Welcome Audrey!

My cousin Katie had her precious baby girl today! Audrey Grace was 5 weeks early at 4 lbs 14 oz and 19.25 inches long. I have to say May is a much better birthday month than July!!



Levi also hung out with his cousin Noah yesterday. Noah and Audrey are actually first cousins. We might baby sit Noah tomorrow!

Levi Lucy and daddy

13 weeks

Well since we are on "vacation" this week there isn't an owl picture. So sorry. But we still have some pictures from today to share. We took Levi swimming in a pool for the first time. Coincidently Lucy also took her first dip in the pool as well. And she can swim! She has quite a dog paddle. Levi is still kind of unsure about the water. But as always he didn't fuss or anything. Aunt Dana got to see his first swim! Also, this morning Levi and his sister cuddled with daddy on the couch. Love those moments with them.

First swim

Happy 3 months

First baseball game!

3 month stats

Height 25 1/2" (90th percentile)
Weight 12 lbs 12.5 ounces (50th percentile)
Head 15 1/2" (25th percentile)

He gained 1lbs and 4 ounces in 4 weeks. The doctor also wants us to try some more medicine for the reflux. It has to be mixed at a compounding pharmacy. I'm sure that's not going to be cheap. Also, next month if Levi's head is still about the same shape the doctor will send him for a head transplant... Just kidding... Physical therapy.

Operation date night

Was a success. Levi stayed at home with the babysitter and mommy and daddy went out!

Look how much I've grown!

12 weeks old

Precious baby boy,

You are 12 weeks old.

You are still a red head.

You pooped on me this week (and so now your daddy calls you monkey butt... 

because monkey's fling poo). 

You got a new bathtub this week.  It's bigger.  You grew right out of your old one.

We think you are about 25" long.

You are rolling over!

You laugh constantly. 

Daddy thinks you are ticklish. 

You eat almost 6 ounces at every feeding.

But you also spit up a ton. We are going to talk to the doctor about that on Thursday.

You are wearing 6 month clothes pretty consistently.  But only because your head is big and you are very long.  You waist is still about a 0-3 month size. 

You will probably sit up early.  You are constantly trying to sit up! 

Mommy and Daddy love you. 

Birthday Weekend

On Thursday we got this....

 Levi and daddy played like this...

 On Friday I made this... 

 And these...

 And saw them... 

I also wore him on Saturday at Katie's shower...  

And celebrated with her... 

 Then, we hit this... 

 And celebrated some more...

 And blew out too few candles with her... 

 And watched her play with him... 

Oh... and for the record, the video from earlier today... yea that was his THIRD time to roll over on Sunday.  All three times the same day.  Of course he didn't do it at all today... but we are still so proud! 

Also, earlier today I deleted 500 pictures on accident... and then Mike and William got half of them back. Thank goodness for them and my blog.  

Watch out... he can move!!

HE DID IT!!

My birthday!

Today was my birthday! Ok... Not really... It's Saturday. But William will be gone so I got to celebrate with him today. It was a blast.

It started off with breakfast at cafe brazil. Our favorite breakfast spot in Dallas. Then we went to Ikea and bought a new couch! It will be here tomorrow. I can't wait to post pictures. We also had the great Poop-splosion of May (read previous post for more info)! We ran home to re-clothe Levi and then headed to northpark mall. We got sonic drinks when we got there and then went to return a few things. Then I tried on bridesmaid dressed at a few stores in search of the perfect one for Dana's wedding! I found one but I'll save the pictures for August! William also let me pick out a new Vera Bradley bag. My original diaper bag has proved to be too small. So I got a much larger bag. It feels massive but I think it's necessary. It's very cute though. I'll post a picture tomorrow! After that we went to babies r us to try and get bigger bottle nipples for Levi. But they were out... So we got some Halo sleep sacks instead. They were on sale and Levi is upgrading from the swaddle.

After our shopping we went to dinner at Fireside Pies with Meredith and Andrew (my cousins)! It was a great meal and one of my favorite Dallas restaurants. It was so nice hanging out with Mere and Andrew. We can't wait for them to move a little closer!

William planned for us to go to the arboretum after dinner. They have a special exhibit of Chihuly glass throughout the garden and at night it is illuminated. It was spectacular. If you are in the Dallas area this summer you must go see it.

I forgot my good camera because I thought we would go back by our house and we never did.

It was an awesome day. So glad I have these memories with Levi and William. Levi was awesome as usual. He's going to be tired tomorrow though!

I'm ready for round 2 and 3 of celebrating this weekend!!

Whoops

We went to Ikea today to get a new couch... Levi had a dirty diaper so William volunteered to change him. Big mistake. It was an explosion, he pooped all over the changing table, himself, williams hands. Then William ran out of wipes. Then Levi peed on him and to top it off I didn't have a change of clothes. So we had a naked poop covered baby in Ikea. Good thing clothes, babies and daddys are washable!

11 weeks - No More Swaddle!!!

 Dear Levi,
This week you decided we are hilarious.  You absolutely come alive when we talk to you.  We love it.  You love to talk to everyone and have quite a giggle.  You like playing on your own with your toys.  I'm pretty sure you are attempting to see how hard you can simultaneously kick your legs and flap your arms at the same time.  You are grabbing things (like blankets and burp cloths) and pulling them into your mouth.  You chew on your hands and can slap at a hanging toy.  You still aren't rolling over... but we are trying to "teach" you.  It's going well... NOT. This week you started sleeping through the night.  No night feedings and you don't even wake us up for a diaper change.  We love 11 hours of you sleeping ;) You are also quite awake during the day and that's fine with me as long as you are happy.  And since you are only unhappy when you are hungry it's pretty nice.  Yesterday we walked up to Amigo's for dinner.  It was such a nice night and we sat on the patio with Aunt Jonna and Uncle Bryan.  You've proven that you will go to sleep no matter when we put you down... you just might cry for a few minutes (on average about 4 minutes), but that's okay with me! This week we also broke your last sleep prop.... no more swaddle! I'm thrilled it's gone... you were getting to strong for my swaddles and daddy is leaving soon!

We love you so much! Never stop being such an amazing little boy :)
Love, Mommy

 Yep... 11 weeks later and these balloons are still standing!

 Levi's 1st friend! Charlie and Levi are even going to go to school together next year! I'm so exicted! 

The smiliest boy in the world... my precious angel!