Two Months Old

Levi, you are two months old!

-You weigh about 11 lbs.! You are wearing size 1 diapers and 0-3 and 3 month clothes. Most of the newborn ones have been put away already! Some of them you only wore once or not at all! 

-You snort a lot! When you're angry, crying, upset, and such. One time you snorted so loud when you were sleeping it made both of us jump and you woke up!! 

-You are awake, alert, and happy for longer stretches of the day now. You sleep best when I'm holding you and in your car seat. With the exception of one Sunday, you've slept from the time we arrive at church until after we get home!

-You are starting to coo a lot more. You gives us lots of smiles and are enjoying your baths!

- You are a great eater! Typically nursing every 2-3 hours. At night, just once or twice between 10 pm - 6 am!

- You can find Mommy, Daddy, and your brother in the room now. You look for us! I love it when we make eye contact.

- Your family came from Kansas City over the weekend. Your cousins and uncle were excited to meet you for the first time! 

-You prefer the swing over the bouncy seat. And you like laying on your tummy mat and swinging at the octopus and sea horse.

-Your head is getting strong and you are doing well at tummy time!

Levi, we love seeing your personality develop! You are a great baby! I look forward to each day with you. Love, Mommy 

Up Close & Personal

Happy Valentine's Day! 

He found a hat...

Check this out, Momma! 

Happy Friday! 

Through the Camera Lens

When my kids draw a picture of me in the future, I don't want it to be with a phone in my hand--- a recent thought I had. I am trying to experience the life in front of me instead of the lives of others via the internet. --- I'm also working on enjoying the moment through my eyes instead of through the camera lens. Sure, I want to have pictures to remember my kids and our family by, but sometimes I feel like I'm missing the best moments by trying to get a good shot instead of experiencing everything firsthand. On Saturday, for instance, Zeke and I played outside in the snow for 45 minutes. I watched the snow fall, pulled him around on the tube, shoveled snow, attempted to make a fort, showed him how to lick the snow and picked him up when he face planted as he tried. We laughed and played and I tried to capture the moment in my mind to store away as a precious memory. No, I don't have a picture to share with everyone of this moment with my 2 year old, but today he felt all of my attention. He got to look his Momma in the eyes instead of staring at her yellow phone while begging him to force another smile. He got to follow me around in the snow instead of waiting for me to play while I uploaded his picture to Instagram. Today the two of us shared a memory, just for us. Without distraction. Without 9 "likes" on Facebook. Here's to many more technology-free, fully-experiencing-the-moment, memories! 

Happy Friday!

Random thoughts at 12:40 am...

I am tired. 

We got some cold, wet snow last night! 

Today is already the last day of January! This month went quickly. 

My verse for January was: "Do everything without complaining or arguing." Philippians 2:14 

I put away some of Levi's newborn clothes and got out some of the 3 month size! 

What's up with all these quizzes on Facebook recently? I take them anyway :) some of my results-- my career path should be a Humanitarian; my dog personality is a Great Dane; my Big Bang Theory character is Bernadette; and if I were a food, I'd be sushi. 

Levi finally fell asleep, hopefully that means I can lay him down soon. 

A few pictures for you to enjoy this weekend: 

Levi is starting to enjoy bath time. 

Zeke's new John Deere pliers. 

Levi is a pretty good sleeper!

Colorado is pretty! 

Hope you have a great weekend! 

Two Years Old!

Ezekiel, you are two years old today-- Happy Birthday!

Your Pirate Birthday Party - 1/25 

You made such a cute pirate! 

- You can count to ten with relative ease. We've made it to thirteen a couple times. You know several colors and repeat or say many of the words as we read to you. You are starting to group 2 and 3 words together. When Grandpa was visiting last time you repeated what he said, "See you next time!" I was shocked! That was your longest sentence. Last night (1/19) you and Daddy were chanting in the kitchen, "We want popcorn!" :) 

- You are wearing size 4 diapers and almost all 2T clothes! 

- Your favorite helping activity is doing dishes, usually with daddy. You continue to help me sweep the floors and put clean laundry in the dryer. 

Trying on Daddy's new bike helmet

- Most of the time your favorite answer is "no," but tonight (1/17) on the way home from Castle Rock I asked if you had a good time playing with Lexie and you said, "YES!" 

- You enjoyed opening gifts for Christmas this year. You did pretty good refraining from tearing into the ones under our tree. We opened presents several times throughout the month, so you did great considering you were allowed to open a few gifts, had to stop, open a few more, and so on. 

I asked you to point at your new Christmas cup...this is what you gave me :)

- We are enrolling you in Kindermusik classes this spring! You seem to have a real affinity for music. We'll turn on the radio in the car and you'll start singing along. It really surprised us the first time! Your favorite song to sing with mommy in December was "Silent Night." I tried to get a video of it but I started too late, so it's hard to tell. You are definitely an auditory learner! 

You enjoy playing the piano

- You are doing well in your big brother role. You give him his pacifier when he's crying, sometimes you make a crying sound along with him. You call him "Wevi" and make sure he's always coming with us when we go places in the car. You like to hold him every once in a while. You like to hold his hand when he's crying. You also bring me the b'jorn if Levi's been crying because you've seen me use it to carry him and calm him 

Giving Scout a ride in the B'jorn

- You took a few "nights off" when Levi was born, but now you are sleeping better than ever! Hooray! I'm so glad we got you a new bed in September-- it has been a great transition. 

January1 -- Happy New Year!

- You are concerned about things being done at appropriate times. Like turning off the staircase light after we've come up the stairs. Or shutting the microwave door when it's not in use. And wiping up spills off the floor. Or if you get your shirt wet while doing dishes, it becomes unwearable. You are pretty particular about certain things -- I foresee this as both a blessing and a curse in the future :) 

- You don't really like to play in the snow because you don't like to get your boots covered in snow. And you won't keep your gloves on, so once your hands are cold, it's over! At least you will wear a stocking hat! That's an improvement from last winter when you would pull it off. 

Picking out our Christmas tree!

- You do a good job playing in the nursery on Sunday mornings and when we go to MOPS. I'm so thankful I don't have to leave you while you're crying! You make it much easier on me...although I'm often tempted to go peek in on you. I think it's because you are social and enjoy playing with other kids. A great trait!

Cute brothers photo - January 24 

- You continue to be a super duper eater! Your hardest meal is usually breakfast. Quite unlike Mommy, you like to get up and play awhile before you eat -- which is what Daddy does too! 

Eating at Chick-Fil-A --- 12/16/13

Ezekiel, Daddy and I can't even imagine life without you! You add so much joy and laughter to our every day. You are sweet, kind, thoughtful, helpful, and adorable! You like to cuddle and be near us. I love to see you smile and hear your laugh! We feel blessed that God has given you to us as our son. We promise to pray for you and do our very best as we raise you to equip you for your life's journey.

Love, Momma 

Friday fotos... Resumed!

To life...full of two sweet boys!