Landon's First Sleepover

Landon and Wrigley slept over Uncle Stewart's house with Michelle, Cheyenne, Bryce, and cousin Zachary on Friday night. Mommy and Daddy were at Disney World partaking in Epcot's Drink Around the World for Megan Sullivan's birthday.

We dropped Wrigley off at Stewart's on Thursday night along with all of Landon's stuff. Then Friday morning we took Landon to day care and headed off to Disney. Stewart picked up Landon on his way home from work. They sent us some pictures, they apparently wore Landon out because he was sleeping in most of them! :)

Cousin Zachary holding Landon

Chad and I had a really good time at Disney. Danielle and her boyfriend Ralph, flew down from Chicago to visit and go to Epcot, so did Amanda's cousin Sarah from Boston. We had a pretty good group at Epcot!

Chad, Ralph, me, Megan, Billy, Amanda, Michael, Brandon, Sarah
Kelly, Jessica, and Danielle

Landon and Paint!

Landon was at school painting a school bus red. Usually their art projects are based on a book, but I wasn't sure what book this was from. As you can tell from the photos, he was super messy! Ms. Mariah said he loved the project but was pretty stubborn when she was trying to help and take the paper away from him.

 

 

Sippy Cup Adventures

I was feeding Landon his bottle on Monday night and he was using his fists to hold the bottle all on his own. Since he was clearly able to feed himself I thought it would be fun to try using some sippy cups.

Babies R Us had a $5 off a $5 purchase coupon, so I used 4 of them to purchase some green Avent sippy cups. They are pretty similar to his bottles, but they have handles. He did really well with them, I was impressed! I still had to help him hold the cup, I seems a little heavier than the bottle.

Landon's First Trip to Disney

Nana, Aunt Megan, Daddy and Mommy took Landon to Disney for the first time! We tried to make it to the opening of the Magic Kingdom, but that didn't happen! Between all of us there was a lot going on, when we stopped at the Shell for Nana to get gas Landon spit up and needed a new outfit. That was his 2nd of the day. The first outfit he peed through and on to Aunt Megan. So, Landon in his 3rd outfit, Aunt Megan in her 2nd, and the rest of us managed to get to the park around 9:30 AM! Landon was squealing with excitement. It was really funny, he kept swinging his legs in the stroller and shrieking.

Big boy and his 1st visit button!
The button didn't last long on his shirt, he kept trying to eat it.

When we got into the park we saw Snow White had a line to get pictures taken with her. While in the line Landon decided he needed to be changed. I took him over to the bathrooms and while we were finishing up Aunt Megan came running in to grab Landon. She said they were holding up the line and Snow White was waiting for him. So she took off when Landon while I grabbed all the stuff and met them out there. Right after Snow White we saw Mary Poppins was just standing around in the corner so we took some pictures with her too! After people saw us with Mary Poppins a line began to form for her.

We had fast passes to get our pictures with Rapunzel, Cinderella, and Bell in one room and Mickey and Minnie in another. Landon fell asleep while after meeting Mickey and Minnie and was in and out of sleep while meeting the princesses. 

We had a fast pass for Dumbo so we headed over there. They are remodeling Magic Kingdom again and even though we were there about 6 months ago, things are already different! The dumbo ride has completely changed, there is now 2 of them. There is a huge tent for you to wait in until it your turn to ride too. Landon did really well the whole day! He slept on and off, he is such a good sleeper! He really doesn't get affected by noise. He loved all the characters too. He was a huge fan of their noses! 

I'm not sure what he would say were his favorite rides, he visited a lot of attractions: Dumbo, Peter Pan,  Haunted Mansion, People Mover, Mickey's PhilharMagic, Country Bear Jamboree, and slept through It's a Small World and most of Pirates of the Caribbean.

 

 

 

 

We had really nice, but super hot weather. It did rain for a little while, Daddy and Aunt Megan were on Space Mountain, so while it started to rain Nana and Mommy had ice cream under cover and Landon ate some fruit and rice cereal. It was a nice little break!  

The night ended with us watching the Disney's Main Street Electrical Parade and then the Magic Kingdom fireworks. Landon LOVED the parade and then fell asleep during the fireworks. He sat on Aunt Megan's lap and watched all the light up floats and characters go by. Snow White came over to him and touched his nose. She told him he was the cutest thing! We had actually heard several times that day how cute Landon was and what a happy baby. He was quite the hit at the park!

 

Snow White telling Landon he is the cutest thing!

We had such a fun day at Disney! Landon's first trip was a success! He can't wait to go back!

Fun at school!

Miss Mariah sent me some funny pictures from Landon's day. She was feeding him his rice cereal and apparently she wasn't quick enough because Landon decided to help himself! Later on he was being silly and taking a "rest" on the foam floor.

 

Boca Fun!

Saturday Chad and Justin went with Uncle Gary to have lunch in Fort Lauderdale. The took the boat on the way Chad saw the biggest cruise ship in the world, The Oasis of the Sea, and Lee Major's house. While the boys went on the boat Lisa, Emily, Landon and I went to breakfast with Lora and Michael to IHop.

After breakfast Lisa, Emily, Landon and I went to the mall to attend the Yankee Candle Halloween release party. I won a 20% off your entire purchase coupon! Although I didn't buy anything, it was still a fun win! After the mall and Babies R Us we went over to Aunt Patti and Uncle Gary's house to go swimming. Landon loves the pool so much, he actually fell asleep for a little while in the pool!

Eventually the boys made it back from their boat trip. They all had a really good time! After swimming Landon took his first shower ever, he loved it. He loves any kind of water!

We went to dinner at Bru's Room with Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Gary, Aunt Patti, Kenny, Barry, Barry's son Shaun, David, Serena, Josh, Camila, Tim, Lisa, Justin, Emily, and us!

Sunday morning we went to church with Grandma and Grandpa. After church we went to IHop for breakfast. After breakfast we went  back home to Tampa to get ready for Nana and Aunt Megan's arrival.

Our day with the Martin Family

Haley, Chris, and I went to Elmhurst College together

We were so excited that the Martin family was coming to Florida! Haley and I had not seen each other since we were both pregnant! Chad and I both had Friday off and we stayed at Lisa and Justin's house the night before so it would be closer the next day. Chad, Landon, and I showed up to the Martin's hotel around 11:30/12. The Martin's were staying at the Marriott's Ocean Pointe Resort in Palm Beach Shores. When we got there Riley was sleeping, so we started drinking! (I mean, what is a vacation without some margaritas!) Riley woke up and both the babies had their bottles. Then the weather went from sunny to looking like the end of the world. Well, Haley and I decided it would be a great time to take the kids to the splash pad. We needed photos of them together in the sun!

The boys stayed upstairs with our drinks claiming they would meet us downstairs. Haley and and I are running through the people that were leaving the pool/beach/splash pad areas, several gave us looks and I believe a few warned us of the weather. We were able to get a little splash pad time in, we wanted the beach but the wind was blowing sand all around, so we drew the line there. Then it started to rain (thunder and lightening too I think) so we made our way back inside. The boys cleaned up a bit but were still drinking, they knew our mission was a failed one and didn't even attempt to come join us. 

Riley was super interested in the leaves and Landon was more interested in his hand!

 We then went to lunch a Two Drunken Goats. All in all the food was good but Chris wiped out on his way into the restaurant running from the rain. He landed on his back and Haley and I heard the smack sound from where we were. He is a good agile athlete so it didn't hurt him as much :) Then we had pretty horrible service, but Riley enjoyed her service! Haley fed her and I think Landon pretty much just slept. 

After lunch we headed back had some beer tastings, hung out, and then went down to the beach to get some pictures of the kids. Landon loved the ocean and Riley wasn't a fan of it. 

Afterwards both babies were pretty tired so we said our goodbyes and we headed back to Lisa and Justin's to spend the remaining rest of the day with them. We had pizza and Emily scared Landon by "talking" aka yelling in his face. It was pretty funny :)

Mr. Cool Guy!

Riley was happier away from the ocean!