OnE SiLLy BoY...

As more and more times goes bye, the more I realize just how BiG LaNdOn is really getting. It is amazing to me how SmArT he is and how aware of his surrounds he is. He knows our daily routine, how we do stuff, and where we get stuff. 

Since this month is "LoVe MoNtH" it means "bawoon" time to Landon! Everywhere we go there are "bawoons" and he thinks we need to get one every time! Most of the time I tell him we can get one at HoMe, but Wes is such a softy with LaNdOn that he gives into his "bawoon" obsession! So on one of our outings, LaNdOn begged for a "bawoon" and Wes gave in :) We didn't even get out of the parking lot and back HoMe and LaNdOn was fast asleep, but holding tight to his new "bawoon!!" It is so funny how persistent he can be in getting what he wants!

LaNdOn is always my BiG HeLpEr and does a great job at helping me clean our HoMe, unless I'm mopping the floors, then he likes that the chairs are all lined up and he can walk back and forth on them. He also likes that the "baby-chair" is so close to the TV and he can eat snack and watch his favorite cartoons! It works out GrEaT for both of us cause I get all my mopping done and he gets to watch cartoons!

This month we have also been watching the Olympics! Wes was watching SkeLeToN RaCiNg one night and LaNdOn decided that he was going to be a racer too! He went in his closet and grabbed his LaUnDrY BaSkEt, brought it out onto the CoUcH, and watched the racers race down on their stomaches...so naturally he did the same thing! I didn't even think that he was paying any attention to it, but obviously he was!!

LaNdOn definitely got spoiled for VaLeNtInE's DaY this year!! He got more Thomas the Train books and toys from Wes and I and a Thomas the Train Blanket from Grandma! He seriously LOVES this blanket and won't sleep without it. He thinks that he needs to be snuggled up in it now in order for him to sleep! He also got several cards in the mail and thought it was cool that some even came with MoNeY!

Since we had a few nice days this month, LaNdOn and I decided to go and play outside! He wanted all of his toys outside...and that included all the SuMmEr ToYs too! So I got his pool out also and he immediately though we needed to put water in it. I told him it was way toooo cold for water, so he would have to have fun just going down the slide! After trying to get all his clothes off multiple times we settled on just taking off his shoes while he played in the pool! The poor kid can't wait until SuMmEr already :)

We have also still been dealing with settling in our lawn and Wes has been a trooper at keeping up with all of it! He spends hours upon hours outside repacking the dirt so that we don't get any more "sink-holes!" It has seriously been taking a lot of time after work, but he is doing a great job and we don't mind playing outside while his fixes the lawn!

WeS always likes to pretend that he is sleeping when LaNdOn tries so hard to get his attention...so one day I was in my bedroom calling for LaNdOn to come and help me pick up his toys he left in there and we wasn't coming! All of a sudden I see him running by with his bLaNkeT and he dove on the couch, tried as fast as he could to cover himself up with it, and acted like he was asleep!! He seriously thinks he is sooo funny...and all I can do is shake my head and tell him he is just like his DaD!! He definitely keeps us on our toes!!!

I decided that I need to get LaNdOn PoTtY-TrAiNed soon cause BaBy L will be here in no-time!! I have tried to just put LaNdOn on the BiG-PoTtY before he takes his nightly bath, but that just caused him a lot of anxiety and he ended up hating taking a bath cause he didn't want to sit on the BiG-PoTtY! :( So I decided I had better get him his own "BiG-BoY-PoTtY" and sTooL to WaSh his HaNds afterwards. His PoTtY and sTooL finally came in the mail and he couldn't stop playing with them. He LoVeD all the songs his PoTtY sang and that he could fLuSh the PoTtY all by himself!! He has also been carrying his BiG-BoY-sTooL around everywhere and even though he needed to bring it to get into the car one day to go to ChUrCh!! He is super funny and hopefully he is this excited about PoTtY-TrAiNiNg next month :/

"BaWoOn"

"BaBy ChAiR"

 "sKeLeToN RaCeR"

"LoVe DaY"...

"OuTsIdE"

"Fixing the Yard..."

"SnEeKy sLeEpEr"

"NeW PoTtY"

HaPpY 2014...

2014 has been anything but great to our FaMiLy so far. We are not people who get sick all the time but we have all been sick at one point or another since the first part of DeCeMbEr...and to say we are ready to get rid of it would be an UnDeRsTaTeMeNt!! I got super sick Christmas Night and it kept getting steadily worse. I started off with an EaR and SiNuS iNfEcTiOn which turned into an UpPeR ReSpIrAtOrY InFeCtIoN which started turning into PnEuMoNiA! Needless to say it was a long 3 weeks fill with multiple AnTiBiOtIcS just to try and keep it under control and me out of the hospital with our LiTtLe BaBy. Wes quickly followed with an EaR and SiNuS iNfEcTiOn with turned into BrOnChItIs literally overnight...and he in turn gave it to LaNdOn who started to get CrOuP again and a really bad CoLd. So to help him stop coughing Wes and I came up with a way to elevate his BeD so that he could sLeEp more and CoUgH less...we thought we were so SmArT at 3:00AM. Needless to say, we have all been to the DoCtOr'S oFfIcE more times in the past few weeks than we were all of last year! Hopefully the end is in sight...

Our HoMe has been GrEaT and we AbSoLuTeLy LOVE it! We haven't really been able to start getting things really 'together' since we have all been sick, but hopefully that will start to change soon. We (I should say Wes) has been dealing with our lawn settling the past few weeks and has been having to roll our sod back up an pack more dirt underneath it. It is definitely going to give us a lot of  work over the next few months due to all the snow and rain and our sod not rooted completely yet. We have seriously had the best neighbors helping us and letting us borrow their 'lawn supplies' since we are new HoMe OwNeRs and don't have anything we need to take care of the lawn and landscaping yet. We thought we would have plenty of time since SuMmEr was a few months away, but little did we know :/

LaNdOn has been growing up so FaSt and is learning to TaLk so much more lately. Wes and I say all the time how we wish time would slow down so we could eNjOy him at this stage a little bit longer! He has definitely got his own PeRsOnaLiTy and isn't aFrAiD to let us know it. He wants to do things his way and only when he wants to do it...and that is that!

I've been told by many MoM's to watch out for the "NaKeD BoY PhAsE" he was going to be getting into shortly...and well we have officially found it!!! Landon is always taking off his SoCkS and PaNtS all day long! At first I though it was FuNnY, but now it seems to be getting out of control!! All he want's to do is run around the HoUsE 'NaKeD'! It is so hard to keep him dressed, especially when we are trying to go 'out'. I'm told this pHaSe will last at least another 2 years, and by then we'll have another 'LiTtLe NaKeD bOy' running around so I guess I had better get used to it!

LaNdOn has decided that he aBsoLuTeLy LOVES to CoLoR now! He always wants to dRaW new PiCtUrEs and will tell you when it is time to 'WaSh' it off so he can DrAw another PiCtUrE. He is getting to be quite the little PiCaSsO!

Usually on my days off I spend a lot of time trying to come up with new things for LaNdOn to do since we have been stuck inside! A few of his favorites are getting my big bowls out and JuMpInG off of them, turning them into MuSiCaL InStRuMeNtS, and being a cLoWn with them. I've also been trying to teach him how to pLaY MeMoRy. He plays it on my phone all the time, so I thought it would be fun if we could do it together. Since they were 'ThOmAs tHe TrAiN' I thought he would LoVe this game...turns out he just wants to make a TrAiN with all the TrAiN CaRdS! He has fun either way I guess!

LaNdOn also got to experience 'BuBbLe WrAp' for the first time. We finally got our blinds in and while we were installing them LaNdOn thought it would be FuN to lay the BuBbLeS out all over the floor and run across them. He would just run and laugh at all the PoPpInG sounds they would make. Literally hours of EnTeRtAiNmEnT for a 2 YeAr oLd!

LaNdOn has also become quite the little helper around our HoMe. His absolute FaVoRiTe is to help me dust. I went out and bought a little SwIfFeR duster so he could help me and now he knows he's in charge of dusting! He really does such a GrEaT job and always makes sure that he gets his toys all clean too :)

This month we were able to see our 'LiTtLe BaBy L' in our official uLtRaSoUnD!! He is getting so BiG and we couldn't believe that we were going to be parents again :) We are so ExCiTed to get to meet this LiTtLe BoY! Things looked great on the uLtRaSoUnD and it was funny to know that he is laying the exact same way that LaNdOn did in my TuMmY! His measurements were right on and he is becoming quite the FiEsTy LiTtLe BoY! It has been such a bLeSsIng to get to feel him WiGgLiNg and KiCkInG around!! So far everything has been going great with 'BaBy L' and my blood pressure has stayed ok. Hopefully things will continue to progress smoothy and we will soon be meeting a hEaLtHy LiTtLe BoY in JuNe :)

No PaNts....

bOwLs...

Mr. PiCaSsO...

Mr. DuStEr...

Getting way too BiG!

MaKiNg a TrAiN...

"Baby L" in MoTiOn...

AnD tHeN ThErE wErE FoUr...

What a busy, yet exciting month! It is so hard to BeLiEvE that ChRiStMaS time is here already and that we once again get to CeLeBrAtE the BiRtH of our SaViOr :) HoW truly bLeSsEd we have been this year!! 

We are slowly, but surly getting settled into our new HoMe! LaNdOn has already picked out his FaVoRiTe spots in our hOmE and sometimes just doesn't know what to do with all the extra sPaCe! I find him pLaYiNg with this tOyS on the window ledges, in his new RoOm just playing or reading BoOkS, and even wandering around downstairs just because he can! He can't wait to go outside and pLaY again (more on that later...).

We have been a little slow on getting our ChRiStMaS sHoPpInG done this year and slow to get up our ChRiStMaS dEcOrAtIoNs :/ It is probably a good thing WeS is here to keep reminding me that we need to get our tReE up or it just might not have gotten done! LaNdOn did great helping put up the tree and decorate it! I have words and letters on our tree and all throughout our HoMe and since he is going through a LeTtEr obsession phase I have been finding them all over the house :) He is good about trying to leave the words on the ChRiStMaS tReE alone, but my letters on my craft tables are completely fair game to him! At least he is learning his letters :)

LaNdOn also got to go and meet SaNtA!! He did so AwEsOmE and didn't even CrY once :) He even gave him a 'high-five' and got a CaNdY cAnE! Afterwards we went and hung out with WeS up at his desk and played with anything we could find! He did such a GrEaT JoB and was so GoOd :)

This year we tried to keep it simple and just got him a big track for all of his cars and trains to go on. (In the famous words of WeS...it looked like Radiator Springs and The Island of Sodor threw up in our house). Everyone else had different ideas and spoiled him rotten!! LaNdOn has sooo many trains, cars, and books that he doesn't know what he should actually play with!

This year we were also able to help out with our ward 'giving tree' and help a few people in need. We had fun shopping for new clothes and remote controls cars for the kids we got! It was sooo much fun for Wes to get to pick out things he would probably play with himself :)

We also started this month out with LaNdOn's first case of CrOuP this year :( We had to make a few trips to see his PeDiAtRiCaIn and in the end LaNdOn got DiAgNoSeD with ChRoNiC CrOuP. Different kids have different TrIgGeRs, but LaNdOn'S is the really CoLd WeAtHeR. This has always been a constant problem since he was BoRn, but has gotten worse and worse the older he has gotten. We are finally able to start AgGrEsSiVeLy TrEaTiNg it the several rounds of StErOiDs along with BrEaThInG TrEaTmEnTs. Luckily this has worked and we have been able to keep him out of the hOsPiTaL! He is getting to be a 'PrO' at taking his MeDiCiNe and doing his BrEaThInG TrEaTmEnTs :) The down side to his type of CrOuP is that he can't really be around a lot of people/kids and isn't allowed to be outside in the CoLd...so in turn he doesn't get to pLaY oUtSiDe. It has to be a little warmer in order for him to get to be OuTsIdE, which explains why we never have this problem until WiNtEr comes around! He is doing well though and we just have to be extra careful at our HoMe!!

This month we were also able to find out we were ExPeCtInG another LiTtLe BoY in JuNe!!! We couldn't be more eXcItEd and can't wait to have another PrEcIoUs BoY in our HoMe :) It is definitely going to be a little bit different and CrAzY, but we are so ExCiTeD for this new aDvEnTuRe and hope LaNdOn is too!! It is so FuN to think we are now a FaMiLy of 4! This time around has been a little bit more tricky then it was with LaNdOn. I have battled a lot of MoRnInG NaUsEa, been ExHaUsTeD, and been sUpEr SoRe! After we got out of the FiRsT TrImEsTeR life has definitely gotten better :) This BaBy is a whole lot CaLmEr than LaNdOn was, which makes me nervous that he is going to be a CrAzY LiTtLe BoY as he grows up!! It has been so AmAzInG to get to experience this GrOwInG BaBy all over again and I can't wait to meet him!! I know that LaNdOn is going to be the BeSt BiG BrOtHeR :)

We truly HoPe the LoRd has bLeSsEd your FaMiLy has much as he has our this YeAr! We are so gRaTeFuL for our SaViOr and it has been so much FuN to teach LaNdOn all about him! We are so very bLeSsEd to know the gOsPeL is TrUe and that we have LoViNg HeAvEnLy PaReNtS who truly LoVe and CaRe for us and want us all to LiVe with them AgAin! We are so gRaTeFuL for our oLdEr BrOtHeR and LoVe him so very much!

Playing Cars...

Meeting SaNtA...

ChRiStMaS MoRnInG...

BrEaThInG TrEaTmEnTs...

BaBy Boy 'L'

TuRkEy DaY...

HaPpY TuRkEy DaY!! I LoVe TuRkEy DaY cause that means I get to eat a lot of really great tasting food and don't have to feel guilty about it one bit! This year we spent TuRkEy DaY with my FaMiLy and LaNdOn LoVeD it cause there are sooo many KiDs around. I am the oldest GrAnDcHiLd on my dad's side so everyone else is quite a bit YoUnGeR than I am. It was fUn to see everyone and see what everyone has going on in their LiVeS :)

After eating and visiting with everyone we headed over to my SiStEr'S HoMe to eat more food and play GaMeS! LaNdOn LoVeS going to my SiStEr'S HoMe cause she has 4 dogs, 2 of which are YoRkIeS (by the way LaCiE we are impatiently waiting for ours!) Her 2 YoRkIeS absolutely LoVe LaNdOn cause he is just their size and they can JuMp up and LiCk his FaCe! He always LaUgHs for HoUrS and LoVeS it when he gets to play FeTcH with them! He just thinks they are the coolest DoGs around!! It was so FuN to be able to spend time with everyone and we were all ExHaUsTeD by the end of the day!....

A little earlier in the month we knew we had to start packing up our HoMe! It went a lot faster than we were expecting. LaNdOn had a bLaSt playing in all of the BiG, EmPtY BoXeS...but at the same time was a little confused as to why we were packing everything up! I had packed up his train set earlier in the week and he had a complete MeLtDoWn!! He was so sad and had the BiGgEsT aLLiGaToR tears :( I didn't have the HeArT to keep packing up his room so we waited until the day we were moving to finish up his room. I tried to keep things as normal as I could for a 2 year old.

The day before TuRkEy DaY was the BiG day!! We were so eXcItEd, yet so nervous to leave! It all went pretty smoothly and we can't thank everyone who helped us move enough!! LaNdOn did great the first night in our HoMe and only woke up once a little freaked out. I put him in bed with WeS and I and he went right back to sleep. It took him a good week to realize this was our new HoMe and that he had a new BeDrOoM. He was really done GrEaT with the mOvE and hopefully he LoVeS his new HoMe :)

LaNdOn LoVeS them!

PuMpKiNs, pUmPkInS, PuMpKinS...

Most people LoVe OcToBeR due to all the CaNdY...I LoVe OcToBeR due to all of the PuMpKiNs!!! I absolutely LoVe pUmPkInS :) They are by far the coolest looking OrAnGe things around! I LoVe going out to the PuMpKiN PaTcHeS and looking for the PeRfEcT  PuMpKiNs! It is sooo much FuN, especially now that I have a CuTe LiTtLe BoY who LoVeS to do it just as much as I do (and a HuSbAnD who is a good sport and goes with me). This year I didn't to have as many PuMpKiNs around our HoMe as I would have liked because....we have officially decided to list our HoMe and find our PeRfEcT HoMe where we can raise our FaMiLy and be settled for a very long time!

Selling our HoMe has been a hard decision, mostly cause this is our FiRsT hOmE that we bought together and the FiRsT HoMe that we brought LaNdOn HoMe to after he was born. We just have sooo many GrEaT MeMoRieS that it is hard to leave, but we are running out of space and need something BiGgEr and a YaRd for LaNdOn to run around in!

The HoMe search was a crazy one, but we knew what school districts we wanted to be in and we really wanted to stay in our same church stake...so our options were limited to say the least. We headed out and started looking...and surprisingly we found our perfect HoMe that day! We went and put in an offer and immediately started doubting our decision. The HoMe we found wasn't very far along in the building process, in fact it only had the walls up and nothing else, so trying to figure out what it would actually looked like had us both doubting!! That night WeS and I didn't sleep a wink and the next day I called our realtor and told him I needed to go back and look at the HoMe again. This time the bUiLdEr was there and he was able to show us and explain to us everything that was going to be where and happen. After that I knew this was the HoMe for us!! The bUiLdEr accepted our offer and everything we asked for right on the spot! We were so excited that we finally found our HoMe where we would be able to have our FaMiLy :)

We had a lot of work to do and a lot of stuff to pick out (tile, cabinets, carpet, appliances, landscaping, fence, lights, etc.) I was a busy process and one that I don't really want to do again anytime soon, but it was fun and we can't wait to see it all come together!

We also did FaMiLy PiCtUrEs this month...and here are a few our our FaVoRiTeS :)

HaPpY BiRtHdAy WeS!!!

FaMiLy VaCaTiOn Continued...

The last day of our VaCaTiOn couldn't have ended with anything other than a BaNg...literally. As we were checking out of our HoTeL, we gave LaNdOn a few rides on the luggage carrier. As we were putting it away, LaNdOn got off and started running back to WeS. What he didn't see what a GiAnT piece of GrAnItE about his eye level and he ran right into it knocking him flat. Not only did he get a big bLaCk EyE he had a GiAnT GoOsE-EgG on the back of his head. We kept him awake for a few hours before we would let him sleep, just to try and make sure he didn't have a CoNcUsSiOn!! After that disaster, we decided to take LaNdOn to see TeMpLe SqUaRe! I didn't realize how much water there was there until I had a 2 year old doing anything and everything he could just to get his little FiNgErS in the WaTeR!! He LoVeD running around and would say hi to all the Sister Missionaries around. It was fun to see him stop to sMeLL all the pretty flowers (he might have picked a few too)! It was fun just to be around the TeMpLe with our FaMiLy and try to teach LaNdOn how ImPoRtAnT the TeMpLe is in our lives! 

This month is also Wes's BiRtHdAy...of coarse he had a work Marketing Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana and left the day before his BiRtHdAy!! He was super busy the whole week and even got to go and see ImAgInE DrAgOnS in concert while he was there. Every night he would call LaNdOn and I before we went to BeD so they could have their nightly head-bunting sessions. It was super funny and LaNdOn would laugh and laugh. He truly is such a great DaD to LaNdOn! It is fun to see how much they love and care about each other! He is such a GrEaT ExAmpLe of the type of person I hope and pray LaNdOn with become! 

This month was full of fun things and not so fun things. We took LaNdOn to the PaRk every chance we got and he got more and more brave. He was finally going down the BIG sLiDe all by himself and did it like a pro!! On the down side, LaNdOn got the flu this month :( It was a pretty rough few day of throwing-up and having diarrhea, but he was a ChAmP and did great!!

We also decided to sell our hOmE this month since we are ready for a HoMe we can raise our FaMiLy in...that and we really need a BaCkYaRd!!! Only time will tell...

HaPpY BiRtHdAy to the BeSt DaD and LiTtLe BoY could ask for!!

HaPpY 2nD BiRthDaY LaNdOn!!!

We can't believe that it is already AuGuSt and that we now have a 2 YeAr oLd!! Time has flow by sooooo fast. I wish I could just sToP time so that I could eNjOy our FuNnY, NiCe, LoViNg, CrAzY, SiLLy, SmArT, CuDdLy, HaNdSoMe little BoY! It seems like just yesterday we found out we were having him and just brought him HoMe from the HoSpiTaL! He has GrOwN so much and is getting SmArTeR and SmArTeR every day. It is hard to BeLiEvE how much he has changed so fast! We absolutely LoVe him to piece and are so LuCkY we are his PaReNtS. He tEaChEs us so much every day and it has been fun to see the different qUaLiTiEs he gets from each of us. He really is a GrEaT mix of WeS and I :)

AuGuSt is such a BuSy bUsY BuSy month for us. We spent a whole weekend CaMpInG (LaNdOn's FiRsT oNe), then LaNdOn turned 2, then we took a FaMiLy VaCaTiOn...so we will start from the beginning...

CaMpInG...

WeS and I finally decided LaNdOn was old enough to finally take on a CaMpInG trip that we would all enjoy, so we planned a trip with WeS's FaMiLy to HeIsE and off we went. We were the first one's there so we were able to pick where we wanted to put up our TeNt! LaNdOn was off and running around the second he got out of the CaR. He had to eXpLoRe every little thing and of coarse cLiMb up everything just to be sure it was right for him. Once we got the TeNt out and StArTeD putting it together, LaNdOn's helping HaNdS came to the ReScUe. We spent more time LaUgHiNg and trying to keep him off the top of the TeNt then we did actually putting it together. Once we got it all up, then he had to pLaY around on the inside :) he was such a GrEaT little HeLpEr and so funny. After it was all set up and everything inside, we decided to take a rest on the bed. We then went and set up our chairs and it was so CuTe to see him sit in his just like we were!! He pretty much spent the whole time running around eXpLoRiNg that by the end of the day he was exhausted! We were able to pLaY gAmEs, sit around the CaMpFiRe, MiNaTuRe GoLf, go on WaLkS, and LaNdOn's FaVoRiTe...throw RoCkS in the WaTeR :) He had so much fun, even though we froze to death at night!!

HaPpY 2nD BiRtHdAy LaNdOn!!

This year WeS and I planned more for LaNdOn's BiRtHdAy since he was older and we could actually do more stuff. We decided that we wanted to make his whole day SpEcIaL so when he woke up we had "bawoons" everywhere!! We made him BrEaDfAsT, got ready, then headed off to see the new movie "pLaNeS" (his very first movie theater experience). He didn't know what to think at first but once the MoViE started playing he was MeSmEriZeD! He did absolutely great. We made sure to pack his favorite SnAcKs/TrEaTs and he made it through all but 10 minutes (it was his nap time).

After the MoViE we came home and LaNdOn took a NaP. WeS and I started working on getting the rest of our HoMe decorated for his PaRtY. We literally have "bawoons" in every room possible, got his cAkE and DeCoRaTiOnS out, and all his PrEsEnTs ready. He woke up shortly after and found his 1st present outside....a WaTeR tAbLe ToY! He was in LoVe and getting him to come back inside for his PaRtY gave us nothing but a MeLtDoWn :(

As soon as everyone got to his PaRtY, we did ChOcoLaTe CaKe and IcE-CrEaM (some of his favorites), then opened PrEsEnTs. He got sooo many different things from everyone that he got a little overwhelmed and didn't understand why he couldn't just pLaY with the ToY he just opened. We made it through and he really did have FuN. He GoT a golf set, airplane, John Deer Tractor, Cars, Trucks, Books, Boat, BaLL, and a sLiDe!

He pLaYeD outside for hours, literally, with everything. Afterwards we took him to dinner at Applebee's! (he loves the fries) We had so much fun at dinner and LaNdOn kept us laughing at all the silly faces he makes!

We LoVe our little BoY oh so much and don't know what we would do without him in our lives. He truly brings more HaPpiNeSs into our HoMe then we ever though possible. He definitely keeps us on our ToEs, but we wouldn't have it any other way.

HaPpY BiRtHdAy to the CuTeSt little BoY ever!!

The next couple of weeks in AuGuSt before our FaMiLy VaCaTiOn were nothing short of CrAzY! We were able to take LaNdOn to his first BaSeBaLL gAmE, which is he was more interested in running around the bleachers, played in the sprinklers, and went through 2 floods!! It was crazy how much water we received (which we are so grateful for) in such a short period of time. LaNdOn was in heaven with the lake next to our hOmE! We even let him pLaY in it...

FaMiLy VaCaTiOn...

This year we decided to go down to ThAnKsGiViNg PoInT in UtAh. We had heard and researched that there is sooo much to do there...and we weren't disappointed!

The first day we got down to UtAh we checked into our HoTeL and tried to get settled. LaNdOn has to go explore everything, especially the ShOwEr. After getting everything up to our RoOm, we decided to order in and stay and go sWiMmInG! LaNdOn had a blast JuMpInG into the pOoL over and over again. I think by the end of the night WeS's ArMs were more tired than LaNdOn :)

The SeCoNd day was a BIG day! We had a lot planned and a lot to get done. That morning after breakfast we headed to the AqUaRiUm. They had PeNgUiNs and a GiAnT SeA TuRtLe that I just had to see (they are my favorite)!! We had so much fun and LaNdOn loved watching the FiSh swim by him! After the AqUaRiUm we headed to the DiNoSaUr MuSeUm (Wes's favorite spot). It has absolutely AmAzInG!! I knew that DiNoSaUrS were BIG but I had no idea how BIG until we got to see them!! LaNdOn didn't appreciate it as much as we had hoped but they had FoSSiLs to pLaY with, and sand/water PiT to pLaY in, and last but not least a spot for our little ArChEoLoGiSt to get to work digging up FoSSiLs :) Once we got to the water and digging part LaNdOn LoVeD it and cried when we had to leave. We highly recommend going to the MuSeUm if you have never been before!!

After the fun stuff, we headed up to PaRk CiTy to do some ShOpPiNg since it was SaLe time :) We spent most of the time chasing LaNdOn around since our stroller got 3 flat tires :/

The ThIrD day we headed to the ZoO after breakfast! We though LaNdOn would be more interested in all the AnImaLs this year, but all he wanted to do was pLaY with the WaTeR. They now have a little water place for the kids to pLaY in (take a swimsuit if you go) and LaNdOn spotted it right away!! After pLaY for 30 minutes and getting SoAkEd, we continued on with aLLiGaToR TeArS for miles!! He liked the GiAnT eLePhAnT, a few of the aNiMaLs, and the WaTeR BaLL! It was fun even though he didn't really care about the aNiMaLs :) After eating lunch and taking a nap we headed out to a little water pad by our HoTeL. WeS was a good sport and took LaNdOn through the water...but I think WeS got more WeT than LaNdOn. As soon as the WaTeR would ShOoT up....LaNdOn was out of there! He didn't want it to get him at all!! It was super funny watching WeS try to convince LaNdOn to go in the WaTeR with him and right when he got to where WeS could almost reach him, the WaTeR would ShOoT up again and LaNdOn would take off RuNnInG!! After they dried off, well WeS dried off, we went and got IcE-CreAm then headed back to the HoTeL. We had OnE more bIg vacation day left...

...to be continued...