Another 2 weeks has flown by

As the title says, another 2 weeks has flown by and I have not gotten any better about posting. I have a feeling it will only get worse as the weather gets nicer. The bad thing about going so long without posting is that I kind of forget what has happened since the last post. First off, I took Landen 9 month picture in the spot on the couch where I always take pictures after I last posted. The first picture shows one of the attempts to get a good picture. He doesn't like to sit still for pictures...he'd rather play with the camera. On the 13th, we went to Elwood to do our professional 9 month pictures. Landen was very good for those pictures. The following Monday (St. Patty's Day) we woke up to a fresh blanket of snow, which (thankfully) didn't stick around for long. It was a cold day, but that didn't stop us from wearing green and pigging out on corned beef and cabbage! We didn't really do anything fascinating the rest of the week. Saturday, we had an Easter supper with Elliot's parents and we spent Easter Sunday at my grandma's house in Norton. Unfortunately, Landen would not settle down and take a nap for anything. Elliot ended up taking him for a drive to get him to sleep a little. Needless to say, he went to bed early that night. Yesterday we took advantage of the beautiful day and went for a walk around town. I think he got a little too much wind in his face on the walk because he woke up crying an hour and a half after going to bed. I had a hard time getting him to stop crying, but he finally settled down and went back to sleep. Today, we went to the doctor for a well baby check up. He weighs 19 lbs 4.5oz and is 27.75 in. long. He has dropped below the 50th percentile in height and is in the 25th percentile in weight. Even though Landen has slowed down in growing, he has not slowed down. He is now doing "so big" on command almost every time now. (that is how I got him to pose in the third picture) He also has another tooth now. He started to cut a tooth on top on the Sunday, but it didn't break the skin until Wednesday. This was probably the most painful tooth for him so far. I had to give him motrin at bedtime for 3 days just so he could sleep. He has been experimenting with this new thing in his mouth by grinding his teeth. I hope he doesn't do that for long. Lastly, he has been walking behind his tractor lately, so I think he could be walking in another month.
Pictures:
-9 month picture on couch
-crawled into the corner between toy basket and couch. he sat there and played for a long time before getting tired of it
-playing with shoes in our closet...read his shirt!
-(next 3) Easter Sunday... Don't Adam and Landen look so cute in their pastels?!?
-Landen wanted to get the toys from the Baby Einstein DVD tonight...He was actually getting mad that he couldn't get it.
-I had the DVD on repeat play and by the second time around and after his bath, Landen was totally relaxed while watching. He laid like that for about a half hour...I did give him a bottle after a while and that kept him content. (speaking of bottles, I just finished weaning. I'm a little sad that I didn't get to nurse him until he turned one year, but he is just to active to settle down to nurse like he needed to.)

9 months old!

I have been really bad about posting lately. When Landen is awake, I am either chasing him around the house or feeding him. When he is asleep, I am trying to clean, shower, eat, catch up on the scrapbook, and do lots of other things are easier to do when he is sleeping. The worst part is, he only sleeps about 2-3 hours during the day (when I am lucky, and not all at the same time). Landen is learning a lot of new things. First off, I am teaching him some sign language. He can sort of sign "more." He just folds his hands, but I figure that is close enough for now...it's better than banging his hands on the tray and yelling. He knows how to push open doors. He thinks it is pretty funny to push open the bathroom door when someone is in there. He loves going into the bathroom because he loves taking a bath. He has also been trying to snort (see last picture above). He sucks in air though his nose like he is trying to suck in snot and sometimes he blows back out...now if I could only use that to get him to blow his nose. I don't know if he does that because his nose is stuffy or if he is trying to snort like a pig (when we do pig sounds, we snort instead of oink...we have a friend whose one-year-old snorts and it is the funniest things I have seen.) Landen has also been getting a little braver. Last Tuesday, he was standing next to me holding onto my shirt sleeve, and then he let go and stood by himself for about 10 seconds before falling down. He hasn't stood for as long since then, but he has let go briefly a couple of times since. This past Saturday, as I was feeding him supper, I finally got him to do "So big" on his own.
For those of you who don't know what that is, we say "Landen, soooo biiiig" and raise his arm over his head. The goal is to teach him to raise his arms himself, well, he did and hasn't done it since!

The only other news I have for the week is that we went to the doctor again last week because Landen was still pulling on his ears. The doctor said that there was still a little fluid in his right ear, but it was not infected and she said we didn't need to do anything. We will go back in a couple of weeks for his well child check-up.
Pictures:
-eating whole peas and carrots for the first time (most of them ended up in the chair)
-trying to grab the spoon and feed himself...not working to well
-Landen was supposed to be taking a nap...he found the mini blinds to be more interesting...I rearranged after that. It took Landen a couple of days to get used to his crib being on the other side of the room (he woke up scared for a few nights).
-hugging the lotion bottle while lounging on mom and dad's bed before church.

Enjoy the warm weather while it lasts!