Kayaking with Dad!

Greyson enjoyed his first ocean kayaking experience.  It was filled with jet skiers and watching sea lions swim by.

Fun with Landry

One Saturday morning Greyson slept in, which gave Landry full house freedom.  He was super cute! 

Fun While Eating

Boat Safety

I posted a shorter clip of this earlier.  But this is Coastie (Greyson had to remind me of his names).  Anyway, it's the cutest little boat that teaches kids about water safety and always wearing a PFD.  Greyson could have talked to this little boat all day!
The ladies running it work with Stephen and have known Grey since he was born.

Making Discoveries

Stephen and Landry are very cute cuddle partners.  At night I put Greyson to sleep and Stephen puts Landry to sleep.  It's amazing!  It takes him 1 maybe 2 minutes to get that little boy to fall asleep.  Me on the other hand.  When Stephen is gone he will scream for an hour.  The only thing that gets him to stop is me holding him.  He can't even be in the swing watching me pick up the house after a long day. I need to be holding him.  Oh he's quite the boy. 

Greyson is our little fearless explorer.  He wants to try everything and seems to make a mess doing just about anything.  I have found that he must wear bright colors when we go outside otherwise he disappears in the woods.  

A few weeks before summer.  We all drove out to the end of the road (about an hour and a half).  On the way home we found a sign that said there was a little lake not too far off the road.  So we did a little exploring.  Greyson walked the whole way.  He really enjoys going on hikes! 

Landry's 1st Birthday!

Most people I talk to say they can hardly believe it has been a year since their children were born on their first birthday.  For Landry we've been very excited for this day for a while.  We love this little boy a tremendous amount, but Landry was a very difficult baby.  Both Stephen and I know that 1 year is just a little closer to less crying and more understanding.  

At 11 months Landry decided that walking was a good idea and by 1 had mastered it.  He is extremely mobile and with the nice weather loves to walk and explore outside.  He eats everything, but mostly likes sticks and rocks.  Between 11 and 12 months he cut 7 new teeth, so that was exciting.  

He wants to keep up with his brother's every move.  This often results in crying.  It was amazing.  Landry cries more when Greyson takes away the toy he is playing with than he did for his one year shots.

Landry weighed in at 18 months at his 1 year visit, but went down a bit because of course he got sick.  After a couple of days with a 101 to 102 temp we took him to the doctor, but we have a tough little guy and didn't need any medicine, just some TLC.  

We haven't had a big birthday party for Landry, but of course we will with the Grandparents when we head down to Nebraska in June. 

Eating & Playing

 Landry loves to eat . . . almost everything! After Landry following Greyson with being a pretty unhappy baby I thought we would also have the same food problems that we have with Greyson (he thinks sitting down to eat is a huge waste of his time).  Well Landry has proved us wrong.  H lives very much to sit down at his place and eat and eat and eat.

 We do have a very difficult time keeping a bib on him so most days he's eating shirtless and then goes straight to the tub or sink. :)