Happy Baby, Happy Life!

Happy 5 months Landon!!

Every time I take one of these pictures I can hardly believe yet another month has gone by.  I fear that November will fly by even faster than previous months with all the fun holiday festivities!  Time, SLOWWWW DOWNNNNN!!!  

I thought it would be fun to see the progression of pictures so here they are!  

 

I neglected to brag in my last post on how I FINALLY have a baby that will nap for a solid two hours every afternoon.  I have to say, a two hour break for baby and for mommy is just what the doctor ordered for my case of insanity.  I never knew two hours that go by so fast, and that I could accomplish so much in such a short amount of time!  The trick to getting him to nap?  His monkey pacifier, shutting the door and a few days of a pissed off baby crying in his crib (not that we still don't have that every blue moon.)  After a couple days of this combo we were napping like a champ!

Our third annual Friendsgiving, and our first with Landon was a success!!  We absolutely love hosting this super fun event every year and we're so glad that all our friends look forward to it.  It really is a lot of fun.  This year we had not one, but four babes there!  We love watching every one's lives change from year to year, whether it's our friends getting engaged (two of those this year!) or them adding little ones to their lives (3 new and one on the way!)  Friendsgiving brings us all together and it's fun to see how much changes from the last year.

By the end of the night Landon was super ready for bed.  We tried to take this picture with Molly, his future wife and he was just not happy about it.  I love how Molly looks like she's trying to comfort Landon as he screams.  

After a successful few weeks of rice cereal we were able to move onto other baby foods!  We have introduced sweet potatoes and bananas and the jury is still out on these.  When you feed them to him at first he makes these faces like you've just fed him my mom's hamburger stroganoff.  Then he opens his mouth for you to feed him more!  He can't seem to make up his mind.

Due to our helpful puppy brother we have had to move from feeding the babe from his boppy to his highchair!  Vedder was always near by waiting for Landon to hold out his hand to clean it off, and then Landon would get distracted by watching his brother!  It was just a circus.

Sweet potatoes!  I'm not sure how much made it to his stomach and how much stayed on his face! 

First time in my highchair!  Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Freaney!  I love it! 

I'll take some more food please.  

                                      

Somehow puppy brother still finds a way to help with clean up.  

Highchairs can also be used to help mom cook in the kitchen! 

I am gearing up to run my third half marathon!  Now that I've successfully completed my longest training run, 9 miles I feel like I'm in a good place and I'm beginning to feel excited to go run!  I'm mostly excited to cross that finish line with my boys (2 out of the 3) cheering me on!  I won't be breaking any world records but hey, not many people can say they ran a half marathon 5 months after having a baby!  Now to keep my fingers crossed that the weather cooperates!

Here's my race course!  

Jill and I recently went to dinner and a musical and she asked me how being a parent was, and I told her it's the hardest and most rewarding thing all at the same time.  There are so many pros to being a parent, ones that I never even knew I was going to love.  For example, there's no better cure to a bad mood than to look at your baby and he flashes you the biggest toothless grin, or the excitement and giddiness of trying something new with him, as simple as sweet potatoes, or just plan watching him and his curiosity while playing with a new toy.  Nothing in the world can express the way it just melts your heart.

Landon in the magical bouncing chair.  Favorite.  Thing.  Ever. 

As you can see, someone has discovered his feet.  This fun new trick is especially fun when you're trying to change his diaper.  

Watch out Daddy!  He's a hair puller! 

A rarity in this house with this wiggle worm.  Daddy somehow managed to get him to nap on him. 

Nothing like being all snuggled up in a towel after a nap! 

No silly Mommy, you don't need to fold me!

I just can't put this book down! 

Practicing sitting up!

I wish I could have caught this one on video, Landon was talking to Vedder.  It was so adorable!

Not happy about being bundled up for the cold!  He's definitely a Southern Babe!

Visiting our friend Emilia!

Just sitting in my chair like a big boy!

Just a little tub beer.  (Or trying to drink from his bath tub cup)

A lot of people have been posting things they're thankful for on their Facebook each day.  It's a constant reminder to me of how I have so much to be thankful for.  As I write this blog I'm reminded that I have a happy (a very happy might I add,) healthy baby who I couldn't be more thankful to call my own.  A wonderful, loving husband who is more than I could have ever asked for, and a sweet, kind puppy son who has been there for me through thick and thin, in his own puppy way.  I could write about 20 pages of things that I'm thankful for.  I am an incredibly lucky person.  So to all of you reading this, stop and remember what you have to be thankful for, I'm sure it's a lot more than you think!!