Four Months

Reese chillin with Landon



Lovin' his new friend "Sophie" the giraffe.



Tummy Time!



We had some flash flooding in Urbandale on Wednesday-this was the lake in our back yard! It was all gone within an hour. CRAZY!



He's been SO much fun lately-laughing and smiling a lot more.



I'm back to work and he has been going to "School" at the daycare at my work. It's been so nice to have him that close to me. I've been able to go feed him over my lunch break and that has helped the going back to work anxiety so much! He's SUCH a good little boy. he hardly ever cries unless he wants something (mostly food, if you didn't notice, this little man loves his milk!) haha... we are so blessed with his little life and are enjoying EVERY moment with our little man!

Landon's First Vacation! --finally!

So, here is our trip to VA. I promised to post these a LONG time ago. (-: oops! I've been so busy, but more on that later!

Below is Lando taking in the sights at his first MLB game! President Obama was there this night also-there were snipers all over the place!



Larson Fam (notice that landon is REALLY impressed with the stadium lights. That's all he wanted to look at all night long! )



Baby Carlos! (-;



We got to go to two amazing vineyards while we were there. It was SO fun. I must admit, the tastings snuck up on me! haha... it's been awhile since this mama had that much to drink. needless to say, thank God for pumps. There was definitely some pump 'n dump going on that night!



My boys were matching



Lando being a Wine-o



At the air and space museum. Again, Landon couldn't believe all the cool airplanes hanging from the ceiling! he LOVED it!



WWII memorial



Goin' fishin' (-:



First full day there. Waiting for Uncle mike to fly in.

First Vacation

Landon is 2 months old now-(can't believe that!)-and it is so fun watching him grow and change every day! We are in Virginia on vacation at the moment-I'll post pics when we get home. He has been such a good little boy. it took us 19 hours to get out here, including stops and not until the last hour or two was he even remotely fussy. He did amazing! We've been going, going, going everday since we got here. We've seen all the monuments, white house, museums, National's baseball game, vineyards... whew! Today Zach and his brother and sister are going to go to a motocross race to see a friend race. it's about 2 hours away and Landon and I decided to stay back and chill for the day since we are going to set out on our journey home tomorrow. NOT looking forward to that at all.

When I post pics, you will not believe what a chubber Lando-man has become. He doesn't even look like the same baby! Makes me feel good that what we're doing is working and that my breastmilk is doing the trick. He's smiling more and more-although, I'm not sure he's actually done it on purpose yet, but he will soon I'm sure! He can hold his head up SO good for a 2 month old. He LOVES looking at fans/lights-the baseball game was like heaven to him last night, there were SO many fun things for him to stare at. It was adorable. We got some super cutes pics of him at his first bball game!

Well, I'll update with pics as soon as things settle down from unpacking!

FIrst trip out of the state for Landon!

Landon has been really alert lately. He looks around and focuses in on things and it is so fun to watch! He loves his little play gym (below) - there are so many bright and fun colors for him to look at. Thanks Nanna!



He also got to meet his aunt Lindsay for the first time a few weeks ago!!



So...Zach is sporting the baby carrier we got at one of our showers---silly boy, he was walking around the living room 'posing' with little Landon loving every minute of it! haha



I got a Moby wrap and was trying to figure out how to tie it-poor Reese was right by me and was one of my first 'victims'! (-; He really enjoyed it, I'm not going to lie. I think he misses being my only 'baby' around here!



Landon and I got to go spend a few days with my sisters in MN at Aunt Manda's house. Poor little guy was subjected to all sorts of girly things over those few days! Fashion shows, shopping, cooking, chatting, laundry (below!), etc...he didn't seem to mind too much! We had a great time with you ladies!

First Mother's Day!

The weekend before mother's day Lynn and Todd came to visit to meet Landon. We had a great weekend with them. Ashley and Ryan also stopped by - didn't get my camera out though ):






Daddy changing his FIRST diaper EVER! (Notice the blue glove...he wears gloves every time he changes his diaper!! too funny!)



It was so nice out that we went for our first walk-LOVE the stroller. It's been crappy out for the past week though, so we're excited to get out and use it more this summer!!



Mother's Day! Me, Mom, Grandma Bohlen and Landon. We had a grill out at Uncle Doug and Aunt Lynn's house. Caden, Angie and Aunt Sandy were back from Arizona, so it was wonderful to see them!



Angie, Landon and I.



Landon hanging out on the patio. (-:



Uncle Doug and Aunt Lynn.



Grammi Reed



Grammi and Grandpa Reed.



The three of us. (-:

First Week At Home

We were so excited for the boys to meet Landon. They were pretty nervous around him at first, but are definitely warming up to him.




Reese just seems to want to be close to him, it's so cute!



Sweet little cry face



Such a rough life a newborn has! (-:



Aunt Manda took some adorable photos of him while Mommy was napping



Precious face




Aunt Manda



Uncle Mike



Our little "glow worm" as we called him. When we brought him home from the hospital his bilirubin levels were boarderline on the high side, so the Dr had us come to the office the next day for a weight check and for more bloodwork. Turns out the levels were increasing instead of decreasing and he had lost a whole pound since he was born, so he was down to 6 pounds 4 ounces. )-: So, he had to be put on a 'bili blanket' at home (which is better than being admitted to the hospital for sure!) 24/7. We continued to have his blood drawn every day and his weight checked often. His levels have slowly come down over the last few days-we finally got word this morning that they are low enough to come off the blanket!! AND, he's above his birth weight - he weighed in at 7 lbs 8 oz this am!! We are so thrilled!! So, here are a few pics of our little glow worm... Haha



This is the machine he had to be hooked up to all the time-not a huge unit, but a BIG pain, let me tell you! (;



Daddy feeding his first bottle! He did GREAT!



Landon's ONE WEEK birthday! We made cupcakes to celebrate.




Four generations of Larson's! Grandpa Larson, Great Gramma Tammy, Daddy and Zach. They came to see the little guy-we had a great dinner together and enjoyed the evening with Landon and family.

My mom also came to visit for a few days-she was an amazing blessing to have around-this was during the time we had to wake him up to feed him every 2 hours. So, she graciously offered to wake up with him and feed him during the night for TWO whole nights so Z and I could get some sleep---thanks mom! Couldn't have made it through this without your help!!!!


Great Gramma and Grampa Moench came to see Landon also!

Landon Reed Larson

I have been terrible about updating the blog since I was on bed rest earlier in the pregnancy, so...first I must apologize for that! We are so excited to announce that Landon Reed Larson was born on April 21, 2010! He weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces and was 20 inches long. I had a very enjoyable (for the most part) and easy labor. He was so good to his mama. The delivery was so much more amazing than I could have ever imagined! Enjoy the pics! I will try to be better about updating with new pictures of him now that he has arrived!




Sweet little face



Family of THREE! (-: (well, 5 with the big brothers at home, Wally and Reese)



First little outfit-so big for him and it is a newborn size!



Lando-man! Love all of his hair! (I think he has more than his daddy does!)



Proud papa!



Finally get to go home!



Walking to the car



He looks SO tiny in his big car seat! With his friend Owly.