One more minute

Landon has started to understand what we mean when we say "One more minute". Now after we've already said this to get ready for bed or something else he say No One more minute. This of course could go on for a while. He also seems to be getting more upset when he doesn't get his way. He'll cry with big tears, but we can usually settle him down by distracting him with something else.

Last week I went to Helsinki for work. This was the first overseas trip I've been on in a while. Of course with going to Helsinki I didn't sleep much so I was up a couple days at 4:30 or 5am and was able to call Greg and Landon and sing the goodnight song. Helsinki was nice since the high temperatures were in the low 60s.

Because I was on the verge of changing to Maternity clothes, I actually took maternity pants with me on the trip. This was probably a good thing and I feel like my belly has grown a bit. I'll see if I can still fit into my regular clothes, but likely I've made the move to maternity clothes.

When I got home Landon was pretty happy to see me. He kept saying pick up Mommy from trip and Mommy home.

We're planning a vacation with some other friends to Turks and Caicos in the beginning of October. The place we are going in all inclusive, and is supposed to have lots of fun things for kids, and of course it's got a beautiful beach. We're trying to get ready some now since bathing suits and water shoes and such won't be available in September. We also have to get Landon a passport.

Landon kept saying today that he wanted to go to a baseball game. We told him he could watch College World Series on TV, and he said no he wanted to go to a game. We'll have to go to a Frisco Roughrider game sometime.

Father's Day

We had a very good father's day weekend.

Saturday night we took Greg to Zorbas for a good Greek dinner. Afterwards, we went home and got lady, went by Braums to get some ice cream, and then we went to the park in our neighborhood. We played on the play area for a little while then we went to feed the turtles and fish bread. We all enjoyed this. There are several turtles in the pond and many of them came up to get food. There are also a bunch of little fish and some big fish as well.

Daddy got a picture from Landon which has 3 photos of him (one with him doing Gigem, one with him holding a heart, and one that said Dad). He also finally got the Simpsons movie, and Landon has been wanting to watch Homer since he first saw the movie cover.

Landon's 2nd 2 year molar is coming in on the bottom right side.

Sunday Landon decided he wanted to bring his potty and step stool downstairs. When he did he figured out how to wash his hands in the 1/2 bathroom. He put the stool on the side where he could reach the water and soap, and then he put the stool on the other side so he could reach the towel. It wasn't perfect as he didn't get all the soap off and left the water on, but I was impressed with his efforts!

We went to lunch with Grammy and Gramps at Uncle Julios, and then Landon and I went back to Grammy and Gramps house to hang out. Greg went to the soccer game with the guys (it was to hot for us). Grammy was bringing some toys into the living room for Landon to play with, and she brought in his wheel barrow with some blocks and other things in it. Landon say oh Grammy and took the blocks out and took them back into his play room. It was cute like he was saying she brought it in wrong.

For dinner we went to Spring Creek BBQ with Pops, Grandma, Cindy and Nanny to celebrate Father's Day. We had a good dinner and went back to Grandma and Pops house to visit.

Landon had a good day seeing everyone, but he was pretty tired when we got home. Hopefully he'll have a good night.

Potty and That Funny

Last Thursday we got Landon a little potty seat to go on the big potty. We've started putting him on it before taking a bath. He likes Landon's potty. The first time he sat on it we let him flush the toilet, and so now I think he sits on it just to flush the toilet. We keep telling him he has to go pee pee to flush the toilet, and so he pretends to and makes the sound then says flush toilet. We're just getting him associated with the terminology and the potty, and not really training just yet.

Lately when he's started laughing at something he'll say That Funny in a really cute voice. It always makes us laugh.

Tonight we went outside to play for a bit, and Greg and Landon played with the soccer ball. They kicked it around the back yard and Landon threw it some too. Then Greg started head butting the ball, and Landon thought that was funny. He kept laughing and then tried doing it himself.

He's saying phrases with more and more words. This morning on the phone he told me "have glasses on hat" when he had his hat and sunglasses on ready to go. He also seems to need to exert more energy meaning he needs to really run around to keep from getting in trouble.

Last weekend we watched the Belmont horse race and after that Landon started sitting on the couch arms and acting like he's riding a horse. He also is getting more courageous with wanting to jump off of things.

I'm feeling a lot better and most of the morning sickness is over. On 6/11 I started feeling the baby move around more. It's pretty sporadic, but I can feel it. I'm still in regular clothes, but not sure how long that will last.

Texas A&M Baseball Regional

Greg, Doug, Dave, Landon and I all went down to College Station for the A&M Baseball regional. We left Friday morning to get down there in time to eat at Freebirds and go to the first game at 12:30pm. The teams playing were A&M, Dallas Baptist, Houston and University of Illinois Chicago.

There were two games Friday, and Landon did pretty well. He didn't get much of a nap in but slept about an hour at the game, and then we stayed out past his bedtime because the A&M game wasn't over until after 10pm.

At one of the games Landon and I were taking a walk by the Umpire room, and someone walked out and asked Landon if he was a baseball fan. We said yes of course, and so the man went in and brought out an official ball for Landon. We were pretty excited. Landon and Daddy played some catch as you can see in the picture.

Saturday we got up and had Texas shaped waffles, and then we met my mom in Navasota which is about half way from College Station to my Aunt and Uncle's house in Montgomery/Conroe. The family was having a birthday celebration that night for one of my cousins Gary and my Uncle Jim. Landon and I took about a two and a half hour nap that afternoon to get us ready for the party. Landon had a great time. He enjoyed playing with his 4 year old twin cousins Haley and Ashlyn. He also seemed to remember most everyone, and enjoyed hanging out with them.

Landon was still pretty tired even with the nap and so he wanted to watch his new movie and hold his blanket most of the day. We again stayed up until almost 11pm. Of course Saturday and Sunday mornings he woke up about 7am which he never does. He usually sleeps from 9pm til 8 or 8:30am.

Sunday morning we met Greg again back in Navasota and we went back to College Station for more baseball games. Landon fell asleep on the way back to College Station. A&M had won Friday and Saturday night so they could have ended the regional to move on to the super regional if they won Sunday night. A&M ended up losing the Sunday night game which meant that they had to play again on Monday night. Because we all needed to be back in Dallas on Tuesday we drove back to Dallas late Monday after the game. A&M luckily won the Monday game, and then we got home about 2am. Needless to say we are still tired. Landon luckily has gotten some long naps in, but Greg and I still need some more sleep.

Landon was funny on the trip. He kept saying Hi Doug, Hi Dave repeatedly. He likes the guys a lot. At A&M games they do several things like if a pitcher has pitched four balls, everyone says ball 5 over and over. If the ball boy or someone in the stands doesn't catch a foul ball everyone say Eeeeeee. By the end of the last game Landon was starting to get into this. He was also helping to call if the next pitch would be a strike or a ball.

Day of Dr Appointments

Greg took Landon in this morning because he still had a rash. It keeps moving around, but is still there. They said it is likely a virus since he had a low grade fever late last week. It could last up to a couple weeks, and there isn't much we could do. We can keep giving him Benedryl, but he gets pretty out of it with that. Yesterday he fell into his Grandmother's TV stand and cut his forehead.

He's still acting pretty normal so we'll play it by ear. They said it isn't contagious which is good.

She also said for Landon that with the peanut allergy just to try and avoid nuts as much as possible.

Landon has started singing songs more. He sings the Elmo song which we hear on Sirius radio. It's cute. He says na na na Elmo's song or big bird's song. He also can sing itsy bitsy spider pretty well. He was also singing the closing song for music class at Gymboree which is ring around the rosie + tapping on the window, knocking at the door we'll all stand up when we count to 4, then count 1, 2, 3, 4.

Landon and I watched a little bit of videos today. He enjoyed watching some from his 2 year birthday party. He kept hearing different people's voices and would say so and so right there, and point just off the screen.

I also went to see my midwife today. The babies heartbeat ranged from 161 to 165 which is good for this age. I'm 13 weeks and 3 days pregnant. I've lost 3 pounds which is the same as what I did with Landon in my first trimester. She showed me a little doll that represents about the size of a 12 week baby and the weight of one. It was pretty cool. Very small, but almost completely developed.

Peanut allergy

We found out that Landon has stage 2 allergy to peanuts. We're supposed to cut out peanuts and try to avoid other nuts if at all possible. He had a blood test when we went for his 2 year update just to see what it said. He gets red in the face after eating some things, but it seems to go away pretty fast.

Sunday we went to lunch and he had a banana nut muffin. After he woke up from his nap he had a rash in a couple places (raised blotches). We went to a party and Landon had a bite of a cookie before I realized there were nuts in them. When we got home he had a pretty big rash on one of his legs and small spots in a couple other places.

This morning when he woke up he had the rash all over his upper legs, on his arms, and a little bit on his face. We called the doctor and they recommended taking some Benedryl. He took some about 9:15 and within a couple hours the rash was almost completely gone. He had a low grade fever (never measured above 99.9) for a couple days, but it was normal today. He's been acting pretty normal the whole time so we haven't been to worried.

Landon's 2 year doctor visit

Landon is growing very well. He was 28.8 pounds (59% which is up a good bit), 35 3/4 inches tall (82%), 19 3/8 inch head circumference (64%). His development and everything looked good. She said that he'll probably be sick for about a year when he starts school in the fall. Because grandparents had noticed him getting red in the face some with certain foods we had him take a blood test to see if he had peanut allergies.

She said now was a good time to start talking about potty and going potty, but it will really depend on him when it's time to start potty training.