soccer and playing

On friday we watched my friends little guy Hunter (the one I used to babysat). Landen had so much fun!






Landen sitting in my old chair from Nannie and Peepaw's!



Watching his movie.

Playing soccer!

Tackle

One year pics!

So here they are, not all, but some! So we decided to take a birthday cake in with us, not a good idea, not only did he make a big mess, he never looked up at the camera.

Such a big boy!



First "school" picture! Mommy daycare! :)

Such a stud!

and now so serious

and so silly

Landen is so silly. He smiles all the time but of course when we go to get his pictures he has that silly grin! What a goof! :)

Birthday pics

Here's a quick post of pics from Landen's birthday. Instead of cake we went out and got icecream on his birthday. Sooo excited!

and then not so excited . . . after a few bites he loved it!

On the day of his birthday we went to the fair in Pendleton. Landen and daddy on the firetruck!

and then with mommy on the carousel!

In the sheriff's tent with some of his favorite cartoon characters.

His theme this year was beach/fish. Here are the fish cookies!

Fish cookies swiming in the ocean cupcakes!

Random shot of party!

My mom got all the good pics once again. My camara died and I didn't get any of the smashing of the cake or presents or anything. Landen had a great birthday, lots of family from Ohio and other parts of Indiana came. He also had friends of church! There ended up being around 30 people. We had a great time. Landen got lots of fun presents and clothes. Thanks everyone for the cards who could not come. Can't wait to see you later this summer! :)

Happy Brithday sweet baby!

Today little Landen is one! I can not believe how fast this year has gone. The first 3 months were so hard and now I feel like I can't even remember him so little. It's so hard to express a love for a child. I have SOOO much joy with Landen and love EVERY SECOND of him. Now that I am taking classes full time and doing a praticum I realized how blessed I have been to stay home with him so far. It has been hard leaving him and knowing this summer that I will be with him less and less makes it even more hard. It's just amazing how you can love someone sooo much!

Pics of reflection moments after he decided to meet me face to face!




Happy birthday sweet baby! Mommy loves you!

Florida

We are back from Florida! We had a great trip, even though it was short we had so much fun! Landen of course, loved the ocean and water. Seriously we could not keep him out of it! I have lots of pics, this is not even the start of them but just a few highlights. My mom took most of the pictures while we were there, so she has the good ones.

Family picture.

We dug a big hole and put Landen in it and filled it with sand, yeah, he wasn't so sure!

Daddy and Landen loving the beach!

Playing . . .

He looks SOOO big!

Swim time!

Soon to be, Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell! Isn't this cute?!?

Mom and I before our BIG adventure!

Here we go.

Up Up and Away!

More pics of my brothers wedding to come, like I said I didn't take but a few.

Family picture, not the best.

More pics to come! Erik and Leah are driving back from Florida today. The wedding was BEAUTIFUL even though it started to rain. It was a sweet wedding and so romantic. In just two days my baby will be ONE! I can not believe how fast this year has gone. Landen has really "grown up" over the past month since he is walking. I am really starting to miss my little baby, but I love this stage and how much fun he has become. He is just such a sweet little boy.

Until Later ~

Such a stinker

So much has happened over the last few weeks and i haven't had the opportunity to post. Here it goes, most importantly, test results are in. FINALLY. Well, there are some things that they want to continue to observe, but overall the doc was extremly pleased. There was nothing she felt needed to be addressed right now. However, we are still going to Riley at the end of july. Next, Landen's top two teeth finally came through. Yeah! And last, he is a walking machine. He took he first step at 9 months 3 weeks, but it was a slow process. He has offically been walking for about 3 weeks now. He is so funny, he doesn't want to walk, he wants to run. I guess he is going to run like his momma!!! Wouldn't that be fun! Every stage is just so much fun, but we are having such a blast with him right now. Landen's little, demanding personality is so sweet. He is a stinker, but so loving, and such a good little guy.

Here are some pictures, the first is of mothers day. My mom was in the picture but had to crop her out, her eyes were closed.



Look how big he looks!



Landen loves to climb. He is always trying to get in something, or behind something, or under something. Such an adventurer like his daddy!

So silly! Well here he is walking, its not the best video but it works. He loves the camera, so everytime i get it out, he smiles, and wants to be around it. As you can see at the end he is really starting to communicate with us. He knows hi, bye, eat, drink, and lots more.

This will be my last post for awhile. I have started back with summer classes and my first praticum for my MSW program. It will be a crazy summer but well worth it in the end. My brother gets married in less than two weeks so we will be heading to florida. We can't wait and i will post pics asap! Also, Landen will be ONE in just a few short weeks. June 4th, i just can't believe how fast this year has went. It feels like we just were blessed with him yesterday. Time flies, but we have loved EVERYONE minute of him. I just hope it doesn't go by too fast!

Hugs and kisses!