10 Months

Height: 28.5 inches

Weight: 21 lbs

Landyn has made it ten short months in this world with only 1 ear infection and only a week of fever (which I believe had something to do with 6 teeth making an appearance at the same time)! We are blessed with a healthy, happy baby!

She now has 8 teeth that are visible almost all hours of the day as she is a very happy little girl. She is really starting to crack up at things which just brings so much joy! She is now eating mostly table food, but will let us feed her yogurt and ice cream (on special occasions). She is also starting to drink whole milk with lunch and dinner. With her love of food, we are slowly using the up the rest of the formula - down to a bottle in the morning and a bottle at night. She is starting to taste everything before she puts it in her mouth and has learned to spit it out - greeeaaaaat! Her favorite food would have to be blueberries, which she will never refuse!

Her little personality is continuing to blossom as she has begun "pitching fits" by plopping on the floor and shaking her hands. She sure does know how to manipulate! We have 2 big rules in the house that she is quickly learning: 1. she cannot touch cords 2. She is not allowed to throw food or drink on the floor from her high chair (which she finds hysterical). We try to be consistent and make sure that she always knows that we love her no matter what! She really does seem to know when she accidentally drops something to the floor - she says "Uh Oh!" She also can wave and say "Hi" and "Bye". She puts objects to her ear and says "Hello". It's fun to hear her try to mimic everything you say. She is standing on her own and taking a few steps, but seems to realize that crawling gets her there much faster! Her most recent, new found motion is pointing. She holds her hand out and grunts "uh, uh" until we walk her around and let her touch everything. Of course, being a teacher, we name each object she touches. She loves pointing to her bows and so does her Daddy!!!

She absolutely loves to swim (I think she may have been a fish once...) She can hold her breath and sometimes blow under water and kick, kick, kick. She loves it so much that it's hard to keep her head above water!!!

We've had such a great summer, getting a chance to visit several friends and go to many, many birthday parties :) Speaking of birthdays, we are planning Landyn's first! It's insane how fast time flies!

Thanks for always thinking about us enough to visit Landyn's blog. We appreciate all of our friends and family who have helped show Landyn the importance of love and relationships :)

Roadtrip Trooper

Road Trip to Colorado: July 24 - August 1, 2010

The Roberts family and Meredith decided to go on a road trip to Colorado. Meredith was a blessing on the trip as she helped keep Landyn occupied AND drove a lot of the time. We are so blessed to have such great friends!!!

**We drove through the first night and made it to Colorado Springs on Sunday morning to stay with our friends, Mike and Margaret Clifton and their boys. They were so "hospitalitacious" (as Kris would say) And let us take naps to regain some energy right when we arrived. They cooked the most amazing food and we had a great time catching up. PICTURES NOT AVAILABLE :(***

We left Monday morning and made a detour through Boulder. Before we did anything we just had to stop by Adam's Polishes warehouse to check out Kris's obsession and meet the owner, Adam! Adam took us on a tour of the warehouse and was the friendliest person! He took us through downtown Boulder to Pearl Street. We had lunch and walked the streets to take in the BEAUTIFUL, Colorado weather! Then we were really on our way to Grand junction to visit Ongba (Grandparents)! On the way we stopped at a really great rest stop called Grizzly Bear Creek on the way to Grand Junction.

Dysfunctional??? *LOL*

Meredith was a blessing on the trip - she helped to keep Landyn occupied!

Toes in the sand for the first time (and in Colorado!)

She was such a trooper on such a long drive!!!

***We stayed with Shelly and Robin in Grand Junction where we climbed Liberty Cap, went to the Brewery and made lots of memories! Unfortunately we left the camera in the car and are awaiting pictures from our stay there.***

While staying with the Trans, we drove an hour to visit the Auto Museum in Gateway, Co. It was so fascinating with all these old timer cars (which were not supposed to be touched - we have a rebel with us as you can see)!

Mohawk Rock - Gateway, CO

We took a trip to the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado for Meredith. This hotel was the inspiration for the movie, The Shining written by Stephen King. We were ghost hunting since it;s a proven "Haunted Hotel".

Landyn and Daddy waited while Meredith and Mommy went ghost hunting through the hotel :)

We stopped in Denver to stay with the Remleys (Cassidy, Brad, Koen and Knox). While we were there we took a trip to a Wildlife rescue habitat. This place rescues animals like tigers, bears, wolves and lions from captivity in homes, garages, sheds, trailers. We learned that Texas has more captive wildlife (carnivores) than all the other 49 states combined!!! The rehabilitate these animals and then put them in a large habitat where they can live.Landyn with Knox We had a great trip visiting with family and friends. Landyn was the perfect Road trip baby! We can't wait to go on many more family vacations :)

Brody

Baby Brody James was born July 27, 2010 weight 7.9 lbs. We are so happy for him to come into our lives and we just love the Underwoods :) Congrats!!!

The Bug

Landyn caught it - and it was not a nice bug...

But it turned her into a Cuddle Bug...

Her wheels are turnin'

We took Landyn to the Children's Museum to meet her long lost friend, Olivia. Landyn and Olivia were born just hours apart (Olivia a bit older). Rainy, Olivia's mom and I met when we both were getting support at a breast-feeding group. The girls were just days old. Rainy and I kept in touch and we finally met up again and introduced the girls. Olivia's grandma and Landyn's Nana came too. It was such a fun girls' day!!

Landyn found everything there interesting and began exploring the entire floor.

Little Miss Olivia...

Landyn loved Olivia's hair (as did me and Nana). We need to teach Landyn to keep her hands to herself...Olivia had a few hair pulls throughout the visit.

We had such a fun day and cannot wait to do it again soon!!

9 Months

Height: 2 ft. 5.5 inches (50-75%)

Weight: 19 lbs (50-75%)

Landyn is rapidly progressing in all areas :) She now stands a little on her own, talks (babbles), lets me know when she does NOT want something, and has conquered the "trick parents with whining" battle (sometimes). Her has many facial expressions that completely make up her personality! She makes this sound with her nose (breathing in and out really fast with it wrinkled up) that is sooooo cute! We aren't quite sure what it means though. When she plays she knows what it means when she has letters in her little toy mailbox. She opens it and gets her mail. She can roll over on a couch or chair and back crawl off of it - her Daddy's favorite trick. She can turn the pages of her books and thinks there should be some kind of texture on each page so she scratches each one (maybe its her way of points??) hehe :)

It has been amazing being able to stay home with her each day :) I'm about to start fitness camp at school so my days will consist of less Landyn, but I'm hoping it won't be too hard. We are planning a road trip in a few weeks so pray that all that will go over well :) That will give me 24/7 Landyn time (and Daddy time).

She officially has 6 teeth and one on the way. She still loves her bath time and looooves to brush her teeth. Her favorite foods are steamed veggies (peas, carrots, broccoli) and fresh fruit (grapes, pears, strawberries, watermelon). She also likes bagels and cereal (Kix and Cheerios) in the morning. We started mixing a tiny shot of V8 Fruit Fusion Light in with her water for taste and extra "goodness" for her body. /she loves to drink out of her straw cups and regular cups. Sippy cups - not so much. She is down to 3 bottles a day (morning, noon and night). She eats mostly table food now, but sometimes for breakfast she will have some oatmeal and on occasions when I need to use what we have...

She is just precious and we are so proud of our little Landyn Lu!!

Happy Birthday, America!!

Each year on the 4th of July we have a cook out at the Verboons (Nana and Pops') house. After burgers and amazing Tootie Pies (owned by our cousin, Donnie) we head out to watch the fireworks from their driveway. This year was just a little more special and fun since such a cute little firecracker is here to join us fromo here on out :)

Daddy had to work so we didn't get to spend this "first" with him :(

But Aunt La was there!!

And Nana was there with an swesome, patriotic crown for Landyn to wear to show her support for our beautiful country!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!!!!!!