The Things Landin Says

I think Landin has gotten to an age where he has grasped the use of language and how useful it can be in times of need. When he starts to whine and cry and we have no idea we tell him to "use his words" so that we know what is wrong. He is getting good. Today seemed to be full of funny things coming out of Landin's mouth.

1st event:
Landin picks up the baby monitor and starts acting like he is talking to his daddy. He tell his daddy that he is home in Washington. Then spits out a few more things like oh yeah, okay, what you say? The kid can pretend like nobody!

2nd event:
We are in Walmart and of course I tell him that I need to get everything on my list before we can go look at the toys and most importantly the Transformers. After a few minutes of walking up and down the aisles and dodging the extraordinary people of Walmart Landin takes my list and is studying it. I ask him what else we needed on it as if he can read. Well, not known to me there was something else on the list that we had yet to pick up. He tells me, while pointing to the list, that we still have to get the transformer. I had to laugh. This kid was good. So, we headed to the toy aisle and got a dinosaur. End of story. :)

3rd (and final) event:
I am in his room putting him to bed. I'm trying to read a story as he sits in his bed. Now, what most people don't know is that Landin HAS to go to bed with his current most favorite toys. It is a must. If there is one car that he is really loving on at the moment and it has "gone missing" than he will not go to sleep until we find it. We think its a toddler case of OCD. Who knows the kid loves his toys and usually knows EXACLY where they are are (ex. The green car behind the tv stand under the tv.) Anyways! I'm trying to read as he is playing with this toy drill thing. All I can hear is that annoying drilling sound as I'm trying to read a lovely story and get him to sleep. I ask him to please stop because it is rude about 3 times. Not working. So, I tell him I'm going to stop reading and leave. At this point he puts his tiny little hand up, practically in my face and says, "Take a rest". YES! He told me to take a rest! It's one of those things that shocks you and makes you want to laugh all at the same time. Well! My child and his mouth.

I assume its only going to get worse and I really need to start writing this little things down, so when he gets older I can pull out the box and show EVERYONE! Even better when he has a smart mouth little son I can buddy up with him. 

Oh Christmas tree!

We got our Christmas tree yesterday! I have to tell you a little story and hopefully Trev doesn't kill me. We are still very much newbies when it comes to doing "adult" stuff like getting a Christmas tree and hanging lights (that is another story for another time!). We went to good 'ol Home Depot and picked a tree based on it not being too expensive, and then by how tall it looked to be. We didn't even have the guy open it up so we could look at it, because why do that when we have a nice wall to hide any imperfections?! We get our hefty, little Christmas tree home and we start cutting off the wrapping and lugging it into the house. At this point we are like Christmas tree professionals. We place the Christmas tree into the tree stand. I hold the tree as straight as possible while Trev starts screwing those long screws into the trunk of the tree. He is grunting and pretty much hating this whole moment. He finally tightens the last one and says, "Let go of the tree". To both of our surprise and anger it immediately wants to fall to the floor! Trev wants to throw the tree out the door while I'm working on damage control. In that moment all my knowledge from Christmas pasts comes to use and we reformulate a new plan. Unscrew ALL the long screw things, adjust tree, and THIS time we make sure it is upright. At the end of this whole Christmas-memory-in-the-making we have a tree that is standing with a slight limp, but no worries it has a wall to rest against. And if you look at it straight on, no one would know!! I love our tree straight or not and it was a labor of.....love! :)

See! Can't even tell! It's a beauty.

Update on Potty Training

I am so happy to say that Landin's potty training is going fantastic! He rarely has accidents and if he does it's usually just a few drops. He started standing while peeing like a big boy. I think he is loving this new found freedom. Every once in a while he will tell me to leave or get out of bathroom, so he can have some privacy. Makes me laugh every time.

I haven't talked much about what Landin says, but he says some of the funniest things! Yesterday I pointed at his cheeks (on his face) and asked what they were. He replied with, "They my butt cheeks". I almost dies laughing. He's a little confused. Other little things he says inja for ninja, togebber for together, puter for  computer and he has told me "Momma I think I love you", "I love you all day", and "let's roll out" when we are leaving. I know there is more, but I just can't think of them as I sit here watching him play with his rescue bots! He is really into Transformers lately. I think we have watched every version of Transformers there is out there. He actually really loves the old cartoon from the 80s.

Here is a random pic from our favorite park/lake in Seattle. We go almost every weekend to feed the ducks, walk along the lake, and play at the park!