Not so unique after all...

I can't believe I haven't blogged about this yet! So, the first visit to the pediatrician's office, the nurse (my old co-worker), Tracey, came out and told me that when I call in to make appointments for Landon, I need to give his date of birth. I said, "No way!" yup, they have another Landon J. Marker that was born last December. And here I thought I was clever naming him Landon, cause that isn't a common name yet... Hope they don't go to the same school... : )

Visiting Christina and the twins

Candy and Charlotte
Well, I never got a pregnancy photo with Christina, so here is our new mommy photo together!
Landon, Charlotte and Samuel at 4 weeks old.

What sweet babies! Landon was born one day before the twins.

Okay, so this morning was great! Landon slept all night the last two nights (still eating every two hours, but I will take that!) So we woke up early this morning, did our morning play time and then he went down for a good nap and I took a shower, did my hair and ....... drum roll please.... I fit into my first pair of pre-pregnancy pants! YAY! Now I just have to get myself into a non-maternity bathing suit for the beach trip at the end of July...

Love being Landon's mommy!

Landon just had a major poop and gave us this huge grin afterwards. I grabbed the camera as fast as I could, but I only got the tail end of the grin. Love it!
Landon and his play time. He is looking and grabbing this little monkey. I love that every day play time gets a little longer!

Landon's first Sunday at church

Major spit up all over James...
James in shock and a little soaked all over...

James not taking any more chances and laying the burp cloth on Landon...

First I have to say that we had an awesome sleeping weekend! Landon slept the entire night through only to wake up and feed on Friday night. YAY! Saturday night was almost as good, but he woke up at 6am and James took him downstairs so I could sleep some more. Then it was time to get ready for church! We actually did really well on time, I was very proud of us. And then right before we were going to get in the car, Landon had a major spit up. I am talking the floodgates opened and it got on James shirt, tie and pants, not to mention Landon's entire shirt was soaked. It was quite amusing!

Church was fun. Lots of people were excited to see him. And several people were in shock that he is blonde. My four year old niece, Bailey, kept asking when we were going to take him out of the car seat. I told her when he wakes up. So every time that she didn't think I was looking, she would start to poke him. : ) Of course, probably because of his major spit up, he needed to eat during sacrament meeting and she wanted to go with me. It was interesting to answer all of her questions about breastfeeding. She loved the fact that I have milk in my body and she thought it was gross when he spit up just a little after his burp. : )

Cute Video

Sorry, don't know how to delete first one...

Tonight Landon was wide awake and seemed to be staring a the blank wall behind the couch, I looked up and realized that he was staring at a picture of Jesus. Awesome.

Spit up, gotta love it!

Okay, so this morning, Landon woke up next to me and wanted to nurse. So I got ready and tried to side nurse him. Well, he had some issues latching on and staying latched on this morning, so I was wiggling around trying to help him, we were both getting frustrated and he was getting impatient having already had some breast milk and not wanting to wait for more. The next thing you know, he spit up all over my... chest. So, I decided to go sit in the rocking chair and nurse him.

Things I love about Landon

Every time we look at Landon when he is sleeping, his hands are in a new fun position. In the picture above, his finger was just sitting inside his mouth before I took the picture, he of course started to take it out of his mouth when the camera made noises.

Look at the position. He is the most comfortable in the craziest positions as long as we are holding him. (Notice what James is holding... besides Landon)

More cute hand positions. I love it!

Okay, so yes, my child is still a blondie. I can't tell if it is starting to get darker, or if more hair is just coming in. Landon hates his baths, but he loves to have his hair combed afterwards. : )

Landon sleeps with his eyes open and sometimes I can't tell if he is awake. I usually know for sure when he starts his REM cycle with his eyes wide open. It is pretty hilarious. Someday it might freak me out though... : )

Landon makes squeaking noises (Mom and Dad say he takes after Uncle Javy).

After a good cry, Landon makes this more pathetic whimpery cry, which I have to laugh at every time.

Sometimes when he is sleeping, he gets this sad look on his face and starts breathing really heavy like he is really upset, and then the next second, he has a huge smile on his face.

He started making eye contact last week and yesterday, just after a burp he turned his head and lifted his neck to look at me and then he started rolling his head back and forth mimicking me, it was hilarious. His neck is really strong, so I think we are ready to start tummy time!

When he is waking up not to eat, but just to be awake, he starts out by stretching himself awake. It is so cute, because you hear a series of grunts and then a bunch of legs and arms getting stretched out. I love it!

Most of all, I love how much he seems to love me back!