And so it begins...

I keep talking about how much Brody loves his little brother. He is rather obsessed with him:) well this week i have noticed how much Levi already admires his big brother! All Brody has to do is walk by Levi, and Levi's little face just lights up with this "that is my big brother!!" look on his face. It is PRECIOUS. Levi looks at Brody like he is already his hero and he cant wait to be like him one day. I know it seems like i may be exaggerating...especially for a 3 month old...but im NOT. He seriously gets this look of pure admiration on his face! I LOVE it! Sometimes its hard for me to even feed Levi because he is craning his neck around trying to figure out where Brody is. I guess we better raise Brody right, because I can already tell Levi will want to do EVERYTHING his big brother does:)

3 months

Today Levi is 3 months old. i know ive said this before, but everything about the second child has been completely different. I have always said that im not a big fan of the baby stage. with brody, i enjoyed every age, but i was really happy once he got to the age where he could interact more and play with me:) Ive never really had the "baby bug" as some people say. BUT, with all of that said, i am enjoying EVERY SECOND of Levi being a baby. I guess i realize this time how fast they grow. And i know what im doing this time....im not trying to figure the baby thing out this time, im just able to enjoy it! Im finding myself sad as he grows out of clothes and i find myself telling him not to get any bigger. He is seriously a PRECIOUS baby. He has been amazing since day one. He is still as happy as ever and only fusses when hes starting to get sleepy. He smiles anytime you look at him and its getting easier and easier to get a laugh out of him:) He's starting to grab at things and play with his toys. He sleeps pretty well at night...usually from 9:30-7:30 with me putting his paci in his mouth around 5 when he gets restless. We are so thankful and blessed to have this sweet boy in our lives!

Brodys 3rd Birthday

ok this is long overdue...
Im not sure how its possible, but i have a 3 year old. Not just a 3 year old.....but a sweet, kind, thoughtful, tender-hearted, hilarious 3 year old. I knew all these things about Brody way before we had Levi, but these things have shown themselves even more now that he is a big brother. He is an AMAZING with Levi and he loves him to pieces! Levi is so lucky to have him as his big brother. We have not had many issues with Brody at all in his 3 years. He is so tenderhearted, he cant stand for us to be disappointed or upset with him. which makes him easy to discipline. He LOVES his daddy and they are best buddies. He cant wait for him to get home from work so they can wrestle :) He is such a big helper and loves to help me do just about anything! We love our big boy and are SO proud of him!

We had a little party for Brody the weekend of his birthday and he wanted the "Cars" theme. SO lightening mcqueen it was! A friend of mine has recently gotten into making cakes and she is amazing! The cake turned out so cute!



Brody and his buddies:)



We are so blessed that the Lord has allowed us to be the parents of such an amazing little boy! We love you Brody!

Bible Stories with Brody

Brody is obsessed with Bible stories! He is always so excited to go to bed at night because he knows we will tell him a Bible story. Its funny how when you are telling a 2 year old a Bible story, you quickly realize how violent some of them are! He LOVES the story of David and Goliath. He and Brian act it out at least once a day! I am hoping he doesnt think that all mean people need a stone thrown at their head:) Joking aside, i love the fact that he already loves the Word of God and cant wait each night to hear another part of it! His favorites right now are David and Goliath, Jesus Feeds the 5000, Jonah and the Whale, Moses, Noahs Ark and Shadrach Meshach and Abednego (LOVE the way he says King Nebuchadnezzar- "King Ka-mezzer Ka-mezzer") . I am going to try to upload some of the videos we have taken of him telling these stories:)

2 months old

2 months...wow...already! We are enjoying Levi's precious smiles, sweet "coos", and occasional laughs:) He is a such a sweet baby! Still as happy as ever, and mommy is happy too getting to sleep 6-7 hours stretches at night:) Levi already loves his big brother and Brody loves getting him to smile and "talk" to him. Levi went for his 2 month appointment yesterday. He is 23 3/4 inches long (75th percentile), 12 lbs 3 oz (70th percentile), and Head Circumference- 41 cm (75th percentile).

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?