Birthday pictures

Landon at school getting ready for everyone to sing "Happy Birthday".

Landon, Noah, and Mommy at Landon's school (bad pic of me, I know, but I liked it of the boys).

Landon at Chuck E. Cheese--where he chose to go for his bday dinner.

Landon blowing out his candle at home. Hope it was a good wish!

My Baby is 5!

I can't believe that five years ago, our first son was born. It was a long day as I was induced at 6:30am, and our sweet Landon didn't join the world until almost 9pm. He always says he didn't want to come out because it was nice and warm in there. As I told him this morning, the wait was worth it. He's already started his day off well---I decorated some of the house for when he woke up, and I made blueberry muffins for breakfast (his request). His presents were waiting for him, and there was no talking him into waiting until tonight. So, before Daddy left, he opened them up. Noah and I will go to his school to eat lunch with him and take the cupcakes I made for him and his classmates. Later today, we will meet Daddy at Chuck E. Cheese for his birthday dinner. I think that sounds like a pretty good 5th birthday (I'll share pictures after all of the fun). When he woke up this morning, he was singing "I'm five today! I'm five today!". FIVE!!! Can you believe it? My baby is five.

Yesterday Jason and I celebrated 8 years of marriage. It was a calm day for us (not for the boys who were beyond wild and were lucky they lived through the day). Jason made us a very nice shrimp pasta dish (it was so good), and we "romantically" ate it in front of the TV after the boys were in bed (hey--at least we were watching a romantic comedy). We plan to really celebrate it this weekend when we head to Chicago for a wedding (without kids thanks to Jason's mom and stepdad). I feel so lucky to still be madly in love with that man. I can't say every day is easy in a marriage (as we all know), but I can say that it sure helps getting through the tough times when you're with your best friend. Thank you, Jason, for giving me you so completely and lovingly. I love you beyond words.

Landon's bowling birthday party

On Saturday, Landon celebrated his 5th birthday with his friends at the bowling alley. He had a blast! The kids enjoyed bowling, pizza, cake, and arcade games along with just running around. Mom and Dad enjoyed the ease of the party. Sometimes (especially when you're 6 1/2 months pregnant) it really is just nice to pull out the check card to pay and not do as much work. Sounds kind of pathetic, but it really allowed us to relax and just have fun with Landon. I didn't get the best pictures, but I've posted a few anyway to give an idea of his fun day.

More party pics...

New Room

I finally got some pictures of Landon's new room. Besides getting a few more things on the walls, we're done! He loves it up there and thinks he's quite the big boy (and loves that it's so much bigger than his other room). He gets up by himself for school with his alarm clock, so he must be getting a little older. :) This weekend he has his birthday party with his friends, and then a week from today he turns 5. Yikes--time really does fly!

A good first week

Landon had a great first week of school. He seems to really like it, and I can tell he's happier. I think he had gotten pretty bored by the end of the summer. Since he stayed on "green" all week, he got to pick something from the treasury box. Big surprise--he picked a car. Here he is with his new treasure...






Last night when I was putting Noah to bed, he fell and hit his head on the shelf. I didn't realize where he had hit (or how bad it was) until this morning when we got ready to go take pictures. Luckily you can't tell in most of the "professional" pics. However, I got a pretty good shot of it myself. Poor little guy.

Picture time

Today I took Noah to go get his picture taken. See some of the unedited shots below.