February 2012

February started off our traveling month.  Landon and I took 3 trips in 4 weeks and Lee took 5 trips in 5 weeks....so that's why I am a little behind on blogging for this month.

We started off February with a "normal" week, so to speak, before all the fun and craziness began.  We had a UNM Football Signing Day event to go to, I had lunch with a couple of girlfriends here, then we had a new-member class for joining our church and finally a superbowl party.

The second week marked a traveling week for all of us.  Lee's good friend from Notre Dame, Andrew, came in on Tuesday and then Landon and I flew back to Dallas on Wednesday to visit family.  It was my first time flying alone with Landon and he did great, as usual!  While I was in Dallas, Lee and Andrew went on a ski trip to Toas, NM.  They had a blast!  I had Landon's 5 Month Pictures taken while I was home along with seeing great-grandparents, dinner with my dad and grandmother, getting my hair done, a little shopping, and eating at my favorite restuarants.  Here are a few pics from our trips.



The third week marked Valentine's Day, Lee's trip to Dallas and Washington D.C. for work, UNM basketball game vs. UNLV, and our good friends from Tucson, Sarah and Jake Hawbaker, coming to visit us.  Lee and I actually got to go on a Valentine's dinner to Savoy but forgot to take pictures.  Go figure!  Thanks to Valerie and Bruce for watching Landon!

Finally, the last week in February came.  This is the week that Lee's parents and niece came in to visit us and we went on a ski trip to Wolf Creek and stayed in Pagosa Springs, CO at one of Lee's donor's house.  It was beautiful!  Landon and I hung out at the house during the day while everyone else skiied and then Lee and I spent all day on Saturday by ourselves while Lee's family drove back to ABQ.  It was a "mini family vacation" for just our family of three.  So fun!  We also had a UNM basketball game to go to that week as well as a "CAbi event" for a Coaches vs. Cancer fundraiser. Busy week!

February sure was fun but went by way too fast!







January 2012

So, what's new....I'm a little behing on blogging this year.  Landon is not the best sleeper in the world so it's hard for me to get a lot of things done, like blogging.  Anyway, here's how our January went.

After the we flew back from Christmas in Texas, we had a low key first week in January with just a couple of UNM basketball games and a date night....yes, a date night.  Those are so rare these days but Landon is worth all the time and attention!

The second week was a little more exciting with my father-in-law's birthday, Lee's board meeting, and finally our long weekend trip back to Tucson.  It was SO fun seeing everyone and showing Landon where his first 6 months in utero were spent.  I'm sure he enjoyed the trip as much as we did! ;)  He was so great on the long car rides and we only had to stop a couple of times to feed him.  I'm so proud of him!

We drove into town on Friday night and went straight to dinner at Sauce and Frost with the Dubs, Steins, Welches, and Betsy.  We had a great time and laughed so much.  Then, on Saturday morning, we had breakfast at Cafe Torino with Camille and the Lorenzens before heading to the U of A basketball game and reception.  Landon did great for all of these events and even slept a little through the game.  Then we had dinner at Blanco with the Ingrams, Rohrets, and Secrests.  It was so nice to be back in everyone's company and it all just felt right.  Wish we all lived closer.  On Sunday morning we went to church and Sunday School at Casas and then had lunch at In-N-Out burger with everyone that could join us from class.  After that we just relaxed at the Lorenzen's house and then went to dinner with Ben and Chrissy at The Keg...love that place!  Landon was a little fussy through dinner but I swaddled him and he went right to sleep.  Then, on Monday morning, Lee and Ben played golf while Landon and I went to breakfast with Alexis and Betsy.  Man, I miss those girls so much!  Finally, when Lee was done playing golf, we headed out of town and had lunch at eegee's with Richard before making the long drive back to Albuquerque.  Landon, once again, did great on the drive home!  Here are a few pics from that trip.

The third week was pretty low key as well.  We had a double date with the Nunn's and had Landon's 4 month check-up.  He weighed 12 pounds 9 ounces (10%),  24" long (25%) and his head was 40 cm (10%).  The doctor was worried that Landon is anemic because he's so pale....so, Landon had blood work done and he's perfectly healthy and his iron count is right in the middle of the range where it should be.  The doctor and nurses kept commenting on how happy Landon is and said he's the happiest baby they've ever seen.  That's the best compliment you can give new parents!  The doc also said we could start spoon feeding Rice cereal and stage 1 baby food to Landon.  We started with carrots, peas, sweet potaotes, green beans, squash, apples, pears, and bananas.  So far, Landon kind of likes carrots, sweet potatoes, and squah.  He HATED peas and green beans --  but has LOVED all the fruit.  My son has a sweet tooth....go figure!  Here's a pic from his doctor's visit.

Here are a few pics from his first Rice cereal eating experience

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Finally, the last week in January was filled with my brother's birthday, two basketball games, a football event, getting the house cleaned (part of my Christmas present!), and a date night at Texas Roadhouse.  Hope your January was fun and eventful too!

December's Update....A Little Late!

Well, I figured I should go ahead and post about our 1st Christmas season with Landon since it's practically time to post our January update.  Having a baby to take care of definitely puts other things on the back burner....sorry!

Anyway, our December started off great.  Landon and I had lunch with Lee before he left for Boise State to see the Lobos (try to) take on Boise St. on the "Smurf Turf" or Blue Field.  Lee had an awesome experience and loved getting to see the blue field up close but said it wasn't nearly as blue in person as it looks on TV.  Lee got in really early on Sunday morning and then we woke up Monday to a snow storm and UNM closed for the day.  What an unexpected surprise to get to spend another whole day with Lee and Landon by the fire in our house.  Later that week, I got a babysitter for Landon and went on a "date night" with Lee to the UNM Football banquet.  So fun and Landon did great with his sitter, Ciara!  We also took Landon to have his picture made with Santa that week.  He did great waiting in the 1.5 hour line and didn't even cry when Santa held him...didn't smile either....haha!

The second week in December was a much busier one for us.  We had Lee's Lobo Club Board of Directors Christmas Party, Lee's entire staff, interns, and spouses and kids over at our house for dinner (yes, I cooked for 21 people!), had Landon's Christmas pictures made, went to lunch with some girls here in the ABQ at my new favorite lunch spot, The Grove Cafe, had lunch with a donor's wife, finally got my hair highlighted and cut (much needed!), and Lee traveled to Oklahoma City for the Men's Basketball tournament.  I must have been too busy to take any pictures....sorry!

Finally, the third week in December came and we had a few things to do before going off to Texas for 11 days!  We decided to have our little family Christmas with Landon on Sunday before going to Texas so that we wouldn't have to haul all of his presents to Texas and then back here.  We also had an event with the new football coach at a donor's house and a basketball game the night before we left for Dallas.

Now for the Texas trip!  Landon did GREAT on his first plane ride.  I nursed him in the airport before we boarded.  He sucked on his paci and fell asleep right before we took off, woke up for the flight, and fell asleep again right before we landed.  Such a good boy!

Our first full day in Dallas was crazy.  Landon got to meet his cousin Harley and got spoiled from his Lolli.  We ran errands, baked, cooked, saw Amanda and her mom Donna, and then got ready to have a few pictures taken by mom's boss, and then take a carriage ride through Highland Park to look at Christmas lights and dinner at Lee's favorite restaurant, Snuffers.  We had a great time!

The next day, we had Christmas with Dad and his side of the family and then Christmas with Granddaddy at Mom's house.  It was a blast showing off Landon to everyone.  I think he got a tad spoiled from everyone holding him!

Christmas Eve was really low key this year.  Lee's donor at UNM gave us his four tickets to the Cowboy's game on Christmas Eve so Mom, Jason, Lee, Landon, and me went to the game.  While we were there, my uncle called and we were able to go up to the suite he was in to watch the game.  It was a blast!

Christmas Day is finally here!!  We spent the morning opening up presents at Mom's house and then went to my aunt and uncle's for Christmas with Mom's side of the family before heading off to Houston to spend 5 days with Lee's family.

While in Houston, we had Christmas dinner with Lee's family and opened up Christmas presents.  We spent some time at the Dukes house with all of our Houston friends and their kids, went to lunch at our favorite Tex-Mex place, hung out with Hernan and Jennifer and their baby girl, Catalina, and just relaxed.

We drove back to Dallas and had dinner with Dave and Theresa and the spent New Year's Eve and New Year's Day with my Mom since it was her birthday before we left for Albuquerque on the 2nd.

Overall, we had a FANTASTIC December and First Christmas with Landon!  I pray 2012 is another great year filled with the Lord's direction and blessings in our lives.