"The apple doesn't fall far...."

Lately I have gotten so many comments where people are FINALLY saying "He looks so much like you!" If you cover up his eyes which are absolutely no doubt his daddy's beautiful almond shapped eyes-he looks exactly like me-he has my nose, my lips, my cheeks, my shapped head-everything but the eyes! At least that's what I think...you can have your own opinion but I like finally saying after 18 months that he looks like me! :) In my eyes "The apple really doesn't fall far from the tree-even if it's a different gender!" :)

Me at 2 years old:

Landry at 18 months:

"Memo"

Just like most little boys his age Landry LOVES fish!! His new favorite is a little white and orange fish name "Memo" aka "Nemo!" My parents have bought him one these fake aquariums that scrolls round and round and that is what helped spark his love for fish.
Well a few weeks ago when we decided to go to Gatlinburg for a quick weekend trip we both just knew we had to take Landry to the Ripley's Believe it or Not Aquarium. It turned out to be a perfect day to go b/c it was drizzling rain but the bad thing was everyone else decided it was a good day to go as well so it was a little crowded. Landry didn't know the difference but a stressed Mommy and Daddy sure did b/c we were the ones trying to chase this little one around all those people. We actually took the stroller in thinking he would ride in it but boy were we wrong! He wanted to stand up with his nose to the glass! Austin and I had been to this aquarium about 6 months after we got married and were very impressed with how nice it was. So we were even more excited thank usual b/c we were looking forward to going back and experiencing it again through Landry's eyes! Let's just say it was a lot more fun this time around!! Wouldn't you know as soon as I try to take the first picture the battery went dead so I had to take pictures with my cell phone so please excuse the quality! Just as we thought he LOVED it. He had so much fun and he walked doing his little lip smacking noise he does for fish the whole time we were there. Although we bought him a stuff clown fish that looks like "Nemo" in the souvenir store I think his favorite of the day was the jelly fish.
They were by far my favorite pictures that turned out. Lucky for this little boy we are going back to Gatlinburg in a few months with Nana, Pops, and Grandma so he just might get to see all those fish one more time!
I will say as a side note that Landry has on his UT jersey that Austin bought for him b/c it was a game day. I don't normally let him wear that stuff out in town but I allowed an exception this day since we were 45 minutes from Neyland Stadium and his daddy was going to the Oregon game later that night. If you know me you know I am big on dressing Landry like baby as long as possible especially when we go out in public. I feel that he will have the rest of his life to wear team jersey's, bluejeans, and T-shirts(ect.) and I won't be able to get him in onesies and jumpers forever! I want to keep every part of him as babish as long as I possibly can! (That's just my opionion though!) :)

Birthday Surprise!

With me working PRN at the Surgery Center these days it gives Landry a wonderful opportunity to visit and spend some quality one on one time with some of those special people that he loves dearly. Yesterday was Grandmas birthday and Nana had the day with Landry so she decided to drive to Paris and surprise Grandma with a visit. Grandma was SO excited to see him and said it was the best birthday surprise ever! Beverly sent this picture to me at work on my phone so I just had to share it. Just look at that smile she has on her face! :) Landry is so lucky to have such a wonderful family. I asked him when I got home from work who he went to see and he said "anma." Happy Birthday Grandma we love you and Landry had a blast spending the day with "anma"!

Allergy Test

Last week Landry went to see an Allergy doctor to see if something he was allergic to could be causing his Asthma attacks. The doctors have finally gave in and are calling his attacks inhalation allergy induced astham. I couldn't have asked for Landry to be any better during the appointment. The nurse came and in and gave him a total of 32 yes you read that right-THIRTY TWO shots in his back. She gave them 8 at a time and the only sound he ever made was a tiny bit of a whimper with the last 16 but never a single tear came out of his eye. He just looked at me with sad eyes and didn't understand why they were hurting him(this made me want to cry!) They had to wait 20 minutes and reevaluate see how his back responded to the shots. As I'm sitting there looking at his back I keep seeing little red dots pop up and I knew the results weren't going to be good. The doctor came back in and kinda smiled at me and said "Well he is definitely allergice to a lot of things!" He is allergic to 23 of the 32 things they tested him for-talking about breaking my heart! I want to take all these nasty allergies away for him and make him healthy and his lungs strong. They explained to me that he was allergic to so much that when he would breathe in these allergens he is allergic to his body's automatic response is for his lungs to swell since he is inhaling them. He gave me a LIST of things to do to try to minimize his attacks. Here are just a few: Vacuum the house daily, wash his linens weekly, heavy linens in his room monthly, no going outside when grass is being cut or when anyone who lives around us is cutting their yard, dust the entire house weekly-and the list goes on and on. As he is sitting there telling me all this stuff I am shaking my head "yes I understand and I can do that" but in the back of my mind I am thinking "When on earth am I going to get all this housework done every single week?! But I WILL do whatever it takes to keep my baby healthy so I will find the time no matter what! They can't tell at this point if this is something he will struggle with his whole life or if he will outgrow it but my preayer is that he will outgrow this! So I am asking you to also please continue to pray for Landry and his lungs to outgrow this asthma I don't want him to struggle with this his whole life!

Late update

Where has to time gone?? Yes I realize it has almost been a month since I last posted. Let me tell you it's hard trying to sit down and post b/c the times I do actually get to have free time is becoming very limited here lately. Here's a quick update on Landry's life right now and some of the things he is saying and doing:
His speech has REALLY taken off lately. Every day he will mock something I say and I didn't even know he was listening. This is keeping me on my toes. I don't say anything I am ashamed of but there are a few of those words that I don't want my 18month old saying and then start repeating. For example last week I had just let Sadie our house dog outside to go potty. We got a nice 6 foot privacy fence about 6 months ago for her so she could get some energy out and run around and play without being n a leash. Well we have a few rabbits that have decided to make their home "SADIE'S BACKYARD"-this was not a smart move on their choice! So now she is more obsessed with chasing rabbits in our yard then going to the bathroom. Yes this is a huge problem! So anyways I had just let her out to go potty and 5 minutes after she came back in she went to the bathroom in my house. I was not a happy camper to say the least-so I got angry and said "Stupid dog!" well little did I know he could try to repeat those words and out of his little innocent mouth I hear him saying "upid og!" WHAT!! Where did that come from!? So needless to say I have to watch my temper and be more careful with what I say-it's good for me though I'm not complaining. Here are a few other favorite things he says right now:
response to "are you hungry?" "MMMMMMMMMM!"
walk into a restuarant- "MMMMMMMM!"
"Peas" with a HUGE grin on his face = Please
Nathan= "naaaa naaa" Dont worry he says it differnt from Nanna!
Aunt Baleigh= "Beee"
sees a truck= Dad-oooooo and he carries out the "ooooo" since Dado drives a truck he thinks all trucks are Dado's
25lbs 6oz as of last week when he went to allergy doctor- this will have a post of its on coming soon.
loves reading!
Says his prayer about 5 times before eating-I caught myself the other night about to tell him that was enough but then the verse about "faith like a child" popped in my head and realized I shouldn't tell him to not pray even if he does it 30 times before he eats!
Trying to say 3 syllable words like butterfly, and Olivia a good friend of his(yes i know that 4 but it only comes out 3)
Loves drinking from a straw
Not a great napper here lately-not too sure what that's about b/c he has always been and excellent napper!
He will walk around the house and point out all of Mama's shoes laying in the floor and all of daddy's shoes and he knows who's are who's

These are just a few of my favorite things lately but as any mother I could go on for days about all my favorite things b/c that's pretty much everything he does. I will have more post soon with some pictures-I promise!