Smiley Face Wake Up

I love waking up to Landon's smiling face every morning.

I wish I could hug him and never let go.
That way he would stop growing up on me
 and we could stay at this point in time forever.
 I keep trying, but it's not working!

You Make Me Smile

You make me dance like a fool

Forget how to breathe

Shine like gold, buzz like a bee

Just the thought of you can drive me wild

Ohh, you make me smile

This boy sure can make me smile!

"Smile" by Uncle Kracker is the one song that Landon and I can sing and dance to over and over again without tiring of it. As I type this I can picture Landon singing the word "you" while pointing at me and smiling! We sure do love dancing like fools to this song!

*To hear the video you will have to pause the music player down on the bottom right of the page. I haven't been able to disable the auto start feature on the music player. One of these days I'll remember my log in information to change the way the music plays. Until then you'll just have to hit pause!

Rain, Rain Go Away!

It was raining like crazy here earlier this week. The other morning Landon wanted to go outside with his chalk. It was just a light rain at that point so I allowed him to use the chalk on the back porch since it is covered. It wasn't long before the down pours came so I had to bring Landon inside. He spent the rest of the day carrying his chalk in his hands saying, "in a minute sun come out, please in a minute". He desperately wanted to draw with his chalk outside. Landon went to play in his room and I didn't think anything of it. A little while passes before I go to check on him. This is what I found:

Somebody really should keep an eye on him! I guess he found a way to use his chalk while it was raining outside. I then remembered that he had a chalk board in his art desk. I guess I realized that one a little too late! When Landon wasn't busy coloring on the carpet, we spent the rainy days playing around and being silly. There was a lot of bed jumping and wrestling. We also enjoyed acting out scenes from some of Landon's favorite movies.

Landon's "scared" face when he was pretending to go on a Heffalump trapping expedition.

Later on in the evening Landon was pretending to catch dinosaurs.

We also did a lot of reading and playing inside his Toy Story tent.

All of this playing was the cause for great big Landon smiles!

Day 29: Silly Landon

Day 29: A picture that can always make me smile.

This picture is from when Landon was about 15 months old. It always makes me smile. He has always been so silly. He was walking around with me outside and decided to stick his tongue out at me. I managed to capture it on camera. I love this little guy so much!

Thankful for Smiles

I woke up in an amazingly good mood this morning. You know, one of those moods where nothing can bring you down. It made me think how thankful I am for what I do have. So up until Thanksgiving I will post a quick little something about what I am thankful for. Today it is easy- I am thankful for Landon. I am thankful for the way he wakes me up with kisses and tickles. I am thankful for his early morning smiles and his contagious laughter. I am thankful for every morning that starts with all of those things.

I am thankful for every morning that begins with this smile!

Loving Handful

There are two words that describe Landon best these days, handful and loving. Somehow Landon always finds a way to cause complete destruction in a matter of seconds. I call our afternoon clean ups the aftermath of Hurricane Landon. He can make a mess of his toys like none other. He's always so proud of his messes too. The other day he called me over to see what he had done with his toys. He took all of his toys out of the toy box. He was sitting in the middle of the mess while saying "cheese". He wanted me to take a picture of his mess! What a ham! No matter the mess he makes or the trouble he finds, he knows how to flash that cute smile of his and plant a kiss on me to make everything all better.

When he's not causing messes, Landon is as sweet as can be. Last night we went to the park for a few. I went off for a minute and Landon was playing with his Uncle Matt and Uncle Alex. Once Landon saw me coming back he ran up to me with the biggest smile. I love seeing his face light up from complete happiness!

I also cut my hand last night and put a band aid on. Landon saw the band aid and insisted on wearing one too to be just like Mommy!

I have to remember these moments when he has a not so great moment. Such as, hiding under the bed while chewing four sticks of gum that he found. Whenever he gets into something I just think back to smiles like this one.

I have also found a great way to tire Landon out. Spend the day making forts out of the couch cushions. When we were done playing he fell asleep right on top of one of the cushions and napped for two hours! We may be making forts every day!