Landon's 1st Birthday

People keep asking me what they should get Landon for his 1st birthday. The problem is that I have no idea myself. We have toys galore for boys, movies, books, and tons of clothes. We even have a membership to the zoo. He needs nothing, really. I took really good care of Ryan's clothes and my sister did the same with Coopers clothes, everything is in wonderful shape. I have almost too many clothes. I guess if someone really wanted to get him something they could get him diapers or just put money in his bank account for college ;). Anybody have any suggestions? The poor kid.....and Christmas is right around the corner....

Wow - Time

I have only been done with gymnastics since this past Thursday but I am enjoying the extra time with the boys. I have been missing them a great deal because of the many hours coaching high school gymnastics takes up. All my meets this year were on the weekends except two and then Sundays were the days that we ended up doing our fundraising (carwash, chicken barbeque, cartwheel-a-thon, etc....). So I have been a busy woman and my boys (Roxy: our dog included) have felt neglected. I do feel bad and it makes me think about giving up coaching. I don't feel that I am ready because gymnastics has been in my life forever and it is the only hobby I have. Okay... so I probably could find another hobby but then it would be costing money instead of me earning money. Anyway....a desicion that has to be made one way or another. I'm guessing I will still do it another year but we shall see....

The boys and I have been spending the extra time playing with toys, reading lots of books and watching some movies. Ryan loves to be read to, we could sit down and read probably 50 in a row without him moving. He loves to be read the Disney books, his favorites being Toy Story 1 & 2 and the Cars. He is also into Kung Fu Panda. Fred took him to see it in July and he absolutely loves it. We now own the movie (have watched it 5 times) and all of the action figures. He says he wants the Battle Palace toy for Christmas. I guess I probably should look to see what that even is at this point. Speaking of Christmas, Ryan wants everything. You name it, he wants it, he sees it, he wants it.... It is healthy to want them I guess - I remember those days of looking at the Sears catalog and circling just about every toy in the book, did I get them all, heck no.

Back to Landon- he will barely sit through one book. He is a wild man. He is non stop, on the go. He gets mad when he can't do something, or when I tell him, "No." He already looks up at me at gives me that look that says, "I'm gonna do it anyway!" He is so cute though it is hard not to give in to him. Although his new thing is playing with the toilet, he won't stop. He loves the toilet and now I am afraid he will fall in and so I have to keep the bathroom door shut. He is also moving so fast, you set him down thinking you can go get something real fast and come right back and he will still be there, no- pretty much he is at your ankle the whole way. He walks behind his walker pretty fast but no steps solo just yet. I am okay with the no walking yet anyway.... He is saying "Mommy, Daddy, cracker, balloon, ball." He is a great eater, still likes to snuggle, has his own little personality and is a real handful. He will be one on the 25th, this whole year has really flown by. I am gonna miss the baby moments but I look forward to everyday and all the adventures we will have.

Halloween

Well, it has been a couple days since I last blogged but hey, here I am. Halloween has come and gone and the kids had an absolute blast. Ryan, Kennedy, Cooper and Landon had the Toy Story 2 theme going. We trick or treated around the block, Landon made it eight houses down the street and then he fell asleep in the stroller. Ryan made it half way around the block and said, "I'm tired." But we all had fun and I got a couple packages of Rollos, yum! Ryan says he is having a Halloween birthday party, which would be interesting. I better stock up on some supplies just in case he really decides in April to have a Halloween birthday party! But first... I need to think about Landon's 1st birthday party. I can hardly believe that he is going to be one already. This year has flown by. Ryan said that Landon should have a pirate birthday party so I think I am going to go with that. Anyway.... Ryan is stoked that Mommy only has 3 more days of high school gymnastics left until next year. He has let me know that he wants me to only work my "original" job as he calls it. Starting Friday I will be home with them earlier and hopefully we will get back in a routine of walks and going to the library and the store and whatever else life brings. I am looking forward to that....

Everyday Life

So.... my cousin Jackie inspired me to start this blog because as she says it is a good way to remember what happens day to day with life, kids, work, etc.... so here it is a blog of my own. I just hope that I will continue to write on a day to day basis, I don't promise anything because my life is so busy right now but I will give it a shot. So let's begin by saying our house is "contaminated." Contaminated meaning everyone has a cold right now. I am literally sick of being sick and I hate when the kids are sick it makes me feel helpless. I can't do anything but give them medicine and hope that they get well quickly. I feel like the boys have been sick for a month now, as soon as the get rid of one cold they get another. The doctor says, "'tis the season." By the way the season is getting colder and it snowed today and Ryan was just so excited. He can't wait to go outside and play in the snow. Last year he got so excited that I could barely get his winter attire on before he was going out the door. If I let him (never would) he would go out in the snow it is pajamas. He loves making snowmen and snow angels. It will be interesting to see how Landon likes the snow. Personally I could wait on the snow, pretty much if it snowed the day before and the day of Christmas and never snowed again I would be happy. That will never happen in New York though. The snow comes down and piles up, starts in October and ends sometime in April. Anyway, I choose to live here and I should stop complaining.....