Happy 8-month Birthday, Buddy!

I know I say this every month, but time really does fly...just so many changes in a month's time, it's amazing. Landon is officially (army) crawling. He will drag himself anywhere...and fast! We really have to keep our eye on him. He is a determined little guy - when he wants to get a toy across the room, he WILL get it. He now has 4 and 1/4 teeth and is starting to actually chew table foods...bread, bananas, cheese, pasta. He is only getting a little bit of table food now, but he is still eating his Baby 2 and 3 foods, as his main source of food.

We celebrated our first Thanksgiving together and are looking forward to our first Christmas together!

Family Picture Day

Since the entire family was together for Thanksgiving (minus Adrian), we took a big family picture. It was very nutty at the photo place, but we managed to get some good pics. Our Burke family pic turned out OK, aside from my hair in my eye and Jason's ripped jeans not getting cropped out. I think the 3 of us will try again when Landon turns 1.

Happy Thanksgiving!

My plan was to give Landon some mashed potatoes on Thanksgiving since they are practically baby food and festive! Oh, and they are Daddy's favorite food! Unfortunately, Landon did not like mashed potatoes, but did like bits of stuffing.

During our trip, Landon started this spitting thing and 'this' (watch movie). Funny, huh?

Watching Landon play

Having the week (away from home) with Landon was so awesome - it was truly quality time. If we are at home, I'm side-tracked with weekend chores, errands, and don't truly stop, relax and play with Landon. During this trip, there were many times that I would just lay on the floor and watch him play. It's so enjoyable to see his expressions.




Any many times I sat next to him in the back seat and it was fun to watch him then, too!

Playground

Since the weather was nice I wanted to take Landon to the playground to see how and if he would enjoy the swings and slide...or maybe he was too young, I didn't know. Regardless, I think he had fun!

Trip to Florida

We went to Florida for a week to visit Grandma and Grandpa and Landon's aunts, uncle and cousins, who he has never met. And Grandma hadn't seen Landon since he was 4 weeks old, and Grandpa last saw him in August. This was Landon's first time on an airplane (only a 1.5 hour flight) and he did great! Luckily, Jason changed his plans and came down with us for the entire week, which was really nice.

I was very excited for our trip, especially to see the little people - Desiree, Emily and Madison (my neices)! Unfortunately, I didn't get any photos of Desiree and Emily (except on my phone), but snapped some of Madison. She is the most adorable little peanut! Landon is only 2 months older than Maddy. We had to be a little careful of Landon 'steam-rolling' over her, but they were pretty interested in each other - it was very cute to watch.

Richmond Half Marathon

In August, Aunt Sissy and I signed up to run the Richmond Half Marathon. I have always wanted to run one, and run the Rock n' Rock Half Marathon in Virginia Beach, but it is held on Labor Day weekend and it seems that we always have something going on that weekend - family reunion, wedding shower, family picnic, etc. So, my co-worker convinced me to sign up for the Richmond Half-Marathon - cool! So I joined a mom's group to train with and devoted my Saturday mornings to train for this run. The longest I've ever ran is 10 miles in the Cherry Blossom 10-miler in Washington DC.

So...Race Day. The weather cooperated wonderfully! It was raining the day before and they were calling for rain the day of. I was really sick the week of so I didn't get a last long run in and my energy was a little low, but I decided I was still going to run (even in the rain) and just suck it up. Daddy and Uncle Dave dropped me and Aunt Sissy off at the race and they went to a diner for breakfast and then came back to the race to watch us run over the finish line.

I started out running strong and averaged about a 10-minute mile, which is a good pace for me. I was also able to find my co-worker (the one who convinced me to sign up for the race) and we ended up running together, which in the end, was my saving grace! At about mile 10 my legs felt like lead sticks. It was awful. I think I would have stopped and walked if it wasn't for Tina (my co-worker). She definitely pulled me through the race and I survived!!! I finished in 2 hours and 23 minutes and 40 seconds. Ask me if I'll run one again....HELL NO!!! Yes, I am able to cross 'running a half marathon' off my Bucket List, but it wasn't fun. I think I'm going to stick with 10k-and-less runs...

Landon, Daddy and Uncle Dave at the Diner.

Watching the runners...where's Mommy???

Go Mommy Go!!!

Go Aunt Sissy!

Taking a Bath

Landon is sitting up on his own, even in the bath tub! He LOVES taking a bath and splashing around and playing with his toys. It's really cute to watch. As you can tell from the dark circles under his eyes - he's still adjusting to this time change stuff. Can someone remind why we do it!??!!?!