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Valentine's Day

Im a little late...ok a lot late, but i wanted to share with you what Landon and I made for Valentine's Day....Heart shaped brownies. Landon had a blast making these (he even cracked his very first egg) and they were quite tasty!

"I praying"

Every night we have the same routine...Landon takes a bath with Jason, i get him out of the bathtub and get him dressed, we brush his teeth, Landon and I lay on the couch and watch a couple episodes of Barney, I turn the tv off, we say our prayers, and I lay with him until he falls asleep. I'm sure most of you have heard the prayer we say; its the same prayer i said every night when i was a child...

Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul he'll keep
If I should die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul he'll take
Amen

Well last night was no different except in a huge way it was. Landon likes to talk, that's no secret, and he talks himself to sleep....heck he talks IN his sleep, but after we say our prayers at night he will close his eyes and start naming people he knows in the EXACT same order every night. "Momma, Daddy, Tandice, Jeff, Sophie, Isaac, Malachi, Angel, Lai Lai, Tammy, Ashley, Mary, Nana, Pappy, Yaya, Adah, Unk Shawn, Fishy, CoCo, Pop pop, Nana....and usually by then he is sound asleep. So last night we finished saying our prayers, he tossed and turned until he got comfortable, he closed his eyes, and he began....
"Momma, Daddy, Tandice, Jeff, Sophie, Isaac, Malachi, Angel, Lai Lai, Tammy.....I interrupted him and said "Baby, what are you doing?" he opened his eyes, looked at me and said "I praying".

This sweet little 2 year old boy prays for the people in his life every night. I know he is too young to understand the true meaning of prayer, but these are the people that he loves and that mean the world to him. Its unreal to me how much we can learn from children. I try to pray every night, but sometimes when life is going wrong, i forget to thank God. I heard this statement the other night "We praise God when good things happen, so we shouldn't forget to praise God when all the bad things happen." Even though Isaac gave Landon a black eye and Lai Lai bit him so hard it left teeth marks on him....he prayed for them.

Of course i cried and i layed there for what seemed like hours just staring at this wonderful child that God did bless us with. I did alot of thinking and i replayed the names inside my head that i have heard him say over and over every night. Eventually my tears turned into laughter...I realized that he prays for Sophie. Sophie is a cute, hyper, well behaved, attention seeking...dog, but to Landon she is a friend and a blessing that he obviously thanks God for!

Amen

~~~Landon's 2 Year Pictures~~~

We took Landon to get his 2 year pictures made yesterday and of course he acted like a 2 year old, but we managed to get a few shots. We took him to Sears Portrait Studio because they are the only ones around here that has the numbers, but they are sooo expensive! I wasnt pleased with the images either. Anyways, Landon was pretty good for about the first 5 mintues and then he was over it! I think that was the shortest photography session I have ever been too :) Happy Valentine's Day!!! Now for a little flashback....The below are Landon's 1 year pictures. Its amazing how much he has changed in 1 year. He may not look like a little baby anymore, but thats exactly what he will ALWAYS be....my little baby. Now excuse me while I grab a tissue!

Artistic Skills of a 2 Year Old

Dear Landon,

We always knew you were talented and very artistic...maybe even the next Picasso or Michelangelo! Thank you so much for showing us your artistic skills on our dining room chair.

We will be sure to cherish it FOREVER!!!

Love,

Mommy and Daddy

It's The Little Things In Life...

Landon- A cute little ball of energy that never stops talking. That's the definition of my child. I'm sure you have heard people say "if my second kid was my first, he would have been my last", well I think God gave me my second kid first! This morning i had an epiphany...a huge, life changing, slap in the face, epiphany. I was getting ready for work and Landon was running around the house, pulling everything out of the cabinets, asking "what's that" to everything, begging for more choc choc milk, picking out his own clothes because he doesn't want to wear what i pick out, refusing to take his medicine, trying to wear my bra to daycare and proceeded to lay down in the floor and pitch a kicking, screaming fit because i told him bras are for girls...not boys and then it hit me, even though he was driving me crazy nuts, i realized...I'M GOING TO MISS THIS! I fast forwarded 15 years and thought about him being a normal secluded teenager, not wanting to hug me in public let alone be seen with me. That thought makes me sad...REALLY sad. When Landon was a baby, i remember thinking "I cant wait until he sleeps through the night, or I can't wait until he can feed himself, or I cant wait until he starts walking." Now, I miss hearing his little cry in the middle of the night and looking into his little blue eyes while i fed him a bottle. I think we all get caught up in life and forget to take time to enjoy the little things. So for now, i am going to embrace every moment i have with Landon, even on the days that i pray for bedtime to come early. I'm going to hold him when he says mommy i want to hold you instead of telling him that i have to do the dishes, im going to read him a book 5 times in a row if he asks, I'm going to answer him every time he asks "whats that" instead of saying i don't know, im going to cuddle with him every chance that i get, and im going to make sure he knows how much i love him because i know that i will miss this! This morning, after i realized all of this, i looked at my little baby and told him that i loved him...he put both hands on my face, gave me a kiss and said Mommy, I wuv you. I picked him up, put a bra on over his jacket and out the door we went....after all, it's the little things in life that matter the most!

Christmas 2009 & Birthday 2010

I posted a few of my favorite pictures from Christmas and Landon's birthday. I took TONS of pictures, but it just takes entirely too long to download all of them. We had a great Christmas...i enjoyed my time off and santa was really good to Landon. His birthday party was a success, i think everyone had a great time, but we did miss Aunt Fissy and Unk Shawn. Overall it was another great year and i look forward to (hopefully) many more!!! Landon and Brooke riding his fourwheeler.... In the below picture he is saying "2", but i snapped it too early :( The kids had a great time in Landon's room...the aftermath was just a bit much though!Meme, Coden , and Landon...Landon's Barney themed birthday...The boys playing ball before everyone arrived...This is what Aunt Fissy and Unk Shawn got Landon...My beautiful sister and me :) Cousinly love...or according to Coden "brotherly" ;) I love this kid :)Momma's little cowboy!