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Not even 2 months old and Landon has found the tv. This is how we make him watch it...

Kidding. Although it's kinda funny. So I was thinking now that he is amused by the tv (for like 1 minute intervals) I better turn off the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills right? I'm not quite ready for the Barney...nor will I EVER be ready for Barney. Let's skip Barney and stay with Sesame Street and Baby Einstein and that sort of thing. Ok now that that's solved....if I felt like exploiting my not yet 2 month old, I would enter him into the cutekid.com photo contest as I am pretty sure he also thinks he's pretty darn cute. (I caught him laughing at himself in the mirror in the swing...adorable!)

So I only have 2 more weeks of leave until it's back to the working grind. Super sad :( I am going to miss our days together of eat, sleep, swing, cry while mommy showers, sleep again, eat, play. We did however find a daycare in town. He will be spending his days with a lady that our aunt referred us to so that in itself makes it better than a total stranger. I'm feeling ok about it but no matter where he goes, I don't love it only because it's not me staying home with him. I'll get over it I'm sure. So how will we make the most of these last 2 weeks together?

Rockin the JEANS

My baby has finally grown into the adorable jeans I love so much. I have been trying to get him to wear them for a few weeks now but they have been way too big. In celebration of the jeans fitting, we went and bought 2 more pairs! LOVE. The joys of motherhood are like this: After dressing him in his Oregon Duck onesie and jeans (cutest outfit ever!) I proceeded to feed him to get him nice and full for our trip to town. He then decides it's the perfect time to projectile all the milk he just ate all over his outfit and me. As I said...the joys of motherhood. You know I'm still in that phase where I get so excited to dress him in the morning and see what adorable outfit he will wear for the day. So it's a slight bummer when we don't get out of the house in that outfit. So I've decided that this is why it's key to take pictures of him before the spit up comes out. I'm a work in progress with this whole motherhood thing.

In other baby news, we attempted the bumbo seat again and the results were as follows:

He did it!...no cries in the chair but there was a little head bobbling followed by more spit up....followed by another onesie...this makes 3 outfits and counting today. If it weren't chilly out, I'd just let him hang out in his diaper and save me the laundry. Such is life.

Playtime

Isn't he just too cute?

Sacramento Visit

Well...we made it back from Sacramento. Landon did pretty well on the plane. He cried a little, slept a little, laughed a little and by then we were there. He chose to be uber fussy all weekend (joy!) but I think it was because his nap/feeding schedule was thrown off a little. I felt bad for the little guy. He met the family and just loved my grandpa and sister. Oh they had him cracking up! It was cute. I meant to take a 4 generation picture with my grandparents, dad, me & Landon and then with my grandma, mom, me & Landon but guess who forgot? bumm. I knew Saturday was a long day when by the time we got back to put him to bed, he was passed out while getting his diaper changed and jammies on and that just never happens! Sunday we spent some time with my mom's side of the family. It was great to see everyone! They all seemed to love Landon even though he was fussy again. Mom seemed to get him to smile as well. It takes talent I tell ya! no...I'm kidding. He's generally a happy baby. All in all it was a fun and safe trip and we made it back home without too much exhaustion.

Coffee and Airplanes

First...2 things: I wish Blogger would automatically remember me every time I open the page..I mean they are in my favorite links so I think I deserve a remember me that works, just saying. Also, I have been back on my coffee grind (which means 2+ a day please) and I am loving it. Oh how I missed my more than 1 cup a day kick.

Tomorrow we embark on a new adventure. Landon's first plane ride. Oh man am I nervous. I bought him these earplugs that I'm sure are going to be too big for his mini ears. Maybe if he freaks, they will fit MY ears :) Anyway, it's HARD packing for an infant. Who knows how many times he will pee his clothes in a weekend so 15 outfits for 3 days it is! Not to include all the jammy-jams, swadddles, blankets and socks. (side note: why do I always manage to knock his chair when he is fast asleep in it...I need to learn because it startles him and in turn startles me) Then there is the suitcase dedicated to his "gear". Forget about bringing the stroller! Tis why I LOVE the Baby Bjorn. I'm hoping to learn the do's and don'ts of flying with Landon so that when we go to Texas (YEEHAW) for my birthday (holla!) we can have it nailed.

For now, I devote my night to coffee, packing, maybe cookies if I'm good, some time spent with my Kindle (long overdue) and some cuddles with the family. Tomorrow may be a LONG day.

LANDON: This is where it all began...The day Brent and I met (Notice how young Brent looks)

Rocket Ships and Baseballs

I often wonder if the clothes that I dress my son in depict what I am interested in or if it's just a broad range of the things he could be into. His dresser is full of clothes with dogs, sports, robots, rocket ships, ducks and even a squirrel (well I think it's a squirrel). Baby boy clothes (while very cute) are just so random! I try to dress him in everything at least once since most of his clothes were gifts. But I just wonder if when he gets older and sees these pictures of what he wore as a baby if he is going to be like "I can not believe I had to wear robots....or ducks..." you know? Well he is a boy so I'm sure he will not even care what he had to wear. But you get what I mean...He could totally hate rocket ships when he is older. I just don't know. When we decided what his nursery theme would be, my husband was like "SPORTS!" but then as I looked at the sports bedding and the different things out there I thought...you know, he is going to have NO IDEA what sports are for at least the first year. Why not create a nursery that we like that is not so busy but more simple and modern. Save the sports themes for the years ahead when he is totally into it....Or the rocket ship themes...see we just don't know what it will be.

My whole idea behind this is I am realizing as parents we try so hard to mold our baby's personality into one of our own. We want him to be a fan of Oregon Ducks, Red Sox, Kentucky basketball..we want him to be a lefty so that he can become a really good pitcher in baseball, we want him to play all sports. Yet, he could grow up to be complete opposite. He could love to play music (which neither of us have that gift), draw, be into science (also which neither of us are good at)....So no matter how many football onesies and Oregon Duck outfits he wears, that doesn't mean that's who he will grow up to be. But it sure is cute for now!

Daycare is HARD

Yesterday we visited an in-home (sorta) daycare in hopes to find the perfect safe place for Landon to go while we slave away at work (ok not slave but hey I'd rather be home). Let me just say how the hell did this place become a daycare? It was GROSS! And that made me sad. Sad that we still are looking for daycare and sad that parents actually agree to this place. It is a converted "barn" or so they say. Looks more like a falling apart little house. Duct tape over the door frame (Is this to keep water out??), gross dirty play pens for babies to sleep, dishes piled high, furniture that looked like it was picked up out of a dumpster. Ok I know Im a bit of a clean, neat freak, but I'm not exaggerating people. The topper for me was when she picked up a 5 month old (the only kid there by the way) out of the exersaucer he was hangin out in, the bottom of his bare feet were dirty! Like crums attached dirty. EW! ok so is this what my money gets me? Please tell me NO! I know it was only 1 place and thankfully Landon slept the whole time we were there. I wouldn't want him waking up to see this hell-hole of a place and worry that I was going to ditch him there. I'll sneak him into my work in my purse before I leave him there. Daycare....bleh!

In other news, for all you Android users with babies, I highly suggest the app called Relax and Sleep (or something like that)...It's a bunch of white noise sounds and Landon has been crashed to the sound of the ocean (I know...he'll probably wake to a full diaper too) for 2 hours now. Mommy loves!

Here he is ready for some time out on the town. I know...he's so cute huh?