He started crawling proficiently on Jan 1 (What a happy new year!), just in time to start in the "older baby" room at daycare, where everyone else can already crawl and/or walk. So we are now chasing him all over the house as he crawls at top speeds. He loves the dog bowls (water and food) so those have to stay on the counter most of the time now. (Poor puppies have to wait to have a drink until I notice them standing in the spot where their bowl is supposed to be!) He also loves to chase after the dogs themselves. He's not quite as fast as them yet, though. Lucy is still his best friend and Leroy still wishes he would go back to where he came from. :) But we hope that will change as soon as Leroy realizes how much attention he can get from Landon (besides pulling his tail, which is about all Landon tries to do so far).
In other notable milestones, he's down to 1 nap a day (part of the older baby routine at daycare), but he's sleeping better at night . We love the nights where we get to sleep uninterrupted and hope we have many more of those to come! We did stop feeding him at night, so that has helped a lot with reducing the wake-up's. Dad and Landon also now have some very nice bedtime routines, so that makes it much easier on Mama! He now has 6 teeth (4 on top, 2 on bottom) and seems to be cutting another tooth as we speak. He continues to be in a great mood most of the time and then turns it off like a light switch when he is ready for bed. He is eating more solid foods and drinking less milk, so I guess that is really a sign of growing up. Although he's not a huge fan of veggies (typical I guess!), he LOVES bread, meatballs, yogurt, Cheerios, and other such things. I'm starting to make some recipes out of the Deceptively Delicious cookbook in hopes to get some more veggies into him. He never did take to baby food so it is a constant challenge to try to make sure he eats enough good stuff.
We're also enjoying his increasing communication skills. He can now sign "more", "all done", "bye bye", and he loves to clap. Another funny thing is that he LOVES the piano. We got him a piano for Christmas, which he has a ball playing, but just in the past few days he has discovered the real piano and he wants to sit on our lap and play it. He hits keys all the way up and down the keyboard. To make it even more entertaining, Leroy always "sings" when we play the piano, so with Landon banging on it, he really belts out the tunes. We do not have a quiet house, in case you were wondering...
So overall, Landon is doing great and we continue to enjoy every minute with him! We've had to battle a few infections in Jan, but are hoping we finally kicked it and can be done with antibiotics for a long time now. Enjoy the pics - they are a random assortment from the past 2 months. I'll try to post some videos soon.
I want to play the real piano!
Playing my own piano
First Christmas!
Swinging at the Horrell's on a playdate in January
This was back in the early stages of pulling himself up - he kept getting stuck under the tables!
