A Mover and A Shaker

I must admit, I have been delighted by Landon's cute little baby steps the last few weeks. It is so fun to watch him toddling around here. BUT...I'll tell you what is not cute. That is the fact that my son has begun to climb things. He especially loves the small granite ledge that surrounds our upstairs fireplace. He took one nasty tumble from there today and bit right through his tongue (it was totally gross, I could see 2 distinct little holes from his 2 bottom teeth right in the middle of his tongue). Thankfully, tounges repair quite quickly. He didn't learn much from that experience though. I spent the afternoon repeatedly moving him away from it. He has even started to move things around and use them as stepping stones to climb into things or on top of places that he has no business being. Maybe he learned this from his cousin Carson? His favorite, most convenient little step is a container of wipes. It gives him just enough height to climb into his toy box. The boy has no fear. I'm not sure that I'm cut out to mother a boy. Allie was MUCH older before she started to pull these tricks. How do you reason with a 10-month-old?

As promised, here is the video of Landon taking a short walk:

And another little gem. Landon has a strange habit of sucking on his top lip. Enjoy!

He walks, he waves, and (drum roll, please) he sleeps through the night!

What a busy month January has been for Landon. So much growing in so little time. All I can say about a full nights sleep is: Hallelujah! I didn't know if I would ever get a night of uninterrupted sleep again. It's as wonderful as I remembered it being!

Landon has learned to wave in the last week or so. It is so cute. Landon loves to wave at EVERYTHING. He waves goodbye to his family, the dogs, his toys, and even his dirty diapers.

Finally, perhaps the biggest news of all is that he has started walking. He is still quite unsteady but we often find him taking steps without any encouragement from us. We have had a hard time capturing it on video but Allie and I finally succeeded last night. I will post that soon.

Mess Making

Landon sure loves suckers! He got a bunch of them in his stocking from Santa. We usually reserve them for haircuts but we got bored waiting for Allie to come home from school today so I decided that I would let him suck on one. He needed a bath anyways. Enjoy!

If the Shoe Fits

Landon has the chubbiest little feet I have ever seen! I've bought several pairs of shoes that were eventually passed on to others in brand new condition. On Sunday I gave my favorite pair one last try. They fell off 3 times between our house and the church (which is maybe 1/2 a block away). My sister Marci finally suggested that maybe Crocs would be the solution to our shoe woes. Well, she was right. Carson passed on a pair of camo Crocs to Landon and what do you know...they fit! Landon may wear nothing but Crocs until his chubby little feet slim down. Next we need to teach him that shoes are for wearing, not for eating.