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.

Landon's Second Birthday

Since Landon really likes seeing buses, airplanes, cars etc we decided to make the theme of his party transportation. I found (after much looking) a tablecloth and a couple decorations for the theme that didn't have any character on them. Landon had been taking an art class, and in the class they did several paintings and colorings of transportation vehicles like buses, airplanes, trains and cars. This worked out perfect as we hung up Landon's art work around the house for everyone to see. He really likes showing everyone his art.

Greg and I stayed up working on the "bus" cake and other things til 1am Saturday morning. To keep with the theme we decided to do a bus cake, because Landon loves seeing buses when we are driving around. Greg and I decided to make it on our own. Greg made the cakes from scratch and researched how to do the icing. I made the icing and decorated the cake (except for the awesome smiley face on the back window that Greg did). Greg and I stayed up working on the "bus" cake and other things til 1am Saturday morning.

We got up Saturday and went to workout. I think both of us were a little tired, but Landon got to play with his friends at the Gym. One of the ladies that works in the kids room brings her 3 year old daughter and son (younger, but not sure his age), and Landon enjoys playing with them.

Then we came home and got ready and Landon, Greg and I went to lunch at Covinos. Landon got to have pizza so he was excited. After lunch Landon and I went to music class at Gymboree, and then Grammy and Gramps picked us up to take us back to the house. Grammy and Gramps got to play with Landon on one of his new Thomas the Train sets he got for his birthday. He really enjoyed it. Greg and I got everything ready for the party.

Everyone came over for the party about 1:30. We chatted and watched Landon running around eating popcorn and trying to keep it from Lady. Then we opened gifts which was fun. Landon got several cards that sing songs or say something which he really likes. Landon got some fun things from everyone including books, dvds, floating swimsuit, a big stuffed horse, Thomas the train set, and of course money. His big gifts from Mommy, Daddy, Grammy, Gramps, Grandma, Pops and Marisela, Gary, Haley and Ashlyn Hudgeons were a big play table with tons of Thomas the Train stuff and a little kitchen of his own. He really likes playing with both of them.

Landon's cousins Debby and Travis gave him a Thomas the train set with a Thomas that moves on it's own (vs Landon having to move it), and he loves this. He makes the Thomas that moves push as many of the other engines as it will push. It's cute to watch.

He loves the kitchen as well. I worried a little about getting a boy a kitchen, but he loves pretending to cook. He makes us things all the time now so it's a lot of fun. We have lots of clean up now with many little parts to everything, but he's doing pretty good to help.

By the time everyone was leaving the party, Landon was asking for a nap. He was really tired, but had a great time. Mommy needed a nap as well!

Sequential Screen

We had the sequential screen today for the baby. They do a sonogram to measure the fluid in the back of the neck and a blood test to determine the probability whether the baby is high risk for Down Syndrome.

The Dr said everything looked very good. The heart was beating well and we could see it and hear it. The baby measured a little big making the estimated due date 11/25. They still say the official due date is 11/29 though. I'm anticipating that I'll be in labor during the A&M vs Texas football game to drive Greg crazy. Who knows.

We were able to see the baby moving around and could see the arms and legs some. Of course the baby turned over so they weren't able to predict what the sex was. The Dr said they can predict correctly 95% of the time at this gestation. Of course they said Landon was a girl at this time. We'll have to wait a couple more months to find out.

Gigem

Landon can now say Gigem and put up just him thumb. Before he would stick up his thumb and index finger.

Landon can tell people that he's turning 2. He tries holding up two fingers but usually either crosses all of his fingers or holds up his thumb and index finger.

He's also started saying no Daddy when he disagrees with Greg (when Greg tells him not to do something or that he needs to do something other than what he wants to do). We're trying to explain that he shouldn't tell Daddy no, but he's not comprehending just yet.

Landon also has first 2 year molar coming in on his bottom left side.

Taco, Frozen Yogurt and Bubbles

Landon seems to know his shapes pretty well. He knows star, circle, triangle, square & rectangle.

We went to Abuelos for dinner tonight and Landon ate part of a taco. I think this is the first time for him to have a hard taco. After dinner we went to get some frozen yogurt. Before Landon usually thought it was to cold. Tonight he really liked eating it from a spoon and then he also learned that he can lick the ice cream. He had a good time eating Mommy's frozen yogurt.

We didn't have much time after dinner to go outside and blow bubbles so we compromised and did bubbles in the bath tonight. Landon had fun blowing bubbles in the bath, and then he learned how to take the the bubble blower and make bubbles under the water. He got a kick out of this.