7 Months already?!?!

Yup, my little Landon is already 7 months old!

He is so fun!

I love this age. He has his little personality and likes and dislikes. About a month ago I told him he needed to stay this sweet, cute, and little forever. He's not really listening! :)

Here are some things about Landon at 7 months:

*He scoots/rolls/army crawls all over to get into things... he's going to be full on crawling any day now... yikes!

*He finds anything on the floor and puts it in his mouth

*He sleeps all night, but wakes up early (wish just one of my kids liked to sleep late!)

*He tries to roll over while you change his diaper

*He still loves his excer-saucer

*Still has no teeth, but drools like crazy... so maybe soon he will

*His hair is getting thicker and a little darker and sticks up on top.... I LOVE it!!!!

*He now loves to sleep in his crib, in fact he rarely sleeps if he's not in it. What a difference just a few months will make!

*He's learned to screech at the top of his lungs... it is really loud!

*He can sit up by himself.... but not for too long yet, he's still a little unsteady

*He is starting to wear size 9 month clothes... he's getting kinda tall

*He is ticklish on his ribs and will laugh pretty hard if you tickle him there

*He still thinks his big brothers are the most hilarious things ever!

*He gives his Daddy smiles when he sees him
*He can hold his bottle

*He always tries to eat my hair when I hold him

*He "talks" to us all the time. I wonder what he has to tell us??

*He's noticed the cat! He just freezes and stares at the cat as she walks by. He would probably give anything to touch her, but Maggie won't have any of that!

*He sometimes plays in his crib when he wakes up, and has gotten his feet stuck in the bars a few times, then he gets pretty mad! 

*He still melts my heart when he smiles at me... we just love this little man!

(Don't mind that Landon is in the same outfit for the last few posts!!  :)  I just realized that. The funny thing is he has only worn this outfit twice... and he got lots of pictures taken of him each time I guess!)

Better late then never

Today I finally got the boys dressed in their Easter clothes. Between General Conference and a few weeks of sick kids, we haven't been to church to wear the new outfits. So today I finally got them all dressed up in their Easter clothes and took their pictures. (Much to their dismay! I don't know why they hate to get their pictures taken so much. Is that a boy thing???)

Such handsome boys!!! I love being their Mom!

Landon's 6 month pictures

Last week I took Landon to get his 6 month pictures taken. I loved how they turned out. Here are just some of my favorites...... 

So Serious!!!  lol!!

In this picture (below).... he looks IDENTICAL to my older brother Russ's baby picture. I guess this is the "Shumate" side in him! Such a cutie!!

I just love this little boy!!! He's too cute! How can you NOT just love those big eyes and sweet smile!?!? And I absolutely love how his hair sticks up!

I can't believe how fast he is growing!

Shark Reef Field Trip

Last week Conner got to go with his preschool to the Shark Reef. He was so excited. He has gone a few times before, but he was still way excited about seeing some sharks. He has been really into sharks lately, and had even just got a book from the library about sharks, so his excitement level was pretty high! Landon and I even got to go along. It was a fun day!

They got to see lots of different fish. Even some piranhas! Those were pretty cool, but man, did they look mean!

Here he is pointing to a Zebra Shark, that was his favorite shark he told me.

They got to touch sting rays. Well If they got close enough to you that is. Conner was very disappointed that he didn't get to touch one. They wouldn't get close enough for him to reach them. He's touched them before though. The last time we were there it wasn't so crowded, so we were able to spend more time at this spot.

My favorite part is the jelly fish. I just think they look so cool! My camera didn't do them justice, they were glowing! It was so awesome!

Conner thought these alligator skulls were pretty cool. They were in a classroom that we got to go in after our tour of the shark reef. In here they talked to the kids a little more about sea animals and let the kids look at different fish they have in there, feel what things would feel like if you touched them, and they even had a snake in there! Yuck!! Why that was in there, I don't know... I kept away from it, but Conner went over and checked it out.

They got to make their own sea turtles! Conner's turned out so cute. I wish you could see the cute little face he drew on it. It was in a really light color of crayon, so it was hard to see, but it was super cute!

Landon enjoyed his first trip to the Shark Reef. He just hung out in his stroller and loved looking around at everything. He was so good!

Little did I know that poor Conner had pink eye. That is why his right eye looks a little swollen and pinkish. It kept coming and going for several days, and it was just kinda red sometimes. So I just thought it was maybe allergies or something in the air. By the end of the week, his eye were both so red and gross, and he had a fever, that I finally took him to the Dr. on Friday, and the poor kid had double ear infections and pink eye! I had no idea. Don't ya hate it when that happens??? He's all better now....

BUT he was kind and generous and shared his pink eye with..... ME!!!! How annoying! No worries though, the Dr. gave us plenty of extra eye drops for any of the rest of us who get it in our family. Hopefully no one else will get it!

All in all it was a fun day with Conner and his preschool at the shark reef. We had such a good time. Conner just loved it. We topped off the day with lunch at McDonalds, and he thought it was a great day! I love being able to go on his field trips with him.

BINGO!

Last week in Primary, the boys got "Conference Bingo" to play while they watched General Conference this past weekend. We let them use their jelly beans from their easter baskets to mark their spots. Each time they heard certain things like the word "Prophet", "Jesus Christ", "Family" or several others, they put a jelly bean down. They didn't do so hot at first, but after a while (once they realized they actually had to listen to put a jelly bean down) they were really doing great! In fact, before conference was over, Brayden had eaten so many jelly beans he asked if he could stop playing because his tummy was starting to feel sick. Silly kids...

This was a great idea! I don't think my boys have ever listened so intently to conference before. We will be making this a new tradition for conference to help keep the kids attention during the sessions.

Thanks Sister Lea for the game! :)

Easter!!

This year, we started our Easter weekend by dying Easter eggs. This was the first year that I have been brave enough to let my kids dye eggs. I have always feared that they were going to get more dye on themselves then on the eggs and it would just be a huge mess. But this year I thought it was high time to let them get in on the fun of dying eggs. They did a great job, it wasn't nearly as messy as I had feared it to be for so many years. And the kids thought it was a blast! This will defiantly be a new tradition at our house.

Landon was a good sport and sat in his high chair being a happy little boy. He had fun watching his brothers coloring eggs.

They turned out great. The boys had so much fun, and I'm not gonna lie... Mom and Dad had fun too. You can see that poor Conner got a little bit sunburned at the park earlier that day. He is still a cute little boy with those rosy cheeks.

Then early on Sunday morning, the boys woke up nice and early, anxious to see what the Easter Bunny had brought for them. They were super excited to hunt for the eggs that the Easter Bunny hid for them. They looked high and low, all over the downstairs.

The boys got lots of candy, mini kites, new Bakugans, and a fun "scoop" ball games. You know, one of those things that looks like a big scoop and you throw and catch a ball with it. They loved it!

Landon was so intrigued watching his brothers run all over the place. He was totally content sitting next to his basket. The Easter Bunny brought him a new bottle, new binky's, and some baby food... carrots of course... what else would a bunny bring???

He's still learning to sit up, so after a while, it was more like he was folded in half. He was super excited about his first Easter!