Our great friends Brian & Jeannine lured us South this year to try a new pumpkin patch, and it was totally worth it! This place was like the theme park of pumpkin patches: it was big, spacious, had lots of kid friendly attractions, and tons of pumpkins, of course! Landon loved the tractor ride through the corn, mum, and sunflower fields. We then hopped on a "choo choo" train for a ride around the pumpkin patch. He was stoked to find his BFF Dora in the field, and posed for a few photos with her :) We'll totally go back next year!
I can't help but be sentimental about just how much Landon has grown up in the last year. I flipped through the pics we got of him at the Pumpkin Patch in 2012, and teared up a bit. He is so big!
Oh yeah, the best part of going to the pumpkin patch with friends? Having a built in photographer! Jeannine and I just handed my camera back & forth, and were able to get lots of shots of our whole family! Score!
Last night, we took Landon to his first football game! The Leigh High Longhorns played the Lincoln High Lions. Landon loved it! He stayed up late, sat still, and cheered along the with crowd. Out of his mouth last night I heard:
"Go Boys!"
"He fell down...He need race cars bandaid"
"Good throw"
"Bad Catch"
"Big Kick"
"He missed it!"
"Touchdown"
He. Is. His. Father's. Son.
We saw the 2nd quarter, all of halftime, and most of the third quarter before I called it quits (my feet were cold)! As we walked out, Landon said "Bye Bye Football Boys!" Once he realized we were really leaving, he sobbed (guess he wanted to stay through the fourth quarter to see how the game ended)! Sean and I had so much fun with him, we may take him back next Friday night!
This was him before the game at home on his swing...stoked, excited, and cheesin' for the camera (as always):
And, here are a few shots from our phones at the game, under the Friday Night Lights:
This year, Landon celebrated his golden birthday: he turned 2 on the 2nd of October! A special day indeed, since 2 is my favorite number! I was secretly so excited when we found out his due date was October 2nd, and equally disappointed given the likelihood that he would actually be born on his due date (less than 5% of babies are). When I went into labor on September 30, 2011 I thought for sure we'd have an October 1st baby...but no, our little love waited until 7:44am on Sunday October 2, 2011 to make his debut (here's the post about that incredible day).
We considered having a small, low key celebration for his second birthday after going big with a party in the park for his first birthday last year...but instead opted for an open invitation, backyard, toddler free-for-all at our place last Saturday! It was a ton of work, even with the extra helpful hands of Grandma Donna & Grandpa Rob, the Safeway bakery & balloon people, and a guy name "Famous Dave" who knows a thing or two about BBQ.
We are so thankful for everyone who joined us to celebrate our little man's big day! He loved having his little friends from school over to his house ("Mama, Cole at Landon's house!" "Look, Addi here, Dada!"), we enjoyed inviting some of our awesome neighbors over, and our friends (even those without kids of their own) are troopers for taking time on a Saturday to eat BBQ, sing happy birthday, and eat blue cupcakes!
Landon: you are our sunshine. You make Mama & Dada so happy. You are such a polite, smart, sharp, and sweet little boy. We are proud of you, and just love being your parents.
