Blessed by my little boy

Landon is an amazing joy in my life.  His little life blesses me each day, and I do not know what I would do without my dear little boy.  He is full of smiles and his little belly laugh warms my heart.  While he was a challenging baby (with colic and horrible reflux that didn't resolve until around 11 months) he has certainly made up for lost time and is now he a very happy little boy who makes his mama smile each day.

eating one of Grandma's cinnamon rolls

He is certainly my little social boy and will wave at everyone he sees in the grocery store or at a restaurant.  Someday I will have to teach him what the word "stranger" means, for he will literally turn around in his high chair in a restaurant to smile at people and wave!  He loves when we play with him--especially when his aunt and uncle come by--his favorite being pulled around in his "sled" that Grandma Ediger made out of a box.  He loves when  Grandpa Ediger takes him to Lowes on Saturday.  This last Saturday Landon and Grandpa went to McDonalds and Landon ate a whole double cheeseburger minus the top bun!  He certainly is my little eater....I didn't realize how much a one year old could eat.  So, I have to get creative to keep him full!!  Grandma Ediger spoils him when she makes her homemade cinnamon rolls and Landon can spot them from across the kitchen!

Riding in his "sled" while he went to work
with Grandpa
one day

Landon's favorite toys continue to be anything with wheels or that goes.  He continues to amaze me with the sounds that he can make for his trucks.  I'm currently teaching him about airplanes...that they don't go on the ground, but go in the sky.  He has two model-like airplanes on top of his wardrobe that we fly around the room every morning when he wakes up, and then we go to his dresser and pick up his airplane piggy bank and fly that...(Mommy trying to make the right airplane noise.)  Now, he is so used to it, that it is the first thing he points to when I get him up in the morning, or from his nap.  He knows our routine--to fly his planes!

My favorite things to do with Landon are read and sing to him.  I also love listening to Landon's children's music, as it blesses me to hear children singing, "This is My Father's World."   I also like to go on walks with Landon and see him notice or point to things that I'm to busy to notice.  He points to the moon at the top of the big blue sky, he notices the birds flying by, or points to the trail that the planes leave behind them in the sky.

reading with Mommy

Playing with a car mommy brought home
from the treasure chest at the dentist!

showing his "cheesy" smile and "bed-head"

While having a baby through the journey with Eric's illness and death had its challenges, I thank the Lord every day for the blessing of Landon and for the legacy of Eric in him.