The Past Week

This is what we have been up to the past week....

Keegan is 7 months old today!!!  He officially started crawling about a week ago.  Here is a video of him crawling to Matt! 

Landon has been playing with our next door neighbor, Lili, a lot this past week.  They play really well together and are so funny!  Here they are getting ready to fix things!

 Fixing Keegan's Pack and Play

 Last Saturday we went to "Taste of Avon" and had a lot of fun at the kids pavilion.  Here Keegan is, all ready to go!

 Daddy and Landon 

 Scarecrow Landon

 Climbing up the wall for the inflatable slide

 After he slid down

 Being silly in the hay maze

 Being a firefighter in a real fire truck

 This is a Landon laying by his picture of "Count" that he drew on our driveway.  If you look closely, you can see that he spelled out "Count" above the picture as well!

 Our sweet little Keegan all worn out.  He was playing with his toys on the rug one second and asleep the next!

Keegan and Landon in the crawling position....Landon was trying to help Keegan get some toys!

 Since it was about 80 yesterday, we decided to head to the beach for the last time this year for dinner.  We took brats to grill, chips and salsa and fruit.  Afterwards we played in the sand for a little bit and then got some Mitchell's ice cream for dessert.  Here are a few pics from last night!

We wanted to update you on Landon's progress at preschool as well.  He has been doing great!  He always loves school and has a blast, but doesn't like when Matt leaves him. He usually cries for a couple of minutes at the very beginning but then is fine.  However, yesterday he made it through with no tears!!!  We had talked about it the night before and then Matt and Landon sang a song about it and danced before school and it seemed to work.  He was so proud of himself and we were equally as proud of him, as well as of all his teachers!!  What a big boy!  

Have a great weekend!

First Day of School

Yesterday was Landon's very first day of preschool.  We still can't believe he is old enough to go to school :(  He woke up early yesterday and was really excited to go.  We had Orientation on Tuesday, where Matt and I went with him and he got to meet his teachers, the other students, play and check everything out.  There are 21 students in his class and 3 teachers.  The teachers seem great and Landon really likes them.  He goes every Tuesday and Thursday from 9:15-11:45.  Matt takes him to school and I get to pick him up.  Matt said that Landon was very excited about school yesterday until he realized that Matt didn't get to stay with him.  There were definitely some tears, but the teachers told us he was fine after about 5 minutes, thankfully!  He was having a blast when I got there to pick him up.  I am so thankful that I am the one who gets to pick him up instead of drop off because I'm pretty sure I would never be able to leave him there crying, at least not without crying myself. I was an emotional wreck yesterday at school anyway, without even witnessing everything. I think each day will get a little bit easier though and he really did have a lot of fun.  He said he is ready to go back.  Some of his favorite things were singing songs, dancing, doing the obstacle course (the teachers make a different one to start each day), jumping on the trampoline, coloring a picture and snack time.  His preschool is called "Fit by Five" and Landon was very excited to show me how a "Fit by Fiver" sits with their legs crossed.  It was too cute!  We are looking forward to a great school year.  Here are some pictures from his first day!!

On the porch before they left

 Right outside his preschool by the board of activities

Going in the doors

Hanging up his book bag

Here is a picture of his book bag.  We found Sesame Street patches to iron on for him, as well as the letter "L" patch for his strap!  It is very cute, but almost as big as he is :)

Keegan and Landon once we got home from school

End of Summer :(

I officially went back to school this week, which means summer is over for us :(  I can't complain though because I am only teaching part-time and am done at 10:26 every day to spend the rest of the day with my wonderful boys!!  Landon starts pre-school next week as well! 

 We have been enjoying the beautiful weather and spending as much time as we can outside.  We are very lucky that there are a ton of kids who live by us so that Landon (and eventually Keegan) has friends to play with all the time.  Here are a few pictures of the neighborhood kids going back and forth between our neighbor's swing set and ours.  Keegan loved watching the kids play because they were everywhere and a constant form of entertainment for him!

  We also went to the pool last weekend and plan to go this weekend and next as well, before it closes for the year.  Keegan in his swim gear!

The boys at the pool

 Keegan is VERY close to crawling.  He gets on his knees and rocks back and forth. He can scoot around and get anywhere he wants so we will have to baby proof the house soon! He decided to crawl under his exersaucer the other night!

 Here are a few pics of our sweet, sweet boys.  I love how much they love each other!!!  

 Have a great Labor Day weekend!!!

Fun with Family!

We went to Illinois August 14-19 to hang out with our family, some friends and head to the Illinois State Fair.  We had a blast and it was great to see everyone.  We can't wait to see everyone again at Thanksgiving.  We forgot to get the pictures from everyone else's cameras so we don't have many from our trip :(

Keegan has been eating cereal since he was 5 months old, but he got to start eating veggies when he turned 6 months old.  His first taste was in Illinois with Green Beans.  He made some funny faces eating them, but didn't mind them so much mixed with his cereal.  Since then he has had peas, squash, pears and peaches and LOVES everything!!  

1st Veggies

Landon loved going on the rides at the State Fair.  His cousin, Nathan, went with him and was so cute with him the whole time.  They were always talking like crazy on every ride and had such a good time!  Matt and I enjoyed the delicious fair food!!

On the dragon roller coaster

 Riding a pony

 Keegan driving a car.  He could actually make the car move by moving his legs while he was sitting on it....he is getting too big!

 We also went to Adelin's 4th birthday party while we were home at State Farm Park.  She wanted her cake to look like the pool in her backyard!  

 Ade with Cindy and Jeremy

 Mom and Dad with their grandkids!!

The kids got to make their own hats at the party.  This is Landon showing off his!

After the party we headed to Downs to hang out and stay with my brother for the night.  Landon and Ade had a blast playing together.  Here they are on the monkey bars.

 Chasing some birds

 Keegan also enjoyed the swing set!!

6 months old!!!

Keegan is 6 months old today!!!  Our sweet little guy is growing so fast.  He is so much fun and such a good, happy baby.  He talks, babbles, squeals and blows raspberries all the time.  He is always checking out his surroundings and constantly trying to keep up with and keep track of his big brother.  He loves to grab anything and everything and gets upset if you take something away from him.  He is starting to notice when I walk away for a minute or leave the room and usually wants me over anyone else if he sees me in the room.  Keegan still loves to take baths and loves the water.  He laughs when he sees Count (which his brother loves) and is now ticklish too.  He also still likes his Bumbo, Exersaucer and Jumperoo.  Keegan can scoot around the floor and is very close to crawling. He will definitely be mobile soon and we need to baby proof the house! He sits up on his own and can stand on his own as well if he is holding on to something.  Keegan also just got his first two bottom teeth. He has been eating cereal for about a month and is going to start veggies tomorrow! So so sad how fast time goes.  

Here are Keegan's 6 month pictures

Just a cute pic of our happy boy

Love these two pics....Keegan is looking out the window watching Matt mow the yard

 A couple pictures of his new bottom teeth....can you see them in there?

More Adventures & New Pictures

Another new adventure that Landon did last week was go to the dentist for the first time.  I was a little nervous because the dentist can be kind of scary or intimidating but Landon did GREAT!!  He loved it and even helped during his visit.  He learned that he has 10 top teeth and 10 bottom teeth.  The dentist said that everything looks great and he does a great job brushing!  He was excited to get a prize and a toothbrush when we left.  He told me he is ready to go back again.  I can't believe Landon is big enough to go to the dentist already.  These pictures make him look like such a big boy :(

Getting his teeth cleaned

Getting everything checked out by the dentist

On Sunday we went to a Lake Erie Crushers baseball game.  They are a frontier team and the stadium is right by our house.  It is pretty new so it was really nice.  We had a good time.  First, we sat on the hill behind the outfield.  Here is Landon in his chair.

Landon sliding down the hill

Our view from the hill

After a few innings, Landon went to play in the inflatable obstacle course.  Then, we ate dinner and watched the game down the 1st base line at a table.  After the game, Landon got to run the bases!  The game only lasted a little more than two hours so that was perfect for us.  We had a fun night!

Running the bases

I love this picture of Landon....he was showing me his new hat, too cute!!

This is Landon's new shirt that he made with Lili, our neighbor.  It turned out really well!

Here are a few cute pics of our sweet boys!