Copy Cat~

Landen @ 4 months

Mommy @ 6 months(I guess he gets the folding hands thing from me!and being a baldy)

Landen @ 1 week

Zachary @ 10 days(I didn't pose their hands)

Zachary @ 9 months(& 28lbs.)

Landen Alexander @ 8 months (they're both grabbing their feet!)

Zachy Baby~

Happy 8th Birthday Zachary Logan!

8 years ago today~

I was very pregnant and holding 10 day old baby Jakey because my mom and big sis Nikki stopped by; Jeff surprisingly came home for lunch; Grandma Frieda, Great Grandma Penner and Great Grandpa Penner were visiting; and I thought maybe my water had broken. Later I decided it hadn't, but about 12 hours later...

Be Mine~

We got this balloon for Mikayla for Valentine's and Landen was simultaneously fascinated and tormented by it. He wasn't too thrilled when I sat him by it.

Daddy made dairy-free heart pancakes for us for Valentine's. It was very sweet of him to think of me as I am still allergic to dairy. Although, I think the concensus was that they were more like a slightly sweet tortilla.

I heart roses!

Two boys I love dearly!

I just love how he crosses his feet!

I couldn't resist these jammies. They are size 18 months, yikes!

You can really see tooth #7 in this one.

The kids made sweet cards for Landen and he just lit up everytime we would hand him a card, like he knew it was for him.

This is the one Mikayla made for Landen.

...you're the cutest baby ever and I love you.

It was a very heartfelt day overall, including the ultimate act of true love by Jeff. Poor Mikayla got very carsick after having some pineapple at wholefooods. Let's just say mommy had to go nurse Landen so she couldn't help with the clean-up and daddy's car might never be the same.

January Recap~

Feels like I missed a lot of events from January due to sickness and teething and nursing around the clock for what seemed like days. There was a lot of fun , too, and I don't want to forget it! So here is a very random recap. You can tell when Landen is getting another tooth because he sticks his tongue out a lot.

He loves the puzzle he got for Christmas and is very good at taking the pieces off. I am amazed how he can grab those little red knobs with his pincer grasp. His fave to chew on is the snake. They all make sounds and he loves the elephant. He also loves to dump out all the pieces and just play with the board.

Mikayla changes her earrings every morning. I just love to see her express her creativity through her jewelry and clothes.

Landen and I got to go to Zach's explorers extravaganza. Do you think an egg can fit thru the neck of a glass bottle?

If you put a lit match inside and then put the egg on top it will! Very cool. The teacher talked a lot about heat and pressure and why that happens and Landen listened intently the whole time. Zach played with the egg shells the whole time. We loved being there to see some of what brobro does at school.

Not the greatest picture, but I love it.

Then they got to make vanilla ice cream by hand!

Yum!

Someone is practicing getting up on all fours. Yikes!

Zachary said he had to wear his apron to eat his ribs, because it would be "dreadful and horrid" to get sauce on his Colts jersey.

Just more Landen cuteness.

He weighs 21 lbs. now.

January 27th Landen got tooth #7 and January 26th Zachary lost tooth #7.

He just went in to the bathroom and pulled it out all by himself!

Very serious about playing with mommy's camera strap. This is our sunny window where we hang out on cold days.

Zachary and Mikayla did hoopsters at school this winter and Zachary definitely reminds me of his Papa, or I guess pictures I have seen of his Papa playing h.s. b-ball. At his last game he made a three point shot! We were all pretty stunned.

Mikayla is great at guarding!

We had a few snow days which led to some baking.

I walked out of the room for a second and he went from sitting to his tummy.

Got just a bit of snow.

Finally decided to like bananas again!

Cheering for the Colts even though Daddy is a Steelers fan.