Latest sayings and words

Landry is talking so much lately. It always catches me off guard b/c I'm not used to him trying to carry on conversations with me but I love it! Here are just a few of my favorite things he has done or said lately. Also I'm sorry I haven't posted very much lately and I will get some pictures up sometime this week. My child who once took 2-3 hour naps has recently decided he is only going to sleep for 25 minutes. And on top of the 25 minute naps he is 21 months old the TWO's are RAPIDLY approaching and I think that's all I have to say about that right now-it's self explanatory! ha! So it's been a rough few weeks to put it nicely. But on top of our bad days there are still many more days and moments that my little boy says and does the sweetest things and here are just a few of them.

One Sunday morning in church a few weeks ago we sang "Jesus Loves Me" Landry was playing and never acted like he recognized the song which surprised me b/c we always sing that song with him. However, as soon as the song was over and the auditorium got quiet Landry immediately stood up in the pew and started clapping and yelling "YAAAAY" at the top of his lungs. It was so cute and it took all I had to keep my composure. I was relieved to know that everyone around us thought it was cute and was giggling along with us. Lets just say I think he recognized the song after all!

"moe" is Landry's word for more

"ooooooo ols" is his translation for "GO VOLS"

"guddy guddy guddy guddy ouchdown" is his version of "go go go go go go touchdown!"

"ootbawl" translation "football"

"babby" translation "abby" my mother and daddy's dog

"bye baby"-I have always said "Bye baby when leaving him and the other day I told him to say bye to someone at church and he looked at them and said "Bye baby"

"benben" is landry's word for "Bentleigh" which is Nathan and Amber's dog

"aaaaaaaiiideeeee" is Landry's version of "Sadie" our dog

We were watching "Nemo" the other day while we were on the road to Gatlinburg and when Nemo's mother go killed by the big mean fish at the beginning of the movie Landry looked up at me and said "UH OH!" and then in the next part of the movie when Nemo's father is looking for his wife or all the fish eggs and is crying he looked up at me and said "aaahh eee" aka "sorry." This was the sweetest thing I had ever heard and caught me off guard.

Oh I know there are so many more I am leaving out right now but I guess they will have to go in anther blog some other day. I promise I will post pictures of our Simmons family trip to Gatlinburg last weekend-it' was so much fun.

Landry the LION

Here is my sweet little lion on Halloween! I wasn't' sure how he was going to handle the costume b/c we had a few trail runs and he wasn't too fond of the head piece and he would want it off as soon as we would put it on. Well the day before Halloween we made a HUGE deal of about Landry going to be a LION for Halloween and how he was going to get to wear his costume and go say "Trick or Treat!" Well psychology worked b/c he did great in his costume and didn't try to pull it off once. His favorite park of his costume was watching his tail drag behind him and me painting his nose and whiskers on his face. When people would say "Oh what a cute lion" or "are you a lion?" he would immediately say "Roooaarr"(in his whisper voice). For some reason his lion sound he makes is a whisper rather than a ferocious roar.


We actually didn't go door to door trick or treating since Halloween was on Sunday we did Trunk or Treat at church. We were able to go worship where Nana and Pops goes to church and then do their trunk or treat so they could see the little lion and then to Graymere where we go to church and let Byrdie, Dad-o, Aunt B, Nat, Granny, Susan and Laray see him too. He had so much fun and caught on very fast how to go from car to car and in his own language saying "Trick or Treat." I love all these pictures of him

Tues/Thurs School Fall Festival

Last week Landry had his fall festival at Tues/Thurs school. He was so cute running around with all his friends and he kept grabbing my hand and leading me to everything in his classroom. I could just hear his sweet little mind thinking "I'm so excited to show you what I do at school on Tuesdays and Thursdays momma!" I was VERY skeptical with putting Landry in this Mother's Day out program and to be completely honest-I was toally against it at first. However, after 3 months of being in program I can say now I am SO glad I did this for him and me! He loves his teachers and classmates and always has a blast at school and I either work on Tues/Thurs or get all my errands done for the week while he is getting to play at school-thats a good trade in my eyes! :)
I also think it's good for him to go interact with other kids his age and me not be right there beside of him. I love fall and everything that goes along with it but a few of my favorite things are festivals, pumpkin flavored food/drinks, cool crisp weather, beautiful leaves changing and so much more I could list. Hope everyone is enjoying fall as much as we are!

Fun with cousins~

We did so many fun things while we were in Wisconsin a few weeks ago. Here were just a few of the highlights from the trip: we decorated cupcake monsters, went to a apple orchard/pumpkin patch, walked around the block and looked at all the geese in the ponds located in their subdivision, played dress up with tutu's, and took a bubble bath but mostly we had FUN! Landry has now nicknamed Martha (Emmie) and calls Wyatt (I-at). It took the little guy a little while to adjust and learn how to share toys but as soon as he started getting it down pat it was time for us to leave. Such a sad time! The whole time we were at the airport waiting for our flight home Landry kept saying "Bye Emmie...Bye Emmie! Broke my heart to hear him say that but also made me smile b/c he loves her! What I wouldn't give for Landry to grow up close to his cousins-but trips like this will hopefully keep them close even though there is quite a distance between us.













This was the last picture I took of our trip and I feel it sums up our long weekend. I love how the are holding hands-so sweet!!

"My child will never _________" (you fill in the blank)

Last weekend we packed our bags and headed up to Wisconsin to see Martha, Chris, Nora and Wyatt(a whole post of it's on coming soon). We had to wake Landry up early Saturday morning b/c our flight left around 8:30 and from the moment we went and got him out of his crib he just wasn't himself. I was scared he was getting an ear infection b/c several times Friday I saw him pull and dig in his ears. But I didn't think that much about it b/c he will do that when he is tired or sleepy. Thankfully he has only had 1 ear infection in his whole life and I just thought "yea he is just tired."

Well I say all that to say I blame Austin for this next part!! It was Landry's first time to fly and I was so nervous about him having to sit still for that long-he is on the go all the time and doesn't' have time to sit still. Throughout the whole flight he was great-he didn't make a peep and was just waving at the stewardess that would walk by, the people sitting behind him and anyone else that would give him attention. When he wasn't finding someone to wave at or talk to he watched Elmo aka "Melmo" on his portable DVD player or was looking out the window at the clouds and would say "Whoa!"
So when the landing gear came out and the wheels hit the concrete I thought "He did AWESOME-why was I even nervous!" Well no longer than that thought came into my head I hear a child SCREAMING bloody murder at the top of his lungs. I had to look around b/c i just knew that wasn't my child's scream-it was way to loud and sounded like someone was mistreating that child and it was unlike any scream I have heard before. I quickly realize that child screaming IS MY CHILD-WHAT!!! THATS MY CHILD SCREAMING?!! What in the world!? I had NEVER heard him scream like that before in all of his 19 months old of life! I just wrapped him in my arms as tight as I could and "shhhh" in his ear until he calmed down which took a good 30 second to a minute but let me tell you it seemed like a lifetime b/c we were only on a 60 passenger plane so everyone could hear him loud and clear!! I was so embarrassed when we were getting off the plane that I just apologized to everyone we passed. Thankfully everyone said "That's OK-I'm sure his ears were popping." Thankfully he did great on the way home and since we had a night flight he had a great time looking out the window at the stars, moon and lights of the cities. I think I sang Twinkle Twinkle Little Star about 10 times within the 1 hour and 10 minute flight.
It was so cute and I loved watching how excited he got on the plane. It was a memorable first flight but we survived. This picture was takes right before we took off and you can tell he wasn't in the best of moods. There is a story behind his face in this picture but I better not share it on here. :) Althought we had a rocky and stressful start to our trip that didn't stop us from having a blast with our family. We miss them so much already and can't wait for our next trip to Wisconsin.
So at this point your probably asking "why do you blame Austin for that screaming fit he had when we landed?" Well here's the answer-ever since I have known Austin he did not like it when babies or kids screamed! If we were in a restaurant and a child would scream he would stop eating and take a deep breath and lay his fork down b/c he couldn't concentrate to eat with the child screaming. Whenever we would get on a plane (before having kids of course) Austin would always look around at who was sitting next to us and pray under his breath that a baby wouldn't be next to us. Don't get me wrong Austin loves kids and babies just not shrill high-pitched screams coming from kids and babies. So I BLAME him. I have learned something in these past 19 months of Landry's life NEVER SAY "MY CHILD WILL NEVER __________" b/c chances are just b/c you said that they will prove you wrong! So just b/c Austin has always said "My child will never scream in public" Landry had to show him one good time and make him tuck his tail between his legs. Throughout the whole trip Landry just wasn't his happy go lucky self! I KNEW (mother's instinct) that something just wasn't right with him but I didn't know what. I guess we are fortunate enough to have only had that one incident like this in public in his 19 months of life but I'm holding on tight b/c I knew there will be many many more to come. We got back home and I took him to the doctor and sure enough double ear infection and his left one was very infected. Poor baby was miserable all weekend and I felt so bad. Anyways just as my mother always told me "never say never" and I blame Austin! :)

My little pumpkin at Gentry's Pumpkin Patch

We had the best weekend with Landry! We took him Gentry's Pumpkin Patch in Franklin and he had a blast! It was the cutest place and we were so impressed with all the activities they had for the kids to do. We put Landy's adorable pumpkin outfit on him that morning and as soon as he saw it he said "Melmo" aka "Elmo" b/c he saw the big eyes on it. ha! I had to explain to him that it was a pumpkin and not Elmo. So the rest of the day anytime he would hear someone say "Aww I love his pumpkin outfit" or "Oh I like this pumpkin"(referring to the pumpkins in the field) he would immediately point to his outfit and smile at them rather they were referring to his actual outfit or not. ha! We started off with letting him pick his very own pumpkin off the vine and this is the one he choose: . He thought it was so much fun to run through the field full blast but bless his heart he learned the hard way several times to pick his feet up high or the veins would trip him. They had wheelbarrells for you to load all your pumpkins in and we found us an extra special pumpkin and loaded him up. :) You can also tell in the picture where he is pushing his own barrell that he is making the car noise. :) They also had a ton of sunflowers that you could pick for free but unfortunatly since it has been so dry here lately they were all just about dead-but that didn't stop the bees from enjoying them. After we left the pumpkin field we went into the farm area with all the activities. He got to see and pet several different farm animals including goats, chickens, turkeys, pigeons, cows, and horses, played on a play set in the shape of a tractor, go on a hay ride through the farm, eat homemade pumpkin bread, play in 3 different barns, and run his little heart out through a corn maze. He had a BLAST to say the least and was worn out when we left. He could have stayed in the corn maze for at least an hour if we would have let him and played hide-n-seek! But we moved on to all the other activities b/c he was getting hot (hence his pants legs and shirt sleeves rolled up) form all the running he was doing while we chased him and vice versa. He LOVES that game right now. We are planning on taking him back one more time before Halloween if the weather stays nice for us! If you live in this area-I would highly recommend it. I picked my pumpkin and he came home with me as a tired little boy!
I LOVE FALL and everything it brings! This is definitely my favorite season. Just give me something pumpkin flavored, some spice tea, my wonderful husband and my sweet little boy with his precious smile and I will be happy. Happy FALL everyone!

"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!) :)