Emily and Landon This is either an I love you kiss, or an attempt to bite of Em’s nose. 4/21/07
	You have a mouth! I like mouths. 4/21/07
	Hi Mom! I want a ride!! 4/21/07
	Emily pushes Landon 4/21/07
	Wow! The horn works! Thanks Em!! 4/21/07
	Let me try 4/21/07
	maybe it tastes good 4/21/07
	I’m a caged baby! Baby proofing 101 by Dad 4/21/07
	I’m going to try and go over But the gates hold him in his baby prison. 4/21/07
	Let me out mom! 4/21/07

It’s been a huge month for Landon. First his first vacation, then self feeding Cheerios, finally saying MAMA, and now, he can crawl FORWARDS!
And let me tell you, today he’s been a terror with the crawling! Still, I’m so proud of him!!!!

A short (18 second) video of forward crawling:

and a long (2 minutes 25 seconds) video of him self feeding and saying MAMA and DADA:

	Sippy Cup!
	Pulling himself up on the furniture He was more up, but by the time I got my camera. . . . 4/15/07
	4/15/07 just being cute
	daddy sets up the swing 4/17/07
	swinging 4/17/07
	top teeth coming in! 4/18/07
	laughing 4/18/07
	smiles 4/18/07

Letter from mom month 8

Dear Landon,
I’m a little late this month. Work has been crazy for me, and I just didn’t want to go near the computer this weekend. You turned 8 months old this past Saturday. We spent Saturday afternoon at your cousin’s birthday party, which you seemed to enjoy. You fell asleep during the party, on grandma’s shoulder, despite the people running around and the three year olds screaming.
It was a big month for you. This past month you took your very first plane ride. You have now been to Portland, Oregon. We stayed in a hotel and everything. You seemed to handle most of it without any major issues. Well, that’s not totally true, we had a heck of a time getting you to eat solid foods while we were on vacation. Still, you’ve made up for it since we got back. You now eat at least 2 jars of solid food a day, sometimes as many as 4! We started you on Cheerios last week. The first time was scary, you choked on the first few, but now you seem to have the hang of it. You love the Cheerios. You still get a morning and bedtime 8 oz bottle, but the rest of the day you vary on how many bottles you get.
You stayed healthy the entire month, and we got back the results from your blood test. You are rather allergic to any dairy product. This means no cheese, no butter, no milk, no dairy of any kind. It’s been interesting, and I really hope you outgrow this issue. Eighty percent of babies with a milk allergy outgrow it by the time they are 3. No matter what, we are supposed to avoid it for another year, which means that your dad and I are now experimenting with food. I’m working on a dairy free cake, so hopefully the recipie will be perfected by your first birthday.
You now are getting in your top four teeth, all at the same time. It makes you a teething monster! You also have taken to biting me, and I hope you stop that soon. I do not like being bitten. You have the power to leave tiny teeth marks.
You have started to show small signs of separation anxiety, but in general are happy to be with anyone and everyone. I sometimes worry that you love Laura as much as or more than me, as you spend so much time with her. Still, you managed to delight me this weekend by saying MaMa to me. You don’t seem to understand that DADA is Dad and Mama is Me yet, but you do now say both.
Your crawling is stuck in backwards mode, but you get where you want to go when you try. You love to walk, supported by a person who can help you move forward. You just started to pull yourself up on furniture.
You are so amazing to me, you babble and talk, you have accurate hand eye coordination (gamer that you will be), and can just do so much!
Love Always,
Mom

	landon and em 4/13/07
	profile 4/14/07
	Landon at his cousins birthday party 4/15/07
	bouncing with grandma 4/15/07
	held by cousin Bree 4/15/07
	asleep on grandma 4/15/07
	hanging with dad 4/15/07

Baby’s first Easter

	easter happiness 4/8
	playing with easter basket prizes 4/8/07
	must get easter goodies 4/8/07
	easter eggs and mom 4/8/07
	easter eggs and dad 4/8/07
	4/8/07
	Oh great and powerful egg 4/8/07
	4/8/07
	4/8/07 Look What I found!
	4/8/07
	4/8/07

	a cute hat and dough nuts
	landon on a nature walk
	Landon 4/4/07
	family picture 4/4/07 In Portland, on a nature walk
	landon and me in front of a fallen tree
	landon and daddy 4/4/07
	landon on a log 4/4/07
	watching the planes
	playing with daddy
	playing with daddy
	playing with daddy

	after the weddig 4/1/07
	Aswad and Landon meet 4/2/07
	Aswad, Bobby, Landon at Tao of Tea in Portland 4/2/07
	Landon bath and my new haircut 4/2/07
	landon bath and my haircut 4/2/07
	Portland zoo time landon looks at fish 4/3/07
	Landon at the zoo 4/3/07
	fishes! 4/3/07
	landon meets sealions 4/3/07
	Daddy is freezing We went when the zoo opened at 9AM. it was very cold for the first hour we were there. 4/3/07
	watching fish 4/3
	meeting a monkey 4/2
	elephants 4/3
	elephant trike 4/3
	Landon meets elephants 4/3
	a bench with our name on it! 4/3/07 at the Portland OR Zoo
	Africa greens 4/3
	watching birds 4/3
	rhino butt 4/3
	daddy love 4/3
	landon at the zoo 4/3
	at the bat (s) 4/3
	snacking with the gators 4/3
	mom’s got you 4/3
	watching the gators 4/5
	passed out in the stoller after a hard two hour trip around the zoo 4/3/07
	and asleep in the car didn’t even wake up going from the stroller to the car. 4/3