Levi's favorite thing to do the past 2 days is put on Rick or my shoes and waddle around. It's actually pretty funny because he can't take very big steps or he'll fall right over, which he's done a few times. I think that there are about 10 pairs of shoes out around the house to satisfy this new obsession. We may have to start hiding our shoes!
However this is not the only thing that he likes. How many 19 month olds LOVE to have their shoes on, like getting his teeth brushed and LOVES bedtime. All we have to say is that it's bedtime (no matter what time of day) and he drops his toys and runs/crawls up the stairs to get to bed.
Once there I wish I could say he goes to sleep, but no, he looks out his window, throws blankets out of the crib and 45 min later screams for us. We tried moving his bedtime back to 8 p.m. thinking that it was due to the sun being up later, it worked last night. Tonight, bed at 8, it's now 9:52 and I can still hear him in the other room. At least he's not screaming. I on the other hand would have loved to be asleep 2 hours ago!!!
Friday, April 25, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008
A Milestone Met
Levi turned 18 months old two weeks ago, and along with that comes going to the nursery at church. A major milestone for moms and dads throughout the LDS church. With that comes the odd feeling that you are missing something, your child, and being okay with it because you can now finally listen and participate in Sunday School and Priesthood/Relief Society (in my case Young Women's) and not try to entertain/quiet a toddler.
I always hear from my friends how their child just cried when they left, just clung to the parent or how it broke their heart. Well, I took Levi to his first nursery time 2 weeks ago and he about jumped out of my arms trying to get to the toys. He first chose a baby buggy to push around, his dad would be so proud, made a lap around the room and then grabbed a truck also. So he walked past me again, baby buggy pushed with one hand and the truck in the other, looked up and smiled and kept walking. He didn't care if I was there or not.
One of the nursery leaders had just finished taking a child to a parent in between classes and stopped and said "I hate to tell you this, but Levi is doing just fabulous". Rick went to pick him up and they said he sat there very happy during the lesson and treat also. Although I did hear later that he snaked a couple of treats from in front of the boy sitting next to him.
Today was the same thing, Rick dropped him off and we were able to go to class childless. He's growing up so fast. I am glad he likes nursery and it's not a fight for him to go, I'm sure he'll have his days but I'll take it for now. He sure is an independant little boy!
I always hear from my friends how their child just cried when they left, just clung to the parent or how it broke their heart. Well, I took Levi to his first nursery time 2 weeks ago and he about jumped out of my arms trying to get to the toys. He first chose a baby buggy to push around, his dad would be so proud, made a lap around the room and then grabbed a truck also. So he walked past me again, baby buggy pushed with one hand and the truck in the other, looked up and smiled and kept walking. He didn't care if I was there or not.
One of the nursery leaders had just finished taking a child to a parent in between classes and stopped and said "I hate to tell you this, but Levi is doing just fabulous". Rick went to pick him up and they said he sat there very happy during the lesson and treat also. Although I did hear later that he snaked a couple of treats from in front of the boy sitting next to him.
Today was the same thing, Rick dropped him off and we were able to go to class childless. He's growing up so fast. I am glad he likes nursery and it's not a fight for him to go, I'm sure he'll have his days but I'll take it for now. He sure is an independant little boy!
Friday, April 11, 2008
Not so creative titles
Not a lot has happened during the past week for our little family so I thought that I'd write about why this blog has the name it does. First off, I spoke to my sister-in-law to figure out how to get started and she gave me some hints about protecting identity and such. So then I tried every creative thing I could think of (obviously not a lot to choose from) and they were all taken. So then I got thinking about some of my favorite books. So hopefully I'm not plagerizing by using part of the titles, I don't think so.
The title "If Life Was Easy" comes from the title of a book written by Sheri Dew, an LDS author, the full title is "If Life Were Easy, It Wouldn't Be Hard". I just think that she is a great writer and has a lot of great insights into life, spirituality and our purpose here on earth.
The blog title "Because You Are Special" comes from a book given to me by my friend Kertsi while I was serving an LDS mission. Since then I have come to love and search for books written by the author Max Lucado. This book "You Are Special" is all about the Wemmicks and their search for acceptance in life. It's really a children's book but I think that it applies to each of us from childhood into adulthood. It talks about how each of us are different, we look different, have different talents and the labels that are attached to people by others. But it also talks about how our creator, God, made us different on purpose and how he loves us no matter what, even if we are a little bit rough around the edges.
After grad-school I've had difficulty picking up many books to read and my book reading for personal growth/entertainment average has dropped radically after having Levi (usually we are reading board books) but I feel that reading is a terrific way to escape and let your imagination take over for awhile. Hopefully I'll be able to read a bit more for myself in the near future.
So that's why this blog is named the way it is.
The title "If Life Was Easy" comes from the title of a book written by Sheri Dew, an LDS author, the full title is "If Life Were Easy, It Wouldn't Be Hard". I just think that she is a great writer and has a lot of great insights into life, spirituality and our purpose here on earth.
The blog title "Because You Are Special" comes from a book given to me by my friend Kertsi while I was serving an LDS mission. Since then I have come to love and search for books written by the author Max Lucado. This book "You Are Special" is all about the Wemmicks and their search for acceptance in life. It's really a children's book but I think that it applies to each of us from childhood into adulthood. It talks about how each of us are different, we look different, have different talents and the labels that are attached to people by others. But it also talks about how our creator, God, made us different on purpose and how he loves us no matter what, even if we are a little bit rough around the edges.
After grad-school I've had difficulty picking up many books to read and my book reading for personal growth/entertainment average has dropped radically after having Levi (usually we are reading board books) but I feel that reading is a terrific way to escape and let your imagination take over for awhile. Hopefully I'll be able to read a bit more for myself in the near future.
So that's why this blog is named the way it is.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Another BOY!!!
We went to the doctor yesterday and then had the "Big" ultrasound. This little one wasn't nearly as cooperative at letting us see the gender (Levi was spread eagle) but after a little prodding we discovered that Levi is going to have a little brother! He wasn't too interested in the whole ordeal.
Today Levi and I went to the Teddy Bear Factory and made his new brother a teddy bear. If I can ever figure out how to download from my phone I'll post a picture. Levi didn't want to let the new bear go. Finally he was so tired he dropped it. Now I'm going to have to hide it till the baby arrives.
Today Levi and I went to the Teddy Bear Factory and made his new brother a teddy bear. If I can ever figure out how to download from my phone I'll post a picture. Levi didn't want to let the new bear go. Finally he was so tired he dropped it. Now I'm going to have to hide it till the baby arrives.
The Dreaded First Kiss
Levi gave a girl his first kiss today!!! Now, in all fairness, we have been working on Levi giving mommy and daddy kisses goodnight. This morning Levi started making smacking sounds during breakfast and I was excited he finally wanted to give more than an open mouth kiss.
We go exercise a few days a week with my friend Angie and her daughter Addison. We usually strap the kids in our strollers and take off to the park. Today the weather was so nice that when we got back to her house we let the kids run around for awhile.
As we were chatting and keeping the kids away from the street, we looked up just in time to see Addie sitting on the ground and Levi bending over to give her a kiss. I'm not sure if he actually made contact but Addie sure had a look of disgust on her face as she pushed him away.
We're going to have to keep an eye on our little Casanova.
We go exercise a few days a week with my friend Angie and her daughter Addison. We usually strap the kids in our strollers and take off to the park. Today the weather was so nice that when we got back to her house we let the kids run around for awhile.
As we were chatting and keeping the kids away from the street, we looked up just in time to see Addie sitting on the ground and Levi bending over to give her a kiss. I'm not sure if he actually made contact but Addie sure had a look of disgust on her face as she pushed him away.
We're going to have to keep an eye on our little Casanova.
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