Rice, Restaurants & Daddies Birthday

Ryan recently exposed me to a very yummy restaurant. Mongolian BBQ Ive never been there because I don't like meat that much but I was quite shocked when I was able to make my bowl of noodles made the way I wanted. It was soooooo good we will definitely be going back. Landon got to try out sticky rice and he loved it. How healthy too! I'm going to make him some at home it kept him occupied for quite along time and he got to practice his fine motor skills.

We also love the organic puffs

We ate at a brand new restaurant for daddies 31st birthday(December 29th) called Suede Blue. I always bring along Landons chair and tiny diner to hook right on the table. The restaurant high chairs give me the heebie jeebies. Landon is so LOUD I try to keep his mouth busy but he happy screams all the time. People smile and say how cute he is I figure that is only because he is small. As he gets older people will find it annoying real quick. I'm totally self conscious about it because I dont want to be that person with the out of control baby. One of us always ends up walking around with him to distract him, this time especially since we were at a nice seafood restaurant.

The Dorn family celebrating

First birthday as a father

Lil cowpoke

Catch up time! I plan to blog my million pictures I need to catch up on in the next week or two so all of the photos will be from Christmas through January. That is why you will see a paci in Landons mouth because the pictures are in the past. We are two weeks drama free from the paci and doing great. He didn't even care one bit and we were successful and I am proud of myself and Landon also. I think his attitude is even better since the dismissal of the paci. When we tried back in December he was teething his 2nd tooth and was very grumpy but this time he is a stud and hasnt even wanted one. Naps and bedtime is still the same as if he never took one.



These pictures are from Landons great Grandma & Grandpas house on Christmas Day. His great aunt and uncle gave him some cowboy boots, western pants and jean jacket with a cowboy hat. One day when hes older he will get his own miniature horse to ride at his grandmas house. I swear thats what my mom told me and Im going to hold her to it.

His great grandma knitted this hat and scarf for him. Well at least I think it was knitted now I forget she would kill me if I got it wrong. It was either knitted or crotched. I totally forgot this difference. Anyways its cute and I love the color because it matches his eyes.

His absolutely favorite gift he got for Christmas was this Little Tikes car with parent handle. We tried it out at Toys R Us and he was screaming with laughter. He wouldn't sit down and all he wanted to do was stand up while he was driving.

The best part of the whole toy is that Bella can ride in the trunk in the front.

After leaving my Grandparents house we went back to Ryans parents house for dessert and family photos.

Yeah I'm finally done with the Christmas photos. Woohoo we went so many places and did so many things just took me forever to get them up. Onto newer things.

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Fun with Letters

While we were getting ready for bed and bath, Landon started throwing his foam letters at me. He thought it was hillarious so I asked daddy to quickly get the camera. Try not to laugh I dare you!

Wordles Wednesday - Heartbroken

I knowI said this before...

...once again its bye bye Binky! We have given up the pacifier hopefully for good. Last time I took it away the poor lil guy had two new teeth come in and he was cranky and made sure we knew it. My mistake was allowing him to have it longer then when he was teething.

We have been over 24 hrs now and not needed it for even a second. I'm worried about in public though. What happens when hes grumpy at a restaurant? What about the gym daycare where he cries anyways? He will not take a human to soothe him. The boob or paci is all that will do. I suppose we could nurse for a few minutes to distract him and move on but what about when I'm not there with him. He will just learn to soothe other ways I suppose.

I already see the difference. He is so LOUD. He squeals loudly when he does things he is proud of. He has put himself to sleep 4x now on his own. I'm so proud of him.

I will miss his cute smile behind his rubberwood pacifier but I love watching my baby grow and watching his sweet smile and that is exactly why we are quitting his addiction. I want him to have a gorgeous smile to be a self soother and be confident. His language is already in abundance but I want him to say so much more.

Speaking of schedule I wanted to jot down what our day looks like right now.

8:00am Wake up, Diaper change out of disposable diaper, Get dressed
8:15am Breakfast Usually Oatmeal, Barley or Quinoa w/ Bananas or Blueberries
8:30am Nurse (sometime we will nurse then eat breakfast)
8:40am Playtime
10:00am Nurse & down for 1st Nap
11:00am Wake up, Change cloth diaper, Back downstairs to play
11:20 Lunch Usually Yogurt, vegetable, fruit or cheese then 4 cubes of HM Baby food
12:00 Playtime & Story
1:00pm Change cloth diaper, Nurse & Down for nap
3:00pm Playtime
4:00pm Nurse & Change cloth diaper
5:30pm Daddy home, *Plays with Daddy while I cook
6-6:30pm Nurse,Dinner time, Finger foods (Vegetable & Fruit) 4 cubes of foods
7:45 Every other Night or so is Bath & Lotion into disposable diaper followed by some playtime
8:00 Storytime, Teeth brushed & Nurse
8:30pm Lights out
2:00am Nurse (This one he he has been sleeping through)
4:00am Nurse

I can't believe he will be 9 months on Friday and looking forward to our 9 month photo session on Saturday. I wish his awesome photographer best of luck he is so quick now days but she always gets the best shots so I have confidence she will make the session awesome.

Christmas Dinner at Nanas

Finally I was able to get some great shots of my baby in front of the tree. On Christmas after a morning nap we headed straight to Ryans moms. I was excited to share Landon with family this Christmas. When we struggled with infertility we never thought this day would come. I wanted a child soo so soooooooo bad. I just never thought it would happen, he is the first grandchild on both sides of the family so he is absolutely cherished by all of us. On Sunday Family dinner we all sit around marveling over everything he can do and anticipating what he will do next. This being his first Christmas makes it so special. I thank God for giving us this miracle, and I'm thankful for his trust in me to raise this child of his.

He has grown so much and Bella is getting smaller and smaller sitting next to him but her jealousy is becoming larger and larger. I wish I could get her to like him but then again I don't blame her shes only 4 pounds and he crawls after her and wants to pull her hair. Hopefully as he gets older we can teach him to be careful around her and she will learn to trust him.

Caprice and I enjoyed a lil holiday cheer. We made some colorful drinks of champagne and Chambord and topped with some raspberries.

Opening his present from his Nana. What could it be?

The cutest chenille froggie hat.

Bella overlooking the present opening. Kinda sad because last Christmas her and our other dog Allie both enjoyed this moment with us. Sadly Allie died unexpectedly for no reason on January4, 09. She was my bestest friend ever and was so looking forward to her meeting my son. I feel in a way she died before Landon arrived so I could give all my love and time to him because she was my everything.

Here is Allie the only pictures I have of her hugging Landon in my belly. Man I miss this dog more then anything. We have a giant stuffed Dalmatian dog in Landons room that is wearing Allie's collar. Every time I accidentally bump into that dog and make the tags jingle I quickly turn to see if Allie is running in the door. Then I suddenly remember she wont and then my mind is flooded wondering what it would be like to have here here and how much Landon would love to crawl all over. She was so good with kids. She even taught my 9 yr old god-daughter to walk and I have been thinking lately if she would have taught Landon to do that too.

This the table all set for our family of 10. We had the best green beans I have ever eaten and whe I get the recipe from my MIL I am going to share it with all of you. I guarntee you will love them even if you dont like green beans.

Landon has the best Nana, she bought him a burnt orange B.O.B Revolution jogging stroller. Now I can get my fitness on with Landon and since this stroller fits to the 80 pound range we will be using it for a long time. I have been in a slump lately and not feeling motivated to start training. Tri-training started last week and I went but the whole time my mind was wishing I was at home on the couch doing nothing, nothing at all. I need some motivation. I keep making exucuses. I have all the support from the family and friends even my coach. The dates are already set for a half marathon and the two Tri's. I just need to "Do it" easier said then done though. I hope things get going and I find my groove soon.

I tried to Leave Landon in the daycare at California Family Fitness and within 20 minutes I got the call for Landons parents to come to the daycare on the overhead announcement. He was holding his breath and screaming. when he saw me he was arching his back leaning for me and reaching. Its heartbreaking but a part of me thinks its funny (I know mean mommy, huh?) The second I grab him from the poor lady I say to Landon this is ridiculous, that's enough. He stops the tantrum in .5 seconds. Then he turns towards the lady and chuckels twice. What? My baby is a meanie pants. I'm not going to let this stop me. I plan to take him to the daycare at least once a week so he gets used to it. I'm going to leave him with some close friends first for an hour or two while I go grocery shopping just so he can get used to other peoples houses/places. Hes not clingy at all but since I do daycare hes always at home all day , all evening.