more pictures

I wanted to share the 4 generation pictures that we took at Landen's baptism. I wanted to share them earlier, but I had so many pictures, I decided to wait. The last picture is from earlier today. We went to the doctor yesterday and got the o.k. to start feeding Landen cereal. I tried it for the first time at lunch today. As expected, more ended up on him than in him. He just wasn't sure what to think of me putting a spoon in his mouth.

3 Months Old!

Landen is 3 months old! On his three month birthday, he started blowing bubbles. It is so cute how he puckers up his lips to blow the bubbles and he thinks he is pretty cool and does it all the time now (that's all I have heard out of him this morning). I took a short video of him blowing bubbles (you'll have turn your head to watch it though). I hope it works for everyone. (a quick note: I changed a setting that will allow everyone to post comments, not just members) Landen has also been reaching for his feet when he is sitting on the couch or in his bumbo. When on the couch, he can go from sitting to his belly in a matter of seconds...guess that means I can't leave him on the couch to even get the camera anymore. We took him to get his 3 month pictures last night. It went pretty good, except the little stinker wouldn't hardly smile. He smiles all the time for me, but he wouldn't do it for the camera.

I've been told by a lot of people that I am pretty spoiled with Landen. The reason I say this is that I can't remember the last time I had to get up with him before 6:30 am. He usually sleeps until 7:30 or 8 and sometimes until 9. The only reason he woke up at 6:30 the other day was because he was cold (it got down into the 40s that night). If he wakes up during the night, he finds his thumb and goes back to sleep without crying. In fact, he rarely cries. He whines when he is hungry...he cries when Grandpa Becker waits until really mad before letting him eat! He "talks" a lot and I can tell when his tone changes from happy to hungry...and it can happen pretty quick.

Not much new

With the exception of a little computer problems, it's been a good week. Landen is getting into a routine (and I haven't really been trying). He has been going down for a nap usually between 10:00 and 11:00. I really didn't think of it as a routine until Sunday when we were in church until 10:15 and he fell asleep after nursing him during the sermon. He woke up when we got home and didn't go back to sleep. An hour later he was very cranky and wasn't too interested in eating while we were at Connie and Larry's house. I took him home and he fell asleep almost right away. I hope future children are this easy! Landen is also very entertained by the TV, as you can see in the picture above. He even ignores Elliot and I to watch TV. I think he just likes to watch the movement...he is always moving and he has to watch something that moves at his pace. On Saturday we watched the first Husker game of the season. Landen was all dressed up for the occasion, but the outfit didn't make to the end of the game...we had a blow-out. To make the weekend more exciting, on Sunday we went to the lake where my parents had the camper set up for the weekend (after Landen's much needed nap). We didn't get to go out on the boat but we went down to the beach and Landen got to put his feet in the sand and the water. He didn't like it at first, but after a little while, he decided it was kind of fun and got a big grin on his face when I sung him back and forth with his feet dragging in the water. Later we hung out at the campsite with friends and ate supper. We are looking forward to next summer when Landen is big enough to go out on the boat and will be able to play on the beach without us holding him the whole time.

Baptism and more

We've had a lot happen in the last week and a half and I have a lot of pictures to share. We took our first overnight trip the 17th through the 19th. We stayed in Humphrey with Wendall, Elliot's brother, and shopped in Lincoln on Saturday. Landen was really good the whole weekend, Elliot and I couldn't be more lucky. We baptized Landen on Friday, so I spent most of the week trying to clean up the house. It's hard to get much done when Landen wants to eat every hour or two. The second picture is my brother, Adam, and Wendall is holding Landen. The next picture is my Dad and Landen. My cousin has a baby, Sutton, that is 5 weeks older than Landen, and that is him in the next two pictures. My Mom is holding Landen in the first of those two pictures. The next 5 picture are just some cute pictures from last week. He has been "talking" and smiling a lot lately and it has been a lot of fun to play with him. He has learned how to grab the chain hanging in his pack and play and tries to put it in mouth, but it doesn't reach. This was the first time he got a hold of it. He also loves to talk to the mirror on the swing. We found those adorable sunglasses in Target and he doesn't seem to mind them. They really help. He normally sneezes as soon as he gets in the sunlight without them, but he doesn't sneeze when he has them on.

2 months old

Not much new this week. Landen turned 2 months olds this past Saturday. The second picture is his 2 month picture. I decided to take his picture in the same place every month (every week for the first six weeks) to show how much he has grown in relation to that spot on the couch. If you look at the first post, he has really grown a lot. He does a lot of cute things right now. When he is sucking his thumb, he sometimes curls his whole body up like he thinks he is going to get something out of it. He also loves to watch our faces and he was pretty focused on Elliot's face the other night. We took Landen to the vineyard for the first time this week. We also picked our first bunch of grapes (the vines weren't supposed to produce this year, so this was a surprise). For those of you who don't know, we planted a small vineyard in Connie and Larry's (Elliot's parents) lot in town. Elliot and his dad have been making wine for two years now and have decided to grow their own grapes. So far the wine has been made from wild fruit, juice kits, or fruit that we can get in bulk. They decided the next step is a vineyard.

I've been asked by a few people if I am teaching this year. The answer is no. I decided that I wanted to stay home and enjoy every moment that I can with Landen because I know that I will never get those moments back. I might do some subbing, but right now I am dragging my feet on that. I can't stand the thought of leaving him with a babysitter right now. I have left him with Connie or my mom for a day, but that was just one day.

New skill mastered

Landen has mastered the art of rolling from his tummy to his back! You can see the progression in the pictures. It's really funny because he gets mad when he gets stuck and can't get his hips to turn over. He has also been sucking his thumb more when he gets hungry, as you can see in the first picture. He doesn't always get just his thumb, though. Sometimes it is his whole fist, and he is not very quiet when sucking. This morning I woke up to the sound of him sucking his fist or thumb over the monitor (it even woke Elliot up). He has become more and more active. Last night he managed to spin a 180 in the pack & play. Every time we checked on him, he had turned a little more until his head was at the opposite end from where I had put him. He is going to hit the ground running when he learns to walk!

7 weeks old

On Sunday we went to Norton to visit my uncle Dennis and his three youngest kids who were up visiting from Wichita. (that is my cousin Olivia holding Landen in the first picture) We spent the afternoon
at the lake. Landen didn't really like the cool lake water, so we just sat on the so-called beach in the shade of the umbrella. In the next picture, you can see how much Landen loves to sit in his baby papasan seat (it vibrates and plays music). The next picture is a little older; Landen was only 4 weeks old and could already hold his head while lying on his tummy! He also enjoys standing, especially when he can lean on grandpa. He has been smiling more, and he really grinned for daddy when we were getting ready to leave for church. The last picture is from today. He is watching the lighted star that plays music on his Baby Einstein play mat. He smiled and talked to it for quite a while this morning. I set it to motion so that when he kicked the arches over the mat, it would play a song. He really had it playing!