Monday, October 22, 2012

Move Week

Sean and I both took the week off of work to finish packing up our townhome & move into our new house on Nelson Way. We were able to take Landon to school each day, freeing us up to work hard without worrying about him getting in the way, or getting bored with unpacking boxes! Here's a set of pics I snapped with my phone over the last week or so. We are really really happy in our new home, and are so excited to make it our own in the coming weeks, months, years! 

Lando, textin' his peeps to tell him he's got a new address!

Landon helped a "little" bit by pushing this suitcase around the living room.

Moving truck filled up fast - we had to make 2 trips to get everything...too. much. stuff.

The empty living room & dining room at Cedarville. Many great memories in this place: we signed the contract for it just hours before Sean proposed, had our engagement party & my bridal shower here, this was our home when we got married, and the home we brought our first-born home to. :)

The colorful rug in our new family room on Nelson Way (please excuse Landon's birthday present explosion on the fireplace, that has since been organized & moved to the playroom).

On Wednesday night, we picked Landon up from school, then swooped by the townhouse to pick up one last thing: Miss Pismo! 

The kitchen was unpacked & organized first -- gotta have a functioning kitchen!

Landon's room was up next -- Little man's gotta have a place to sleep & play!

Sean building the table my parents got Landon for his playroom - so fun :)

Takin' a break from all the hard work to cruise around the neighborhood on his new bike.

We only lasted 3 days before we decided we needed to baby-proof the stone fireplace. I'm not ready for stitches yet!

Blinds were installed in all of the windows on Saturday! Happy with how they look, and happy to have privacy!

Rewarded ourselves for all of the hard work on Sunday with a fun family trip to the Pumpkin Patch out in Half Moon Bay. More pics of that adventure to come soon :)



Sunday, October 21, 2012

Birthday Party Recap

Landon had a great first birthday party at Vasona Park in Los Gatos. Thank you to everyone who made the trip to help us celebrate our first anniversary as parents :) 










Saturday, October 6, 2012

Let Him Eat Cake!


...actually, it was just a lot of frosting! Landon celebrated his First Birthday today at Vasona Park in Los Gatos, surrounded by fifty of his favorite people! Lots of fun pics to come, but had to get this up as soon as I could :) 

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Birthday Morning & Proof We Have a Walker

On the morning of Landon's first birthday, we woke him up with the "Birthday Bear" his Loulee & Papa (my parents) got him! He is in love with this bear, and "dances" every time the bear sings to him!


In other news...we have a walker! Landon took his first steps on Sunday (2 days before his first birthday), and surpsrised us by taking TEN unassisted steps on the morning of his birthday! This video was taken tonight...this is how little man greeted me when I came home from work! He is changing SO FAST!



Monday, October 1, 2012

Our Number One Turns One



We cannot believe that our little man is ONE. The last year has been: fast, rewarding, fun, fulfilling, exciting, exhausting, energizing, surprising, and so full of LOVE: love for Landon, love for each other, love for our family & friends (for their awesome love of Landon), and a new love for life! Someone told me recently that having children is so cool because its like everything is "new" again...and it is so true! Going to the park is WAY more exciting through the eyes of our little one...I can't wait to see what our first trip back to Disney with Landon in-tow will be like! 

I had grand plans of making his LRG Weekly into an awesome time-lapse slideshow set to music for you all to enjoy....but, life is busy, so you just get the completed album for your viewing pleasure today. You can choose the song to play as you scroll through 52 weeks of Landon! 

The Completed LRG Weekly: Link Here

Which Week is YOUR Favorite!? 

Sunday, September 30, 2012

365 days ago today...

...I called Sean at 6pm and changed my dinner order from a Chiptole burrito to "soup, or something like it" because I'd just felt the first 2 of many contractions to come (the doctor told me that once labor started I shouldn't eat anything heavy, just a lot of liquid & soup-type stuff). I'll never forget Sean's response..."soup, you mean like SOUP, like, you can only have soup!? is it time!?"

Little did we know that we'd have to wait 37 hours from that phone call before finally getting to meet BabyG.  Landon took his time, wanting to make an on-time, due-date arrival.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

New Beginnings

It's official! We closed on Cedarville last week, and closed on our new home on Nelson Way in San Jose today! Our realtor hand-delivered our new keys to us tonight with a special congrats & happy birthday cake for me. We can't wait to start ordering appliances and moving in!

We are set to move in Mid-October (as we are renting back from our buyers for 4 weeks)...thank goodness it gives us time to pack! We'll be settled in just in time to trick-or-treat in our new neighborhood with Landon. Life is so good...and we are so incredibly blessed.