On June 23rd we celebrated Landon's First Birthday by having a party at the Train Depot in the Wamego City Park. There were train rides, Strawberry Cake and Ice Cream. Landon ate his own strawberry shortcake for his birthday. We had so much fun with all of our friends and family that were able to come.
As of Wednesday, June 27th Landon is 28 inches long and weighs 18 lbs, 12 oz. He is in the 3 to 4 percentile. But, he is very healthy and he eats all the time.
He started taking steps at 10 1/2 months old. And 3 weeks ago he started walking everywhere. He is saying mama, dada, roar, uh-oh (he says that all the time right now, thanks to daddy) and he likes to bark. :) He plays patty cake all the time. We are working on getting him to stick his index finger out to tell people how old he is. Probably going to take a while on that though.
He had his one year screening with the Parents as Teachers Coordinator 2 weeks ago. He is doing excellent. He can turn pages in a book, he can give hugs, share toys and he likes to mimic people.
Landon has 5 front teeth so far. The teething process has not been so easy on Landon.
Landon is been officially off of the bottle for 2 weeks now. He switched to whole milk 5 days before his actual birthday. He is doing very good on it. Next thing will be the pacifier. But, the paci is our best friend right now, it's the only thing that gets him to sleep and helps keep him sleeping through the night.
We had to lower his crib about a month ago because he kept crawling out of it when we wouldn't come get him when he woke up in the night. What a bugger. He gets so mad at us that he decides to crawl out of the crib... It almost gave me a heart attack. Finding him on top of the hamper because he landed on it when he crawled out of the crib.
He is currently in a hitting stage. He has to smack everyone and everything. And he likes to roll around when he is getting his diaper changed. That is not fun, especially when it is a poopy diaper. Oh the joys of parent hood. :)
I don't know if you can tell by the pictures, but Landon has gotten very tan this summer. We spend as much time as we can out side in the pool, playing in the sand table, swinging, going on walks to the park, etc. He is definitely going to be using the swing he got for his birthday all the time.
Coming up is the 4th of July. This will be Landon's 2nd time celebrating the 4th of July. At least now he is older and it won't be so hard on him to be out in the heat, like last year as a newborn. We can't wait to celebrate with him and to take him to the Firework Show.
We hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th of July!
