Landon Pictures

Here are a few updated Landon pictures:

Elly-isms

I need to write down some of our favorite Elly terms before I forget them:

1. "I love boo" for I love you
2. "Yandon" crying
3. "Settle down Yandon"
4. "Binky Ball" for bouncy ball
5. "Muk" for any drink, including Milk
6. "I huping" for I helping
7. "Gamby" for Gammie
8. "Grambuh" for Gramma
9. "Cee Cee" for Tennessee


She loves her brothers and makes sure to see both of them first thing in the morning and say hello. She loves socks, shoes, hats & gloves and tries to put any and all of them on that she can. She loves puzzles, books, baby dolls, bracelets, necklaces, phones, balls, musical instruments, cars and most of all being outside. She is as independent as they come and she loves helping anyone and everyone. She is as opinionated as they come too...and needs to feel like whatever she does is her idea. She is FULL of life and SOOOO much fun!

My Greatest Joy

I know I'm biased, but this is my favorite recent picture...It makes us all laugh every time we see it--Elly pulled her pigtail out on her way to the hospital and none of us thought to fix her hair before letting her hold Landon for the first time. I'm glad we didn't--it is a source of so many smiles and laughs--Just like our sweet Elly.

This picture says it all--no prompting from anyone-- just sweet, genuine love and kisses for her baby brother.

And if that one wasn't clear enough, maybe this one is...it speaks a thousand words

Cast from the same mold

There really is no denying that these 3 children are ours, nor that they belong together! A friend of mine joked that we have one "recipe" and I guess that she was right!

Welcome to the World

Sweet Baby3, or now as you are so affectionately called: Landon Pierce Dyer

Excitement

I realized after I had completely vented and panicked publicly and got through my little "freak out" session that I hadn't been fair AT ALL to Sweet Baby3. We are SO pumped! We are so excited to meet this precious little miracle--to be able to finally put a face and gender with this baby and to be able to call it by name. I am amazed that God has blessed our family so richly. I am amazed that he has allowed me to love and mother two amazing children and I am anxious to be able to say three amazing children--WHAT a blessing. God is SO good and we already love this little baby so much. I cannot wait to see the looks and little "touches" of Logan and Elly with this baby and to watch our family complete so richly. I cannot wait to watch the man I love more than life itself give himself so selflessly and so completely to another child--if you've ever seen Jarrod with his kids you know what I am talking about and how HUGE my heart gets at watching him love our children. We are SO ready, SO excited and SO blessed to meet our Sweet Baby3--our "joy" baby. Thank you God for entrusting us with the opportunity to raise another precious child to learn to love and serve you!

Rough Week

Well...this week has been rough...to say the least. We started the week with news that one of our precious "little" friends had the flu. So, after a call to the doctor, I got on Tamiflu. That night, during the night, Jarrod came down with a NASTY stomach bug. It has managed to knock out a member of our household daily. So far, Jarrod had it Monday night and Tuesday, Logan had it Tuesday night and Wednesday, my sweet Mother got it this morning...so far Elly and I have avoided it, but its just a matter of time. Thankfully for me, they can give me zofran in my iv tomorrow morning...unfortunately for me, sweet Elly will have to rely on someone else to clean her up and take care of her--this doesn't make for a very happy mama! If you know me, you know I don't like giving up control...this is going to take it out of me...being in the hospital trying to take care of Sweet Baby3 and worrying the whole time about our precious Elly. Obviously, I know that she's in not only good hands, but GREAT hands (assuming my mom is well enough to care for her), but still--she's my baby and I have the hormones of a 9 month preggo lady...giving up control is not really in my book. I've been told today that maybe that's why God is allowing this--so that I can be prepared for the chaos that is 3 kids. I'm not sure, but I AM sure that I don't like it--NOT. ONE. BIT! I just pray that somehow, someway my mom recovers quicker than Logan and Jarrod did and that Elly can just not get it at all. Then pray that we can somehow get this sick infested house re-cleaned (a cleaning service came all day Tuesday, so my VERY clean, VERY disinfected house is now a complete and total SICK zone within 2 days...that will require some heavy bleach in 2 of the 3 bathrooms and in 3 bedrooms...yikes!)...but I of course want it cleaned (again) before we bring Sweet Baby3 home. Crazy...nuts...insane--that's what this week has been and I'm pretty sure by this time next week that's what I will be if all of this doesn't just go away. Soon.

All of that aside, we are still scheduled to deliver (cut time--as the nurse told me today--yes nice thought) at 8:30 tomorrow morning. So, please pray for easy surgery, easy recovery and a precious, healthy Sweet Baby3. We'll update tomorrow with pictures, gender, name, birth info.