Friday, July 24, 2009

Little Dude

I wanted to do a post all about Landen.  He is such a cute loving little boy.  He is also a really big daddy's boy.   Seriously, if Pat is around he really wants nothing to do with me.  I think that he has forgotten that I gave birth to him and nursed him for 14 months!!!  But Pat has been gone to scout camp and I have had him all to myself.















He has been so sweet and cuddly.  Although he does sleep better in his own bed when Pat is gone.  Even when he woke up in the middle of the night he wanted me to come lay in his bed, instead of being in mine.  I thought that he was asleep and I snuck out, only to have him come in a few minutes later and tell me to come back to his bed and not leave again!















He even told me that I was his best friend buddy!  And he gives me a kiss every morning instead of waking up and asking where daddy is and then telling me to get away from him when I say daddy is at work.















He really is a sweet boy.  He loves to gives hugs to everybody.  He gives all the coaches hugs when we get to gymnastics, and one of the parents told me that he gave her baby a kiss the other day.  She thought he was so cute!


















This is typical Landen.  He always has a four-wheeler, motorcycle, monster truck, or car in his hands (or 2 or 3).  His favorite is his Lightining McQueen.  He even sleeps with it.  It has been a great bribe for potty training, which he is doing really well at.  He pees in the potty great as long as he is in underwear, but sometimes he tells me he wants a diaper.  We have pull ups, but he tells me that those are just pull-up diapers.  We are still working on the pooping issue.
Landen loves babies, even the ones that are only a little younger than him and almost his size. He loves to hold babies and gives them cute kisses on the head.  Then he tells me "this baby likes me!"














I have to say that I have the cutest little boy in the world, and one of the sweetest.  I think that I need Pat to leave more often so that I can have this time with him when he actually likes me.

Monday, July 20, 2009

Summer Time

Thought I would take a minute to give a quick update, sorry no pictures.  We have done quite a bit this summer, Lake Powell with the Branches, so much fun, but I was a dork and didn't bring my camera.  We have gone to Huntington and Joes Valley several times (what can I say, we like to boat).  Again, I didn't take any pictures.  Gymnastics has taken up a lot of time, but I love it so I can't complain.  We are going to have a break after this week before the fall session start, so maybe I will get some blogging done!  Mostly we have just been playing and enjoying the summer before Alyssa goes back to school (and we actually have to have a bed time!)

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Atwood Reunion


June 27, 2009
The Atwood Reunion was at the South Park in Price this year.  They had a sand volleyball court, a nice play area for the kids, great food and lots of family to visit with.  The best part was the water slide for the kids.  

 Alyssa loved the water slide, we couldn't get her off it to eat.


























Landen did go down the slide, but he didn't love it.  I took him up to the top and Pat caught him at the bottom.  He was so mad at me that he wouldn't talk to me for awhile after.  I guess it served me right that one of the kids pushed me as I was climbing back down and I got soaked.














He decided later that he wanted to try again. That time pat took him up and I caught him.  He seemed to like me better that way.

Landen and Corban had fun in the little pool, where there were less big kids to run them over.



























Landen made this cute hat, but he wanted to use it as a bib.  




































Just hanging out together.






















Earlier in the day, Bruce decided it would be funny to throw Heather in the pool.  All the guys decided to get revenge, and ganged up on Bruce to throw him in!  It was great to see all the young guys working together to get him in.


























There were tons of people that showed up.  It was so nice to visit with everyone and see everyone again.  Our family is growing so much and it is great to see all the new babies.  We love to catch up on what is going on with everyone and just have a good time.