June 5, 2011

16 weeks

100 Days
Landon is 16 weeks!  He's weighing in at 15lbs 10.5oz (that's only 5oz this past week!) and 25.5in long.  He's holding strong to those higher percentiles when it comes to weight (75%) and length (80%).  We still think his cheeks carry most of the weight.  He's such a healthy boy, we are so lucky!

Nothing new really in the last couple of weeks.  Our routine of work, work, and more work continues.  Landon continues to do well at the office with Shani.  He's gets to see a lot of new faces being at work.  He definitely loves the time he gets to spend with Nonee as well.  Memorial Day weekend he went for his first swim in the spa.  He couldn't have cared less!  He loves his baths so much, maybe he didn't feel like this was any different.  He just relaxed in there and didn't react much. Landon got to hang out with Auntie Kim, Uncle Josh, and cousin Morgan while we went for a date night to the movies.  Landon loved the attention he got from his cousin!

Landon will be 4 months next week!  Stay tuned for more pictures and hopefully we can get video up soon!
Still small in Daddy's arms
Wine tasting in Amador County
Chillin with Uncle Chris
First spa with Mommy
Floating by himself with just a hand of help on his neck
Landon talking up a storm with Georgia
Georgia, August, and Landon
Loving Uncle Josh's fish tank
 



 

May 25, 2011

100 Days

Landon is 100 days today!  He is now a whopping 15 pounds!  We constantly have people reminding us that we need to savor every moment because it goes by so fast.  We know we've mentioned many times before, but it's true, time is flying by!  We have a couple friends and patients deliver recently and Shani sees these little newborns and doesn't remember Landon ever being that small.  The crazy part is, he's been smaller than all of them.  We honestly are just blown away by how quickly it all goes by.  

These last couple weeks Landon has really started to develop more.  He is tracking and recognizing so much more.  He rolls over from his stomach to his back like it's nothing.  He has more purposeful movements of his hands.  He's getting closer to have more of a giggle laugh.  He's also started having more conversations (one with his little dog).  

Unfortunately, he also got his first cold.  He's totally fine, but it's so hard to see this little guy coughing.  Sleep has been going pretty well.  He usually gets a 5-6 hour chunk, then a 2-3 hour chunk.  Shani hopes the second chunk goes to 4-5 hours and she'll feel that more rested.  No complaints though, it isn't the every 2 hours like it used to be.  

We continue to have so much fun with our son!  Enjoy the pictures from the last couple weeks.
Landon and August
Talking to his doggy stuffed animal
Onesie from Uncle Chris
 
 
 
Gabby, Parker, Landon, and Avery


May 13, 2011

First Mother's Day

We hope everyone had a great Mother's Day.  We sure did!  Shani's family has celebrated Mother's Day in Yosemite with good friends from all over California every year since she was 4 years old.  This year was especially special because she was being celebrated too.  She has always looked forward to having a family and to taking part in the tradition as a mom. This year was wonderful!

Our best friends, Kevin and Elaine, also joined us from So Cal with their two boys for the first time.  We had a blast!  All of us stayed in a motorhome together and actually got good sleep!  Every year we go on a hike with Shani's family to a waterfall that's a bit off the beaten path.  We took Kev and Elaine on that hike and it was more treacherous than normal due to a recent rock/snow slide. They trusted us (we kind of wonder why too) enough to push through and make it to the top of a waterfall.  Yes we had the little boys with us which is what made it scary and hard.  But we made it!  It meant the world to us that they came along and we couldn't have had more fun.  We hope/expect them to join us in the future once they move back from Michigan (sorry guys :-))!    
Landon and Jacob
Eli and Elaine
Roasting marshmallow's with Daddy
Sitting by the campfire with Poppa
Landon with Nonee  
 
Eli, Kevin, Jacob, and Elaine at Mirror Lake
"Hidden" Falls
Motorhome sink bath
Yosemite Falls
 
Like father like son
Uncle Chris, Suki, and Eli
The daddies taking care of the babies on Mother's Day morning
 
Landon also turned 12 weeks this week and will be 3 months old on Saturday.  He is now 14lbs 1oz and 25in long.  That's the 70% in weight and 85% for length.  He's quite the growing boy and we love it!   On Thursday he rolled over for the first time from his stomach to his back.  He even went both directions!  He's such a sweet and mellow guy.  Landon did great camping so we look forward to many more trips in the future.  We'll have to see how next year goes as he'll probably be walking.  That won't stop us from going though, we'll just have to make sure he stays away from the campfire!
Landon with Uncle Chris
Pouty lip
Grandma and Landon
Landon watching TV...yikes! (It's sports though--so Daddy approves).