I kinda forget to blog most of the time. Oops.

Levi has been super cranky lately and Wednesday morning he had a low grade fever. I figured it was just teething since his back teeth are now coming in but I made a doctors appointment and got in within an hour. And I'm glad I did because he has his first ear infection. I thought a teething baby was cranky. Oh no! I sick baby is awful. He would cry constantly. Didn't sleep good at all! He became very clingy. He always wanted to be held. Every day is a new learning experience!

Talking about clingy. This is what happens when I'm in the shower. He stands there and pulls the curtain back which gets him soaking wet. So I ended up giving him a bath. He LOVES bath time and could sit in there all day and play.

He's also sneaky. Glad I just changed the bag! He loves any kind of ball. He carries them around everywhere and now he stands at the trash can and throws things in it. No telling what I may or may not have thrown away.

I think we were eating and he decided to stand at the table and eat too! lol

Playing like a big boy

This is what Levi made us for Valentine's Day. We both had to work so he stayed with my sister in law and she made this for us. So cute! And I still have it hanging on the fridge.

The next month is going to be busy! In 2 weeks were moving to a bigger town home and then April 22nd we are staying in a condo on the beach in Panama City! I'm excited to relax for once.

I've also lost 9.4 pounds plus gained muscle. And can fit in single digit pant size again! Finding time to go to the gym is super hard these days but I want to be healthy for the future so I make time!

13 months

I haven't updated in forever because our laptop decided to jump off the couch. I have a tablet but it's super hard to blog from so we just got a new one!

 

Levi update: He's still in size 4 diapers which will be moving up to size 5 soon. He has 6 teeth and working on 8. He's not on formula anymore and the only time he gets a bottle is at night if he needs it to fall asleep. He baby talks up a storm. Sometimes he even repeats things you say. He's still not walking but does pull himself up to stand. He loves little girls or anything with a face on it.

 

We got him this little man and he loves it

He also has a bouncy ball collection. He crawls around on the floor always carrying one in each hand.

He has probably 12 balls now.

 

His favorite toy at the moment besides the balls is his hippo popper. He flips it over and moves it all around. And pulls on the popper part in the middle to stop it.

 

He also has quite the personality. He knows when not to do something. He gets up close to it and if you tell him no he looks at you and touches it anyway. He has the funniest laugh. He can even fake laugh but the other night in the bath tub he was splashing water and our dog was licking it off the side of the tub. He decided to splash her and thought it was the funniest thing ever. He has one of those deep belly laughs.

 

He eats pretty much anything and everything. He's a little pig. Last night we went to dinner and he made a girlfriend.

They even held hands. She must like Mickey Mouse. Yes I take my son out in his pjs.

 

He also got a new car. I was planning on getting him this in the summer but I found it for $10 so I had to get it.

 

We are planning to go on a cruise in April. I've been on 5 and I don't think I've ever seen a baby but I've read reviews where people have taken them and they said it was better than taking them on just a normal beach vacation so we shall see.

 

I feel off the bandwagon of working out but Jan 1 I started again. I've lost 6.5 pounds in the first month and I've also been lift weights so no clue how much muscle I've gained. I should reach my goal by the time we go on the cruise. Hello bikini! I can notice a huge difference already and I'm super excited!

 

That's all for now!

 





Big Boy Stuff

Levi is officially off of formula! Yay! Never thought that day would come. He is cutting more teeth. The last week his sleep schedule has been way off. I've never been so tired in my life :(

Being a big boy!

Bath time

 Playing in his ball pit

He still isn't walking. He stands holding something. The other day Levi was in the middle of the floor up on his knees like he was standing. Blake looked over and he started waving at him. Hopefully he'll start walking soon. He's getting good at 'talking'.

Anytime I'm eating something he wants it. I was eating a banana and boiled eggs for breakfast the other day and I had to give him some. Normal I just take a piece off and put it in his mouth but I let him bite it. He makes the funniest faces.

Birthday party

This past Saturday we had Levi's 1st Birthday Party at Chuck E. Cheese. And I will just add...Never again! That place is a nightmare!

I didn't think he would want anything to do with his cake but he did!

Playing with a slinkie, which he stuck in his cake!

I'll post the rest of the pictures as soon as I upload them!

First Birthday!

Someone turned 1 yesterday!

We didn't do much on his actual birthday but Saturday (tomorrow) we are having his birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese!

He played in the morning and then I made him some eggs and biscuits for breakfast.

Since we just had Christmas I'm saving his birthday presents for Saturday. He def does not need anymore toys!

I made him a cake. I thought I had blue frosting for the writing so I made the cake red. When it should have been blue :( oh well

His cake for his birthday party tomorrow is Mickey Mouse! And he has a smash cake of course.

Levi had his one year check up today. He weights 22 pounds 6 ounces and is 28.5 inches long. His head was 19 something. His weight and head size is average but he's only in the 5th % for height. He also got 4 shots and they stuck his toe to check his hemoglobin. He cried for a minute but he's rolling around on the floor playing now.

He crawls like a champ. He can crawl on his hands and knees but he gets around faster doing the 'army' crawl so that's what he does most of the time. He sits up good and pulls himself up onto his knees when he grabs something. He can even pull himself to stand. He stands if he's holding onto something. He's not walking yet but we're working on it.

He chats up a storm. He can say Hey, Maggie (our dogs name), Kitty Cat, Momma, Dadda, Yeah, Well....I'm sure there's other words but I can't think of them right now.

He's still in size 4 diapers. He only gets a bottle at night now which sometimes he doesn't even need. We're switching him over to whole milk and he's doing good. I'm trying to get him off of baby food and only give it to him when we're in a pinch. Like yesterday he ate eggs and a biscuit for breakfast. Lunch he had beans and rice. And dinner I made a pb&j but he didn't really like the jelly so daddy fixed him some chicken nuggets. He loves mashed potatoes. Any kind of bread, nuggets, beans, rice, mac n cheese. Anything soft. Christmas dinner he actually ate ham, mashed potatoes, asparagus casserole, and a roll. The boy can eat!

We try not to give him a paci. During the day he doesn't use it. At night he uses it to fall asleep and then it falls out of his mouth. He still has 4 teeth and more are coming in.

He has a million toys. He loves his stacking cups and his hippo poppity popper. I had to put the balls that go with it in a bag since the cat loses them. But he takes his stacking cups or anything and puts it in there. He plays with that more than anything.

His cousin playing with his hippo popper

He got this for Christmas. He loves taking the eggs and sticking them in the cows mouth.

He loves playing with his walker too. He scoots it all around the house.

Here are some random Christmas pictures...

 Peek a boo

 He's hiding behind Mickey lol

 He wasn't a fan of opening presents

 He loved the tree...so much that he knocked it down the next day. So momma put all the Christmas stuff away already!

 Playing with his old toys after he just got new ones

 Levi and Brody with Uncle Robbie

Spoiled!

Happy First Birthday Levi! I love you sooooo much and can't wait until your party tomorrow!

This day last year...

This time last year I was in the hospital going into labor. I think at this exact moment they were sending me to a room and trying to stop my labor since it was still 5 weeks early. Little did they know at that moment 2 days later I would have my son.

From this little guy to....

this big healthy boy!

So Thankful!

We opened presents tonight and Levi is in heaven. And we still have his birthday to go! He needs a playroom asap!

Christmas!

Today is Christmas. Tlhis year has gone by so fast. And in 2 days I will have a 1 year old! Crazy!

Friday night we had Christmas at my dads house because they were going out of town. Levi opened his first present ever and he could have cared less! He played with the toys but wouldn't pull the paper off.

Last night we went to Blake's moms and stopped at his dads before then.

Nanny

 Cousin Tanner

Cousin Chloe

Uncle Clark

Aunt Selena and cousin Chloe

Cousin Dylan and Uncle Clark

Uncle Brandon, Dylan and Clark

Today we are doing our Christmas in the morning and then around 5 my family is coming over. I'll have to post those pictures tomorrow.

Eating mexican. He loves rice and beans!

Playing under his crib

Playing with just some of his toys. He got the car on the left for Christmas. I'm afraid if he gets anymore presents from anyone else they might start to be duplicates!

Our tree. This is gonna be fun!

I did a lot of baking. This is just one of the cookies I made. Melting snowmen!

My handsome man that will not keep his socks on. 2 seconds in the car and they come off.

This is a Christmas present from his girlfriend Ella. She's only 3 months old and the prettiest little girl I have ever seen. No joke! I call her his future wife lol

Eating chicken nuggets. One of his favorite foods.

We're in the process of switching him over to whole milk. He isn't a fan so we're doing half formula half milk until he gets use to it. And he's eating a ton more solids. Hopefully soon he will just eat what we eat. He gets chocked up sometimes still so he's still getting some baby food.

His first birthday is on Thursday! Friday he has his one year check up and then his birthday party is on Saturday! I had no clue where to have it since we obviously can't do it outside so we will be going to Chuck E. Cheese! I got all Mickey Mouse stuff and a Mickey Mouse cake. I can't wait to give him his smash cake. I have a feeling he probably won't even touch it. He hates having anything sticky on his hands. And won't touch things if they feel wet.

I was hoping to get Christmas pictures done but it didn't work out. The last few weeks have been crazy!

Christmas morning! He has had 5 haircuts already!