The Park! :)

This picture explains itself, Levi loved visiting the park! It has gotten warm this weekend so we were literally outside ALL DAY yesterday. (Levi even got a little sunkissed because Mommy forgot that you have to think about sunscreen with a little pale body like Levi's. Oopps!)

I have been saying it for a while now but, it is confirmed that Levi is such a social butterfly. He loved being there to be with all the other kids. He didn't care that he was the smallest thing by far. He would just talk and talk anytime any other kid came close to us. And by talk I mean scream at them! Haha! He would literally just give it all he had and let his voice be heard. It was really cute and funny! None of the kids really paid too much attention other than a couple weird looks like, "Why are you screaming at me?" :)

It was literally all smiles at all times while we were there, except the one time he got his little finger caught in the grate of the play area.

I would say that the slide was his favorite thing there. But we didn't swing and in the past that has usually been the favorite. This park was so awesome though. Let's just say, whenever it is warm, we will probably be taking a walk to this park.

This one little boy did sort-of "play" with us.

And by play I mean, shoot at me with his pretend stick gun. I told him that I was going to "shoot" him with my camera if he kept doing it, so I did! :) He was cute and even though I don't know how I feel about Levi playing shooting and killing games, I did not feel it was my place to tell this little kid that I didn't think that it was appropriate, his dad was watching him the whole time. So I played along. I guess we will just cross that bridge when/if it comes. He was a cutie though. Reminds me of what our little friend Elias would have looked like when he was a little younger, I think that he is 7 or 8 now.

All in all, we all enjoyed the park! I love my happy, little boy!

"I can't talk to you right now Mom, I'm on the move!"

Sometimes I can't even handle it. When I look at Levi, or even just think about him, I become overwhelmed with love and adoration, for him and our God. I just can't even begin to conceive how God loves his people so much that he would let us share in raising up another human being. To get to experience what it is like to love a child more than you could ever begin to put into words. To feel emotions of every kind throughout each day, happiness, joy, frustrations, fear... Levi is getting to so many new stages so quickly! At 10 1/2 months he is almost a professional crawler, walking around with help, standing on his own, getting into things (see pictures below)

He really is just the happiest little boy I know (although some might consider him and Nile to be VERY close to a tie in that contest). I love to hear him laugh and watch him explore new things. I seriously wake up each day and wonder what new thing Levi will do or discover that day.

He is changing so much. I don't like to discuss his sleeping because frankly, whenever I do, it seems to change. But lets just say he is changing his schedule and he is more happy and I am MORE happy! :)

Levi is so talkative and social, I love watching him interact with others. He is very loving and snuggley, which is one of my most favorite things.

Mommy is still his favorite, but Daddy is quickly gaining in favor, which is fun to watch. Brandon enjoys playing ball with Levi and is looking forward to him being able to throw a frisbee. I told him this will be a while, but he still likes to dream! :)

He recently discovered his tongue and likes to play with it. He is being a very good eater and will eat most vegtables, if he can feed them to himself! He also recently likes to help Mommy with making her jewelry and hold her beads for her. He is such a little helper!

I just really can't get enough of this boy! I love him so much!

Library Play Date

The Elgin library has an amazing play area for kids! A group of fun ladies and their kiddos invited me and Levi to join their play time with them there and we had a great time! It is fun that we all have boys close in age! I got a few good shots of the boys, but mostly sweet little Judah posing quite nicely!

Levi mostly enjoys new tastes and new germs that aren't at our house. ;)

I love Benji's hair!

Sweet Judah with his sweet Mommy!

See? A very good poser!

Again, Levi eating new toys! (He doesn't get to eat pancakes at home.)

All in all we had a great time! We can't wait for more play dates!

Growing Up!

Levi seems to be growing in leaps and bounds! It is fun to watch. Even though I have not posted a lot recently, I have been capturing a lot of it on video and camera. So, I put together a little video of some cute moments this past month. He is just too cute for words sometimes, but then again, I'm biased! :)

OKC!

We just went down to visit Oklahoma City and had a great time all around. It was fun to see my family, but most of all, fun to get to see Levi interact with his cousins! I have known for a while now that Levi loves to play with friends, but it was REALLY evident this trip! :) Levi and Nile were pretty much inseparable and it was adorable. I put together a video of some of the highlights of their time together. (If you think it is long, you should see how much footage I did NOT put in there! Haha!) We did do some other things during the trip, but that is for another post. I want to focus on the "cousin cuteness!"

Cousin Time!

On the same visit mentioned in the previous post, I also got to visit my sister Lea and her family, since they live in Shreveport now. Levi has recently become so social and interactive with other little kids, and I was finally able to catch some of his joy on camera! This is just a little glimpse of how much fun Levi has with other little kids!

Levi swinging with Lea and Tate. Jack is in the background oblivious to the fun being had behind him! :)

Levi LOVED swinging with Tate! I'm so glad I got this on camera!

And of course he loves his Aunt Lea!

Mimi and Papa were also there. I just thought that I would include this just to mark that they were there too!

Pop

Levi and I just returned from a visit to Shreveport/Mansfield, LA. We were only there a short time, but it was good. Our main reason for the visit was to see my grandfather, Pop. He has recently become sick so I wanted to see him and a spend some time with him because we are not sure how many more times we will get to see him. We had a sweet time at the farm. Levi liked being there and I hope that Pop liked us being there! :) I got to snap a few shots of us and Pop.

Pop is 91 and still "works" out in the woods! I am so blessed to have a grandfather like Pop!