Allergies

After a few tests and doctors, we have learned Landon has a peanut and egg-white allergy. His peanut allergy is severe. He can't be around peanuts and anything that contains peanuts. So it's goodbye to peanut butter sandwiches, candy with peanuts, candy that was manufactured in a factory where candy with peanuts are made, and bye-bye to one of our favorite restaurants - Texas Roadhouse. 

His egg-white allergy is mild. He can be around eggs. We just have to wash our hands really well after handling eggs. He can't eat anything with eggs in it. So I'm on the search for eggless cake and brownie recipes. 

Though it has been to hard adjusting to reading every label at the grocery store and giving up our favorite sandwich, it has been so worth it. Landon's eczema is almost cleared up and he is such a happier baby. I am so grateful for doctors and modern medicine. 

                                                                        Having the test done

The new happy baby

BBQ Sauce

Sorry for the lack of posts. We've been extremely busy around here lately. My work is really busy and behind and I've been putting in a lot of extra hours. Kyle is very busy with school and work. I just wanted to post a video. Last week, I left my dinner plate a lot to close to Landon and he got BBQ sauce on himself. I think he enjoyed the taste. 

6 Months - Where has the time gone?!!

My little baby turned 6 months old a couple of weeks ago. Why does my baby have to grow up so fast?!

At 6 months, Landon is 26.5 inches long (49%) and weighs 13.87 pds (2%). He still wears 0-3 months clothes and some of those are a little big. He may be tiny but he has a BIG personality. 

Here are some new developments:

• He can crawl backwards - I'm little confused on why he chose to crawl backwards first. 
• He can make baba sounds and it's the cutest thing ever.
• He is becoming a daddy's boy. If Kyle is around, he is the one Landon wants. 
• He has learned to grab. He reaches for anything and everything. It makes life a bit more interesting now. 

Landon's favorite things: 

• Eating - this boy will eat anything will give him
• Throwing things on the floor so mommy can pick them 
• Drinking water - He laughs so much when we give him a cup to drink out of
• Crumbling up paper
• Laughing and Smiling
• Medicine - He is on medicine for acid reflux and loves when we give it to him. I guess it tastes good
• Being bounced on our bed
• Being put in a pile of laundry so he can play with all the clothes

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Grandma Hazel

My mom came to visit a couple of weeks ago and while she was here we made a trip to Vernal to my grandma's house. Actually, it's my great grandma and Landon's great great grandma. How awesome is it to have your great great grandma alive?!

My mom is from Vernal and I'm related to several people in that town. My grandma's (my great grandma's daughter and my mom's mom)  brothers and sisters live there. We always have a good time when we go there. I hear several stories of when my grandma and mom were little kids.

Here is a picture of my Mom, Landon, me, and my great Grandma. 

My Little Bundle of Joy

Motherhood Oops

Have you ever had an "Oops" Moment as a parent? Have you ever thought to yourself, "Oops maybe I shouldn't have done that" or "Oops, I can't believe that happened"? Well, I have had  a lot of them and thought I would share some.

My "Oops" Moments

• One night, when Landon was 6 or 7 weeks old, I was giving him an early morning feeding and as usual he didn't finish his bottle. So I went to put the leftover milk in the fridge. As I was putting the bottle on the top shelf, I realized it wasn't the bottle I was putting in, it was, in fact, Landon's leg that I was setting on the top shelf. Yes, I was about to put my son in the fridge. Oops. 
• Sometimes I call Landon, Colin, which is the name of my nephew. He lives over 1000 miles away so I'm not for sure why I get them mixed up. 
• This next one has happened more than once. After Landon eats during the night, I change his diaper. A few times I have crawled back into to bed and realize I never put a diaper back on Landon. I had taken the wet diaper off, button up his pajamas, and placed him back in his crib. I just never put a new diaper on. Luckily, I always remember to go back and do it. Otherwise, he would have a very wet bed in the morning. 
• This is my most embarrassing moment as a parent. Last week I was feeding Landon and while he was eating he dirtied his diaper. No big deal, I changed it as usual and went about my day. Later, when I was at the store, I looked down and there was poop all over my pants. I guess it had linked out while I was feeding him. Needless to say, I check my pants after every diaper change  now. 

Update on Life

I would be posting pics from Easter but I haven't figured out how to put pics from my camera onto my new computer. So no pics this post. I thought I would post an update.

Kyle is working hard at school. He has about 2 weeks left of this semester and then only 2 semesters left of his undergrad! We are hoping for a December graduation and Grad school would begin in the fall of 2013. He works so hard at school. I am so very proud of him. A few weeks he presented research he has been working on for several weeks at a National Conference. It went really well and several people were interested in it.

Kyle is currently looking for a new job, he's not a fan of the one he has. I'm sure he will find one that he likes and things will work out.

Landon well Landon is busy all the time. He is constantly trying to crawl (I hope he gets it soon).He loves his own voice - he tries to sing and talk most of the day. Last Sunday in Church, the Choir sung and Landon tried to copy the women's high pitched voices. We got a lot of laughs from people that day.

Landon started solid foods a few weeks ago and he is already a picky eater. He loves sweet potatoes, carrots, and his favorite is squash. He hates rice cereal, peas, and green beans.

It's so fun watching Landon grow and discover new things everyday.

As for me, I love being a stay at home/working part time from home mom. I love the fact that I can do a job I love from home but that I can still be with Landon all day. Work has been slow lately so I haven' t been able to work as many hours as I want but it's starting to pick up again.

My mom comes in 2 weeks and we are going to the BYUs Women Conference. I am pretty excited for it.

As for our diet, Kyle and I slacked off for a couple of months but we are back on it and ready to go.