10 Months

Landen at 10 Months

-Loves food 

-Can climb the stairs now

-Likes to squeal very loudly

-LOVES his Dad. He gets so excited to see him and will follow him around the house

-Weighs about 20 lbs

-Is so good with naps and going to sleep at night, he prefers us leaving him alone and just putting him in his bed to go to sleep on his own. The only other place he will sleep is in the car.

-He loves swinging. We got him a swing for our swing set and he gets so calm and relaxed in it!

-He loves crawling and climbing over people, he will go out of his way to crawl over top of you instead of around you if you are sitting on the floor

Love this boy!

Let's Be Real For a Minute

I don't love posting about things that are difficult for me. I like to keep things pretty upbeat and happy around here. But I don't want to put up a front and act like life is perfect either. I feel like when people do that they aren't being honest, and I want to be honest. I don't like when people pretend like nothing ever goes wrong in their life or they never have hard days. Or that they have a perfect marriage and perfect kids. We all have struggles. Nobody's life is perfect.

I have struggled lately with how people perceive me. What people think of me. How they judge me. What people say about me when I'm not around. I would love to say that I don't care what others think, but I do. We all want acceptance, friendship and love. I have realized that no matter how I live my life or who I surround myself with SOMEONE will ALWAYS judge me or think negatively of me. This was a hard realization for me. I don't want anyone to think negatively of me. I try so hard to be a good person, mom, wife, friend, etc and to realize that people won't like me regardless is sad. I spent a lot of time on me knees on this subject and was so comforted to receive an answer one night after a rough day with lots of tears. Prove them wrong. That's the answer I got. Prove them wrong. It was reiterated the following day while chatting with a friend. Prove them wrong.

So I'm setting out to do this. I am a good person. I will prove those who think otherwise wrong.

And to those who are constantly thinking negatively, judging poorly, and talking about others when they are not around, we are all human, we all have feelings. Nobody should be judged unfairly, or talked bad about. So stop. This is something I need to work on also, we all do. So please, coming from someone who has been judged unfairly, please stop. Stop before gossiping. Stop before judging, and thinking or saying negative things about people. It hurts. And nobody deserves that. Just stop.

The girl

This girl is so much fun and is constantly making us laugh. She is so smart and she remembers EVERYTHING. She likes to be the boss and she is so beyond her years. She acts like an adult half the time. She is very shy around people she doesn't know and won't talk to most people. She enjoyed doing preschool this year with a few friends, and I enjoyed teaching every few weeks. Preschool is now out for the summer and next year she will be heading to a new preschool with a new teacher! She enjoyed doing gymnastics and dance class, and she loves playing with friends, especially at the park.

She is in sunbeams at church and she loves it. She received the most reverent award a while ago for being reverent. But really she is just so shy she just sits there and doesn't talk :)

Now that it's summer we plan to play at the park a lot, and on our swing set and kiddie pool. We are also taking a trip to silverwood and to the Oregon coast. Sydney is excited for 4th of July and has been counting down the months since last year. She loves the fireworks! 

She is such a great big sister and is so helpful! She makes sure Landen has whatever he needs, snacks, toys, etc.  She also makes sure he stays out of trouble and will carry him and bring him to me if she thinks he's doing something he shouldn't be. 

She is turning 4 in September and already can't wait for kindergarten. She has always been my little buddy and when I was pregnant with Landen I was afraid that would change. But she is still my sweet buddy that does everything with me! Love her to pieces!

9

9 month stats for Mr. Landen

• 19 lbs 15 ounces

• Has 2 teeth

• Started crawling like normal instead of army crawling AND started pulling himself up all in the same day 

• Likes to shake his head back and forth to say no

• Loves to eat anything and everything

• Loves blankets and pillows

• Bath time is his favorite, he is instantly happy as soon as he gets in

• Says dada

• Is super wiggly and doesn't like to sit still

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Not a Landen Update

I always have such good intentions of updating the blog between the posts about Landen's monthly growth, but then life happens and I just never get around to it. So I'm sneaking one in before yet another Landen post :)

Life at our house has been great. Sydney has been enjoying preschool, dance class and playing with friends. Landen is getting so big and his personality is really starting to come through. Marshall is busy with work, church calling, soccer, etc. I am busy doing the usual mom, wife, home, work stuff. Our house is still up for sale, no real bites on it yet which is ok with me. Marshall and I recently ran our first 5k, he wasn't planning on running it with me but last minute my running buddy backed out. He was super sweet and volunteered to run with me so I didn't have to run alone. My time wasn't amazing, but my goal was to run the whole time and I did! I am doing another one in July called the run or dye that looks way fun!

A few weeks ago I was able to attend Time Out For Women in Spokane. I had an amazing time. I left feeling so uplifted and ready to take on whatever is thrown my way. The speakers were great and it was so good to have some time away with a fun group of ladies. We shopped, went out to eat, stayed up late talking and it was just a much needed break. If you ever have the chance to go to a TOFW conference GO! I already can't wait for next year!

Stay tuned for Landen's 9 month post and one about Sydney too!

Eight

Another month has flown by and our sweet boy is already 8 months old. A lot has happened in the last month with him!

~He sits up like a pro now
~He army crawls to get around
~He got his first tooth
~He loves food
~He weighs somewhere around 19 lbs 5 ounces
~He wears 18 month size clothes
~He likes riding in the car and bath time
~He hates diaper/clothes changes as soon as he knows whats about to happen he starts doing the crocodile death roll (seriously, if you don't know what I mean look up croc death roll on YouTube)
~Fake laughs when other people are laughing
~Sleeps with his bum straight up in the air, I need to try to get a pic because its so cute
~Is really starting to show his little personality
~Sleeps so good every night (yay!)

We love this boy! We especially love seeing both kids play together, and it is so apparent that they adore each other!