Landon's Birthday Party!

Today was Landon's birthday party; it started around midnight for mommy & daddy. Landon woke up around 12 wheezing and with a deep cough. It didn't seem to bother him, it was just keeping him up. He finally fell asleep around 2:30 on Kelsey & slept until around 5:30 then I took him into his room and he slept on me on and off until 7:30. We took him to the dr. and he was diagnosed with croup and the beginning of a double ear infection. So we stopped by the pharmacy for some meds, and then headed back home to get ready for his party. We had about 12 people over including Kelsey parents, Jeremy, Cindy and Ade as well as Matt's dad and Cara (Dixie had to stay home with the flu). Landon opened his presents and then we sang "Happy Birthday" and watched as Landon made a mess eating his cake.

12 month picture

12 month picture

12 month picture

Landon & Daddy opening presents

He loves his new chair from Uncle Jeremy, Aunt Cindy & Cousin Ade

Landon is his new wagon

Cake that mommy & daddy made

Landon's own cake

Mommy & Landon blowing out the candle

Landon's 1st bite...

What a messy boy!!

Kelsey's family

Matt's Family

Below is a video of Landon enjoying his very blue cake

Countdown to Landon's Birthday

We have been counting down the days until Landon's first birthday (9 more days), and getting ready for his birthday party around here. We put his swing, exersaucer and jumperoo in the attic this past weekend and it made us so sad. We can't believe he is too big for those things and is already turning one! He is such a happy, good little guy and is so much fun! We will have lots of updates after his party this weekend and his birthday. Until then, here are some pictures of our sweet boy for you to enjoy!

Cheering for the USA in his red, white and blue during the Olympics

Wearing Daddy's hat

Playing with his puppy, which he LOVES

After bath time

We love this outfit and this picture

Playing with daddy's hat...again

Landon, Mommy and Daddy in the snow this past weekend

Giving Mommy a hug

Climbing in the basket

The past two weeks

We have had a busy couple of weeks and haven't updated the blog much, so I thought it was time. On Thursday before Valentine's Day, we headed to Chicago for the weekend. We were originally going to meet my parents, brother, Cindy and Adelin in South Bend for the weekend. However, my Aunt Sharon (my dad's sister) unexpectedly passed away a couple of weeks ago. The funeral was in Chicago last Friday. Since my whole family was already in Chicago, we just stayed there all weekend. It was great to see all my family that I don't get to see very often, but we didn't want to see them under those circumstances. Aunt Sharon was a very loving person and we will all miss her a lot.

Matt, Landon and I also got to see our great friends, Autumn and Mike, last weekend. It was great to see them for a little bit and we want to thank them for letting us stay with them (even though we didn't get there until about 11:15 pm). We can't wait to come stay with you again soon when Baby Usalis arrives!

This past week Landon has been battling a cold and a new tooth. He isn't quite himself, but he is getting better.

This was Landon climbing the stairs in his church outfit a couple weeks ago.

Playing

Adelin and Landon opening their Valentine's gifts from Great Granny and Grandpa Haseley at the hotel

Adelin

Landon holding his new outfit

Sunday morning before we all headed home...it isn't easy to get the two kids together for a picture. This was about the best we could do!

Landon with Grandma and Grandpa

Playing with his ball popper, one of his favorite toys

Posing in his Valentine's shirt

We also got to stop on the way home to see Uncle Chuck who lives in Chicago. It was great to visit with him for a little while. We missed Aunt Michelle and cousins, James and Sophia. We can't wait to see you guys soon!

Eating tortellini this week.....it was EVERYWHERE!

Wearing his baseball slippers for the first time with his sports pajamas

All ready for a baseball game with his slippers, in a seat from Wrigley and everything

Landon loves his farm that he got for Christmas. Here is a video of him feeding the cow!

10 Days Until Pitchers & Catchers Report

Well now that the Super Bowl is over, Landon is counting down the days until baseball begins. Only 10 days until the start of Spring Training. We are all ready for spring, and a very important 1st Birthday! Here's a video of Landon listening to a great song while getting into the baseball spirit. Enjoy, feel free to sing along!

P.S. Mommy wasn't around during the making of this video!

Landon changes so much every day. He is almost 11 months old already, and he is so much fun. He is a lot more vocal lately, although he really doesn't say any words yet. He also understands what we are telling him. The other day I told him to please bring his puppy to mommy to see if he understood me. So, he walked over to his little puppy dog, picked him up and brought him to me! He is walking all over the place and continues to get into everything. His favorite things lately are riding his train, brushing his teeth, his ball popper and playing in the tupperware cabinet. Here are a few pictures from the past week for you to enjoy! Have a great weekend!

Daddy put Landon's pants on his head

Playing with his table

Our family before church

Landon in his church outfit

His cute, little grin

Landon and Daddy

Worn out...laying down to rest

Big smile

New pajamas

So happy

Toy Box and Pictures

Matt just recently made Landon a toy box. I think he did a great job and Landon loves it. Doesn't it look good?

We haven't really posted any new pics of Landon playing since the Holidays, so here are some from the past few weeks. He has 7 teeth now and you can see a lot of them in the pictures. We hope you are having a great week!