Findlay

This weekend we headed to Findlay for a mini family get-together. My cousin (Ross) and his fiancee( Janelle) drove 9 hours from Allentown, Pa.; my cousin ( Abbey) drove 3 hours from Youngstown, Ohio; my parents and grandparents drove 6 hours from home; and Matt, Landon and I drove 2 hours. We all stayed at my Uncle Roger and Aunt Susie's house and it was so much fun. We hang out, caught up with each other, cheered on the Illini in football, basketball and volleyball, played games, laughed a lot and had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner! Landon was great, as always, and even took a 4-hour nap in his pack-n-play yesterday. We were worried that he wouldn't sleep last night, but he slept nine hours and was great! It was great to see family and we can't wait to see more family in just 9 short days when we head home for Thanksgiving! Thanks for a great weekend everyone!

Landon playing with Great Granny

Family picture before we left this morning

Ross and Janelle left before we remembered to take a family picture, so here is a pic of the two of them

Landon playing when we got home

Have a great week!

Stronger

Landon will be 20 months old tomorrow! He is getting so big. He has started talking a lot more, as well as repeating after us a lot. Landon still LOVES anything Sesame Street, books, music, singing and dancing, taking a bath, playing with our iphones, playing instruments and doing puzzles. He continues to amaze us daily and we are so blessed to have such a sweet little boy! We are heading to Findlay, Ohio this weekend to hang out with family and we are really excited. We will update the blog after that. Enjoy the new pics and the video!

Landon eating his first Kit Kat from his halloween candy

Playing with the cymbals

Playing with my iphone....I can think he can work it better than me

Landon and Mommy

Saying, "Cheese" which he loves to do lately, as you will see in the next few pictures

Getting ready for a walk

About to be tickled

Showing me how strong he is

This is a video of Landon watching his favorite song from Sesame Street. We have been watching this nonstop on our phones and computer for a month or so, and we finally saw it on a new episode of Sesame Street this week. He loves to flex, say "stronger" and air drum like they do in the video. Enjoy!

BOO!!!

Landon had such a good time trick-or-treating this year! We were a little nervous because he cried every time we showed him his costume and did not like seeing other people in costume either. However, that all changed tonight! He put his costume on right away and kept it on all night. "Trick-or treat" is a little tricky to say, so Landon said, "Boo" to everyone he saw all night long and wasn't afraid at all! We started by going to see the babysitter and then we headed to Jack's neighborhood to trick-or-treat with him. We had a great Halloween and hope all of you did as well!

Our little cow

In the wagon trick-or-treating with Jack

This was another costume that we had for Landon. We debated which costume to wear, but went with the cow because it had a warm hood for him and he has another ear infection. Matt's Grandma McQuality made this costume for Matt when he was little, so we at least wanted Landon to wear it. He had a good time wearing it around the house and flying like "Super Grover" in his cape!

Sitting with his "Count" and "Elmo" pumpkins that Daddy carved for him

He loves the pumpkins when they are not lit, but they scare him a little with the candles in them.

Helping to clean out the pumpkins

When my parents were here we had them take some fall family pictures for us at the park. They turned out pretty well!

Landon swinging at home

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Fun times with grandparents

Grandma and Grandpa Bruce came out last week to watch Landon for a couple days when our babysitter was gone. They got here late Wednesday night and left Sunday afternoon. Landon had a great time with his grandparents and enjoyed actually seeing them and playing with them in person, instead of on the computer like usual. Landon has been calling his grandpa's "Papa" for a long time, and last week he even said "Grandma" a few times while they were here. Thanks for lots of fun, Grandma and Papa. We can't wait to see you again soon!

Playing at the park

Giving Grandma a high-five while swinging

Swinging at home

Stay tuned for some more fall pics and Halloween updates! Have a great weekend!

Sick again :(

Our poor little guy is sick again. Friday night, his eyes started watering. Saturday, his eyes were really red and watery and the fever came. Sunday, the cough, runny nose and temp up to 103.5, as well as his poor eyes got us worried. We couldn't get in to the doctor on Sunday, but I stayed home with Landon yesterday and we were able to see his doctor. We found out that he has bronchitis. She gave him some more antibiotics and we are still using his eye drops. She said this was the start of the flu which she thinks will be bad again this year, so it is good that we got him in right away and that he had his flu shot last week. Today, Matt stayed home with Landon in the morning and I stayed home with him in the afternoon. The good news is that his fever is gone, so hopefully he is on the road to recovery. He still really isn't eating anything so we are waiting for his appetite to come back, but he should be able to head back to the babysitter tomorrow. His best friend, Jack, also goes to the sitter and was also home sick with his mommy yesterday. Jack had a high fever too and an ear infection so they probably passed it to each other. Hopefully both boys are getting better.

Here are some pictures of our sick little Landon. Thankfully he is starting to get back to normal and look better today.

Saturday night....poor eyes

Eating some popsicles on Sunday

Watching TV with Daddy Monday night

Finally some smiles today

Playing with his fridge letters

Getting ready for a walk to get some fresh air

Sesame Place!!!

Friday after work we loaded up the car and drove 7.5 hours to Sesame Place, a Sesame Street amusement park just outside of Philadelphia. On Saturday morning, we got up and went to the park early to eat breakfast with Elmo & Friends (Elmo, Big Bird, Bert, Ernie, Abby, & Zoe). Landon loves everything Sesame Street but didn't want to get very close to the characters in person. He loved to wave to them from a safe distance and would even give them all a high-five. After breakfast, the park was open and it was a beautiful sunny day. Sesame Place is probably 65% water park 45% theme park so all the water rides were closed. But that was fine because there was tons to do still. For Halloween the theme was "The Count's Halloween Spook-tacular", so there was a lot of Count themed things. We went in The Counts Un-Haunted Castle, saw 2 shows starring Count and his friends with lots of Landon's favorite songs, and even got to meet Count! Landon loved riding all the rides and we even got to sit on the steps of Sesame Street. We saw 3 shows (the 2 with Count and Elmo's World Live). The shows were really good and we sat in the front row for 2 of them. Landon loved the parade they had in the afternoon. At first he was a little nervous with all the characters coming down the street, but by the end he was dancing and having a really good time. After the park closed we drove to our hotel in downtown Philadelphia and got a cheesesteak from Geno's, and went to swim at the hotel. Since it was a Sesame themed weekend, Landon wore his Sesame swim trunks. Everything he wore all weekend long was Sesame Street (shirts, diapers, swim trunks, and pj's)! Sunday morning before leaving, we walked over to take a tour of Independence Hall, where the Declaration and Constitution were signed, and see the Liberty Bell. It was now time to pack up the car but before heading home we stopped to see Kelsey's cousin Ross and his girlfriend Janelle and at an outlet mall. Landon was so exhausted that he fell asleep in the car around 5 and slept until 7 Monday morning. We had such a fun weekend, we can't wait to go back when it's warmer so we can ride all the water rides!

Reading Sesame Street books in the car

Breakfast

Landon ate a ton at breakfast (double servings of french toast sticks, eggs, and bacon, yumm)

Riding the carousel

Meeting Count

Waiting for the 1st show to start

Sesame Street!

In the Spanish Grover teacup

Riding the teacups

Landon with the Sesame pumpkins

Count and friends dancing to Thriller

Landon peeking around Daddy to see the parade

Parade

Scarecrow Elmo and Pirate Telly in Elmo's World Live

Mommy & Landon riding Elmo's Flying Fish (I promise Landon is riding too, not just Mommy)

What a face while waiting for a ride

Such a fun day

Ready for the pool

Sunday's Sesame shirt

Liberty Bell...check out that mean face!

Ross & Janelle