Quick Trip

My parents were supposed to watch Landon the Friday before break but due to the snow storm coming in they weren't able to.  However, they were heading to Omaha for the day on Saturday to pick up flooring and beds so we decided to tag along to spend a little extra time with them.

Landon riding in Papa's truck and eating a doughnut.  Life is great!  

Of course we had to stop at Cabela's.  Landon was naming all the animals.  

The fish were his favorite!`

Then we went to Nebraska Furniture Mart to pick up some beds.  Landon and I were both in heaven.  I have never been there before and I was in total awwwww!  I of course wanted to go look at the big boy beds as we are starting to work on Landon's new room.  As soon as we went down to the kids beds he feel in love with this one; it had cars and a tunnel.   I couldn't convince Kurtis though that we needed two beds for one kid :)  Landon enjoyed playing in it for the time we were there.  

Then we ran into ball chairs.  Too bad his big boy room isn't sports related otherwise I probably would have bought one of these. 

A couple of funnies from our trip:

When we were at Nebraska Furniture Mart it was in the middle of Landon's nap time and he had yet to take a nap.  I went over to the baby section with Landon to look at the cribs, etc.  All of a sudden Landon started yelling and pointing to the cribs, "night night mommy", "me sleep", etc.  He wanted me to lay him down in the cribs so he could go night night.  The sales lady looked at me and giggled!  That was our sign it was time to go.  

Need I say more but Landon HATES shoes.  I was in the Bargain Cave at Cabela's and found an awesome pair of Under Armor shoes.  I started trying them on and Landon starts yelling, "no mommy, no mommy."  He did not want me to try on new shoes.  Too bad little man, I ended up buying them anyways.  He may hate them but I love them!   

Snow Day!

The best Christmas gift I could have received was a snow day!! Yes, we'll probably have to make it up around Easter, but it was so worth it.   It was nice to sleep in, hang out in pj's all day and play with my little man.

Waking up to all the snow.  He kept saying, "Wooooo, snow!"

Helping mommy cook breakfast!

The most beautiful sight when walking my husband out this morning!  Made me think of my Grandma Phillips (She loved Cardinals).

We attempted to go outside, but Landon hated getting all bundled up.  He was so bundled that he fell over, got upset and then kicked off his boots.  (Which I might add were a pain to get on in the first place)  Needless to say we didn't make it out to play in the snow and he didn't seem to care.   

We did walk out to see Daddy who was shoveling.  I had to carry him though as he didn't have his boots on.

Much better to look at through the window in a nice warm house.  Maybe next time...

  

6..7..8..10!

Landon can count to 10!!!  

He skips 9 but that is just fine!

Of course when I wanted to video him he was too distracted, but after hiding around the corner I got it!

  

Santa Visit!

It's 9 days until Christmas and we realized that Landon hadn't seen Santa yet.  We were at the mall finishing up our shopping when Landon saw Santa.  He of course just looked at first with curiosity but then all of a sudden he started yelling, "Santa, Santa, Santa."  We got in line and of course he was really impatient.  Once it was our turn he wasn't really sure he still wanted to do it.  I walked him up there and of course made it in half the pictures. 

Why not, I'll take my picture with Santa too!

He finally got a picture with just Santa but he kept his distance.

Then of course we had to give Santa a high five!  

22 months on 12-12-12!

On 12-12-12 my little boy turned 22 months!  It is so hard to believe we are 2 months away from turning 2!  My little boy keeps surprising us each an everyday!  Here are a few of our favorites:

-  Each morning Landon has to pick out his own shirt; he always wants to wear the one from the day before but I have to explain that it is dirty.  So, I have been giving him two choices. He even has names for his shirts.  Papa's truck, Scotty's guitar, Go Big Football (Go Big Red) shirt, Rarrrrrr (dinosaur) etc.  He'll even make these associations when we are out and about and sees something that reminds him of someone he knows. 

- He loves helping mommy cook (that's when I do :))  Making waffles on Saturday mornings is his favorite.  He also loves helping me peel oranges. 

- Taking showers is his new thing!  However, he still loves bath time (aka splash time) with daddy!  

- He can count to six NO WAIT TEN! (He just counted to ten tonight, but he skips 9)  Each morning we count the stairs as we are walking out the back porch.

-  Whenever I cough he'll say "Bless You."

- When ever you say thank you he now says "Your Welcome."  Sometimes if you forget to say it he'll say "Thank you, Your Welcome."  

- He is starting to show ownership.  Daddy's truck, my ball, Mikki's house, etc.

- You should see his bed.  I'm probably a bad mommy but he sleeps with 4 different blankets, a pillow, a puppy stuffed animal he got from Hayden when he was born, usually a toy truck and a couple of books and of course his binky.  If one of them is missing he usually won't go to sleep especially if he sees it in his room somewhere.  

- Landon is starting to get really interested in the "big" bed in our guest bedroom and he loves laying in  our bed with us on weekend mornings.  When I go wake him up in the morning he looks so long in his crib.  We may be approaching that time; however, I'm waiting as long as I can.  I am just excited to start working on his big boy car room!  

- He stills loves  Mickey Mouse and Bubble Guppies (ok...obsessed). We usually let him watch one of each when we get home in the evenings.  He is starting to interact with the questions they ask and he'll point to the answers.  

Decorating!

I absolutely love this time of year and decorating the house. Kurtis always gives me a hard time because I have so many decorations, but we love how warm and festive it makes our home feel when it's all set up.  I was a little worried about it this year with a 22 month old but he is doing amazing!   As soon as the tree was up he of course started grabbing the bulbs off the tree going "ball, ball, ball."  We then told him they were pretties and not to touch and he hasn't touched them since!  We even have a few presents underneath that he hasn't even attempted to touch.  He has his own Little People Nativity set that he plays with.  I'm sure that will all change someday! 

 2012 Guitar ornament from Mommy & Daddy 

2012 Football ornament from Grandma and Grandpa Phillips

Growing up as a little girl my grandparents and parents always gave me an ornament for each year.    I was putting a separate tree up with all our childhood ornaments; however, I need to get a new one so I haven't done it yet.  We started this tradition with Landon last year and these are this year's ornaments.

Helping mommy; cheese! 

Pretty!

Looking at last year's ornament he got from Mommy and Daddy.

The finished product!

This is one of my favorite decorations.  My mom and dad made this license plate countdown tree.  Each day we put a new license plate number on the tree.

My Nativity scene is finally complete!  

My new Santa I got from my parents last Christmas. 

The stockings are hung; even Wally has one!

The only decoration that has not stayed in its place are my candy cane gel stickers.  The ones at the bottom are all rearranged.  I don't even attempt to put them back together so that is Landon's little area.

November Photo Dump

I actually have pictures this month!  

After visiting Grandma and Grandpa Dudo over Thanksgiving, Landon has a new obsession with trains.  That same week our neighbor Mark brought this over for Landon and he loves it.  

Erin, Monroe, Jackie, Will and Landon and I met at Party Hut one Saturday morning. Landon is starting to love this place. He always used to be afraid of the bouncy things but now he is loving them especially when mommy gets to go too.

This is just too cute!  

He actually likes the nose sucker :)  He wanted to try doing it by himself.  

Landon got a new giant coloring book from Sam's.  I wanted to keep it for Christmas but couldn't.  He loves coloring Mickey.  

For girls night one Thursday we were having a hard time deciding where to eat.  I put Napoli's on one book and Wild Buffalo Wings on another book and we let Landon decide.  He chose Wild Buffalo Wings.

Landon jumping on the mini trampoline at Mikki's sister's house one Friday morning.

Our outside lights. It's been 4 years and we change it every year.  Our house is so tall and my husband hates heights so this might be the extent of our lights.  One year we did candles in all 12 windows but Kurtis hated the cords.  Guess we'll see what next year brings.

Friday night Landon and I met my parents in Kearney to pick up Wally.  We of course had to go eat with them.  Landon loved the chips and salsa at San Pedro.  It was fun to watch him because he would dip, take a bite then get a new chip.  He was using his manners and didn't want to double dip but by the end of the night he had almost 20 random chips in front of him that just had one bite taken out of them.