Philly Christmas

So many good pics, here's a few.




We love Christmas vacation! We always take about 2 weeks off and just veg out with family! This year for the Guerra Christmas, we all celebrated on New Year's Eve at the Reyes's house. We had a three course fondue dinner and champagne toast at mid-night. After the fact, I realized that we didn't have a single picture of the amazing surf-and-turf fondue. (No one stopped eating long enough to snap a shot.) Of course, the chocolate fondue dessert was my favorite. And the champage. And the fact that I actually stayed up until 1AM! (What's the difference, Landon would've had me up a few time already anyways, right?)
As for Christmas presents, all the kids were on their best behavior. All the gifts were separated into piles and the kids would open up presents one at a time. We actually couldn't believe it was so orderly and peaceful! We especially loved getting Landon's name for his nursery from Grandma Dee Dee.

Pray for Our Soldier(s)!

The Newlyweds, Amanda and Frank, have been preparing all year for Frank's 2nd deployment to Iraq. We had a special going-away dinner in Frank's honor to thank him for his service & pray for his safety. Since he won't be having many steak dinners in 2008, we had beef tenderloin. Yummy. Then we rounded out the evening with game night, Uno Attack and Texas Hold 'Em (of course!)

Minnesota Christmas

We love our week-long vacation in Minnesota. It's so relaxing and we love all the quality family time. These are two handsome guys, Henry (a.k.a. The Tank) and Landon (a.k.a. L-Train). Henry is obviously going to be super tall, he was already as big as Landon.







Thanks Maddie for help opening up all my presents. Next year, I'll be able to do it myself. Madeline Rocks!



It was all fun & games until we tried to put the Minnesota Vikings pajamas on Landon. He's already a die-hard COLTS fan and wouldn't compromise his loyalty! (JK papa, he's also an EAGLES fan!)

Landon's Baptism

The Best of the Worst

All the Christmas cards were late and that's because I had the hardest time getting that elusive "perfect" Christmas picture. Not that I didn't try and try and try. Here are a few pictures that show the torture that poor Landon endured before Aunt Lori finally got a shot of him smiling!

Notice on the first picture, my Santa Suit is so tight, I have a diaper weggie!

Landon's 4 months old

Our gift from Santa this year was our sweet baby boy, Landon!


At his 4 month check up, he was 25 inches and 16 lbs 6 oz. The doctor said he was the picture of health. For the second appointment in a row, he "christened" the doctor's office after getting undressed for his weigh-in. What a Mess!

This month, Landon seemed to have grown from an infant to a busy baby boy.

-Found his feet and keeps putting them in his mouth.
-Loves to float in the water and kick his legs during bath time.
-Sucks on his two fingers and drools like crazy (teething).
-Uses both hands to grab his toys and holds his bottle when he's eating.
-Loves to stand up (with our support). He's a strong little guy!
-Grandpa got Landon to really start 'talking' - lots of "grrrs" and "aaah goo's".
-Started eating rice cereal in his bottle at night (unfortunately, it's not helping with more sleep like we'd hope it would).
-Attempts to turns the pages when we read a story.
-Here he's playing with a 'karaokee' stand from Grandma that has a mirror and lights - he loves it!

A Happy Thanksgiving

God continues to bless our family and we thank Him as we celebrate Thanksgiving with our family! What more can I say? Lots of yummy food and fun filled our wonderful holiday.
Thanks to Lori and Danny, who hosted another wonderful Thanksgiving dinner.

Sleeping through the night?

It's one of the most popular questions for parents. And, one that we've never been able to answer "yes" to. We keep trying new techniques to get Landon to sleep. He's just not a sleeper. Once we start making progress, something changes. First came the 3 month growth spurt and he started waking up every hour or two and was HUNGRY! So, the doctor said to feed him, which I did until he was about to burst. Well, the growth spurt has come and gone and he's not sleeping much better. Then, along came teething pain that we now think is waking him up. We're back to not feeding him at night and just keep praying that the L-Train learns that there's no reason to wake up! One thing's certain: just when you think you've got it, it all changes! You gotta laugh or you'll cry, right?!?