Bounce & Play

Since our baby has shown so much interest in sitting and standing, we have been finding fun ways to encourage him. Daddy and baby like to play "bounce & play" which is basically holding his hands up and bouncing him on your lap. Oh the smiles we get from that game! Priceless. This weekend we put together his bouncy chair and tried it out. It's a little bit of a work in progress. Since he can't stand straight yet, he tends to lean way over the tray on the chair and just drools. Today he figured why drool when there is a wrist there. So he spent his playtime attacking his wrist. We thought it was hilarious!



P.S....thanks to JAMIE I learned how to edit pictures like I've never done before. Watch out blog!! I'm getting creative here. ta-ta for now.

Back to Reality

Today was my first day back to reality aka work...which means it was Landon's first day of daycare. He was in a great mood when I dropped him off so it eased my worries a tad. But typical mom got in the car after dropping him off and started to cry! Then I realized I put mascara on top and bottom lashes so I had to buck up and stop the tears before I walked into work looking like I got socked in the face. I confess I sent several messages to Landon's sitter asking how he was but I did manage to refrain from requesting picture messages. Although I REALLY wanted one!

Work to me felt like it was my birthday for several reasons...(although one not being balloons at my desk but that's ok)...1. Everyone was friendly and happy to see me (at least they acted as though they were happy to see me..) 2. Flowers on my desk 3. Hubby brought me coffee 4. Landon (hubby) sent me flowers! so flowers x2! WOOHOO!

So all in all it was a good day. But now it's past 6pm and that means he is fussy! I better get to the mommy thing!

Flowers from my baby & my love

Ready for our first day of reality

Playing sit up while we wait for the dr

Proud Momma

Snow day might have come and gone but the snow has been hiding my car since today. Snow day melted away and then came back strong that night. Apparently our little town saved the snow for several days longer than surrounding areas. So we have been hiding inside since then. On Thursday (aka snow day) we had to make a trip to town to visit the dr in between snow storms. Landon got his big boy 2 month shots. Mom and dad were prepared for blood curdling screaming for the rest of the day but actually, he did great! There was the initial needle poke scream that was silent for 30 seconds and we couldn't get him to take a breathe moment....But after that he was pretty norm. I'll never forget that face though...poor guy looked at me as though he didn't know why someone would want to poke him. After-all, we did just brace his feet 2 days earlier. I tell ya...this kid is incredibly special. We have been through a lot in just the first 2 months of life. He has been so good. We've been through the casting, feeding problems, bracing, shots, and through it all he has shown tremendous smarts and growth. At his check up he weighed 12 lbs 15 oz....50% percentile (We guessed 13 lbs!) He is 24.5" long (in the 90% percentile!!) He has recently shown interest in sitting and standing! His dr said babies normally don't show interest in this until about 4 months so we are excited that even with a brace on his feet, he is still trying hard to move. He LOVES to sit. It won't be very long until he sits on his own. Momma so proud. He has also moved up a size in diapers which I LOVE because he have a TON of size 2 in his closet from the baby showers. Can we say HOLLA for no buying diapers for a while?!? Yup. check.

Since his cast is FINALLY off we can give him real baths rather than sponge baths. We gave him his first bath the night he got his cast off. Initial contact in a tub of water was hilarious. Talk about wide-eyed confused! Not quite a splish-splash-taking a bath experience but at least he can join the bath club now.

Until next time..enjoy the cuteness

Snow Day!

This morning we woke up to this:


SNOW! We didn't believe there would be snow until we saw it. But sure enough it was still snowing hard when we woke up. So my husband took the day off to play with Landon in his first snow day...Ok actually he took the day off because we have to take Landon in for his first set of shots and my car doesn't have the traction for the snow. And I don't have the confidence to drive in the snow. But anyway we thought it would be fun to bundle Landon up and take a few shots before the snow melts away for good.

Enjoy the cuteness.

The Shoes

Yesterday...the day we have been waiting for for the past 2 months...has come and gone. Yesterday Landon got his 6th cast OFF and the new Ponseti shoes ON. Yesterday was a rough day! Lots of tears shed and sleep lost. As you can see in the pictures below, the shoes have a bar in between them that restrict his feet from moving freely. He can still swing his legs all over but his feet stay stationary....for 3 solid months. When the cast first came off his foot looked swollen. It was much bigger than the other foot and the ankle seemed puffy. His doctor said this is normal and the swelling will go down.. I think it has. Then there was the massive amount of dry skin. Poor guy was super flakey. I kept wiping his leg and adding more lotion. Today the flakes have flaked and it's starting to look more like the other leg. Also today he has not cried this painful cry as much as yesterday. So I think he is figuring out that this shoe has to be his normal for right now. We played like it is in hopes to get him comfortable. I spent some time stretching his legs out so that he could see his leg goes out past the bent angle it's been in for the last 2 months. He can lift the brace up great. During tummy time he did great at moving his legs up underneath him. Sometimes he gets a kick out of tummy time...Other times not so much. But I was impressed with him today. We have also been spending time practicing sitting. It's cute. If you let him grab your fingers while he is lying on his back, he will attempt to pull himself up...with a little help from you, he sits up and kinda looks around checking things out. Then we lay back down for a small rest and sit up again. He loves it.

So, here's to hoping the shoes become the norm for Landon real soon. I hate to see him confused and frustrated with them. It's a love hate relationship with those shoes. We LOVE what they are doing for him and that this method has kept him from needing any pokes or prods, and at the same time we hate to see him have to go through this. We are blessed that it is correcting so well. And here's to hoping these 3 months go by smoothly.

2 months and 0 days

I awaited anxiously for Landon to wake from his morning nap today so that I could take his 2 month pictures. I had the blanket and little 2 month sign ready. Thought I had to camera ready until I learned the batteries were dead. And so he woke up and I swooped him right into his room where I would take his sweet little pictures. Usually he is super happy and smiley right after a nap so that is what I was trying to capture. Well...it didn't go as planned and I had to use my camera on my phone. Here is how our little photo shoot went up until it ended with screaming and crying. Ok so I should have had food on hand but I wasn't that prepared. Enjoy.

What's on your home list?

There are some things on our list of MUSTS when buying a home and then there are some things on the list of WOULD REALLY REALLY LOVE (...but don't actually need). For example; a must: A/C, spacious kitchen, large family room. A really really love: walk in pantry, french doors to the master suite. While this next item is already on our MUST list, I must share with you why it was stamped with a confirm on the list yesterday. The item: FENCED BACKYARD.

The place we are at right now has no fenced backyard and backs up to a big field followed by a cute little house on the other side of the field.

So when our dog has to go outside we put a leash on him. The leash is staked into the ground and gives him enough room to go all the way around the perimeter of our yard but not on the neighbors field. So...yesterday I leash him up and immediately he takes off (tripping over his leash twice). I look up and notice a man and his grandson and 2 dogs cutting through the field. The direction of their walking tells me they cut through the side of our house and our yard and were headed for the house on the other side of the field. Well our dog so big and loud scares these 2 little yappie dogs and sends the old man tripping over the dog leash and falling on the ground. I assume on his own field. As I'm trying to ask the man if he is ok, I am also preoccupied with dodging dog poo in our yard. After asking him several times and getting no response (or so I thought) he gets up and storms off and never looks back. At that moment I decided on 2 things: 1. I am scooping this poo NOW (how embarrassing that old man cut through our yard and probably had to dodge lots of poo too) and 2. We need a fence! About 30 minutes later there is a knock at our door...our back door. And it's the little old man coming to apologize for his behavior and his language. This tells me he must have said some mean things to me as I was trying to see if he was ok. Good thing I didn't hear him. But still...weird that he chose to come to our back door rather than the front? I'm all for being a part of the neighborhood and all of that but if we have never met and you just cussed at me, by all means walk around to the front door please! A fence. That is on our MUST list.