The Stallings: 2008

Christmas

Brad, Landon and I had a great Christmas. We spent Christmas Eve at my Grandparents and Christmas Day at my parents. It was really nice to not have to go far and to be in places where Landon feels right at home. It is amazing how much Landon has changed just since his first birthday 4 months ago. He finally has started to get the concept of ripping paper and that he gets the item he unwraps. Once he got something unwrapped he wanted it out of the box immediately so that he could play with it. The only hard thing was getting him to move onto the next gift. It was so much fun to see him get excited about his presents.

Landon playing with his new workbench.

Landon unwrapping one of his many gifts.

Landon trying to get one of his new toys out of the box...he needed a little help from mommy in the end.

Landon realizing it is okay to rip the wrapping paper off.

Snow!!!

We got a little more snow than we bargained for at our house....somewhere close to 2 ft. Although Brad and I were a little frustrated since we had to get to work in it, Landon was in heaven. He loved the snow. You would have never known that it was in the teens temperature wise or that everywhere you walked you had to be super careful you didn't fall because it was so slick. As long as Landon had on his snow suit, boots, hat and gloves he was all set. He figured out very quickly that it was slippery and would walk very slowly and with all those layers I don't think he realized how cold it really was.

The look on his face says it all! What a happy little guy.

He is content just being outside, even if he is just walking around or standing there taking in the sights.

Halloween

Okay, so it's almost Christmas and I am just getting to posting pics of Halloween...sorry everyone. I can't believe how fast time flies.

As you can see Landon was a dragon for Halloween. The first few times he put his costume on he got gifts of some sort, whether it be candy or a toy, and I think he was beginning to think that every time he would put the costume on he got something.

As you can see, it was a long day. Going from place to place really wore him out. This was the only picture of him we actually got on Halloween. We ended up having to dress him up again the next day t get some shot where he was crying.

What a cute face! Who would have thought a dragon could be so cute.

Afternoon at the Park

Landon loves to be outdoors. He seems to be happiest when he is doing something outside. Too bad we live in washington and have to fight the rain year round, because I would love to let him play outside all the time.

Landon loves the toys at the park. Whether it be the swings or the slide he is entertained doing either. From the picture below you can see he can stand, but he has yet to walk more than a couple of steps on his own.

As you can see he loves to swing. I have yet for him to get tired of it. Every time we have gone to the park we are ready to go long before Landon is ever ready to go.

Little Helper

As you can see Landon loves to do anything that someone else is doing. In this case Brad was putting locks on the cabinets to keep Landon out and he felt as if he needed to participate. If he only knew that what he was doing was ruining his fun in that cabinet!

Pumpkin Patch Fun

Brad and I took Landon to the Plant Farm between Marysville and Arlington to get pumpkins for Halloween. Not only did Landon get pumpkins, but He also got the opportunity to go on a "train" ride and a hay ride.

Landon got to sit on a tractor, which loved. He knew exactly what he was supposed to do when he got up there. As you can see he reached right for the steering wheel and wanted to drive the tractor all by himself.

Landon loved the train ride. There were nursery rhymes that played and the "train" had a bell, for someone so little it was really a lot of fun.

It was fun to see Landon stand up to the pumpkins and think back to this time last year and realize how much he has grown.

Landon uses a spoon!!

Landon has finally figured out that he can use a spoon. It may be a little messy, but hey I guess you got to learn some how.

The down side to this...he thinks that he has it mastered and he no longer needs our help for anything. I guess this is probably the first of many things that he will "know" he doesn't need our help with.

Ringling Bros. come to town

Landon got to go to his first circus this past weekend. Brad and I were excited to see how he would react. We were both really amazed that he made it through the entire 2 hour show. He loved watching all the lights and people running around the floor below and listening to the music.

Balloon fun

For Landon's first birthday I couldn't resist, but to get him balloons. The day of his birthday he was kinda into them and would hit them when given the chance, but the day after he dicovered that you can do more with balloons than just hitting them. Every time I would turns around he would have those things wrapped around some part of his body so that when he crawled around they could go with him. It was quite the site to see little Landon with balloons twice his size being drug behind him.

Landon turns one!

I can't believe that it has been a year. How time flys when you are having so much fun. Although at times we wondered how we would make it through 18 years with this little man, every second has been well worth it and Brad and I look forward to every second yet to come.

Tub Time

I don't know what it is about the water, but Landon absolutely loves it!!! Even when you think that he has had to have had enough, due to the fact that his fingers are getting wrinkled, you have thought wrong. If he is cranky, tired or mad a bath can otally change his attitude. Brad and I often feel guilty taking him out.

Cooling down

With the temperatures being record breaking we have had to become creative in keeping Landon comfortable.Although the heat doesn't seem to bother him, he did think it was the coolest thing to sit in the freezer to cool off for a minute.

Landon loves to play in the water. I think he would stay in the bath or pool all day if you would let him.

When ever he gets a chance he is throwing things in and taking things out of the water. Even at home he loves to put cars in the dog's water dish if you haven't hidden it.