Wandering Browns

 Taking this month's picture was a little harder than before, because Landon did not leave the sign alone! He rolled over on it, wanted to chew it (see bite marks in above left picture). Fortunately, I'm stubborn enough to try, try again until I got an ok shot This happened seconds after the pic above. Austin continues to watch Landon on Saturdays while I work. Landon likes the carrier and Austin finds it much more manly than the Moby. They enjoy watching football together.  As Austin put it, Landon has become "alot more fun" in the last month. His hands are constantly busy as he explores his world with his mouth and his hands. He rolls back to front really, really well and ends up on his tummy almost every night. When he first started to roll, he didn't want to show me, so I went almost a whole week knowing he could roll without actually seeing it. We are currently working on rolling front to back, because sometimes he gets ...

Landon's Christmas-day-excitement face Is it sad that I am working on Landon's 3rd and 4th month posts at the same time? In Landon's 4th month, he became interested in toys! He also found his feet and started rolling to his side. He loves to explore everything by putting it in his mouth. He kind of sits up supported or puts his hands out in front and balances that way.  He also LOVES bath time, and is already perfecting his backstroke technique. Austin and Landon joined Lifetime Fitness, the gym where I work as a master's swim coach, in December. Landon is old enough now to go to childcare while I work out, which makes it much easier for both Austin and I to get our workout on! Austin's goal was to lose enough weight between Thanksgiving and Christmas that he could eat whatever he wanted at Christmas and not get any fatter. I'm happy to say that he accomplished his goal, and even ended up a pound lighter than he was at Thanksgiving. My husband is a star :...

I have been WAY too busy putting together Christmas gifts, making Christmas treats, and preparing to travel to Colorado for Christmas to write up Landon's third month. He continues to be an awesome baby, and smiles every day. In his 3rd month he started to sleep better, only waking once per night to eat. He rolled over once while we were taking video of him doing tummy time, but it ended up being a fluke. In Landon's 3rd month, I started working Saturdays doing physical therapy at a nursing home. Austin became Mr. Mom staying home Saturday and caring for Landon so that I could practice my PT skills a bit. I'm so grateful for a husband who, although at first unsure, was willing to watch Landon without me around so that I could have some time to myself. I love my boys! Little charmer...  We went on our first airplane ride in November. Landon did great for the majority of the flight and barely fussed at all at the end of a four hour flight to California. I flew out a w...

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I just like how Landon and Austin are matching The theme of month #2 was family, family family. Everyone wanted to come see our cute little man! Grandpa Jim came out for a weekend in the end of September. Austin blessed Landon September 30th while Jim was in town and did a fantastic job. He is so thoughtful with his choice of words and it was really special. I was very nervous right beforehand, because Landon was SO fussy. In our previous ward, there were several baby blessings where the baby just screamed through it, and I didn't want that to be our experience. On that Sunday, there was a new member confirmation and another baby blessing that took place right before ours. I had to go out into the foyer to try to calm Landon down because he was just being really fussy. When the baby blessing before ours finished, I rushed in and handed him off, just hoping he wouldn't start crying again. He was calm throughout the whole blessing, and began fussing right when he returned to ...

I guess now that Landon is almost 2 months old, I should probably get around to recording my memories and impressions of his first month of life. Landon was born almost 2 weeks late, so my mother had to go back to CA before we were discharged from the hospital, and Grandpa Jim went home the morning after we were discharged. Grandma Ev was able to stay a couple more days to help with the transition to home, and she was a lifesaver. The first few days of Landon's life at home were pretty hard for me, mostly because we went to the doctor and he had lost a whole pound. He was looking really skinny and I was so sad that I was not producing enough milk to feed him. I know this happens to a lot of babies, but I was pretty sure that I was going to be the best mom ever and produce gallons of milk for him to drink. Well, that doctor's appointment was on a Tuesday. Our pediatrician told us to supplement with 1 oz of formula 2 times a day and see if that did not bring his weight back up. M...