Sunday, October 31, 2010

Happy Halloween!!!

Hope everyone has a safe halloween... and gets lots of candy ;)

Landon has definitely got the hang of halloween this year! We went trunk-or-treating at my parent's church last night and he was quite the little champ! He ran from trunk to trunk opening his candy bag and saying "trick or treat". We'll see how he does tonight when we go trick-or-treating through the neighborhood.

This year I was busy with school and didn't have any time to contribute to halloween. I never got to make our halloween cards that I send out every year. In fact, I didn't even get Landon a costume until yesterday.. before we went to my parent's church halloween party. We took him to the halloween store and he got to pick out what he wanted to be... well sort of. He originally wanted to be Thomas the train. I put my foot down. Sorry, but it's an ugly costume.. and I wasn't about to spend $$ on it. He tossed around many ideas.. doctor, Taylor (our beagle), Rocky (our cat), bumble bee, lady bug (couldn't find that in a boy's costume lol), superman.. and finally he decided on a dragon. Jer and I pulled the whole "last minute costumes" and he pulled out his fire gear from S&R and bought a blue shirt and suspenders from walmart.. and I grabbed a pair of scrubs and put my stethoscope around my neck. LOL. Gotta love those last minute costumes.

Anyways... just wanted to say Happy Halloween to all my blog readers! Have fun tonight!!

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Happy Birthday Jeremiah!!

Today is Jeremiah's 31st birthday... and even though I am not the best blogger, I had to find time to post something for his birthday!
So incase you ever read this Jer, I want you to know you are such an amazing person! You are a wonderful provider, and you work so hard to make sure Landon and I have whatever we need. I am so grateful that I am the lucky lady you decided to marry and have a family with! I can't begin to tell you how much I love you, or even why I love you. You always make me smile when I'm sad, and you help bring out the best in everything. You've been so supportive with me and my schooling, and so selfless in giving me all your schooling benefits. We have so much, and none of it would be possible if it weren't for you, and how hard you work. I love you so much. Happy Birthday baby!! xoxo







Wednesday, September 29, 2010

October

Since Fall is officially here, (and I have a free moment) I thought I would post our fall/October schedule, just like I did last year. :)

OCTOBER (One of thee best month's ever!):
4th- Pop's Birthday
9th- Sally's (MIL) Birthday
13th- Dad's Birthday
15th- Leave for Jeremiah's birthday camping trip in Bishop
16th- Jeremiah's birthday!!
18th- Shanade's birthday
18th- Return home from camping trip (and go directly to the shower!!!)
23rd- Lombardi Ranch w/ Challman family
31st- HALLOWEEN!!! :)

I can't wait for October to get here so we can start celebrating all this fun stuff!

Monday, September 27, 2010

Mr. Landon Bug

This post is long overdue... and with Landon growing up more and more every day I thought I better make time to write it before I'm blogging about the colleges he's getting accepted to. LOL.

Mr. Landon Bug is growing up so fast! I can't believe in exactly 5 months he will be FOUR. Didn't we just celebrate his 3rd birthday?? The last few days I've been trying to come up with some ideas on what to do for his birthday. So far the only thing I have come up with is a birthday party at our house. Or chuck-E-cheese. I know just saying "chuck-e-cheese" gives some people shivers.. but Landon loves playing there, and to be honest, Jer and I do to. LOL. I'm just not a fan of having parties at public places... that are infested with tons of other kids. So who knows! I would love to pick a theme so I can start looking at decorations, and invite designs, BUT Landon changes his favorite characters more often then he changes undies! haha. Last birthday we picked the theme 'Cars' and by the time his birthday rolled around... he was OVER cars and wanted trains! I was thinking about doing trains or superheros this year... but we will see what he likes when his birthday gets closer.

Enough about his birthday.. moving onto what Landon has been up to lately!

He has been talking so much more lately. He was a very slow talker, and at first I hated it, but now I am glad it took him so long to start talking, because now I can't get him to shut up! haha.
He is currently way into counting. He can count to 4 on his own, then seems to think 7 comes after 4. We are working on getting him to count to 10.. and I don't think it will be long until he can do it. He's like me, picks up things really fast.
He is finally eating more, and still loves his corn dogs! He'll eat a whole corn dog for lunch. He also loves PB&J sandwiches. He'll eat half a sandwich and a few oreos for lunch. He loves french toast... but more then anything he LOVES bacon!! He'll eat about 5 or more pieces of bacon for breakfast if you let him!
Because he is finally starting to eat more, he is starting to gain a few more pounds too. Last month at the dr's he weighed 30 lbs... I think he's around 33 lbs now. He is in 2T-3T clothes... more 3T though. The waist in 3T pants/shorts require a belt, but 3T shirts are perfect.
He loves playing with the dogs... and loves being outside in the sun and dirt. He's all boy.
He's also sooo mechanically smart! He can work the TV and Wii remote like it's nobody's business!! In fact, the other morning he came downstairs, turned on the TV, noticed it wasn't on the right output so he changed the output so he could watch his cartoons! I'm tellin ya... he can work those remotes like it's nobody's business!!
He is also doing so much better at night. We no longer have to lock him in his room until he falls asleep... we keep the door open and only once in awhile does he push his luck and come out over and over again until we have to lock him in.
Also at bed time he is finally in the routine of brushing his teeth.. so if you try to put him in bed without brushing his teeth he will remind you. He LOVES brushing them... but i think what he loves more is afterwards rinsing with the "blue stuff", aka: his mouthwash. It's the kind that shows you any plaque you missed while brushing. Every night he brushes his teeth in his bathroom, then runs to our bathroom for the blue stuff, then shows both Jer and I his clean mouth.. and makes us smell his breath. LOL. It's really cute, and I'm so glad brushing his teeth is no longer a wrestling match!
He is really into watching TV shows. We have netflix streaming through our Wii so he watches all kinds of shows. (Seriously the best $9/mo we spend!) Lately he's been watching Dora, Blues Clues, Thomas the train, Kipper, Callou, and Wonderpets. He runs around the house singing the Wonderpets song... which is quite catchy! He also counts and talks along with Dora since that's an interactive TV show. I've noticed since he started watching all these shows, he's learned a lot of stuff and has a larger vocabulary. He also asks a lot of questions when he doesn't understand something.
I haven't been able to upload a lot of pictures to my computer because I am trying to clean off my hard drive right now, so the most recent pictures i have of my little man are from July. For more up to date ones, check out my facebook.

Saturday, September 4, 2010

4 year anniversary

I know I am a little late... but better late then never.

On July 29th, Jeremiah & I celebrated our 4 year wedding anniversary. We didn't do much on that day because Jeremiah had to work, so we just had lunch together at home. Grilled Cheese Sandwiches. lol.

That weekend a friend of ours babysat Landon for us so we could go out and spend some time together. We went to BJ's for lunch (one of my favorites!), then went to the mall where I got to pick out the most beautiful anniversary ring (see picture below). After we were done hanging out at the mall we went to Massage Envy and got a couples massage. It was really nice to be able to spend some quality time together.

When we returned home we invited Landon's "babysitters" (a couple Jer works with) over for a BBQ. We hung out, BBQ'd, and had a great time with company.

The entire day was a blast! I'm proud to say Jeremiah and I made it ANOTHER year together. :) Can't wait for next year.... the big 5 year!

I love you Jer!! Thanks for another great year of up and downs and getting through it all together, stronger.
XOXO, Courtney





"As we grow older together, As we continue to change with age, There is one thing that will never change. . . I will always keep falling in love with you."

Thursday, August 19, 2010

In dire need of an update..

I know! I know! I'm in dire need to update this thing... but I've been consumed with school the last few weeks!
Taking those 2 weeks off from school while Ben was here meant I would have to make up those 2 weeks in one week.. meaning I was doing 3 weeks worth of Anatomy & Physiology in just 1 short week. UGH.
But I caught up... but now it's finals week (well next week is) and of course my teacher LOADED us down with stuff.
I have a 75 question anatomy final (and they are NOT easy questions) to do before next Tuesday. I also have to write a paper explaining the endocrine system. Then I have to study for an EXAM on the endocrine system that we'll be taking on Tuesday, AND then I have to study for a practical exam we're taking on Tuesday as well.
I am LOADED down!
And to make matters worse.. this week is a little busy for me.
Today I have a lunch date (much needed) with my best friend.
Friday I have my cousins wedding to go to
Saturday is free to work on some stuff
Sunday I've gotta make a round-trip trip to San Diego, "family party" we're attending.
Monday Landon has a dentist appt in the morning, then I have math class that evening
And then Tuesday it's back to school.
So I have a little bit of today, maybe some tomorrow, Saturday for sure, and little bit on monday and tuesday to study and get all my stuff done. Gonna be a busy bee!
Sooooo... this was the best update I could do. Hang on to your undies, I'll update again when I'm not so swamped with homework :)

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Happy Birthday Taylor!

Happy Birthday Taylor! It's been 1 year since our stupid, yet adorable little doggy was born.