Our Little Man is 2!

Landon turned 2 on Nov. 11, which is really hard to believe! The quote, "The days are long, but the years are short" is so true! Just the other day Landon told me, "Mommy, you have to put my high chair in the attic now." I responded, "Aww...what happened to my baby?" Landon then said, "You don't have a baby anymore." **Tears**  Yes, he is definitely a big boy now!

Landon is a funny little guy....he can be pretty sneaky and often times will look at us with this smirk on his face when he's about to do something he knows he shouldn't do. This includes climbing up on top of the couch (on the back) and standing up, attempting to "ride" Charlie, pulling toilet paper all over the house (while it's still on the roll in the bathroom), drinking bath water (ick!), running out the front door in an attempt to go to the mailbox, telling me "I'm going to hit Grady now"...just to name a few. Of course things like this kind of go with the territory when you have a 2-year-old! :)  Our "thinking chair" has been used quite a bit, although he doesn't like to "think" for very long. Usually he'll sit there for 10 seconds (okay, maybe 5) before he's running all over the house laughing again. And when we talk to him about why he went to the "thinking chair," we usually end it with, "Are you going to do that again?" And he usually replies, "Yes, I'm going to do it again" and smiles. Argh. :)

At the same time, he is definitely a sensitive little guy too and kind of shy with people he hasn't seen in a while or doesn't know. He's always been a mama's boy and isn't too thrilled when I leave (even if it's only to run upstairs to get something!). He also has several comfort items and likes them when he's the least bit upset....his blanket (which he refers to as his "bup"), his pacifier (his "tigger"), and several small stuffed animals. His favorites include his little doggie, garfield (which was mine when I was little) and a panda. Lately he really loves spending time with Brandon and likes for him to tell him stories at bedtime, do puzzles with him, and play outside (and only wants to hold Brandon's hand when walking outside!). His favorite activity is collecting rocks - he loves carrying them around, and we often times fnd them all over the house.

At bedtime he always asks us to talk about something in particular....."Talk about the beach...," "Talk about Harris Teeter...."  When we do this, we have to go through everything that happened when we were, say, at the beach, and for the store he likes us to talk about all the food we see when we're there. It's quite funny, and he loves to add little things into the story. I have to say that Brandon is much better at talking about these things at bedtime than I am.... after going through all the food in the entire produce department, I've about had enough and have almost put myself to sleep in the rocking chair! His new obsession is talking about the rotten watermelon that I cut up yesterday and subsequently threw outside for the deer. :) One day we will miss this routine! And speaking of bedtime, Landon has had a crib tent on his bed for a few months now... he decided a while back to take a nose dive out of his bed, so now he gets zipped in!

And I can't accurately describe Landon without mentioning how funny he is! He has an amazing sense of humor for just being 2 years old! He makes jokes all the time and loves making funny faces just to get a reaction. He talks a lot (in complete, full sentences), so it's always fun to hear what's going to come out of his mouth! He and Grady are quite the cute pair - their conversations are hilarious, and they just die laughing at each other (over the silliest things).  Of course they fight too (usually because Landon knocks something over that Grady just built), but they get over it pretty quickly.

For Landon's birthday, we had some of his friends from our playgroup over, which was a lot of fun! Kelly and Hannah were also visiting from Florida, so they were here to celebrate with us.

Then over the weekend we had a big family party. Granny, Gramps, Uncle Scott and Charlotte came for the day from Boone, and Mimi, Popeye and Ma came from Pinehurst. Aunt Carleen, Uncle Kevin, Aunt Kelly and Hannah were also there to celebrate. There is no doubt that Landon felt the love that day! :)

Hannah and Grady decided to assist Landon with his cake!

Landon told us repeatedly that all he wanted for his birthday was a juice box (because that's what he's had at the few birthday parties he's been to). He also wanted everyone else to have one too, so we made it happen! Here he is enjoying his...

Happy birthday sweet Landon! :)