Thanksgiving is over...

Thanksgiving is over and we had a blast!! We started it off at my Damma's house. I got to see my cousins, which I haven't seen is sooo long!! Landin had a lot of fun walking everywhere and even took a trip out to see chickens and turkeys with my dad! After we were done visiting and eating we left to go to Trevir's sister's house. It was so much fun with all the little ones and spending time with his family. Thanksgiving was a great day with great food! Today, Black Friday, Trev and I tried to go to Wal-mart to get a printer that was on sale. Of course, we didn't get up early because we aren't crazy! Grandma and Grandpa watched Landin while we went only to find all the printers were already gone! (I don't know what we really expected at 8am) It was a short trip without too much craziness. I just felt really bad for all of those Wal-mart employees!

Need to Vent

I was at the store a couple days ago and as I stood behind an older white woman in line, I over heard her talking with the cashier. They were talking about their children and how they did things "right". The older white woman's daughter got married and had her first child at 26 years old. She herself, had her first child at 30 years old. They continued talking about how their daughters and themselves did things "right". It made me a little upset. It is people like this woman that look down on me and my situation. I had Landin at a young age and I am not married. So therefore, I did things "wrong"? Well, I believe everything happens for a reason. For some reason God gave me my son at a young age. If I could do it all over again I wouldn't change a thing. He will get to enjoy his grandparents and GREAT grandparents far longer than other children. Landin will have young, educated parents there for him whenever he needs. I love him so much and can not imagine my life without him. If I had the guts, I would tell people like that older white woman that not everyone does things her way and they aren't wrong. I could have married Trevir right when I found out I was pregnant, but then everyone would have thought he was only marrying me because I got pregnant. When we get married I want people to know we are doing it because we love each other and want to spend the rest of our lives together. Landin will also know that his parents love him and they love each other. He will know that what his parents did in their situation was the RIGHT thing. He will know that he was a surprise gift! Look at this face and tell me we did things "wrong"!

More Halloween Pics

Baby Hulk was not happy, haha

Papa and Landin

Uncle Shawn and Landin

Grampa and Landin

Pumpkin Carving!

Yesterday we carved our pumpkin with Landin! It was so much fun and he really loved it. This was our FIRST pumpkin to ever carve together too!. At first Landin was unsure about the gooey insides, but after I took them all out and put them in a pot he went to town picking them up and throwing them everywhere. Trevir actually carved out the pumpkin and his cute little face. Of course, after carving the pumpkin we had to cook the pumpkin seeds! I always remember when I was a kid we would do the same thing at my house. It was always a good, fun time. Today we are going to Marissa's church for some fun trick-or-treating. Landin will once again dress up as the Hulk. I will post pictures of that tomorrow! Happy Halloween!!

Our pumpkin seeds

Before seasoning!

After! They look sooo good! (And they were!)

Halloween Time!

Yesterday I went trick-or-treating with Cara, Patrick, and Sam in Mission Grove. All the little shops were passing out candy and there were a lot of little ones in their costumes. Samantha wore her tiger costume that was very cute and Landin wore his Hulk costume which is perfect for him! Everyone loved his costume and said he probably could of won the costume contest they had earlier in the day! I couldn't believe how cute he looked. He actually kept the head piece on too, which made the outfit. After a little trick-or-treating we headed over to the pumpkin patch down the street to play. The little ones got into a jump house thing, but of course Landin didn't enjoy it much. I think the highlight for Landin was getting DIRRRRTY! He was digging in the dirt and picking up hay with Samantha. After getting drenched in the misters he continued to play in the dirt and get even more dirty! He loved it though! Samantha liked the pumpkins, she was putting the little ones with the big ones. They are so cute together! Later that day we went over to my mom's house to have dinner...YUM! My mom bought Landin a BIG pumpkin so we can carve it for Halloween! Yesterday was a good day!

The Couch!

We have a large leather sectional couch that has been a problem lately! For about 2-3 months Landin has cried if we didn't let him up on the couch with us, so we would usually give in. Once up on the couch he would walk along it and sometime do some dare devil moves which scared the living daylight out of me! The couch has been a constant battle for Landin and I. Well.....yesterday he finally learned how to get onto the couch and get safely OFF the couch!!!!! At first I was not very happy, but he is a big boy and can it all on his own. I still line our hardwood floors with pillows in case he does fall off, but he has been pretty good at getting on and off and not doing any crazy moves.! I am actually really proud of him!

Our Life Lately

Lately our life has been busy and boring all at the same time. I am back in school 3 days a week now, so that is keeping me busy driving all around. Trev works every day and night now except Thursday and Fridays. Friday is our only day off together, so we take Landin to his Gymboree class for some fun and baby socializing. He likes one girl Camryn, who happens to be my friend's neice. They always try to kiss in class, which is very cute! This week while we were in class Landin tripped over a mat and face planted into the corner of a wooden box and cut open the side of his eye. (*Picture below)He cried hard for a minute, but was able to pull it together and make it through the rest of class. That is the first time he has ever cut anything open on his face! I think I would have freaked out a lot more if I wasn't in public. Last night we babysat Marissa's kids. They had a lot of fun with all of Landin's baby toys. There was a toy for everyone. Nolan had the pirate ship, Paige had the stuffed animal and ball, and Caleb had the bouncy horse and bells. I think the best thing of all though was the seat I made out of a bucket my mom got us. The kids loved sitting inside and had to take turns. It's the simplest things in life that make kids happy!

Speaking of happy kids, Landin has not been so happy lately! I think he is teething again. He now has four on top and four on bottom. I see his bottom gums are full of bumps, which mean little teeth are trying to push through! Poor guy! At least he has started actually sleeping through the night, thats definitely a plus for me! Other than that he is kind of talking. Sometimes I swear I hear him say actual words. He waved bye-bye to someone the other day. When we are outside he will wave and say HI to cars passing by. I'm being patient and not worrying too much that he isn't talking more.


The bucket chair


Gymboree wound