Halloween 2.0

Our second Halloween! Can't believe we're repeating holidays already :) You may remember last Halloween we had a little baked potato... This year we graduated from aluminum foil to duct tape! Landon dressed up at Red Green... from the Red Green Show on PBS... anyone? Ha ha hardly anyone knew who he was but oh well. If you don't know you're missing out :)  (http://www.redgreen.com)

The original Red Green

Red Green Landon

I made him duct-tape suspenders with a duct tape belt and a duct tape hat (which held a record of being worn for 3.6 seconds for the evening)

Zoo Baby!

We made our first trip to the zoo a few weeks ago, it was quick trip but so worth it, Landon loved the monkeys and waved and waved and told them Hi! over and over. So cute. Can't wait to go back! :)

Monkeys!

Hi Monkey

Watching the monkeys climb

Look at the BIG kitty!

Enjoying the tigers

IronMan

Our 1 year appointment with Dr. Jantz went really well, his growth curve was okay for a little boy who refuses solids, he is developmentally on track and even a little ahead with fine motor skills. So they drew a little blood for the standard 1 year check-up and we were all done... The next morning I received a call from the doctor's office, Landon's lab had a critical value and I needed to bring him to the hospital lab right away for more tests and then bring him right over to the doctor's office for an appointment and to review the results... My mommy heart was racing and I was so afraid. On the way to the hospital I called the office back to get more information. His hemoglobin was extremely low. 5.4!! If one of the patients where I work had that number we would be doing blood transfusions. We were terrified it was leukemia or some such disease. We had to wait a little more than an hour to see the doctor, it takes about that long to complete some of the tests.

Dr. Jantz coming into that room was our scariest moment in Landon's life since his eventful birth... Happily Dr. Jantz looked over the lab-work and quickly ruled out leukemia and a few other lengthy worded medical conditions which I cannot remember. All signs pointed to severe iron deficiency anemia. Still scary but we can fix this... So Landon was prescribed and iron supplement, max dose, three times a day.

At first it was a great struggle and it caused vomiting and diarrhea.... luckily that only lasted a few days. It is still not an easy event to give it to him but he is getting better at our new routine...

A week later his hemoglobin was up to 6.6, which is a fantastic change considering Dr. Jantz said not to expect it to increase for a month. So we get it rechecked in 1 month (mid Nov.) and we'll go from there.

The happy side effect to this all is that Landon now eats!!! Not eating any solids contributed to his low hemoglobin and low hemoglobin can cause loss of appetite, so which came first the chicken or the egg? Who knows and I for one don't care! Ha! He is eating well, and his favorite is meat... Which is awesome!! Bring on the iron :)

EATING!!!!!! :)

Helping uncle Austin move in to his new apartment

Bath time ritual, checking out the water with Chaz

Driving his car, birthday present from Great Grandpa and Grandma

Monster Party!!

 We had Landon's 1st birthday party last Saturday, Monsters!! I'm sure he just loved the theme :) Lots of loved ones came to help celebrate and we were so grateful.

Birthday Boy!!

My cousin Jodi helped me, meaning she let me help decorate the cakes :) They turned out just perfect! Thanks Jodi!!!

Catching up with friends

Opening gifts

I love the look on his face, he dove right in and then realized that he thought it was a little gross :)

Note the distruction in this picture is attributed mostly to Mom :)

A new dinosaur from Mommy and Daddy

Sharing with cousin Briggs

We had lots of fun, I cannot believe my little baby is one year old! He has grown so fast and is our little pride and joy!

Pumpkins and Fall

We've officially made our first trip to PaPa's Pumpkin Patch! Landon loved the animals, can't wait to take this little man to the zoo. Other than that he's just been busy being a big boy. Getting good at crawling around, we choose to believe that he can say hi, dada, daddy, mama, and yes. Enjoying the beautiful fall weather!

 BIG Slide!!

 Landon's Birthday October 4th... I cannot believe it has been a whole year... We had a nice little supper at home followed by a birthday twinkie!! ha ha! we realize we didn't have dessert for our birthday boy so Matt hit up the food market. The photos tell the story, he is not a big fan of food... :)

Watching Daddy :)