now, you can be made to laugh within seconds. You have the most contagious laughter! You are the cutest, most ticklish boy I've ever seen. Everyone who knows you loves you. Maybe not as much as your mommy, daddy, and sister do, but that's okay :)

Happy Birthday, sweet boy. Here's to many more! I love you SO MUCH!

At one year, Landon:
* has six teeth (four on top, two on bottom)
* wears 12-18 month clothes; size 4 diapers, size 3 shoes
* is heavy - hehe. His appointment isn't til the end of the month, so I'll update then
* is still a SCHEDULED baby. You could set a clock by him - sleeping, eating, even his poos. Yes, I'm serious.
* is becoming increasingly talkative. Has a few words: hi, bye, bottle (baba), Addie, mama, dada (pretty consistently meaningful), dog (da); doesn't say no, but shakes his finger - adorable!
* is baby signing "more" and "all done"
* points and babbles at everything
* loves to "color" with crayons and markers
* is standing on his own for a few seconds but still no independent steps
* is transitioning decently to whole milk and sippy cups - we have been a lot more relaxed with this than we probably should be...oops. I promise he won't go to kindergarten with a bottle though!
* is in neither a "mommy phase" nor a "daddy phase" but seems to love us equally right now ;)
* still thinks Addie is NUMBER ONE!


Picture time! These are from today - we had our parents and JM's grandparents over for lunch. It was so much fun. We are so blessed to live so close to our families!

Waiting on the cake!


"Guys, I'm eating my hand here!"



That's more like it...






(Look at how he looks at his sister! PURE LOVE - so cute!)


The one-year-old


Four generations


Mimi, PawPaw and my babies and me!


Addie and Gran in serious conversation (watching CareBears :))

Well, I guess I could just pick up where I left off and pretend like it hasn't been three whole weeks since I last posted. We have been busy, busy, busy but having lots of fun! John Michael and I have been seriously considering putting our house up for sale to move closer to work/our families, so we have been busy doing things around the house. Two packrats + two babies + six years = MESS. So we're "sprucing things up" and decluttering. Yikes.

Work has been exciting - my boss was officially appointed City Attorney (she had been serving as Interim for two years). This is great news because our department can finally feel "settled" after all this time. YAY! I'm starting to get a little more comfortable with things so that's good. I know it'll take some time, it's just frustrating feeling like I don't know anything! The comforting thing is that I have been talking to a lot of my classmates/other new attorneys, and apparently this is normal :)

Anyway, the kiddos are doing great. I can't believe that Landon will be one in five days. February just flew (and I don't think it was just because it is a shorter month!). I'll do a big ONE YEAR post, but before then, I'll just say that he gets cuter every day. I. Love. Him.

And his big sissy - I love her, too. She is such a big girl! Every day is even more fun (and often more of a challenge) than the day before. :) We play lots of silly games together. My plan is to do a post devoted to these games so I don't forget about them (because I know one day she'll think she's too cool to play them :)).

Anyway, enough jibber-jabber - time for photos!

Look at that hair!

Uncle Kris, Holland and Quinn

All four babies at the zoo
(Lynn and I were cleaning out the garage - yippee!)

Greenhouse!

Time to plant!

Taking a break to pump some iron

The NSL Babies
(Olivia, born 3/4/09, Eamon, born 3/2/09, and Landon, born 3/6/09)
Mommies: Monika, Marian and me!

(This was at Eamon's first birthday, which is definitely the cutest first birthday party I've ever been to!)