Levi, you are 1! You are a whole year old! Your birthday brought back memories of our newborn baby boy. You have grown so much since the day you were born! Here is what you are up to at a year old:
You are walking everywhere! All of a sudden, the week before your birthday, you started taking many steps all at once! You were walking 3 or 4 steps at a time, then one day- BAM! You were a full fledged walking boy! You are very pleased with your new ability, and often cry or get mad when you fall. You don't like that very much! You are starting to talk even more and say "that" as clear as day. I think I say, "What's that?" to you a lot. You day "da" for dog and "ruh" for a barking sound. You say "mama" and "dada" super clearly. You are understanding us more,too. You stop doing something when we tell you no (for the most part), and when we say dog or Marley, you look around for her. You are still dancing away to any music that comes on. You seem to especially enjoy reggae. You are drinking formula mostly, except for when I nurse you at night, until we go to your doctor appointment this Friday. I need to ask the Dr. about giving you milk. Your tummy seems to have a bad reaction to it so we will see what he says. I can't wait to see how much you weigh and how long you are. I will update this after your appointment. You are wearing size 12-18 month clothes and a size 4 diaper. You are sleeping better than ever! You still take 2 naps and sleep through the night. You have been sleeping longer and longer. For the last week, you have been going to bed at 8pm and getting up around 7:30am. Wow! We have come a long way! You have 4 teeth on the top and 2 on the bottom. The ones on the top are taking a long time to fully come in. I think you are getting more teeth on the top, too. Ouch! You LOVED your cowboy birthday party and all of the wonderful toys you received. You are having a blast discovering all of your new things. You are a joy to be around. Everyone mentions what a happy baby you are. Despite short seasons of discontentment due to teething or crankiness when you wake up, you are so happy! You don't enjoy it when I tell you no, but you are getting better about that. Your bath time is still a favorite. You have graduated to the big tub. You love scooting all around it and playing with your bath toys. You love to take breaks now and then to rest and snuggle with me in your new upholstered rocking chair. It is my favorite piece of furniture in the house and you absolutely love it too. You love to be rocked and held before bed and during these sweet moments during the day. I sing to you many times throughout the day. I always sing when I put you down for a nap or for bedtime. You have a great bedtime routine: we give you a bath, change you into your jammies, give you kisses, I nurse you and sing to you, and since we got the chair, you fall asleep as I nurse and rock you, then I put you down for bed. I read to you but I have to keep the book far from you so you don't shred it. :) You love to shred things. We recently went camping and you loved the walks, change of scenery, fire and all the time with your daddy. You love him so much! Levi, you are our greatest joy, our biggest blessing, our precious responsibility, our beloved son. We love you with the kind of love that feels like it will burst out of our chests! We thank God for this past year and all He has taught us and given us since you have come into our lives. We look forward to the days, weeks, months and years ahead. Our prayer for you is that you would come to know your Savior, Jesus Christ, and start a personal relationship with Him. We love you so much!
Love, Mommy and Daddy
You are walking everywhere! All of a sudden, the week before your birthday, you started taking many steps all at once! You were walking 3 or 4 steps at a time, then one day- BAM! You were a full fledged walking boy! You are very pleased with your new ability, and often cry or get mad when you fall. You don't like that very much! You are starting to talk even more and say "that" as clear as day. I think I say, "What's that?" to you a lot. You day "da" for dog and "ruh" for a barking sound. You say "mama" and "dada" super clearly. You are understanding us more,too. You stop doing something when we tell you no (for the most part), and when we say dog or Marley, you look around for her. You are still dancing away to any music that comes on. You seem to especially enjoy reggae. You are drinking formula mostly, except for when I nurse you at night, until we go to your doctor appointment this Friday. I need to ask the Dr. about giving you milk. Your tummy seems to have a bad reaction to it so we will see what he says. I can't wait to see how much you weigh and how long you are. I will update this after your appointment. You are wearing size 12-18 month clothes and a size 4 diaper. You are sleeping better than ever! You still take 2 naps and sleep through the night. You have been sleeping longer and longer. For the last week, you have been going to bed at 8pm and getting up around 7:30am. Wow! We have come a long way! You have 4 teeth on the top and 2 on the bottom. The ones on the top are taking a long time to fully come in. I think you are getting more teeth on the top, too. Ouch! You LOVED your cowboy birthday party and all of the wonderful toys you received. You are having a blast discovering all of your new things. You are a joy to be around. Everyone mentions what a happy baby you are. Despite short seasons of discontentment due to teething or crankiness when you wake up, you are so happy! You don't enjoy it when I tell you no, but you are getting better about that. Your bath time is still a favorite. You have graduated to the big tub. You love scooting all around it and playing with your bath toys. You love to take breaks now and then to rest and snuggle with me in your new upholstered rocking chair. It is my favorite piece of furniture in the house and you absolutely love it too. You love to be rocked and held before bed and during these sweet moments during the day. I sing to you many times throughout the day. I always sing when I put you down for a nap or for bedtime. You have a great bedtime routine: we give you a bath, change you into your jammies, give you kisses, I nurse you and sing to you, and since we got the chair, you fall asleep as I nurse and rock you, then I put you down for bed. I read to you but I have to keep the book far from you so you don't shred it. :) You love to shred things. We recently went camping and you loved the walks, change of scenery, fire and all the time with your daddy. You love him so much! Levi, you are our greatest joy, our biggest blessing, our precious responsibility, our beloved son. We love you with the kind of love that feels like it will burst out of our chests! We thank God for this past year and all He has taught us and given us since you have come into our lives. We look forward to the days, weeks, months and years ahead. Our prayer for you is that you would come to know your Savior, Jesus Christ, and start a personal relationship with Him. We love you so much!
Love, Mommy and Daddy
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