Quack quack, cajun dinner and mule ride

A few weeks ago while "up north" for a visit Landon got to play with Poppy's duck calls, go out to eat at Landry's and also got to ride the mule on the farm!!

Okay Poppy, show me how this works so I can call the big ducks in!

Let's see if I can get this right...

What? Aren't you supposed to chew on it to warm it up?

Dinner at Landry's!

Let me drive Papa! Oh look! A duck on the pond...where are those duck calls!?

This is the life!

Sitting up, old friends, stinky food and swimming!

Landon perfected sitting up last weekend...one day he kind of had it and the next it was like he was an old pro! Isn't it funny how that happens?! That same weekend our friends Candy, Trent, their boys and Candy's mom came to visit us at the farm for lunch. It was so good to see them. Candy and I went to school together and were more like sisters than just friends. Friends like that are just priceless and we always enjoy seeing them.

I just can't describe how much fun we are having with our little guy. He is truly a blessing and we enjoy every single day with him. This week he started eating baby food of the stinky meat variety...really, it smells nasty and his face after the first bite of chicken was hysterical. Of course, after the first couple of bites he decided he liked it. We call him Mikey...cause he'll eat anything. Today we went to a fish fry and he got to go swimming with daddy!

Thanks for the new toy Mimi! Now, what am I supposed to do with this thing?

I figured it out all by myself! You gotta take all the rings off! I can do this!

Mimi, I need to check my facebook...let me have the mouse.

New toys are fun and my mommy thinks I have the cutest cheeks ever!

Yay for tummy time! It's not so bad after all!

Dax and Landon on the farm!

Ty and Landon on the farm too!

Nana and Papa got a new chair and I love it!

Who needs a teething ring? Isn't that what toes are for?

Woohoo! Swimming is fun!

Yeah, I want the bubbles that little girl behind me has...you just wait until I'm big enough!

**UPDATE**

Landon rolled from his tummy to his back over the weekend and twice this morning! Since the last post he's tried carrots, squash and applesauce...his new name is Mikey, he'll eat anything. He's getting closer and closer to sitting up on his own and he loves swinging at the park down the street from our house. I have lots of pictures of him swinging but I'll leave you with this one...quite possibly the best and funniest grin ever!

Landon's half a year old...and hungry!

We celebrated Landon's half year birthday with some help from Gerber! Yep, no more dinners consisting of bland cereal and boring formula...we've added some "real" food to Landon's dinnertime selections and was he ever ready! The kid acted like we'd been hiding the good stuff for months and months! He's a fan of green beans, peas and sweet potatoes so far and we bought some carrots and fruits today...we'll try those next week. Needless to say...he takes after his mommy and daddy. We're a food lovin' family!

Landon had his 6 month checkup last week...here are his stats:
Weight 17 lbs 10 oz
Length 27 3/4 inches

He's definitely grown since his last checkup!! He isn't quite sitting up yet and he still isn't a fan of tummy time...even though he rolls to his tummy almost every time you lay him on his back! He refuses to roll the other direction. He still babbles away and his belly laugh makes us belly laugh! He likes to help us fold laundry, can't wait to get a good handful of Zoe's fur (he's gotten close!) and he says "dada" . Of course it's on purpose! Right, dada? :)

Here are some fun dinnertime pictures...

K - I've opened wide now hurry it up...

Really, if you can't get it to me any quicker I'll do it myself. Give me that spoon.

MMMMMMMM....peas!

No hands!

What do you mean it's all gone!?

I like sweet potatoes...I promise I do.

See, I told you!

Do you HAVE to take pictures of every bite? Let me eat already!


And helping with the laundry...

Okay daddy, this one looks okay. Good job!

Let me just taste it to be sure...

Laundry is fun!!!

Mother's Day and Father's Day

I'm a little late in posting this one...but Landon made our first Mother's Day and Father's Day extra special this year and he spent lots of time at The Painted Pig making our gifts! Nana took Landon to have the cutest platter made for me and I took him to have a special frame made for his daddy. We love The Painted Pig and can't wait to go back to paint some more as Landon gets bigger!

I cried when I saw this platter...I love it!


Jim really liked his frame and one of these days I might actually get a picture for it! :)