New year of preschool & Landon turns 10 months old!

Preschool started back up after Labor Day, so Grady is now going three days a week from 9am-noon. While it's definitely nice to have a bit of a break and know that Grady is making friends and having fun, it is still bittersweet. Grady was happy about going the first day and didn't have any problem with me dropping him off. I was of course clutching on to him trying not to sob and look crazy! Here is a picture on his first day before we left the house.

In other news, Landon turned 10 months old last weekend. The next day (Sept. 12) he took his first steps all by himself! He's also starting to talk a a bit... his first official word was "ma-ma," which was then followed by "poop." Yep, no surprise there. With a 3-year-old brother who thinks it's hilarious to go around the house saying that, we knew we were doomed. He now also says "da-da" and we think "cat." Not sure how Brandon feels about "da-da" coming in third (especially to "poop"), but that's how it goes! :) On another note, we have also recently confirmed the fact that Landon has an allergy to dairy, so he can't have yogurt, cheese, etc. We're hoping it's something he eventually grows out of, but until then he will be on a dairy-free diet. Hard to imagine since it seems Grady lives on yogurt, cheese and milk, but we'll figure it out!

Here is a video of him taking some steps (not the first time, but the second time).

This same weekend Grady, Brandon and Gramps went down to Atlanta to wach a Braves game. This is a tradition that Brandon and his dad have shared for many years, so this was the first year (of many) that Grady joined the fun, and they had a great time! Grady did tell me that he "didn't like it when the people growled really loud." This is apparently what he called it when the crowd cheered really loud. :) Pictures will be coming soon....

A couple of weeks ago we randomly decided to go to Jordan Lake for an afternoon (well, for 30 minutes really). It took us 4 hours to prepare - or it felt like that anyway - and we stayed there about 30 minutes. Go figure. Grady and Landon seemed to enjoy themselves though, so that's what mattered. Here are some pictures from the day. You can tell Grady loves taking care of his little brother. :)

Here are some other recent pictures and videos just for fun! Maybe Landon has a future as a model for Levi's.... :)

Great spot for relaxing....Landon's carseat. :)

One thing Landon loves lately is having us chase him around the house (mostly when Grady does it, but he likes it when we do it too). He especially loves if we growl at him, which is so funny because he used to be really scared when Grady would make his dinosaurs growl. Now he loves it (as you can see)!