Too fast~

This boy is always in a hurry. He was in a hurry to be born, I had to take medicine several times to keep him from being born too early. Was born in 3 fast hours. Only looked like a baby for about a month. He can't wait to grow up and be in the army and an inventor. Has been talking about his upcoming 8th birthday for a year. Runs everywhere. Wants to be first in everything. Speeds through his homework so that he can try to do Mikayla's. No matter how exhausting the days were when he was a toddler, I never wished it would go faster. I tried hard to savor every moment, yet it still flew by. Now instead of a busy toddler, I have a busy young man standing (never still) before me. You have brought us joy and laughter since the day you were born and we cherish your energetic personality. Even if you tire us out, I won't wish for it to go by faster, because you are still growing too fast.

Cutie Pie~

7 Months~

Landen ~I can't believe you are 7 months old already! Your sixth month just flew by and you are changing everyday! Now that you have 6 teeth I think your smile has changed. Dare I say you look like your Mama at that age. You are a very happy baby and you love to smile! However, you are still a night owl, which means you fight sleep in the evenings which isn't always pleasant. Secretly though, Daddy and I enjoy our special evening time with you all to ourselves. You are smitten with your siblings and I really think you have been saying bro bro, although it sounds more like bwra bwra. You like to wave your arm and say hi! You weighed 19lbs. and 12oz. last week and are getting too long for your infant car seat. You get really excited when the kids come home from school and daddy comes home from work. I think you are becoming a little bit of a mama's boy, only because you love to nurse and do not like food yet. You have tried several foods, but are really not that interested yet. I am just fine with this and am trying to cherish every moment, because I know in an instant you will be walking and talking and trying to keep up with the big kids. You have realized that you can express yourself by screeching and throwing your head back. Mostly you do this when you don't want your coat on. Honestly, these little tantrums are really cute, but I think you may be my most "determined" child yet!

You are a little charmer and make friends everywhere we go.

When we are out and about people are always smiling in my direction and it always takes me a second to realize they are smiling at you, precious boy!

I think this is my new favorite picture! You are probably trying to figure out how to grab her glasses.

You have also started to give kisses. But you are very stingy with them.

You get so excited when you get even a glimpse of bro bro's bedroom. The legos will need to be put up very soon.

Every single person who meets you says you look exactly like Zach. Actually though, you look very much like your sissy at this age. I will have to scan some of her baby pictures soon.

Bro bro can make you laugh instantly, usually by saying chicken tofu latte. I have no idea where he got that, but you think it is hilarious!

Your hair seems to be growing in a little wavy still. It actually looks more blond in real life.

Landen, you are God's beautiful creation and we are all blessed to see you grow and change everyday.

Stinky toes~

Landen has the cutest, but stinkiest baby toes I have ever smelled.

New Year's Eve Activities~

Landen wasn't too sure about all the noise.

We had lots of junk food, and watched Tale of Despereux, and let the kids stay up until about 9pm. The plan was to let them stay up later, but they were getting quite cranky and tired by 8:30, so we did our countdown early.

Happy New Year!

Landen does not like loud crinkly noises.

Some Wii fun earlier in the day.

And the wishbone finally was dry enough. Oops, these are in backward order, but you get the idea. They were almost the same size, but Zach's says he won.

Snow Glow~

I lost my sunny window in the fall and then one day I got it back when we got tons of snow, so now it's my snow glow window for taking pics of my sweet boy. These were from when he was 6.5 months.

All of our snow fun from the past month!

Looks like they are waving at me, but Landen was on my hip. Landen kept smiling at them and saying, "Iiiii" in this really sweet soft voice. He wasn't happy that day unless he was watching kids from the window.

Zachary, Frosty, & Mikayla. He got a carrot nose right after this.

I don't know why , but I love this picture.

Our little snow bear.

I don't think we were out for more than 2 minutes, because it was snowing and pretty cold. We got a baby down!

The snow kept hitting him in the face and he was smacking is lips trying to eat it. It was so cute!

First time in the snow and he liked it!