Pumpkin Patch

This past Sunday we took Landon to a pumpkin patch with his friend Jack. They loved playing in the straw, going on a hayride, and trying to pick up all the pumpkins. Landon even took a few bites out of a pumpkin...yuck!

This coming weekend we are driving to Philadelphia to take Landon to Sesame Place on Saturday. For Halloween they have a lot of shows featuring Count (who Landon loves). I'm sure we will have lots of pictures to show you after our trip! Have a good rest of the week.

Hayride!

Landon & Jack

all decorated for fall

Update

Landon got a great report at his 18-month check-up last Wednesday! The doctor said he is perfect! He weighs 28.2 lbs (70th percentile) and is 34 1/2 inches tall (90th percentile). He grew 2 1/2 inches since his 15-month check-up. We thought he had to get shots, but he didn't so we were all very excited about that. However, right after we left the doctor's office, things started going downhill. Here is a calendar of events that have happened since then:

Wednesday night - Landon started sneezing

Thursday - Landon started coughing

Friday - Landon's nose started running

Saturday night - Landon got a fever

Sunday - Green stuff started oozing from Landon's nose and eye

Monday - Daddy stayed home with Landon and we went back to the doctor. It turns out that Landon has a really bad cold, a slight ear infection and his cold has also spread to his eye.

Tuesday - I am staying home with Landon today.

Since Landon still has a fever, is coughing a lot and still has stuff coming out of his eye, we can't send him to the babysitter. However, the good news is that Landon acts just fine. He still plays pretty well and is still eating, just not as much. Even when he is sick, he is still our sweet, loving little boy! We are so lucky! Now that Landon has an antibiotic for his ear infection and eye drops, he should start to get better in no time. Hopefully he will be feeling better and back to the babysitter tomorrow. We will keep you all updated. Enjoy the pics!

Landon wearing his sunglasses

Playing with his new Sesame Friends (Thank you Aunt Lori, Uncle Tim, Tyler and Nathan)

This is the day we bought "The Count" for Landon. As you can see, he LOVES him. Since then, the Count has gone everywhere with us (even to bed and the babysitter!)

Fast asleep with Rescue and The Count

Walking in Daddy's flip flops

"Cheese!"

Pointing at the moon

Heading to the Market with all of his friends

Landon and Daddy in their bath towels

Playing before church....Landon got a lot of compliments on his outfit!

On our way to church

Cuddling with Mommy after we got home from the Doctor's office yesterday

18 Months Old!!

Our sweet little boy is 18 months old today! He has his checkup on Wednesday, so we will post his stats then. Some of Landon's favorite things now include:

Any and all Sesame Street things, reading books, listening to music and singing songs, playing outside (swinging/going down the slide), giving big "Landon hugs", playing Ring Around the Rosie, and big yellow school buses. His 18 month pictures are below.

San Diego

Matt's sister, Cara, had a volleyball tournament in California last week. So, we decided to go watch her and take a mini-vacation to San Diego as well. We left on Thursday, August 27, after work and arrived to our hotel in San Diego at 11:45 pm (which was 2:45 am our time) and came home on Monday, August 30, at about 11:45 pm! We had a great time and Landon was sooo good! He is such a great little traveler. San Diego was absolutely beautiful. The weather was about 68-70 degrees every day and sunny with no humidity....it was perfect! We can't wait to go back again someday. We hope you enjoy the many, many pictures (and this is only about 1/4 of the pictures we took) on this blog entry from our trip!

Friday morning, we headed to the famous, huge San Diego Zoo.

Landon on Daddy's shoulders

Matt and I at the zoo (Landon was asleep in his stroller at this point)

Landon giving me one of his famous "Landon hugs"

All 3 of us in a cave type thing

Landon feeding the giraffes

At the petting zoo with sheep

and goats

After the zoo, we headed to SeaPort Harbor for a little bit....so pretty

Then we went to Aunt Cara's game

We made Landon a special shirt for the tournament that said, "Go Aunt Cara" on the front. This was the back of his shirt!

Landon, Cara, Matt and I outside of the gym after her game

Breakfast on the beach Saturday morning

Landon playing in the sand, which he really did not like at all at first

All of us by the water. It was pretty chilly in the mornings before the sun came out.

Landon running on the board walk

After Cara's games that afternoon, we headed to Mission Beach for dinner. This is Landon playing in the trunk of the rental car as we got his stroller out.

This is the restaurant we ate out so we could be on the water while eating

Matt's "Shark Attack" drink at dinner that literally had a shark in it

Landon eating his Mac 'n Cheese

Eating dinner....what a view we had

Landon drinking his smoothie like such a big boy

Sunday morning Matt took his first surf lesson. This is him putting on his wet suit.

The finished product

Part of his lesson

Good form!

And finally....surfing!

More Surfing

Landon in his stroller

Cara and I watching Matt's surf lesson

Landon and Mommy playing on the beach

After Matt's surf lesson, we left Mission Beach and headed to Coronado Island. Landon fell asleep on the way there and slept through our lunch as well.

So tired

Coronado Island was absolutely beautiful and probably our favorite place that we went to. This is the 3 of us on the beach at Coronado Island.

Landon, Matt and Cara

Playing with his sand toys

Reading a book with Pa-Pa

Another family pic

Playing in the sand....he liked the sand more this day

Walking to the cold water

Running on the beach

Playing with Daddy

Splashing in the ocean

All of us on the beach (Matt, Me, Landon, Cara, Dixie and Rod)

Sunday night we had some ice cream after dinner. Landon enjoyed his cone!

At the hotel with our tired little boy

Monday morning before we left we went to La Jolla Beach to see the seals. There were tons of birds there and Landon loved chasing them. That is what he is doing in this picture.

What a view

So pretty...and palm trees EVERYWHERE

Some seals swimming

the rest of the Seals sun bathing

Landon and Daddy

Matt and I

This is Landon on our flight back home. He is watching Sesame Street on the computer!