Dear Levi,
Today you turned 5 months old and you rolled over from front to back for the first time. Now you can roll both ways. So exciting!
You have been growing so much lately. You now wear size 9 and 12 month clothes! I really notice the growth and change in your face. Well, also in how heavy you are to carry. We weighed you at about 17.5 pounds on our scale at home. My precious boy! Your hair is coming in, too--light brown. Love it!
Your sleeping has become quite erratic this month. You seem to be teething. Extra fussy. Sometimes, you wake up every hour at night. You just want to be held. And nurse, of course. You have been chewing on your hands a ton and you seem to be in heaven when we put pressure on your gums. You will even hold on to my hand with both of yours as though you are trying to help me massage your gums for you! Teething sucks!
You are still such a laid-back baby and you love to be held. You are pretty quiet, for the most part. You do have a sweet sing-song voice when you are listening to a lullaby CD that we have (as though you are singing along) or just when you are tired and I'm holding you, you start to sing like that, too. I love listening to your coos, too. And I really love to make you laugh. Your laughs are the best, and your smile?--gooey and gorgeous!
As sweet as you are, you regularly remind me that you are 100% boy. For example, you fart with your diaper off when I'm changing you, you have a super loud cry when you're mad (reminds me of a French horn), and you like to shove your whole fist into your mouth until you gag on it. Such a boy!
You love to look at Mommy and Daddy and Whitney. You love to touch our faces. When we take your hands and clap them together, you laugh. You know your name and look at me when I call your name.
You like to sleep with Whitney's old "Dolly" (a soft/satin lovey with a doll head). Just something to hold onto. You love to hold stuff. Favorite toys include a little red ball and teething rings--perfect size to hold and put in your mouth. You like to touch and hold little board books and bath books. We started sitting you in the activity center bouncy thing this month--you seem to enjoy sitting up, turning yourself around and playing with all the different stuff. Big boy :)
We have started putting you in the nursery during the church service. You are doing good! One day, they told me you slept in an old woman's arms for half an hour. I'm sure she loved that :) I, too, love the way you are still able to sleep with me holding you.
I can't believe how fast the last five months have passed. You are acting so grown up and capable lately. I feel like I blinked and now you aren't a little baby anymore. Makes me sad in a way! One day you're gonna be bigger than me (crazy!). I truly love how much fun you are now--you are such a treasure and I'm grateful beyond words to be your mommy!
I love being able to watch all your 'firsts' and not miss a minute of
perfect
little
you.
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| Hanging out at the playground with Whitney |
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| First time at the fish hatchery watching the king salmon spawn |
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| A rare picture of Mommy in real clothes! Must be Sunday ;) |
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| I love you so much! |
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| Soon I won't be able to squeeze you tight quite like this :( |
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| Loving this play gym! |
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| Handsome man! |
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| Look at all those toys! These are several of your favorites in this photo. |
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| I've started cloth diapering you this month. |
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| What a face! |
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| Trying to shut out the commotion (i.e. Whitney)! |
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| "Just a few more minutes of shut eye, please!" |
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| What a cute new outfit from Elissa! |
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| First time in a swimming pool when Grandma and Papa stayed at a hotel in town. |
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| You think you're pretty slick! Love this expression! |
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| Mr. Confident! This month you can post up like this in cobra position. |
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| Receiving adoration! |
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| Seriously! You give me the best smiles! |
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| Playing in Whit's room |
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| Best feeling in the world! |
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| Look at that patch of hair :) |
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| Selfie |
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| Check out your Halloween costume! |
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| Such a cute bat for Halloween this year! |
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| Racing Whit down the slide |
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| Dinner before trick-or-treating |
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| At this point you were so tired, no more smiles from you! |
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| Well, maybe one more for Mommy! |
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| You were so tired, and fell quickly asleep in the backpack while we trick-or-treated thru the neighborhood. |
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| Sleeping on a cold fall morning at a birthday party |
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| Back from a fun night trick-or-treating! |
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| Cutie! |
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| "Who?-- me?" |
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| Yes, you! |
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| Where's Levi? |
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| Precious boy, you love to fall asleep nursing. |
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| One of my favorite moments--you are watching Steven and Chris with me <3 td=""> |
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| Sporting a cool baseball cap |
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| Even cooler worn backwards |
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| Such a stud! |
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| This picture makes me laugh. You two were passed out! |
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| Clap your hands! |
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| Makin' you laugh! |
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| Do the sprinkler! Ch ch ch! |
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| Oh, how I wish you could stay so innocent and cuddly! |
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| The trouble with having an older sister is that you sometimes have to use girly stuff. Like this pink kitty towel. |
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| I thought it was adorable! |
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| Here's your favorite dolly--again, an instance where you are victim to girly hand-me-downs ;) |
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| Glued to the TV |
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| Gooey smiles for Mom |
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| Those hands will be bigger than Mommy's some day |
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| A perfect pair! |
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| "He touched me!!!" |
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| Tummy time! |
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| Perspective |
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| Fish hatchery with Uncle John and his girlfriend, Julia |
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| First time visiting Lake Tahoe |
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| Perfect!! |
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| Sleeping at Emerald Bay |
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| It was cold for us Folsomites! |
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| Too darn cold, you're thinking! |
That's a wrap!
