General Landon update

Landon is close to being 14 months old now! He is changing every day. It's so cool how much he can learn and how quickly he can learn it! He is very much like his dad, in that he will watch you do something and then do it himself. Sometimes it only takes him watching you do it once and he has it figured out. He likes to know how things work. Unfortunately, the poor child inherited our stubbornness, or as I like to call it, our independence. He does not want to be helped with things. When he was learning to walk, he would not let you hold him up to help him walk. He was going to do it by himself and figure it out himself.

He is walking now. For a long time he would walk along things like the coffee table or the couch. Then he started to get a little bit brave a few weeks ago and would take 2-3 steps between people. Then last week, he took off and got really comfortable and takes 10-12 steps at a time. He had a fall last week and cut his lip and required 2 stitches in it. It didn't seem to faze him. He was right back at it the next day.

He now has 8 teeth and seems to be working on others. He has four on the top and four on the bottom. He chatters a lot in his language and still really only says Mama and Dada. He also says dog, and the other day I told him to duck and he tried to say that. But that sounds a lot like dog, so.... I appreciated the effort though! I'm trying to get him to learn "bye bye" now. He still waves like crazy at everyone and flirts with all the ladies. He has taken to actually putting his head down on your shoulder to snuggle or give a hug.

I'm afraid he may have picked up on some of my obsessive compulsive tendencies. He is very particular about where his cup goes on his high chair. It belongs in the cup holder and if you put it somewhere else, he moves it back. Sorry kid.

He is still pretty skinny, but continues to grow up! He's quite tall. I'm not sure how he's so skinny. He is not a picky eater at all and eats a lot when it's time to eat. I suppose he burns it off pretty quickly since he is such a busy little guy.

The weather has been pretty nasty this winter and we haven't gotten out to go sledding at all yet. I'm hoping that maybe soon we'll be able to do that. Landon and I are heading to the circus this weekend while Nick goes to a seminar for the fire department. Hopefully he enjoys that! It's been hard to get out to do things with him. We've taken a walk in his wagon since Christmas when we had one warmer day, but otherwise, haven't been able to do much. We're starting to get a little crazy at our house, so the weather better shape up soon!