A Few New Things!

Well needless to say Landon is just growing like a weed!!! He learns and does so many new things that I have a hard time keeping up. He has 4 already (top front two and bottom front two). The top right front came through on Friday. So 5 total with 3 more coming in. No wonder we aren't getting any sleep around here!! We are back to being up 2 to 3 times a night and then usually up in the morning between 5-6am. I'm dragging!!!

He also is going to be mobile very soon! Kind of scary! Last Wednesday he would pull himself up on the couch and then let go and stand a few seconds before setting himself down. Now he is standing for 10-15 seconds at a time. The kid has great balance!!

Lately he has been saying "Mama" but it seems like its only when hes sad or tired!

Dylan had a busy weekend! Saturday morning he had basketball at the YMCA, which he is still really enjoying. Then Shauna came and picked him up to spend the night. Boy did they have plans!!! They went to a birthday party, Brendon's grandparents were in town and they had a wedding reception to go to. I'm sure he slept well! Sunday they went to church and Dylan got to see his friends in nursery. Then Sunday afternoon we went over to pick up Dylan and have dinner. We missed him terribly but it was a nice "break"!

I started back to school this week! I was only able to get into one class but at least its a start and hopefully Ill have a better registration date for the Spring semester. So far so good on the class! It's online which is much easier for me to do. I can do my work early in the morning when just Landon and I are up or I can do it at night after the kids are in bed.

We don't really have many plans for the rest of the week. Just some stuff around the house. I finished Dylan's room and did a little in Landon's room.

Sunday we are going to the circus and Dylan is really excited! Every morning he keeps asking "Can we go to the circus now?" Last week I was telling him in 1 week we can go. So now I'm telling him 4 days or 5 days and he says "No!! In 1 week!"

Dylan's school will be starting in just another couple of weeks and I think he is getting anxious! He will be so excited to start and I think it will be really good for him!

Look Who's 8 Months Old!!!

Look how big he's getting!

(He has a carrot in his hand from Dylan's kitchen!)

Dylan needed to have his picture taken too!

Weekend!

Well we really haven't been up to much around here other that just hanging out and working around the house!

Brendon has been working on a crib idea that has turned out really nice! I will post pictures soon when he finishes.

Saturday morning Dylan had basketball and the YMCA. We missed the first two classes, one because he was sick and the other because we were camping. He had such a good time. He loved basketball much better than Tball. I'm guessing in part because they had a good coach that kept all the kids occupied at one time. He'll have one more class and then I think he's back to soccer or floor hockey. Although I'm not sure about 10 3-4 year olds running around with hockey sticks but maybe I'm wrong!

We also took my grandma with us to Dylan's basketball and then her and I worked out butts off in the backyard tearing out all the overgrown stuff and dead stuff that I'm sure has been here for years!

I also have gotten the itch to start working inside the house and doing some things. It has started with the kids rooms. Well Dylan's first. We got a twin bed for him and got rid of the queen he was sleeping on since that took up most of his room. We finally took down the pink curtains! He got a couple new bookshelves and a dresser. The rooms are hard to do only because they are block walls and it really feels like a dorm room or something. So I'm trying to warm them up and make them feel a little more lived in. We got Dylan some dinosaur bedding he picked out on EBay so hopefully that is here soon! I also bought new ceiling fans so the days of a white and gold fan are gone!

I don't have any pictures of before but here is what it looks like currently. I'm in the middle of moving everything!

I also am sort of working on Landon's room at the same time. I am going to take down his changing table and put up a bookshelf and a new dresser and move some toys from the living room into his room and Dylan's.

We are just starting to do a ton of things in the house and I'm so excited! I'm hoping to rearrange the back room maybe update the bathroom a little and who knows from there!!!

Camping Trip

Well actually we had a bad start and by the end of the weekend we were having a really good time!

So we left Thursday morning to go camping with Brendon's parents for their ward camp out. We headed for the hills outside of Truckee. We had heard there was a chance it might rain "a little" but this is August!!! C'monnn! Well about half way up the hill near Blue Canyon it was definitely raining. We get to the campsite and it is raining the whole time. Brendon and I just looked at each other not knowing whether to get out and try to set up the tent or sit in the car and hope that rain stops. We decided since it was just sprinkling to get out and set everything up. Let me just add that none of us had actual shoes. We brought sandals and flip flops. We also only had one sweatshirt a piece and no jackets!

By the time we got everything set up Brendon and I were soaked to the bone. I got in the tent to start blowing up the air mattress and getting the bedding set out and there is puddles everywhere in the tent. Obviously our tent isn't waterproof? We tried using plastic garbage bags and sticking them to the outside over the seams where the water was leaking in. Not much help! By this point we were all frustrated and wet and cold and ready to just turn around and go home. Well we decided to leave about 8pm and go see if we could find a hotel to stay the night (both kids and I were just getting over colds). We drive into Truckee and didn't see anything other than little inns and bed and breakfast spots. So Brendon said that we would go into Tahoe City, mind you this is another 30-45 mins. We knew there was a hotel there because Brendon and I had stayed in it before. We finally get there and get checked in and showers and dry clothes and warmed up and I think everyone passed out!

Friday morning we woke up early. Looking out the window it looked pretty clear! We decided to stop by Squaw Valley and see if we could take Dylan up on the gondola to the top of the mountain. Of course we were there at 9am and the first ride didn't start until 10:40am. No way we were waiting that long! So we convinced him that going back to the campsite was going to be more fun. After driving an hour back to the campsite it was now cloudy, windy and cold. Dylan played with his friends from nursery and had a pretty good time throwing rocks into the water. I went over to the car to get something out and just happened to glance down at our tires! Our two front tires were completely bald, wires sticking out and everything!!! So scary since we were just driving 60 miles an hour down a two lane road! Just a week before Brendon had put air in them and they were fine! Brendon and his dad put a spare on one and used the jack for the other and off they went to Reno to get two new tires.

Several hours and two grumpy guys later they made it back. They had gone to a tire place and were told since our tires are some special low profile racing tire that they were going to be close to $400! No point in buying two brand new expensive tires if our alignment is off and will ruin these on the way down the hill to home. The guy suggested he go to a used tire place. They were able to find them and have them mounted for about $100. When they got back they still had to put them on the car but that wasn't too bad!

Saturday was beautiful and of course the day we were coming home. We had breakfast and were going to go out on the lake! It was warm and so nice out. We took down our campsite and parked by the lake for the rest of the day. We left about 3 in the afternoon and both kids snored the whole way home! I don't think we could have been any happier to be home!

Other than the rough start we had a good time! Although I don't think I got any pictures except a few in Squaw Valley! Don't mind the goofy faces!

I Can't Keep Up With Him!!!

Landon is just going crazy on what hes up to lately! His top right tooth is just about through. He is crawling. He is pulling himself up standing on everything! He's climbing everything. He is standing in his crib to where we lowered the mattress all the way down. He is just all over the place and is definitely mobile now!

When you get big you get to play trains with your brother!

On another note, Dylan picked up a cold somewhere. Who knows since we don't ever go anywhere. So Saturday morning about 3 am he woke up saying his ear hurt. He was up most of the night after that. I called the Dr and got him in and we also took Landon in since he was picking up the cold and had a terrible cough.

Dylan ended up with an ear infection and is taking Omnicef. (We may have had some issues with Amoxicillan when he had his surgery). Landon on the other hand still has this lingering cough that's been around a month at least. The Dr wanted to start him on a nebulizer giving him Albuterol and Pulmicort because he thinks he has asthma. I honestly don't think that's what it is but we took everything anyways. There is no real diagnosis for asthma, its mostly just an educated guess from what the Dr told me and that makes me hesitate to give my little 7 month old steroids. Its not like hes struggling to breathe or having trouble breathing or anything like that. Its just a lingering dry cough. He coughs a couple times at night and some during the day. So I have a little research to do before we start any of that unless something drastically changes.

And this last one is too cute! This is what happens when you bite your mommy when shes feeding you! You get a big sippy cup of formula! Doesn't he look thrilled?