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!



Christmas Craft!

I've been wanting to do some of the cute Christmas crafts I've seen on pinterest. I pinned a ton of stuff last year and forgot all about it. I haven't been on pinterest in awhile but knew I could find what I wanted.

This is the original pin...

and this is ours...

I wasn't about to paint both feet so this will do! Probably wasn't the best idea to do this before nap time!

A few months ago I got a kit to mix up for a mold to do a hand print. So when I get time that is our next craft!

Haircuts and Christmas!

I gave Levi his 4th haircut tonight before bath time. So glad he doesn't scream, cry and move around like I see all the time at work. This is why I recommend that people don't wait until after their babies turn one for haircuts. Get them use to it so it doesn't scare them to death! 

I was planning on letting his hair grow longer for winter but he was looking a little shaggy so I just trimmed the edges and left the rest. The hair on his ears is what drives me nuts anyway.

I forgot to post about Thanksgiving. I did make a post and thought I posted it then realized it was never posted. Oh well! We didn't really do anything. We went to my dads the weekend before and then on Thanksgiving my mom, brother, his wife and kids came over. Then we went black friday shopping from 7pm-2am. We only went to 4 places and it wasn't bad at all. The weekend after Thanksgiving we went to Blake's moms and only 2 of his brothers were there. And one of his brother couldn't make it but his girlfriend and their twin babies came. They're only 3 weeks younger than Levi and we finally got to meet them. They are gonna have so much fun together when they can actually start playing and talking.

The week before Thanksgiving we decided to go to the mall and see if Levi would like Santa. I brought his Christmas sweater with us just in case it went good. There was a 4 year old little girl looking at Santa scared to death when we walked up. Levi didn't get scared at all. He was just staring at him like what the heck are you wearing! lol So we changed him really quick and handed him over to Santa. He sat there just staring. Didn't smile or cry or do anything. Just stared. Went better than what I thought.

I took a picture of the picture so it isn't that great. I wish I would have gotten the other picture they took where they were looking at each other. He looks sad in this one lol But like I said at least he didn't cry so it was ok.

Levi's Christmas shopping is done! It's gonna be kinda hard since his birthday is 2 days after Christmas. He has sooo many toys already and he has tons more for Christmas. I think I may just get him one big thing for his birthday. My mom found this Fisher Price Laugh & Learn Learning Farm online and thought it was really cute. I had never even seen it before. But it was $80. I thought that was kind of expensive so I was going to wait and get it for his birthday. We went to Walmart the Sunday after black Friday and they had it on sale for $40! I was sooooo excited! We also bought him this...

...on Black Friday. It was suppose to be for Christmas but I couldn't wait. The darn cat already lost 2 of the balls. Levi laughs when the balls pop out of the hippo. And he likes holding the balls and trying to put them back in.

We also got him this for the car.

He has this movie...

...that he loves to watch. He loves car rides but if this is on he will just sit and watch it and not make a sound.

The reason we got the tvs is for the long drive we have on Thursday to NYC! I am super excited!

I'll post pictures of everything he got after Christmas. I can't wait!

11 Months!

Levi is now 11 months old! One of his favorite toys at the moment is his Chuck truck. It talks and moves. I have searched everywhere for some of the other ones. And I finally found 2 of them that size on ebay! Ebay is the best!

He now has 4 teeth! 

The only good picture of his teeth I could get. He wasn't having it!

Teething has been a pain in the butt because they all came in at once. I use the Hyland's Teething tablets and tylenol at night so he can sleep. But it doesn't always work. He's still wearing size 4 diapers and he wears 12 month clothes. Most of the time he wears his Carter's sleepers to keep warm. And his favorite snack are these...

He could sit and eat an entire can of these!

Handsome man with his bed head. He needs another haircut. I was going to let it grow out but he has a double crown and I'm not sure that his hair will cooperate.

We put up our Christmas Tree a few weeks before Thanksgiving. So far he hasn't really messed with it. Right now it's over loaded with presents so he can barely even get to it.

There's still more to come!

My mom and I thought it would be really cute to get Levi and my 2 nephews matching pajamas for Christmas. We are doing our family get together on Christmas Eve. 

Aren't they cute!

On a side note...Momma finally got one of these bad boys...

And the first time ever using it I made this...

It is the best bread I have ever tasted!

I can't wait until Christmas! Little boy is soooo spoiled and has more toys then anyone I know.

10 Months and October Photos!

Levi is now 10 months old!

It's going by so fast! He isn't fully crawling on his hands and knees yet. He does the army crawl and he pushes up all the way. He gets around super fast. He had his first collision this morning :( He's wearing size 4 diapers. Eats table food now. His first tooth on the bottom is starting to come in. He's talking more. Says Kitty and a bunch of other stuff. Repeats any noise you make. Any sound he hears he instantly turns his head to see what it is. He loves getting into anything he can esp under the tv with all the dvd's. He loves laughing and beating up the cat. His favorite thing is to be outside. He had his first real cold this month. I'm sure there are a million other things that I can't think of at the moment.

Halloween

Monday night daddy had class so we watched Winnie The Pooh Halloween.

I made this cake for a baby shower we had at work. Not perfect but at least I got it done.

Swinging at the park

He loves bath time and now knows how to turn the water off!

I've been a little bit addicted to ebay lately. I ordered this coat for him since it will be cold in NY. He had fun with the tags.

I think it's cute!

Mommy. daddy and Levi all have matching coats!

He makes this face all the time! He scrunches up his nose and breaths in and out. It's the funniest thing ever.

Praying NY and NJ can get things back up and running soon! Blake wanted to cancel our trip but no way!

Happy Halloween!

Tonight we are going Trick or Treating with his cousins. Hopefully it won't be to cold and he can have fun!

Levi and daddy!

 

This past week we attempted to get some fall pictures done.

 

Fail!

 

I was planning on having Levi be a scarecrow for Halloween. Then I found a really cute costume for only $5. Heck with the heading of making one.

 

And this Christmas is going to be the best ever because we are going to...

 

 

 

New York City!

 

I can't wait! I've wanted to go since I was a little girl. Let's just hope there won't be a blizzard and that Levi cooperates! We have 3 days to cram in everything we want to do. Hopefully it won't be the one and only time we visit either.

 

So excited!