Horton Hears a Who Who

You guessed it, Landon attended his first movie this past weekend with Grandma and myself. I guess for being 2 1/2 he didn't do half bad. We went to the 7 o'clock show and it got to be a little late for him as he found it way interesting to climb on the seats that folded up and sit on the floor and eat his popcorn, but all-in-all he was pretty good. He is still talking about the movie and couldn't wait to get home and tell his Dad that he saw Horton Hears a Who Who. Where he got that, I am not so sure.

Sunday we went shopping with Grandma Kathy and Landon got a new baseball glove. This glove fits his right hand and he absolutely LOVES it. I swear he was going to wear that thing to bed with him. Now he just has a dilemma of wanting to throw with his right hand as well. He had a left handed glove and he always wears it backwards on his right hand, so we thought he must want to throw with his left (seeing how he does everything else with his left) but now he wants the glove on his right and wants to throw with his right hand. I guess we have to wait and see what works the best for him. It is funny watching him try to get the glove off his right hand so he can throw the ball too.

It finally appears that spring might be here. We still have snow in our back yard considering the snow drift was up to the bird feeders, but it is dwindling away slowly. We grilled out last night, and man did that taste good. I can't wait for the wind to disappear and be able to go outside without a coat and hat on. It will be great! Landon is enjoying the outdoors more as well. We have gotten out for a few walks with the Cooper and the stroller. Maybe this winter weight will start to dwindle as well.

Where does the time go?

Another weekend has come and gone. I am not sure where the time goes or what we do with our time, but it seems to fly by.

This past weekend we spent all day Saturday watching my nephew, Joe, wrestle at a tournament in Baldwin. I must say Landon is totally into wrestling. He sat so well, and took in all the moves that Joe did. He is imitating the moves and facial expressions still today. It is quite comical. I think Joe gets a big kick out of it though, since Landon idolizes him. :) Not a bad thing either.

Potty training continues. It seems as though we are almost there and then Easter came along and he was too busy to think about going potty. So back to pull ups and yet he only tells me after he has peed that he has to go potty. He is doing great at daycare and is always in big boy underwear, but when he gets home it is a different story. I was told to not even use the pull ups and just keep him in underwear, but I am struggling with that too. I gag worse than I would changing a diaper. However, I think that is the stage we are at. He just has to run around with wet pants and not like it before he officially becomes potty trained. He will be moving into a pre-school room at daycare at age 3, but in order for that to really happen he has to fully potty trained, so that is what I am shooting for. Hopefully we can get over this hump soon. I know that I have to be more adamant about making him go potty, and so does Daddy, need to work more at home. This summer should be interesting with the peeing outside concept. Not sure if that will be good or bad.

Last weekend, I spent the weekend in St. Cloud with my sister-in-law Jen. We had a blast. We were scrapbooking. It actually worked out great. We went out to see some of the old bars that she used to drink at a century ago on Friday night and then all day Saturday we were in our room scraping. My old roommate, Katie and her family came to visit me. It was great seeing her and Joe and their newest member, Aubrey. So much fun. You don't really realize how much you miss a person until you see them and miss the conversations. I was so glad they were able to come to the hotel. And thanks Katie for all the scraping stuff. I have used some already and the books have been put to use already as well!!

So that is what I have been up too! Luke is finally back at work. I am not so sure he is excited about it, but I know that means the weather is going to be getting nicer and we should be back to a somewhat normal life again, right?

Some Easter Pics

Landon's new smile. With his bunny from Aunt Cheryl

Items out of the Easter Basket

My Boys!

Landon was not into the Easter Egg Hunt at all. I think that he found two eggs and then the basketball was more fun. He lost all interest in the egg hunt. I guess that isn't all bad though, then there was less chocolate for us to bring home. :) He did enjoy the mashed potatoes and ham though. Oh yeah, and the pie.

March has been a Whirlwind

My oh my!! Where does the time go? I need to pinch my cheek to make sure I know where I am lately. The first part of March I was dealing with a bulging disc in my back and was doing a bunch of doctoring and eventually ended up getting a cortisone shot. Boy that was a great time. It seems to help a little in my back, however; now it feels as though the ache has now moved into my hip/butt area. I am hoping it will pass and everything will be just ducky with no aches. We will see.

I was hurrying to get my back fixed so Luke and I could head to Vegas for a 5 days last week. Man, was that a great time. We went with Luke's cousin and his wife. Joe and Luke attended the ConExpo, which is a construction trade show. While Robin and I did some shopping. It was a great time had by all. Vegas is a great place to go once, but I am not so sure that I need to go anytime soon. Maybe in 5 years or so. We spent a night at Coyote Ugly. Man, we had a great time. We were teased about our Wis-con-sin accent, which I still think is strange. We stayed at the Excalibur. Did a lot of walking down the strip and people watching. It was just a great time. I am not back at work trying to get off of Vegas time and back on a working schedule. It is sort of hard to do. I will post some pictures when I remember my camera. :)

Today brings us to bringing Landon to the Ear, Nose, and Throat doctor to have his ears checked out to make sure that he has no hearing loss after his last ear drum rupture. I am hoping there isn't and making sure that they will put tubes back in his ears this fall so we can prevent all those dang ear infections. We will see. Luke's Mom is still persistent on that Landon's ear infections are due to eating dairy. I read some articles, but I am just having a hard time believing. So, we have many questions for the doctor today. Hopefully he will have some good answers for us.

Then we are off to the Chris Daughtry/Bon Jovi concert at the Xcel Center tonight. I have wanted to see Bon Jovi for years and this year for Christmas I got Luke and I tickets. I can't wait. I am sure it will be a great show. Hopefully I will have some good pictures to post after tonight.

This weekend is Easter already so we are off to my Aunt Cheryl's house for the day on Sunday and then the following weekend I am spending a weekend in St. Cloud with my Sister-in-Law Jen scrap booking. Nothing like getting everything done in the month of March. I am really hoping April things will slow down for us. Oh wait, yes things should slow down a bit since Luke will officially be back to work as of April 1st. If I could still do a cartwheel I would; and he is on mandatory Saturdays from the get go. It will be good having him back at work and bringing in a normal paycheck other than unemployment. There really is light at the end of the tunnel.

What to do??

So, we had another weekend that was pretty uneventful. Landon was pretty cranky as he has been for the last month or so. We ended up taking him to the ER on Sunday to get his right ear checked out as it was draining a lot of nasty stuff. It appeared that his ear drum had burst and it was now draining. I must say that was very nasty. I guess it is a good thing that it is draining but man I felt horrible that I didn't know about the ear infection. He is now on Zythromax which is a strong dose of amoxicillin and he seems to be doing well with it. His nose and ear are looking better. I think that we are going to be on tube set number 2. Luke is going to take Landon to the Doctor on Thursday and ask about getting another set of tubes but in his ears. I feel horrible about all this. I just pray to God that he has no hearing loss. Even though he does ask "huh?" a lot!!! We will see what she has to say. Keep your fingers crossed.

This weekend brings me to a Saturday of scrapping at a local church which is really needed considering I am still a year behind in pictures. My Aunt is even coming down to spend the day scraping. I am looking forward to it. We are also getting ready for our Vegas trip which is a week away from Sunday. It is a bitter sweet deal for me. I am really ready to have some alone time with Luke, but it is going to be hard dropping Landon off at Grandma's on Saturday night. But it should make the love grow fonder, right? I am going to do my best with not calling home and having to hear him and just wait to see him on Friday. I hope I can do it.

Potty Time

I just had to mention that I think we are almost potty trained. Landon has been dry all week at daycare and doing very well letting them know when he has to go potty. I can't believe it. Daycare is now asking for us to bring "big boy" underwear for him to try out. I am a little concerned about that, but we will see how he does. I also brought about 3 changes of clothes anticipating accidents.

However, being at home he isn't so great. What is up with that? He shows very little interest going at home. So hopefully this weekend, we can change that. We plan to work very hard with him and we even bought a new Bob the Builder seat that fits inside the regular toliet seat then he can use his stool and everything. Cross your fingers for us that he can do it and we conquer this hurdle.

Ice Skating

What a weekend we had. Landon experienced for the first time ice skating. Okay, he didn't really have ice skates on but he was on the ice with his boots and in a sled. He thought it was fun. He was all bundled up and getting irritated since he couldn't move around as well, but he did survive. Chad, Melissa, Joe, and Kelsie decided to go ice skating (Kelsie was the only one with actual skates on) but Chad and Joe had a great time playing what they call hockey and Kelsie practiced being on her skates. They had invited Landon along. It was beautiful on Sunday so it was a great day to get out and enjoy the sun. Landon will not become a hockey player but we sure did think the picture was cute.

We are also battling the potty training grudge. Landon seems to be doing pretty well at daycare, however, when he comes home it is just a game. He is in a pull up now, but at home we can catch him pooping and he just will not sit on the potty. It is frustrating. I just feel that we aren't ever going to get over the hump. We just keep taking it one day at a time and hopefully it will just magically happen. If anyone knows any tricks that will trigger him, please share them.