A Chunkey Monkey 1st Bday

Because we call you chunkey monkey, we had that as our theme for your 1st bday party. I took Thurs and Fri off to help prep for the party. I made 4 cakes complete with homemade frosting. (I had to test ones to see if I could complete my mission) lol. They all turned out. I made a monkey cake and a giant cupcake( I borrowed the mold from a friend).

We had the party on Sat at 11 so you napped before and after all the fun you were able to nap again. It worked out pretty well and you never melted down.

Grandpa and Grandma K, Ross and Sarah came up from WI. Grandma Ann and Gpa Miguel came and Matt, Jodie, Ava and Cam. It was quite the chaos with three kiddos running all over! hehehe

You got a lot of clothes, play slide, race track/cars, puzzle, puppet, books, and a water table. We bought you a car that we can push you behind for outside.

We had lunch, cake and icecream and opened gifts. It was kind of chilly/windy out so we had to remain indoors but we still had a great time. You are one very spoiled little boy!

Happy 1st Bday!

Dear Sweet Landon Jayce,
I cant believe that you are a year old already! It seems like just like yesterday when I held you in my arms for the very first time! Everyone tells you how fast the first year goes by and oh my goodness they are not lying. You have brought so much joy to us this past year. Although time flies by and many days I often feel tired and that there is not enough time in the day, I would not trade it for anything. Your sweet smile can make me so happy inside instantly. It is so fun to watch you learn new things everyday. You are always so happy and easy going! We could not have asked for a better son! We are so excited to watch you grow in the many years to come!


*Stats: Weigh 22 lbs 8 oz, 30 inches long
*Still wearing 18 month clothes, the pants are still a little long. You got several new summer outfits that I cant wait for you to wear!
*Wearing size 4 diaper.
*Getting two more teeth in this past week(the one to the left of your bottom teeth) and top you are getting the one on the right side(fang, which is very weird. Its usually the two top teeth.
*Still just walking behind everything and pushing things around, crusing around furniture. You love to push your toy car thing all over the house and your high chair too.
*Still say mama and dada and baba to bella. You love to clap.
*Starting to drink some Whole Cows milk with formula. (we are no longer using bottles)-just the ones with a spout type nipple. We are only giving you the milk (5 oz) but typically youll only drink 2-3 oz...breakfast, lunch, snack(around 3pm) water at dinner and then a 8 oz before bed. Ive been told we need to give you some water after or brush your teeth to get the milk off of your teeth before bed.
*Eating foods like a champ, pickles and raspberries seem to be your fav
*We think you are allergic to strawberries..we gave you a food pouch that had strawberries in it and you broke out in some hives. We gave you benedryl and you were fine. We are just avoiding them for now but want to do a test where we tape a strawberry on your back to see if there is a reaction(rec by the pediatrician)
*Llama llama books are still your fav
*Got you your first real shoes (stride rites) Still not sure about them but you cant kick them off
*First sunglasses--you love to pull them off
*Pulling yourself up on everything esp at bath time..you dont want to sit down.
*Hate having your nose wiped and diaper changes you do not want to sit still.
*Youve started scrunching up your nose and almost doing this snorting type nose when you are determined to do something.
* Still going to bed around 7-730 usually nap around 9 and 1-2.. Naps are going a little better youll usually sleep 1-1.5 hours. You still wake up around 640-7ish.
*Cant seem to kick your ear infection.. You are now on a third antibiotic for one.. we thought it was going away but at your 1 year apt she thought it was on its way back..which would explain your fever and waking up the past few nights.

On your bday. Daycare had a party for you complete with choc milk and brownies. Theresa gave you a book too. You are too spoiled. We had pizza at home and then we took you to cherry berry for the first time to try frozen yogurt. I stuck with just vanilla and chocolate due to your unknown allergies. The first bite the cold startled you but after you were grabbing for the spoon for more. After 5 bites or so you were done with it though. Too cute!!

Coolest dude on the block

Heres a picture of a walk we took the other night. You are wearing your first pair of sunglasses. They lasted all of 5 seconds on your head before you pulled them off and started chewing them lol.

Baby's First Easter/Cam's 1st Bday

We celebrated both Cam's 1st bday and Easter up at Matt and Jodie's since it was all the same weekend. We went up early Saturday and met Grandma Ann and Grandpa Miguel at the Albertville outlet mall since Matt and Jodie live an exit away. We had lunch and shopped at Oshkosh, Stride Rite and Carters. I picked up a few things for Landon as well as my mom. Oh my gosh I have to say if I lived so close to this mall I would be broke. So many cute things and for cheap!

The party started at 2 so we then headed over to the party. There were about 25 people there and lots of other kiddos. Landon did great moving around and playing with all of Cam and Avas toys. He didnt seem to be afraid of all the people which was good.

Cam's party was "Time Flies" theme, is nursery is plane themed so it was a good fit. We had cake and snacks and sang happy bday to Cameron. He was kind of in a daze from all the people and people snapping photos but he did well. His cousin Rowan helped him open up his presents.


Later after everyone left, we hung out and ordered pizza and dyed Easter eggs with Ava.


On Easter Sunday it was so gorgeous out, sunny and in the 70s. The kids woke up and found their Easter baskets and Ava hunted for the eggs we hid inside and out.


Landon opening his basket


We went on a walk to the park and played. It was the first trip to a park for Landon. He loved the baby swing and laughed at his cousin Ava swinging high next to him. He also liked being on the playground bridge. He was very happy and smiley the whole weekend. People kept asking, "Does he ever get crabby?"



We went back to their house and grilled out steaks for a late lunch and then headed home. Landon was exhausted and slept the whole way home.

Dying eggs at home with mama and dada


Easter bunny from daycare

Food Log

I thought it would be fun to keep track of what foods we have given you when/reactions to it

Food Date Reaction

Rice Cereal Aug 24th(4 months) Took a week or so to get used to it and then could not get enough of it. Worked our way up to 2 TBSP.

Peas Sept 22nd Gave you one bite alone and you spit it out and made a face, mixed some with cereal and then you ate it.

Oatmeal w banana Cereal Sept 26th Loved it! Gobbled it all down!

Green Beans Sept 29th Seemed to really like them. We just mixed them with rice cereal.

Yellow Squash Oct 3 Would eat it by itself, seemed to like it.

Acorn Squash Oct 7th Favorite to date! You gobbled down one cube and screamed for more and we gave you another to eat.

Sweet Potatoes Loved them! They were a little thick so I mixed them with bm.

Butternut Squash Oct 17th You kind of spit it out but we were out to eat with gma and I was trying to feed you in your car seat, you liked
it the following night

Carrots Oct 20th Seemed to like them just fine.

Pears Oct 24th Really liked them.

Peaches Oct 28th Loved them you kept leaving your mouth wide open like a bird for more--could be allergic..broke out with hives
on Wed after

Bananas Nov 5th I mashed up a banana we had at home..you kinda made a weird face but you ate half of a mashed up banana.

Apples Nov 18th Loved them ate them all in seconds.

Puffs Nov 22nd Wasn't quite sure..have to break them up

Green Bean Casserole(turkey day) Nov 28th Loved it:)

Chicken Nov 30th Liked it

Chili Dec 1st Loved it

Spaghetti and meat sauce Dec 7th Loved it

Hamburger plain lil pieces Dec 8th Werent sure, may mix it with some sweet potatoes.

Oranges(clemtines) Dec 2nd We give them to you in the teething mesh feeder to suck on, you love them!

Yogurt Dec 18th You loved it!!! We gave you the Yo baby banana kind

Climbed up the stairs/Walker

On Friday night, you climbed up the entire stairs. I was behind you in case you'd fall. Sometimes you'd stop after a couple and then fall. haha. You were so excited!!

You also have been walking behind your walking toy by yourself across the living room. You go so fast its almost like you are trying to run. You are getting so fast and mobile now. We may have to put up our baby gates.

Allergic to Amoxicillian

Just as I had feared you are allergic to amoxicillian just like your dad. UGH. This is why I insisted on something else to begin with but they were like nope hell be just fine. blah blah. Well a week after you broke out in a rash. I called the nurse hotline and they said oh hes fine, its just a rash caused by the med its not harmful and hes not allergic, keep giving it to him. In the morning it was so bad that it was huge red blotches everywhere. I brought you to urgent care and they said yep you're allergic. Thanks nurses hotline! You still had the ear infection so now were on a new one. Lets hope this one works.

Poor baby!