Chelan Trip!

We took our first family vacation with our friends the Arndts...Mike, Mallory, Grant (2) and Hannah (10 months) August 8th-August 15. We had a great time! I was a little anxious about how the boys would do but they did great. They even did wonderfully on the long car ride! The condo we stayed in was a 2 bedroom so the Arndts had one room and we had the other. Our room had a bathroom so Landon slept in a pack n play in the bathroom and Caiden stayed in the room with us. The boys slept great and napped great! I was really shocked but, very relieved! Our condo was in a perfect location we were right on the lake, near a park and the pool. Our days consisted of playing at the park, throwing lots of rocks in the lake (Caidens favorite thing to do), boat rides, swimming in the pool and enjoying one anothers company. When it came to swimming Caiden is not the biggest fan. He was actually afraid and preferred to play around the outside of the pool but Landon loved to swim. Landon is going to be our fish child!

Thanks Arndts for inviting us on this trip! We had a great time! Lets do another trip together again next year! Love ya guys!

First time playing tee-ball

LOVES the water!

Both boys were ready to be done...but we had to get a family pic! :)

My good friend Mallory and I and the babies!

Boat ride!

Loves to swing!

WEEEE!

We spent lots of time at the park!

Landon 9 Months!

Landon and Mama

Landon and Dada at the hat store in Leavenworth!

HAHA! He was mad because I told him to stop eating sand! He is a sensitive little guy!

LOVES to swing!



Landon turned 9 months on Aug 5th! I know I am a little late with ths post considering he is now 10 months but, better now then never! Landon is such a sweet fun boy! We are so blessed to have 2 amazing little boys! Landon absolutely loves Caiden. Caiden is really the only person that can make Landon laugh hard. Its amazing how many things Landon has learned just by watching what Caiden does. Landon is a amazing sleeper, he takes 2 naps a day and sleeps 12 hours a night! We had Landons 9 month appt. and here are the stats: weight 21.10 lbs (69 %), height 29 inches (76 %), Head 47 cm (91 %). The funny thing is this was Caidens stats when he was 6 months old...yep you read that right 6 months! HA! Landon is quite a bit smaller then Caiden was at this age. It is amazing how the boys are so different. They look different, Caiden seemed to do things early and Landon is taking his time and so far there personalities seem to be a little different. It will be interesting to see them when they are older!



Here are a few facts and likes of Landon:

-Started crawling a few days before he turned 9 months.
-Pulled himself up to standing position a day before he turned 10 months -He started saying dada at 7 months and mama at 10 months
-Whenever he hears the song, "If Your Happy and you Know it" (which is Caidens favorite song) he claps his hands through the whole song!
-He LOVES to play peek-a-boo. It's absolutely adorable, he covers his face with his hands. The funny part is one hand covers one eye and the other hand he places on the side of his head! He started doing this at 8 months.
-His fav foods at the moment bananas and cheese!
-When he hears people laugh he does a fake laugh to copy, very funny! I need to get a video of it.
-He loves following Caiden around.
-He has always been a fussy baby but once he started crawling he has been really good. He doesnt fuss to much.
-OMG! He is busy! Caiden has always been such a mellow kid but Landon gets into everything. He loves to explore and get into cupboards. I have a feeling he is always going to keep us on our toes!
-Loves the water! I definitely think he is going to be a water kid!

-He loves to snuggle before bed. I hum to him and rock him before bed, I love it!
-As of now he is refusing to Sign. I have been trying for months and he just screams at me if I sign the word "more".
-He has started to wave and give kisses.
-He has also started to dance.
-He loves to be sung to just like his brother.
-He is sensitive! I have to watch my facial expressions around him. If we look upset in anyway he starts to cry. He has always been sensitive! He seems to be getting a little better now that he is older.
-He is currently wearing 12-18 month clothing.

-He has 5 teeth, 2 on the top and 3 on the bottom. Its funny because the two on top are not the top front 2. He has the side 2 teeth. He looks a little funny with a huge gap in the front!

Here is a few quick little story I want to share just because I want the boys to read them when they are older.

I was giving the boys a bath one day when I heard Caiden say pee! I look over and he is peeing on Landon! Lovely!

We have a seat in the tub for Landon. I look over one day while I was bathing them and Landon had escaped out of the seat and was standing in it! Yikes! I think this is a good example of the fearlessness in this kid. Or maybe he is a normal kid! I am just comparing him to Caiden and he never was able to get out of that seat.

We love our boys so much! It is definitely challenging raising two boys this close in age but it is fun to see them grow and learn together! We would never change a thing! We love you!

Our family stay-cation!

Hughey took July 12-16 off of work so we could do a stay-cation as a family. We had so much fun! Each day we planned something that the kids would like to do. The weekend before Hughey went on a hiking trip with a friend so Monday we stayed home and played. Tuesday we met my friend Kara and her family at Point Defiance Zoo. The zoo has a amazing aquarium with huge sharks the boys really thought that was cool! Wednesday we took Caiden to get his first haircut and we walked Downtown Edmond's. Thursday we rode the Ducks in Seattle with my parents, my sister Jamie and her boyfriend Austin. It was a lot of fun! Caiden was bored until we got into the water, then he was excited! Friday we went to Country Village in Bothell. There are a lot of fun things to do there. We rode on a train (Caiden calls it a Tay Tay), bought toys at the toy store (thank you Grandma Sonia for the gift card) and we went the The Village Bean. The Village Bean is a kid friendly coffee shop. It has a bunch of toys for the kids to play with while the parents sit and drink coffee...its so fun!

We are definitely going to do a stay-cation again next year. It worked out so great with the kids and we had a great time. It was nice that we were able to plan everything around the kids schedule. The boys had a hard time when it was time for Hughey to go back to work. We all enjoyed having him home!

At Point Defiance checking out the sharks.

Kara, her sons Brooks and Peyton, Me, Landon and Caiden...oh and a huge shark!

Caidens first haircut. If you want to see more you can look at a previous post.

Riding the Duck!

Daddy and Landon playing at The Village Bean.

Caiden at The Village Bean playing with his favorite toy!

Just finished riding the train at Country Village!

So I dont forget...

I have a bunch of posts I want to do but havent found the time yet, I will update soon. Until then there are a few things I dont want to forget.

Landon started crawling on July 30th and today he started clapping, so cute! Also at 8 months old he started to do "So Big" and put both his hands in the air. On July 26th we had to take Landon to the emergency room because he was having difficulty breathing (I will post more about this later). At 7 months old Landon got his first tooth. He now has 4.

Caiden has started to do somersaults (on July 30th) which has been really fun! At around 18 months old Caiden started putting words together sometimes he put 3 words together. He has quite a vocabulary! Caiden is now climbing and running like crazy!

Caiden's First Haircut!

Caiden got his first haircut on July 14th. It was long over due! I had wanted to get his haircut a long time ago but everyone kept telling me "no dont cut it!" because it is so curly. I am so glad we did...it looks so great! He cried during most of the cut until I gave him a buzz light year toy to play with and then he calmed down for a while. Some friends told me about this place in Edmonds, Fey's Shear Delight, that cuts kids hair a dollar for each year old they are. So it only cost us $1.00 to get Caidens cut plus tip! I think she did a great job and we will definitely being go back for future haicuts!

Before-I love his curls but his hair is so crazy!

Before-Afro

During

During

Calmed down for Buzz

After-Now he looks like a little boy! Tear...

After-He was relieved to out of that seat!

4th of July!

For the 4th of July we went over to grandma Sonias house. We had dinner and then went home to put the kids to bed. The original plan was for us to put Landon to bed at Grandmas house and then see if Caiden could stay awake to see the Edmonds fireworks. Unfortunatley, everyone ended up with bad colds (except for Caiden) so we all went home to go to bed early. I am so surprised that the boys were able to sleep through the fireworks...it seriously sounded like a war was going on outside of our house!

This is a picture of Caiden 4th of July of 2009! He is a few weeks younger then Landon was this 4th!

Landon 4th of July 2010!

I love this pic! You have know idea the things we had to do to get this picture! We were jumping and saying silly things to get them to look and smile! :)

Whatever Caiden thought was funny Landon didnt!

Apparently we were funny to Landon!

Out door fun and Berry picking!

Now that summer has officially begun we have been spending a lot of time outside. We bought the boys a water table and a sandbox to play with in the backyard which has brought much entertainment!

A couple weeks ago we went berry picking with our friends the Arndt's. We decided we would go to Biringer Farms. When we arrived they were just closing...bummer! So instead of being able to pick berries we bought a couple flats of berries and allowed the kids to run around a play for a bit. There is always next year I guess!

Caiden and Grant laughing together! They are so funny!

Landon hanging out on the porch.

I think this pic is funny! Grant makes Caiden laugh a lot!

At Biringer Farms

Sliding Biringer Farms

Silly daddy!

Yum!

I thought Landon would have been in the pic but I guess I didnt turn enough.