Big Brother

I dont think i can say enough about what a good big brother Brody is. He is such a big helper! Having him be almost 3 with a newborn around definitely has its perks! He loves to help and I definitely ask for his help alot:) Hes always going and getting things for me and he has the biggest smile on his face like he is so proud of himself when he does it! Yesterday, he tried to help a little too much though.....

Brody likes to help me give Levi his baths and I usually let him help rinse off the soap by pouring water over his belly and legs with a cup. Yesterday when i was bathing Levi, Brody said he was going to get the cup to rinse him off with.....well apparently he filled the cup up in the sink....with COLD water. I had my back to him and as i turned around to get the cup, Brody leaned over me and started to pour the water on Levi....thankfully he didnt pour much, but it was enough to make Levi scream at the top of his lungs. Brody knew he had done something wrong and had the saddest look on his face. He said "Im sorry, i will be a good boy, mommy! What did I do?!" He looked like he was going to cry:( He slowly walked out of the room and i called after him and asked where he was going. He said "I am going downstairs, cause i am sad:(" As much as i hated it for Levi that he got cold water poured on him, i couldnt get mad at Brody. Poor baby was trying to help and he was SOOO sad when he knew he had upset Levi.

Last night we went to homecoming at NRCA. I decided to leave Levi with mom and dad since it was supposed to get down in the 30s. We dropped Levi off with them, and were riding down the road when Brody all of a sudden realized Levi was not with us:) He said "mommy, Where is Levi!!" i reminded him that we left him with Nonna and PopPop and he said, " But i NEED my little brother!!" I love how much he already loves him...and im sure that love will continue to grow and Levi starts to interact more with him:)

Babies Babies Everywhere

This post is long overdue....but some of it was top secret information that i wasn't able to share for awhile. But now i can! My brother and lindsay are expecting a baby!!!! seriously, i could not have been more excited! i thought it would still be a couple of years before they were ready to have kids. i just knew we would be done having kids by the time they got around to having any cousins for my kids:) so when they told me they were expecting, i was SOOOOOOO thrilled! Levi and their baby will only be 6 months apart. Well....if that weren't exciting enough....GET THIS.....with Lindsay and Parkers announcement of their pregnancy, that meant that us and EVERY ONE of our siblings were expecting!! AT THE SAME TIME! How crazy is that?! I was due in september, Brian's sister Krystal due in November, Brian's brother Adam due in January, and Parker and Linds due in April! WHOAA! thats alot of babies in a matter of 6 months. Levi will have 3 cousins all within 6 months of him. How fun is that? can you tell I'm excited?

1 month appointment

Levi went in tuesday for his 1 month doctors appointment. He weighed 9 lbs 6 oz (50th percentile) and was 22 1/4 inches long (70th percentile). Hes growing like crazy and is already changing so much! He is still getting up one time each night around 2:30, Brody is still completely obsessed with him:), And we are adjusting to our new normal around here!

All about Levi

Well our newest little guy has been in our lives for 3 1/2 weeks now. He is such a good baby! When he was born, the nurses were concerned about him because he didn't cry when he came out...thankfully there was no reason for concern and that just showed the laid back baby he was and has still proved to be. He Rarely cries...if he does, it's usually because I am purposefully making him cry to wake him up for a feeding! He will fuss when he needs something but I don't think I've really ever heard him in an all out cry... Probably because he's very easily soothed...all it takes is a paci or a hand on him:)
scheduling has been extremely easy with him too. He has been a good sleeper since day one.... Totally unlike his big brother:) i have only had to get up with him one time at night since he came home from the hospital. He is so predictable....I feed him for the last time at 9:30 then we are in bed and asleep by 10:30. He wakes up at 2 am on the dot:) we go back to sleep at 3 am, and then he will wake up 6:00. I usually put his paci in which holds him off for another hour until his brody wakes up. This had pretty much been his schedule since day 1. I am a schedule freak and love predictability, so this makes me one happy girl:)
now it hasn't been completely smooth sailing....we've had our share of frustrations with nursing. He did great in the hospital but as soon as he got home he didn't want to have anything to do with it! Sometimes it would take 30 minutes to get him to even latch on, and then of course another 45 min to an hour to eat.... Making our feeding sessions last an hour and a half sometimes. Which wouldn't be that big of a deal if I didn't have a 2 year old begging me to play with him:) alot of times I would have to resort to using the pump and giving him a bottle, because we would both get so frustrated! About the time we got all of those issues worked out, I came down with mastitis. I have never felt so sick in all my life... Along with the pain, you get the most horrible flu symptoms and fever! Not fun with an almost 2 week old and a 2 year old!
Now we are past all of that and we are settling into our new normal around here as a family of 4:) Brody is still an AMAZING big brother...he smothers Levi with kisses and says 100 times a day "he's so cute!" and when Levi is fussing he says "what's wrong, my baby?" yes,Brody has claimed him as HIS baby;) I am so thankful for my boys and that the Lord has chosen me to raise them!