The Move, and The Smile

Sorry it's been a little while since our last post. We have been busy moving into our new apartment and have fallen behind on the blog. Once we get the place all done the way we want we'll take some pictures, but we love that it is so big and has lots of closets!

Our little Landon has learned what "1,2,3, Smile" means. He squints his eyes and tilts his head up and gives a big cheesy smile. He looks really goofy. Below there's a pic of him being a big boy at the table (he climbs on everything now) and then there are two short videos capturing his "smile."
Also on a side note, Ben starts his second year of graduate school Monday. He's amazing at balancing work, school, and family. Good luck this year, honey!

Baby Gender...round two

Well, as you all know at our ultrasound a couple months ago the baby was modest and didn't give us a peek. WELL, the doctor ordered another one because the baby was measuring small (32 percent) and now we can say we are having a baby......GIRL! And, she is now measuring in at the 43 percentile!
So we just wanted to share the news with you. We hope little Landon will be a great big brother to his sweet sister when she arrives.

Bubble bath baby

We finally picked up bubble bath for our little guy and he had mixed emotions about it. But overall I think it was a hit. Since he is not a bath fan we thought any little thing that makes bath time more fun would be good. Check it out, he said BUBBLE!

Food videos

A taste of lemon. The people at the next booth over thought we were so mean to inflict this taste testing upon Landon.

Another taste of lemon.

And he learned this just by watching us at the table. It's amazing what kids learn on their own.

4th of July weekend

Aunt Lindsie came to visit us in Murfreesboro for the the Fourth of July Weekend. We, and especially Landon, enjoyed having her visit. She is great with him and he adores having all the attention.

For the Fourth of July we headed to a small tourist town just a little ways away called Bell Buckle. It is a quaint little town complete with victorian era homes, and a little row of small town shops that included craft stores, antique stores, a cafe, and an ice cream parlor. Here is the outside of the stores.

Lindsie is holding Landon in front of a painted mural of the town. Landon wanted to "pet" the little painted dogs.

And guess what else this little town is known for? Moon Pies and RC Cola. We couldn't leave without purchasing a taste.

Landon enjoyed his Banana Cream Moon Pie (well, only half of it because we didn't want him getting too hopped up on sugar).

And what is the Fourth without fireworks? It was a last minute decision but we stopped by a fireworks tent and purchased $3 worth of fireworks so Landon could watch them. (We knew he'd never make it to watch the city's fireworks show at 9 p.m.). Here is the little kid in Ben as he lights up the fireworks. I was very impressed he only purchased what he did, because when we sent him into the tent alone I thought he'd come out with a lot more!

We didn't get much of a reaction from the little guy, but he did watch intently. Aunt Lindsie held him just in case he decided to either A, run towards the fireworks, or B, runaway from them.

And the video below shows what Landon really enjoyed about the fireworks--running around the parking lot afterwards.

Oh, and we also spent July 3 in Nashville going to the farmer's market, a park and walking around the music row in downtown. Here's a clip of Landon cooling off in a water-works feature at the park. This clip is also proof that I too was part of the fourth of July weekend, somehow I managed to stay out of the pictures, but not this video).

In this photo he looks like a cat who just got it's paws wet. Anyway, that was our weekend and thanks to Lindsie's camera we were able to get some videos of Landon that are a little longer. We do have a few other videos that we'll put up later, but they just take so darn long to download.

Diaper issues

So our little Landon has hit that stage where he is always trying to pull off his diaper. I have started to put him in rompers again that button at that bottom, but it is not always so successful. Case and point, the pic below. He has learned to unbutton the snaps. So this is what we found at nap time, thankfully his diaper was still intact. And here's a close up of the sleeping angel. Isn't he precious?!?!

Baby gender

Well, the day of the ultrasound has come and gone so we can now announce that we are having a baby.....well, a baby. The little tike wouldn't give us a peek even after a good half hour of trying! Yes, I was disappointed and I have had to adjust to the fact that this baby may keep its gender a secret until it makes an appearance sometime in early November. The only reason we'd have another ultrasound would be if any complications arise (so I guess I'm praying not to have an ultrasound). Boy or girl, we'll be happy. But this is sure going to teach me patience!

On another note, Ben has entered the world of Corporate America. He is an intern at a financial group in its training department. He was pleasantly surprised to find out how interested he is in the project he's working on so I guess he picked the right field for him! The best part is that it is a paid internship, which was in short supply this summer due to the economy. Way to go, Babe.