Gobble, Gobble!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Mike and I have so much to be thankful for this year, especially with the new addition to our family. Landon is such a blessing! He is all that we hoped, dreamed and prayed for (and much, much more!). What an adorable and sweet boy. He has brought our family so much joy!

Landon's very first Thanksgiving.

In just a few days, he'll be 8 months old.

Not only is Landon crawling, but he is pulling himself up on everything he can.

"Hi Grandma. Let's play with some of my toys!"

"Grandpa, this is my favorite toy."

"I love when Gammy talks with her hands."

"Hangin' with my Gammy."

"Good job Mom. Keep Dad distracted so I can play with his iPad."

"Hi Uncle Mitchie. I really like your new haircut."

"I don't know why everyone eats turkey on Thanksgiving. It doesn't taste very good." (p.s. He's chewing on the turkey on his shirt)

"Ahhh, this is much better. I love sweet potatoes with apricot."

Guess what?

Yesterday, Landon started crawling...forward. Yahoo!! He has also become quite the shopper. Today, Gammy and I took Landon to Fashion Island. We thought we would combine Landon's love of the outdoors with our love of shopping. ;)

They have a gigantic Christmas tree. If I backed up far enough to get the whole tree in the picture, Landon would have looked like a tiny dot.

Of course, Landon LOVED all the fountains!

So happy after a diaper change at Nordstrom's...

or as Gammy calls it "Nordy's" (she's very hip and cool).

A quick stop at the Koi pond.

All the fish came to say, "Hi" to Landon.

And...I just had to throw in this picture. Landon sure knows how to make an organic, wheat teething biscuit look delicious! Mmmm!

How did this happen?

How did this teeny tiny baby...

...get so big?

"Look Mom, I can almost stand by myself!"

My Little Cutie Pie!

More Fall Fun!

We went to Pumpkin City in Laguna Hills. (Don't worry...Mike was holding Landon from behind).

"Are these all mine?"

"Look, I can drive with only one hand."

"Oh boy, can we get one of these for our house?"

"This big pumpkin is the one Mommy picked at Tanaka Farms. It's my favorite!"

"Mommy baked the little pumpkin for me and toasted some seeds for Daddy. I wish I could have the seeds instead." ;)

"Don't tell Mommy I told you, but she used a stencil to make our jack-o-lantern."

Over the weekend, we celebrated Mike's birthday. On Friday, we met my parents at Irvine Spectrum. We ate dinner at the Cheesecake Factory, then went for an evening stroll.

On Saturday, we enjoyed a yummy dinner at the Chart House with Mike's Mom and brother. "Happy Birthday Daddy...I give you a thumbs-up!"

For Halloween, we went to Ladera Ranch. The very first house we went to was my good friend Teri's house. We met in college and have been friends ever since! She is excited that we are thinking about moving back to Ladera Ranch. :)

Trick-or-treating with our adorable little pumpkin.

Next year, Landon will be walking up to the houses...yikes!