Landon loves his monkey mirror

When Landon was a newborn baby, he loved the car. But in his second/third month he started to hate it. Well, we finally put his monkey mirror in the car and during the beach trip he seemed to love the car again. Not sure if it really has anything to do with the monkey, but I would like to think so... He talks and laughs most of the car ride now. It is so cute. My sister-in-law Jes said that the beach is magical, well, he isn't quite sleeping through the night, but I'll take a happy baby in the car! : )

Landon's Play Station Thingy

The box to this toy says that babies can play in it as soon as they can hold up their heads... well, Landon started doing that at three weeks old.... (they need to put a recommended starting weight) After I put it together a couple of weeks ago, I put him in it, and his head barely came up over the seat area and his feet were way above the ground! Well, as you can see, he has gained a ton of weight in those two weeks!

Landon's blessing day

Love the dramatic throwing the head back and opening in a big WAH! He does that when he is tired and can't take anymore. I love it, it is so stinking cute!
Happy right before church in his blessing outfit.

Grandpa and Grandma Alba

This is our second attempt at these pictures, the first time we took them they all had Landon crying in them...

Hey, it is nice not to be the lightest one in the picture for once! I'm sure it won't last long though. By the time he is ten he'll probably be taller than me and have a much better tan than me too!

Well, Landon's blessing day was the day right after our trip home from the beach. The trip home was way too long and Landon had the beginnings of his first cold.

Crap-etty crap crap!

James started to loose his voice the day before the blessing and the last time they needed the portable microphone in church, they couldn't find it. I was so worried that I wouldn't be able to hear the blessing that I started praying that Landon wouldn't be fussy for the blessing so that I could hear it. We always sit in the back, but when we got to church and they still didn't know where the mic was, we went right to the front. At the last minute they found it and then we found out that three babies were being blessed that morning. I was so stressed out because I knew that it was nearing the end of Landon's happy awake time and he would start crying soon.

Landon was the last to be blessed so I immediately took him outside to calm him down before it was his turn. Luckily the blessings went quickly and I brought him back in just in time for James to bless him. Landon didn't fuss once during the blessing! Prayers do get answered, even if they are kinda silly ones : )

Marker Family Photo

Two Grandparents, Eight Kids and spouses, 19 grandchildren and two babies on the way!

Beach Trip

(Sorry, this is a little out of order)

On the way to the beach
We left Saturday morning at 6am. We were up since 4:30am and we were at our first rest stop for bathroom breaks and Landon's morning nursing and interaction with Mommy and Daddy. We were at the rest stop for about 45 minutes. I don't know if you can tell, but I had quite the little cocoon back there...

Family photo in the car :)

Putting the baby carrier to good use!

Landon loves his hat! Thanks Auntie Candy! xoxo

Probably the only time it wasn't super windy. There seemed to be a lot of storms this week and a little too much wind for Landon. Thank goodness for gas drops!

Thanks to my sister in law, Jessica for bringing their jogging stroller. Otherwise I wouldn't have been to the beach all week.

Well, I have mixed feelings about this beach trip. I love the beach and taking a newborn to the beach is not ideal. Landon did great and reached a couple more milestones while we were there, but it kinda sucked too. We did have a lot of fun though, so it wasn't all bad. I had a ton of fun with my sister-in-laws that were in my beach house and they made a frustrating trip turn out great. Thanks ladies!

Landon's first tooth!

Just kidding! No, he doesn't have any teeth yet, but doesn't it look real????
Actually it is just the skin from his lip. It was just hanging there and I couldn't resist! Doesn't he kinda resemble Nanny McPhee?

Post op visit

The day before we left for the Marker Family Beach trip was Landon's follow up visit with Dr. Bagwell for his hernia repair. Did I already say how much I love this man? He is wonderful! He came and got us from the waiting room himself before we even sat down. Looked Landon over and chatted with us and before you know it, we were back on the road! I highly recommend his services to anyone that might need them!