Landon's 1st Birthday Party

Landon's first birthday party was yesterday, the 22nd. Which of course used to be known as "Daddy's Birthday". Clearly he forfeited that holiday by having a son the day after his birthday. We were sure to make sure we had a small birthday party for Daddy later that night, but yesterday was clearly all about our big one year old. We invited our closest friends and famiy, and of course, some of Landon's favorite little ones. It was such a perfect day for him. Not too many people and the babies all seemed to have a great time. We just had some pizza, finger foods, and hung out. Of course we did the honorary smash cake and presents as well :) It was such a perfect day with those who truly love our little guy around! Thanks to those who came... and of course we missed those who were just too far away to make it!

The party decor...

cupcake cake

the smash cake

goody bags

We had a slide show on the t.v. of some of my favorite pictures from Landon's first year and his newest birthday photos.

My sweet boys in their new swim suits for the party.

Do you see how big Ryder looks in this photo?! Where did my little boy go!

The birthday boy showing off those teeth of this

:) love him!

Gigi, Dyson, Landon, and Grammy

Here is Ryder and Connor... They were SOOOO thrilled to have their picture taken!!

Mack swimming with the kids

Of course Landon's best friend was at the party!

His big day is coming soon!!

Ryder and his best friend :)

(Ryder was saying "I hate taking pictures" through is teeth in this picture)

Uncle Ryan and Cathryn

<3

Let the fun begin!

Not quite sure...

Big brother had no problem eating his cup cake

Connor was already rinsing his down by the time I got to him!!

Sophia made a mess with her cupcake like usual :)

Someone is getting the hang of it....

Yum!

Ryder with the real birthday boy

Uncle Ryan with his girls

Mommy and Daddy with our one year old!

Clearly realizing he missed the front part of the cake

I'd say he smashed it perfectly

Staring at Miss Megan (Connor's Mommy)

I think he has a crush on her!

Feeding Uncle Ryan some cake

What-A-Mess!

Ready to get cleaned up

Birthday hugs from Connor

Although Landon couldn't open his own gifts, I had some VERY willing other little ones!

Landon playing with his friends :)

The One Year Olds

Landon (April 23rd), MaKenna (April 19th), Dyson (May 19th), and Makenna (April 28th)

Such a fun day!! :) 

Happy 1st Birthday Landon Brennan

I tried my best to soak in every ounce of little baby Landon had in him, but somehow a whole year has passed us by. Our baby boy is one year old today! I remember with both boys the first few weeks having such anxiety with every outfit they outgrew, every day that past, every week that was tagged onto their age. It was so sad to me that they weren't a newborn anymore. Someweere in between those first few weeks and now his first birthday Landon has transformed into the sweetest, happiest, most mellow little boy who has worked his way into the hearts of our family.

If I had to describe Landon in one word it would be content. If the little guy isn't ready to eat or go to sleep he is so easy and go with the flow!

Stats:

Around 24 pounds
No clue how tall, but let's just go with off the charts.. always have been, and I doubt things have changed!

Size 4 diapers

Size 18 month shorts

Size 18-24 month shirts

Size 24 month PJs

Size 5 shoes

You are a big boy, but well proportioned. I would not described you as chunky by any means, but you are just big in general :)

Food:

You eat mainly solid foods and are an amazing eater.

You out eat your brother at almost every meal!

You LOVE vegetables.

You do not really care for fruit, minus bananas.

You have started to accept grapes and apples in the last couple of days though, but not in huge amounts. I still give you baby food every day or two to get some fruit in you.

You take two bottles a day. One after your afternoon nap and one before bed.

You FINALLY conquered the sippy cup this month, and LOVE milk!

Lucky for us this will make getting rid of the bottle easy I believe. We will do it once our formula runs out.

Sleep:

You are a great sleeper. Always have been. You hit a rough patch around the 9ish month mark, but it was due to ear infections and still being in the same room as us because we were at Mack and Grammy's. You sleep so nice in your own room now :) When you do wake I just go in to give you your pacifier and you go right back to sleep.

Your naps change all the time. We did struggle with them for a while, but now you nap great! You basically sleep for three hours during the day. Depending out our schedule you take a two hour nap in the morning, and a short afternoon one, or vise versa. Thank you for being flexible! Some days we don't get the opportunity for an afternoon nap, and I need you to sleep in the morning. Other days it is so enjoyable to have you and your brother nap together in the afternoon while I get some stuff done!

The Pacifier:

It is definitely still in our lives, but nothing major. You take it to fall asleep, but I am fairly certain you don't actually sleep with it in your mouth. You take it for comfort in the car sometimes, or on the go. Nothing like your brother though! I'm not sure when it will not be a part of our day, but for now it's here to stay :)

Favorite things to play/do:

#1 is to follow your brother EVERYWHERE! You just love to be into what he's doing, and thankfully we get very creative in always letting you "play" with him. Ryder is great at playing with you and other times "playing" means watching him through the baby gate we put up at his bedroom door so you can't mess up his Monster Jam session :) You guys take the best baths together. Daddy and I constantly sit back and watch you two interact with each other.

You like to play in your ball pit, with any balls around, with your brother's monster trucks, water bottles, and your newest obsession is the sippy cup.

You have a trail you leave around the house. You go for the dogs food (PLEASE stop eating it!), knock your brother's wall tracks off his wall, knock his books out of his basket, knock my books out of my basket, pull the blankets off the blanket rack, and last but not least go to lift the toilet lid to play in the water. Needless to say we have lots of doors closed these days when you are roaming the house :)

Have I ever mentioned your love for Chloe? You absolutely love that dog. She drives the rest of us nuts, but you just love her. The other day she was rolled on her back and you laid on her to give her a hug. It as so sweet! You like to pull her hair too!!

Walking:

You are getting closer by the day. You FINALLY took your first steps to your Daddy on the 21st :)You can practically run while scaling furniture and with your walker. You let go of things all the time for long periods of time now, and when we put you down in the middle of the room you tend to stand for a little bit now instead of just going right into the sitting position. You are very on the go just like Ryder was, and just want to get there fast! I try to get you to hold my hands and practice your walking, but you'd rather just get down on the ground and go. I hope it happens soon! You make our house and everyone elses look dirty with your black feet all the time from crawling... i'm kind of over it!

I pray that as we turn this page in the world of toddler that you continue to stay as mellow natured as you were as a baby. I am not sure I can handle the tantrums and hitting your brother put me through again. Please be my easy one.... PLEASE!!!

Landon Brennan... We love you more then you'll ever know! Thank you for coming into our world one year ago today and making our family complete. I love walking into your room every single morning and singing out good-morning song while you dance in your crib. I enjoyed this past year with you more then you'll ever know, but also look forward to this fun year we have ahead :) don't grow up too fast on us sweetie!

We Love You!

Happy Birthday Bubby!!

xoxo

In One Week....

My baby

will become

a toddler!
I can not believe how fast this year has flown by!

It breaks my heart to know we will no longer have a baby in the house :(

We have a busy week getting ready for his party and big day!!

I hope you enjoy part 1 of our photo shoot we did this week :)

He was quite the model!!

HAPPY MONDAY :)

<3

Landon Brennan: 11 Months

Ugh... once again your 11 1/2 months old. I took the picture and the card they were on got messed up. So I guess we will have 10 months worth of pictures and be missing the 11 month ones. Oh well... I wanted to get on here and document a few big changes in the big guys life recently.

- A whopping five teeth! Those five seemed to come in one after another, but now it appears we will be taking a break. I don't see anything coming in at the moment.

- You are scaling furniture like a crazy man now. Before you were a little hesitant. You are letting go of things and standing for a few seconds or even a while at times. You are not however close to walking. You are improving daily with your balance and standing more often, but i'm still predicting 13 months-ish like your brother. It drives people nuts that I don't put shoes on your feet yet, but without walking it seems very pointless in this hot weather. I have a feeling you'll be getting plenty of shoes for your birthday because of this! Maybe it was a good idea on my part :)

- You finally got the sippy cup! WooHoo... AND you like milk! Ryder LOVESSSS milk, and I was hoping you would too. It seems to be a success. We will be on the bottle for a while still too, but it seeems as if when the time comes it should be an easy transition. You now love to have the sippy cup in your hands all the time. It's like your new security blanket. God forbid we are in the car and you and your brother have to share a sippy cup. You scream your head off until he gives it to you.

- Your relationship with Ryder continues to grow and grow. I feel as though you miss him while he is at school and look for him. You follow him all over the house and laugh so hard when he is around. The love is mutual. Ryder loves you with all his heart. I can tell that you guys are going to be the best of friends.

- You are slowly becoming a Daddy's boy. Derrik is forced to hold Landon more and deal with him more because Ryder is such a Mommy's boy. It is crazy to me how Derrik can calm Landon down just as easy as I can, and how Landon is just as happy cuddling with him as me. It was never like that with Ryder. It might have something to do with my new job... Daddy knows where the pajama drawer is now, how to feed him dinner, and how to give a bath. My job has been such a blessing allowing Derrik nights home with the boys, me time to do what I love, and a little extra money. Most importantly though... it's great bonding time for the boys!!

- You have the funniest sad face. We keep saying we need to get it on video. It happens when we tell you no. You have a hard time getting tears out, pucker your lips, squint your eyes, and look like the saddest baby ever... i'll try to get a video :)

I can not believe that the big birthday is in less then two weeks!! What a crazy year it has been. Tomorrow we are taking cake smash pictures for his first birthday pictures! I am so excited to do these and will get them up soon :)