Special Visit

On Thursday night we had a special visit from Uncle C and Aunt D!! What fun!  It was great to spend time with our family and extra special for LT to hang with his cool uncle and aunt.  LT woke up from his nap in a bit of a cranky mood and it took him a little while to relax, but after a big dinner he was ready to go!!!  He has been playing with his new xylophone and thinks that word is hysterical, hehehe. Thank you Uncle C and Aunt D - - - looking forward to seeing you again next time! xo

Christmas Time

We are all in the Christmas spirit here at the K family! D and I have been decorating little by little at night and LT seems to enjoy seeing a few new decorations out each morning. He is so observant, he notices the smallest detail changed right away. It cracks us up!

We recently had LT's picture taken professionally for the holidays ... what an ordeal this turned out to be!!! We learned that at this age, it required a "team" to keep LT on the small portrait-taking area.  He is so quick!  Of course he laughed and giggled when he ran away from the white background, but it was near impossible to ask him to stand there without fingers in his mouth and smile.  Luckily Mom-Mom and Pop P were able to help out and always get LT laughing! In the end the pictures are pretty nice, and surely better than the load of blurry pictures I have been trying to take on my own.

November Happenings

Like most, I'm finding myself very busy with "extras" this holiday season and have not been able to dedicate some time to updating our blog.  It seems like there is always something new going on around here lately.  LT has been such a joy this fall.  He is running full speed ahead and repeating (or trying) to repeat everything that he hears!  I'm noticing he is playing more independently sometimes and lately D and I have found him "reading" books on his own in his chair in his room. 

We wished Mom-Mom P a happy birthday on November 29th and Mom-Mom K a happy birthday on November 30th.  Sadly, we said goodbye to my Great Uncle Richie, Landon's Great-Great Uncle Richie, who just passed away and we went to his funeral on Monday. 

We did have a wonderful Thanksgiving this year! We spent the holiday at Aunt Wendy & Uncle Eric's house and Landon might as well have been at Disney World, he had such a terrific time!  LT just adores his 6-year-old cousin, Autumn, and she is very good with him.  LT giggles at everything A does.  Bonus - there were 2 doggies at Thanksgiving, so that was the icing on the cake for LT!

Pictures speak louder than words - here are some recent photos from November:

Mom-Mom and L after dinner

"Oscar the Grouch" is about to receive a big kiss

LT and A - Happy 6th Birthday Autumn!

Working with his rake ... lets see, what else needs raking ...

This pretty much sums up Thanksgiving - LT was smiling and giggling the entire time.
He absolutely loved the day at Aunt Wendy's. He was moving so fast this was the best picture I got all day.

Kisses from Daisy

What other little boy would try to cuddle with Christmas lights?!
Only our LT - he'll find a way to cuddle with nearly anything.

Helping mommy put Christmas lights outside.
Apparently the trees needed some watering too ...

Trying out his singing voice at toy store

My sweet angel

Landon and Mommy at the Park

LT and I spent Wednesday morning having a wonderful time playing at a beautiful park in West Chester. LT loves the swings! This is my first try at taking video, so forgive me when it goes sideways.

Here are a few more pics from our day:

Riding the bee ... buzzzzzz

This way mama!

I think I'll walk UP the slide...

We had a GREAT morning, the only problem this day was that LT decided he did not want to take a nap - at all!  So this was the first time in LT's life that he did not nap, ALL DAY LONG!  Believe me, we were both pooped by the end of the day.  For some reason he would not nap?!  Luckily he DID take a nap the following day, phew!

ZOO

LT, Pop, and mommy spent the morning at the Philadelphia Zoo!  What an awesome day! The weather is perfect for a day spent outside with the animals. LT had a terrific day. He was soooo excited all morning for Pop to arrive at our house. LT likes to pick up our framed pictures - and this morning he pointed to the picture and exclaimed "Pop!"  So cute! 

Today we saw some wonderful animals, but I think LT's favorite part was our time spent in the Children's Zoo.  We were able to climb aboard a tractor, "milk" a cow statue, and even pet some goats, sheep, and lamb.  LT was in heaven and so excited that Pop was able to join us.  I know today was a day that Pop and mommy alike will both cherish in our memories!

Here's the latest...

Sorry its been so long since my last post. I have been trying to rid myself of this lingering cold and at the same time, LT has found a whole lot of new energy!  We have been having a great time and I recently just feel like LT is getting HUGE. Every so often he seems extra heavy when I pick him up, or I will look at him and just think - gosh, he's getting to be such a big boy!

His latest is saying "Ernie" - as in Bert & Ernie from Sesame Street. Yup, he loves Ernie. He also is trying to say "echo" and "Eeyore" - the donkey from Winnie the Pooh. He really gets fixated on a certain sound, he loves "e" words and "ock" words, like clock, sock, duck, up.  He also loves "auce" as in "sauce" and he makes a great "s" sound - which he uses to imitate water coming out of his play faucet in his kitchen, or him pouring pretend juice into our cups, or him washing his hands in the pretend sink and water.

Yesterday I watched him pretend to pour drinks into his cups and wash his hands, all making a "ssssss" sound to imitate water.  Its so amazing to watch his imagination unfold in his play.

Ha"Puppy" Halloween

Trick or Treat

Checking on my treats ...

Hold my hands Mom-Mom's

Two doggies

This is great!

Yes please

LT was the cutest puppy dog for Halloween! His costume fit him perfectly and he was just so adorable. Yes, I'm a proud mama. He kept his little doggie ears on the whole time outside and he carried his cat with him all night. He really got the hang of trick or treating! He loved that he got a Tasty Kake and kept stopping and putting down his bucket to check on it. He was so excited and running around.  LT was so lucky both of his Mom-Mom's and Pop-Pop's could join us.  Everyone followed him around laughing and smiling. He was a wonderful trick-or-treater!