Friday, September 12, 2014
quick trip to the mountains
We decided while eating dinner last Saturday that we should drive 2 hours north west and go to the mountains hiking the next day. We woke up, ate in the car and hiked to waterfalls all day. Landon slept terrible the night before and then threw up 3 times in the car, an hour into the drive. We cleaned him up and tried to figure out if he was sick or just drank too much and got car sick. Kyle and I both didnt want to turn around, so we powered through and luckily everything turned out fine. We got some good family time in, hiked in the mountains for kyle and saw waterfalls for me. Landon loved everything and even hiked to one himself. A good time was had by all. here are some of my favorite pics from the day
Landon's Two Year Photos
I continued my theme of not doing traditional posed photos this year. Instead, I followed Landon around for the day and captured our everyday life. Below are some of the photos from the day. I think they do a good job of showing what he likes to do and his personality.
(giving Bentley a treat- he's known as "pup", "puppyyy" or my favorite "furry dog")
(Landon is obsessed with playing in the car. turning all the lights on and off, blinkers, horn..you name it. i've had to jump my car twice this week)
(of course, he's a big fan of eating and now needs to sit on the counter and help)
(nap time books on the big pillow...and some times where he ends up sleeping)
(big boy bed with a railing on the side- too many accidents so far)
(good grief, it's like I asked him to look like an angel...)
(and Que the two year attitude)
(tomatoes from the garden will fix just about anything)
(cookies after dinner- 2 to be exact- and he wont let you get away with just one)
(Needs to sit in the big chairs now and those pillows need to be exactly as he see's fit)
(he climbed that "hill" and he's really proud about it. you might say he's "up high")
(jumping. every day.)
(and then we need to relax. jumping is hard work in this kind of heat)
("sumps" = jump)
Thursday, August 7, 2014
July
Again- we've been busy! The first part of July was packed with a lot of activities. We went to UNC for fireworks on the fourth and Landon was scared to death. I thought he would never let go of my neck. They let the fireworks off in the middle of the football stadium (which is where we were sitting), so they were close, echoed and were totally overwhelming. So..next time I guess we'll watch them from the car or from really far away. He's now scared of loud noises- so hopefully he's not traumatized for life!
The next day we packed up and headed to Michigan for a week. It was full of seeing a LOT of people. It was nice to catch up, but good to come home where summer was actually taking place. I dont remember bugs being that bad before and it was cold. And no, I'm not being a wimp. Going from high to 90s down to high 60s-low 70s is a dramatic difference.
Once we were home, we continued our normal routine- gardening, playing Dr. Cheekers, organizing Mama's paintings for Artprize, museum with friends, swimming...
We made a really amazing tomato jam (http://kitchenconfidante.com/tomato-jam-recipe) which goes perfect on pizza with just some fresh basil and mozzarella. I ended up getting an end of season box of tomatoes from the u-pick farm we go to. I'm splitting it with a friend since it's 25#, but it was only $15. It would have been over $75 of tomatoes if I went there and picked them myself last week. AND they are delicious and perfectly ripe. I plan on making at least one more batch of the jam with less sugar and then a ton of salsa. This is our afternoon project today.
Other than this, we are getting ready for family to come in the next few weeks for Landon's second birthday. (when did THAT happen?!) He's definitely showing signs of being two and really likes to be...shall I say...independent. But, we're enjoying him really starting to talk and trying to say new words. He says about 1 new word a day.Kyle finished up his last final this afternoon, so we're going to celebrate another semester down, another semester of duke debt and the promise of 18 months to go by going out to eat tonight with a bunch of friends.
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The next day we packed up and headed to Michigan for a week. It was full of seeing a LOT of people. It was nice to catch up, but good to come home where summer was actually taking place. I dont remember bugs being that bad before and it was cold. And no, I'm not being a wimp. Going from high to 90s down to high 60s-low 70s is a dramatic difference.
Once we were home, we continued our normal routine- gardening, playing Dr. Cheekers, organizing Mama's paintings for Artprize, museum with friends, swimming...
We made a really amazing tomato jam (http://kitchenconfidante.com/tomato-jam-recipe) which goes perfect on pizza with just some fresh basil and mozzarella. I ended up getting an end of season box of tomatoes from the u-pick farm we go to. I'm splitting it with a friend since it's 25#, but it was only $15. It would have been over $75 of tomatoes if I went there and picked them myself last week. AND they are delicious and perfectly ripe. I plan on making at least one more batch of the jam with less sugar and then a ton of salsa. This is our afternoon project today.
Other than this, we are getting ready for family to come in the next few weeks for Landon's second birthday. (when did THAT happen?!) He's definitely showing signs of being two and really likes to be...shall I say...independent. But, we're enjoying him really starting to talk and trying to say new words. He says about 1 new word a day.Kyle finished up his last final this afternoon, so we're going to celebrate another semester down, another semester of duke debt and the promise of 18 months to go by going out to eat tonight with a bunch of friends.
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