Happy 1st Birthday Landon!

One year - ALREADY!!!  Happy birthday my boy!  This year has gone by so quickly - I still remember waiting to have you in the hospital watching the first snow of the year come down out the window, our wait almost over.   You were quite a surprise, but I cannot imagine life without you in it!  I love you so so so so much Landon! You have completed this family and made it well rounded.   You are a sweet, laid back, happy little guy.  Well, I guess 'little' isn't quite accurate.  You are wearing a mix of 12-18 month clothes and your height is about the same as your sister's at 18 months.   As recent as yesterday, I am calling you a confident climber - you not only climbed the slide stairs, but you stood up and were hanging off the edge.  You also climbed up on the little Ikea chair multiple times.  Unfortunately, you want to go head first off of everything, so I guess we will need to work on that.   I don't think it will be much time before you will be walking - you are trying to stand by yourself more often and you cruise along the furniture and walls. 

Not only do your sisters love you, but I'm also seeing you interact back with them more and more.  Its fun to see you play together and laugh. Your laugh is a deep belly laugh and I cannot get enough of it, as well as your smiles.  You know your name and you will turbo crawl across the floor to get your bottle in the afternoons.

Your hair is still dark brown and your eyes bright blue.  You have about 8 teeth, but they seem to be coming in fast.  You also eat a majority of your food from the table.  You are very aware of when everyone else is getting food, but you aren't - and you do not like that one bit.
I sing you Amazing Grace every night as I put you to bed and I love how sometimes you hum back to me.

As you have gotten older the boy in you is coming out more and more.  You know how to roll cars, destroy anything your sisters' have built and get into anything you shouldn't.

You are just the sweetest boy and I'm so grateful to be your mommy.  Happy Birthday - I am so excited to see how you grow and develop over the next year! I love you so much sweet boy!