5 week stats

Today was Landon's 5 week checkup. He is up to 8lbs & 6oz and measures at 20.75 inches long. This puts him in the 11-12 percentile. He is a small but very healthy baby!

He can pull his head up all by himself and hold it up for a little bit. :)

He is developing like he should be for his age. He is outgrowing the Walmart Newborn diapers, but still fits in the Target & Dillon's Newborn diapers. His 5-8lb onesies are starting to get tight on him and he will soon not be able to wear them anymore. It is very exciting to see him grow and change every day. We are very lucky to have a healthy and growing boy.

We have started tummy time, but he usually just falls asleep after a couple of minutes.
There is a thing attached to his crib that lights up and plays music, he has started to lay in his crib and listen to the music. He has great hearing. Any time we shut a door or cabinet or when our dog barks, he always moves his head around and opens his eyes real big.
We have been working on getting his eyes to track objects, and he is starting to be able to do that. I will put my fingers or something in front of him and he will sometimes follow it. :)

Landon is up to eating 4oz every 3-4 hours now. The doctor said that is good. But, to definately not let him eat more than 4oz at a time for his age. He was eating 3oz but he started getting fussy for a couple of days, after every feeding. So we tried 4oz once, and he stopped being fussy after eating. He is definately a GROWING boy!

Grandpa & Grandma Rowe come home tomorrow from their vacation in Florida. Landon has sure missed his grandparents. We will be going on our very FIRST family vacation from August 7th through the 12th. Shaun, Landon & I will be going to Table Rock with my parents and sister. We will be staying at a resort on the lake and spend some time in Branson. I can't wait to put Landon into the swimming pool with us. The doctor said that we could do that as long as he isn't in the sun too terribly long with out being covered up. So, i better go buy a big sun hat for him :)

Tuesday we spent time with our friend Emily and Dax. Dax is a couple of months older than Landon. I can't wait until they are old enough for 'play dates'.

Tomorrow, Landon & I will be spending time with our good friend Jerrica. It is definately nice to get out of the house for awhile. I wish it would cool down so we can go on walks. Landon already has a heat rash all over his face, so i don't want to make it worse by taking him out in this heat.

Shaun & I will be having Landon baptized at St. Bernard's Catholic Church here in Wamego on Sunday August 28th. His God-Parents will be Matt & Lindsay Bulk. We know that they are going to be wonderful god-parents to Landon, they already love him. I found a super cute pair of blue overalls at Children's Place and a white onsie to go under it for his baptism. After the baptism we are going to celebrate by having a BBQ at the Wamego City Park. I can't wait for Landon to be a part of the Catholic Church and to celebrate with friends and family.

Congratulations to Arica & Nate Doll, they gave birth to a beautiful baby boy name Cameron on Wednesday, July 27th at 11:27am. Hopefully Landon will get to meet his future BEST FRIEND tomorrow evening.
Welcome to the world Cameron Doll!

The FIRST month!

Time has gone by so fast. Having a newborn keeps us pretty busy. So here is a recap on everything:
Shaun & I gave birth to Landon Edward on June 23rd at 12:38PM.  He weighed 6lbs, 0oz and 19 1/2 inches long.

We had gone in that morning at 8:00am to be induced. I had a very short labor, i only pushed for 20-30 minutes. While in delivery we had some ups and downs, but everything turned out fine. We stayed at the hospital for 2 days and was released to go home on that Saturday. The first week of being home was stressful and a big change for us, but Landon is such a good baby. My mom stayed with us for the first week and she was a WONDERFUL help! My sister was able to stay a couple days and spend time with Landon before she had to go back to Missouri.
We took Landon out for his first 4th of July: Went over to Uncle Dale & Aunt Nancy's house for a family BBQ. Then we hung out at Kami & Laith Beets backyard with some of our Wamego friends. We took Landon to the Carnival and then finished off the night at the fireworks show with Shaun's family. Landon slept through the fireworks show, never even twitched.
Shaun was able to spend almost 2 weeks at home with us, he went back to work on Wednesday, July 6th. It was hard on him at first but, it is getting easier. Shaun loves coming home on his lunch breaks to spend time with us.
Landon had his first road trip to Newton with me. I was kinda worried about how he would be in the car, but he just slept the whole way down there and the whole way back to Wamego. Once i put him in his car seat, he falls right to sleep.We spent 4 days in Newton visiting my parents, brother, grandparents and friends. Great Grandma & Great Grandpa Winter were able to spend a lot of time with Landon. :) While we were in Newton, we got his 2 week pictures taken.
The last couple of weeks we have pretty much stayed in the house, since it has been terribly hot and humid. We have gone shopping a few times and out to see friends and family, but he already got a heat rash just from going to the car and back to the house. Yikes! So we have tried to make sure not to have him outside, unless we are going somewhere.
This is my 6th week home, and Landon will be 5 weeks old on Thursday. Shaun & I decided that it would be in our best interest as a family for me to put my notice in at my job. I am looking for jobs in Wamego to keep me closer to Landon. We have day care set up for awhile, with one of our friends, once i get another job.

I have really loved and enjoyed every minute i have been able to spend with my son. It is an amazing feeling to be a mother. I love when he looks up at me with his cute little eyes and smiles. I can't remember what it was like before we had Landon. Life is now complete. He is finally starting to sleep in his crib at night. We still get up every 3 hours. But, usually he goes right back to sleep.

I will try to make sure to at least post once a week.