CraftJunkie : **Almost** On The Go ...

My beautiful baby boy ...

Freshly bathed, I love the smell of a clean baby!

I love how he is grabbing his toy with his toes here :)

He loves playing on his mat.

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He now spends most of his time on his knees scooting.

Not crawling yet, but scooting. He gets on his knees and pushes forward with his feet.

Cameron loves playing with him and goes up to him saying "Hey Buddy".

I almost always find cars near Landon. Cameron is very protective of Landon,

wonderful traits for a wonderful big brother. I love how these two interact.

Landon is in the middle of teething, which I can say, is not a favorite time of mine right now.

He tends to wake up screaming in pain in the middle of the night. Poor guy. I can see the teeth but they haven't broke skin just yet. I have tried everything and there is nothing that is really helping the poor baby. I just sit and rock him for at least an hour in the middle of the night. It seems to be the only thing that is soothing to him.

This is also a trick of his and how I find him in the middle of the night most of the time-

standing on his head! LOL This cracks me up. I think in some ways its soothing to him, but I find it so funny. Lovely picture of Cameron picking his nose! Oh boys! :)

No more laying him down on our beds for a nap!

He is a mover :)

Practicing sitting with Mommy close by :)

Eating ~ Landon has started eating rice cereal, bananas, sweet potatoes, apples, peas and carrots.

We have gradually added each of these. This month I plan to add pears, peaches, and green beans. He loves to eat and is constantly kicking his legs while I am feeding him. He eats about 3 tablespoons of rice cereal and a complete jar of fruit or veggies. He still nurses about every 4-5 hours and nurses for about 15/20 minutes, sometimes longer. He does very well supplementing formula if I can't get to nurse him at that moment. I plan on feeding him a second meal starting within the next month.

Sleeping Schedule ~ He doesn't require much sleep, unfortunately. Depending on when we wake up (which has been later due to his not sleeping at night) he usually lays down around 11am and sleeps 2-4 hours. Then he usually takes two small naps in the late afternoon/evening and we put him to bed around 11pm. I am not thrilled with this schedule but its the schedule he has put himself on despite my to get him into bed best efforts to get him into bed earlier. Cameron is a wonderful sleeper and for that I am so thankful. Cameron is in the bed no later than 9pm and sleeps until 8/9 am and then lays down for a nap around 1/1:30 and sleeps for about 2 hours. I am so thankful that he still enjoys his naps and looks forward to taking one. If he doesn't get his nap he is a huge grouch by the time 8 o'clock rolls around. I try to get Landon and Cameron both down for a nap at the same time, and it usually works. :)

Play Time ~ Lately I have been putting Landon down on a blanket to play since he is outgrowing his bouncy seat. He will play in it for a short while but tires of it quickly and will start bucking himself out of it. It scares me because I think he is going to roll it the way he carry's on. He loves playing in the floor and will play there for hours just watching Cameron or chewing on a toy. Cameron gets down and plays with him or takes him new things to play with. In the morning when I am fixing breakfast I will turn on PBS and while Cam is watching "T" as he calls it, Landon will lay there playing and watching it with him. Cameron is so attentive to him while he is on the blanket playing.

I can't believe how fast time is passing. I feel that it has passed faster with Landon than it did with Cameron. Does anyone else feel that way? I try to capture and treasure every moment but it still seems that I can't keep up with the time. It seems like a continual heartbreak but so rewarding at the same time. Each new stage they go through is so exciting but the close of a chapter at the same time.

I am so thankful for my beautiful healthy intelligent boy's! God is so good and so merciful.