NeW cHaNgEs...

JuNe has been a FuN, BuSy, and CrAzY month at our HoMe.  We have had a few ChAnGeS and ExCiTiNg OpPoRtuNiTiEs that have made things a little easier for us, but made us even busier! As most of you know, I lost my job 3 days after we had LaNdOn :/ It made the ExCiTeMeNt of a NeW LiTtLe BoY a little more stressful! I was fortunate enough to get a call from EIRMC with a JoB OpPoRtUnItY :) I was so ReLiEvEd and GrAtEfuL, but StReSsInG about leaving LaNdOn with someone else. We knew it was going to be ok, but it didn't help ease my mind for MoNtHs and MoNtHs. I was able to get a job as an X-RaY TeCh at EIRMC and with 2 hours of driving to do at least 3 times a week, I had a lot of TiMe to ThInK and CrY about leaving my PrEcIoUs BoY :( I made the trek to IdAhO FaLLs for 5 YeArS before our prayers were finally answered and was oFFeRReD a job here in PoCaTeLLo at PhYsIcIaNs ImMeDiAtE CaRe. I absolutely LOVED my job, co-workers, and the doctors I worked with at EIRMC and there were so many exciting changes happening that when I got the new offer, I was HeSiTaNt and ScArEd to say the least. ChAnGe is always hard, no matter how much it benefits you!! We took a LeAp of FaItH and I took the job at PhYsiCiAnS...and it has been a GrEaT dEcIsIoN!! I have really LeArNeD sooo much from the great people I work with. I didn't know how or if I would be able to draw blood and start IV's but somehow I have come to LOVE that part of the job!! (a VaMpIrE I have become) I work with GrEaT people and GrEaT physicians and have learned soooo much that I feel will help in taking care of my FaMiLy. It has TeStEd my CoNfiDeNcE, KnOwLeDgE, and JuDgEmEnT of different SiTuAtIoNs, but has been a great decision to switch jobs!! It has been nice to only have to DrIvE 5 minutes to get to work every day and LaNdOn is only 2 minutes away from where I work so if there is ever a problem I can be there so quick!! That has probably given me the biggest peace of mind! To say that I don't miss EIRMC and my "7 on 7 off" crew would be a BIG uNdErStAtEmEnT!! I have missed not working with them like crazy and all the fun x-rays I got to do everyday, but LaNdOn was our FiRsT PrIoRiTy and we needed to do what was best for him in the long run!! So even though ChAnGe is HaRd, it has been GOoD :)

LaNdOn has kept us BuSy, bUsY, BuSY this month. With it being 90+ degrees outside that is where he thinks he needs to be! He is having so much FuN with SuMmEr this year. We pLaY outside at least half the day when we are HoMe. He LoVeS every single minute of it and has been sLeePiNg through the nIgHt because he just wears himself OuT :) We have spent a lot of TiMe playing in his CaStLe, in SwImMiNg pOoLs, DrAwInG piCtUrEs, at the PaRkS, EaTiNg IcE-cReAm and CoOkIeS, and learning how to DrInK out of a BiG CuP aLL bY HiMseLf!! We have tried to take NiGhtLy walks and then let LaNdOn pLaY outside at the pArK. He has sooo much FuN! It is CrAzY to us that he is going to be turning 2 in AuGuSt!!!! Where has all the time gone?!? Out little baby has definitely turned into a LiTtLe BoY :/ He has been such a HuGe bLeSsInG in our lives!!

Even though his month has been BuSy and FuLL of ExCiTiNg cHaNgEs it has been a great month. We have truly been bLeSsEd to finally feel as though we are putting ourselves at the RiGhT pLacE at the RiGht TiMe. Even though ChAnGe is HaRd and ScArY sometimes, sometimes we just need to have the FaItH that HeAvEnLy FaThEr is trying to put us in the RiGhT pLaCe. He has truly bLeSsEd our FaMiLy so much!!

aLmOsT sUmMeR...

MaY always makes me excited because it means it is that much closer to SuMmEr TiMe!!! It was been so nice to have weather in the 70s and 80s. We have definitely been taking full advantage of the warm days and have been going for WaLkS, RuNnInG aRoUnD, pLaYiNg at the PaRk, and taking LaNdOn for RiDeS in his TrUcK :) He LoVeS to be outside so much that he just cries when it is CoLd out. He doesn't care how CoLd it is...

LaNdOn has become a BIG help around our HoMe and is great at helping me redo the things I have already done :/ He LoVeS the VaCuUm so much that I think he intentionally spills things on the floor just so I have to VaCuUm again and again. He also loves to help me with the LaUnDrY! He is great at taking the clean, folded clothes out of the BaSkEtS and DrAwErS.

LaNdOn has also developed a LoVe of WeS's HaTs. If they are around the HoUsE he finds them and puts them on! They are HuGe on him, so we are probably going to have to find him his own here shortly :)

SuMmEr TiMe also means FrUiT TiMe for our HoMe. I think LaNdOn may have forgotten what some of it tastes like so it has been FuNnY to watch his FaCe when he eats some of the more SoUr FrUiTs :) He LoVeS oRaNgEs and BaNaNaS and is slowing starting to figure out StRaWbErRiEs and RaSpBeRrIeS again.

LaNdOn and his cousin BrOokLyN have been having a few more pLaY-DaTes! They both always seem to want the exact same toy so we have been practicing our "sharing". Sometimes though we just figure out a way to get both of them doing the same thing :)

This month WeS and I celebrated our 4th Anniversary!! It is crazy to think that we have already been MaRrIeD for FoUr YeArS!! Time has just flown by! It seems like yesterday we just met and here we are with our own little FaMiLy :) WeS happened to be in Atlanta, Georgia for our AnNiVeRsArY for work so we didn't get to really CeLeBrAtE...He did surprise me with fLoWeRs though! (I got WeS new GoLf cLuBs a few weeks prior) So while he was away LaNdOn got to be my date so we went for IcE-cReAm! I'm sure LaNdOn didn't mind filling in ;)

            

                    

                 

Fell Asleep During our Walk

                    

                               

RiDiNg in the TrUcK tOgEtHeR!

OnE tOuGh mOnTh...

This month has been a definite cHaLLeNgE!! LaNdOn has become quite the LiTtLe cLiMbEr and has been getting in his EyE-TeEtH :( We have never really had a problem with any of these things, but they have sure kept our HoMe cRaZy!! 

LaNdOn has decided that cLiMbInG on everything is his new FaVoRiTe thing to do. It it is on top of the DiNnInG rOoM tAbLe, KiTcHeN CoUnTeRs, LiViNg rOoM tAbLeS, BeDs, ChAiRs, and the FrIdGe. He thinks that he needs to be on top of everything he can cLiMb. We have had to pay a little bit closer attention to him so that he doesn't fall on his HeAd again like last month :(

3 New TeEtH!! LaNdOn'S EyE-tEeTh has decided to come in all at the same time and has given us one sad, sick little BoY!! He spent about 4 or 5 days on the CoUcH watching MoViEs/CaRtOoNs and trying to keep a FeVeR under control (which was literally out of control). Every time we thought we were making progress it would come back even worse. Trying to keep him cOoL was quite a cHaLLeNgE too because he didn't like the "CoLd" on his head. We definitely had a few NiGhTs of little sleep but those 3 teeth have finally come in for the most part. Although it is getting CuTeR and cUtEr to see him with a MoUtH FuLL of TeEtH, I sure miss that cUtE little GaP that he had in this top FrOnT tEeTh :( It was sooo CuTe and just like that it is gOnE :( But he 'cHeEsY' little sMiLe still just makes me LaUgH and sMiLe :)

While being sick we decided to break out the pLaY-DoUgH and make things...LaNdOn'S favorite thing to make was CiRcLeS. He loved RoLLiNg them around and putting them in all the different CoLoReD containers. It was always short LiVeD but at least we can say we did it!

This month was also LaNdOn'S cOusIn's FiRsT bIrThDaY!! They had a bLaSt at her party and by the end LaNdOn was definitely exhausted :)

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY BROOKLYN!

                  

 

                   

Brooklyn's Birthday!

EaStEr...

HaPpY EaStEr!! I have always LoVeD EaStEr due to all the DeLiCiOuS cAnDy...especially the MiNi CaDbUrY EgGs and ReEsEs EgGs :) Not a good month to diet for me that is for sure!! We can't keep them around our HoMe very long, especially since LaNdOn and WeS both LoVe the ReEsEs EgGs too :) I'm always sad when all the GoOd CaNdY goes away!

This year for EaStEr we were HoMe for the most part...it has been along month...but more on that later. EaStEr was fun this year because LaNdOn kind of got the concept, or at least I though he did :/ The EaStEr BuNnY came to our HoMe and brought LaNdOn a LiGhTeNiNg McQuEeN EaStEr BaSkEt, sHiRtS, EgGs filled with CaNdY, a CaR, and a LeGo FaRm with FaRm aNiMaLs :) He was so ExCiTeD about the aNiMaLs and the TrAcToR!!

We then decided to color EaStEr EgGs with LaNdOn...ePiC DiSaStEr!! Remind me to never color EgGs with a 1 year old ever again!! I found a cool idea on pinterest to put the EgG in a wire whisk so they could use that instead of getting their HaNdS all CoLoReD...well it worked for a little bit and LaNdOn just wanted to DiP the EgG then SuCk off all the CoLoRiNg. When I tried to help him he got a little MaD and hit the bowl of coloring with his whisk and sPiLLeD it everywhere!!! Guess I learned my lesson the hard way...

We then went EaStEr EgG HuNtInG with my DaD's side of the FaMiLy! We ate a delicious meal then did the HuNt. I was trying to show LaNdOn to pick up the CaNdY and put it in his BuCkEt. It took a while to get the concept down, but after we did he did it for a solid 2 minutes then was completely done!! No more HuNtInG for him...PERIOD!! He was more interested in playing the in SaNdBoX and going down the sLiDe. At least we got 2 minutes of fun videos/pictures to say we did it!

This month we definitely had a rough few weeks! LaNdOn got sick with cRoUp, a really bad EaR InFeCtIoN, was ThRoWiNg Up, and got CoNsTiPaTeD pretty bad :( We ended up in the E.R and then back to the PeDiAtRiCiAnS 2 days later to get the CoNsTiPaTiOn fixed. We though we were all set and on the mend...until he fell face first onto the CoNcReTe and gave himself a little CoNcUsSiOn, bLoOdY nOsE, FaT LiP, and a GiAnT GoOsE-EgG!! We just couldn't win for loosing that whole week :/

We did do some FuN things though when he was sick to hopefully make him feel a little better! We got him a BuBbLe MaChInE that bLoWs BuBbLeS constantly (which he LoVeS), made a FoRt for his CaRs out of our CoUcH cUsHiOnS, and made OaTmEaL cHoCoLaTe cHiP cOoKiEs! 

Even though this month was a little rough, we did have fun doing a lot of other things too :)

                       

         

      

            

CoLoRiNg EgGs

                      
 

      

     

GoOsE-eGg, bLoOdY NoSe, & FaT LiP

BuBbLeS!