21 Months!

Mr. Levi will be 21 months tomorrow! Crazy to think I almost have a 2 year old. 

What Levi loves right now:

• Any kind of balls. He's always loved them. He calls them ball balls and if it looks like a ball he still calls it a ball. He has a good arm! Not to mention he probably has like 50 balls laying around of all sizes.
• Cars. He has a million trucks and cars. Just yesterday we got him a case for all of his match box cars. And it's almost full already. He lays on the ground and pushes them around. It's so cute!
  
• Shoes! He loves wearing his shoes and playing with them. His feet are getting so big that his little sandals are almost too small :( Hope it starts getting cold because all he has is tennis shoes!
  
• Dinosaurs! My mom found him this dinosaur at goodwill...
  
  It's Boris from Dinosaur Train. I had no clue what Dinosaur Train was or if it was even on tv still. But it is. It's on PBS in the mornings. For Christmas I'm going to try to get him the whole collection. They talk and if you push the button on his back his mouth opens. We've had plenty of fun chasing him and our dog with it! Thank god for Ebay because these things aren't cheap! This is normally $30 at a store. My mom only paid $2.99 for him. I ordered him the Stegosaurus already. And I am thinking about doing his second birthday in this theme!
• Being outside! I try to go walking every day. It's about 1.5 miles to our park so I stick him in the stroller and we walk there. When we get home he cries because he loves being outside. He loves playing with other kids at the park and playing with the bells in the picture below. The second weekend in October we're going camping so he should be in heaven!
  
• Suckers! He loves them. I got the little tiny tootsie pops to entertain him when we're some where and he's screaming his head off. Which happens regularly. If I take him outside or we go walking he loves being in his stroller. If we're in a restaurant or a store that's a different story. He wants down so he can run around. Not always the easiest thing when your trying to shop.
  
• Meat! He will eat any kind of meat. Hamburgers, hot dogs, steak, chicken. You name it. He's such a pig and not a picky eater at all. If it doesn't smell good tho he won't eat it. He smells everything before he puts it in his mouth. Silly kid! 

Things I love:

• How much he talks already. Some stuff I don't understand but for the most part you can tell what he means. He loves handing you something and saying, Here you go! And then we say thank you and he says it back. And if he can't tell you something he points. Like if he's down stairs and wants to go upstairs. He'll keep pointing until you are where he wants.
  
• How mobile he is. It's not always good in some cases but for the most part I'm just glad I don't have to carry his heavy self around all the time. He's good at running!
  
• How loving he is. He's extra loving at night. When he gets sleepy he will grab our face and lay his head down on ours and say Aww. He loves to cuddle. I feel like he has to be touching me 24/7. If I'm watching tv he loves to sit in my lap. He'll go around giving everyone kisses or lays his head on them saying Aww. He's so sweet.
  
   He fell asleep watching cartoons like this
  
• His fake crying. Not sure that I love it but it makes me laugh. He has the funniest pouting face. He'll walk over to you with his head down and a sad face. Sometimes he just does it on purpose to see what you'll do. And the fake crying is so pitiful. You can def tell it's fake!
• How much he loves his momma! He is the most loving kid ever! He copies off of everything I do. I always sit on the bed with the pillow propped up behind me and we watch tv. The other day I come in the room and he's sitting leaning back against the pillow like I do. So cute! And this...

• I use the wii fit as a scale. He drug it out from under the bed and was standing on it. Guess he's seen me do it quite often!     

Starting in 2 weeks I'll only be working Saturday and Sunday so I'll get to spend all week with him! I can't wait until he's a little older and can understand things more. I can't wait to take him and do big boy things!

Giving the pumpkin a drink

Game day!

He took over my side of the bed. Love him!

His new kitchen! He screamed when he saw his daddy caring it in!

First time playing with bath tub paint. I had fun. He doesn't look so thrilled. These were cheap paints and really didn't work well at all. I have a 'recipe' for homemade paint I'll be making soon.

From baby to a little boy :(

I was dreading giving him another haircut, even though I do it for a living. Last time I use clippers he hated it. This time I showed him how it worked and pretended to use it on myself and he was fine. Using scissors to cut the top was another story. He hates when I touch his hair. When he falls asleep I still need to touch up the edges. It looks a million times better. And it's been so hot he sweats like crazy.

Where'd my baby go?!?!

Fair Time!

Monday night we took Levi to the fair for his first time this year (2nd total). And he got to ride rides for the first time! He loved it!

Our state fair isn't any good so we always go to the Wilson County Fair.

He wanted to walk and sometimes didn't want me holding his hand.

He loved the animals. Until the Sheep made him cry by making their noise.

His first ride! He loved it. We rode this train twice and then we rode the dumbo ride once. He was so mad that he couldn't ride on the little cars that went around. He wasn't tall enough :(  He walked over to it by himself and even tried going up the steps. Then cried when I had to take him away. 

He had hotdogs and loved looking at everything. They even had a dog show. He loves animals!

 He calls balloons pop pops. Some kids walking around had them and he kept pointing and saying pop pop but I had no clue where they gave them away at.

 Eating his hot dogs

On the way out he got a sucker. Silly boy!

We're going back to the fair tomorrow night! Can't wait!

Levi's 1st Trip To Ohio!

This past weekend my mom, Levi and myself took a short trip back to Ohio. We didn't do anything fun like I was wanting. But we got to see family and everyone meet Levi for the first time!

Levi with my older brother. He doesn't have any kids but loves playing with his nephews.

We went to breakfast at Big Boy's! This is how Levi eats when we go to a restaurant. He will not sit in a high chair. And his first time with a silly straw.

 I played with this toy when I was little. He loved it. They don't make stuff like this anymore. I tried finding this on ebay but holy cow it's expensive since it's from the 80s.

 Love this picture. Levi with his great grandma.

Great Grandma, Me and Levi

We had lunch at Massey's with my aunt and uncle. The best pizza in the world. Levi loved my uncle Tom. He always picked on me when I was little and would tie my shoe laces together all the time. Levi kept smacking him with a fork. To funny!

He loved playing with his cars at the hotel.

Today is Blake's birthday!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Oh and I kinda forgot to mention that someone is officially a walker! Took long enough!

Week of July 4th

HAPPY 4th OF JULY!

The 3rd we went to Hendersonville and watched the fireworks with family. Levi loved it! On the 4th we went to my dads and had a cookout with family and tons of other people. They let off a million fireworks that lasted about an hour and a half. Levi was fine until the really loud high pitched bottle rockets went off. Because of his problems lately with his ears he started crying every time they went off so we took him inside. Other than that and the rain we had a blast!

18 Months!

Wish I would remember to update regularly!

Levi is 18 Months today! Time flies and he acts so much older every single day. It's crazy!

Mr Levi has been sick a lot this past 6 weeks. We've taken him to the pediatrician and ER numerous times. He was super fussy, not sleeping and just not acting like the happy baby I was use to. He kept getting ear infection after ear infection plus had a virus on top of it that would not go away! I am not a fan of his pediatrician and we will be finding a new one! We finally had to take him to the local urgent care and put him on the antibiotic shots that the hospital started a few weeks prior but his pediatrician refused to do. He is a million times better now! When we had taken him to the pediatrician 2 days prior to this he said it was just a virus, no ear infection, and to just give him tylenol. I knew this wasn't right hence the reason we went to the urgent care. 

Moral of the story: A mother's instinct is better than any doctors advice!

I was told to get a referral to an ENT but I'm hoping that this works this time and as soon as he does get another ear infection I will be calling asap! I've just been trying to be extra careful during bath time and swimming that I don't get any water in his ears. 

Here's picture overload from the past 6 weeks...

He's so handsome!

Swimming which we have done a lot lately!

 He loves watching cartoons. How he is standing is hilarious.

 We cuddle at night before bed and watch cartoons

 When he was sick :(

 He's a mess and hates sitting in his chair to eat

 Watching cartoons

 When he was really sick :(

 Bed time

 Another picture when he was sick and so tired

 Chillin

 He likes to go upstairs and play and watch tv

 Levi and daddy. I believe this was Father's Day

 Levi and his cousin Brody. They are only 6 months apart. Levi is so little!

 Playing on the patio with Uncle Clark

 He loves playing with his cars

 Eating dinner like he likes

Our breakfast routine. Watch cartoons, drink milk and eat cheerioes and throw them every where!

Lately Levi has been quite the little carnivore. He loves meat! He eats steak, any kind of chicken, hamburgers and just anything. Surprisingly it actually helps him not be constipated! Thank god because normally we had to use suppositories to help him go. He loves fruit. But is not a huge fan of veggies. He also loves pasta. He use to love any kind of cheese but lately will only eat mac n cheese. Another favorite is beans! He eats pinto beans, refried beans, and baked beans.

Still in size 4 diapers which we will probably be in for awhile since he's so little for his age.

He is almost walking. He can do it he just won't. We practice with him every single night he's just stubborn I guess. I really hope he gets with the program soon!

He talks like crazy. Repeats everything anyone says. Someone on tv even made a weird noise and he did it. Pretty funny.

He loves swimming, playing with his toys but especially loves cars and balls, loves being outside and loves climbing up and down the stairs. He is a pro and we rarely even keep the baby gates up anymore. Sounds scary but he is seriously that good at stairs. 

He goes tomorrow for his 18 month shots which we are just getting the shots and not having a 'visit' because I am not a fan of his pediatrician. He is leaving the office this next month. Thank god!