Spaghetti Night

Levi loves spaghetti night!  This particular night, he had spaghetti and blackberries.  He looked like he had war paint on and was ready for battle.

2 Years Old

Dear Levi,

I absolutely cannot believe that you are two years old.  I feel like just yesterday I was laying in bed- not sleeping- the night before you were born.

You are an amazing little boy, and you keep us entertained!  You are a bundle of energy and run everywhere you go.  You especially like to run laps around the house while yelling "I runnin Mommy!  I runnin!"

In the last few weeks you have really become interested in pretending.  One of your favorite things to do is build little "forts" of toys around you.  You usually call these forts cars, and you like to get in them, buckle your seat belt, and say "Bye, Bye Mommy!  See you later!"

You also like to get my mixing bowls and spoons out while I cook.  You line them up on the ottoman, stir, and taste test.  Typically, you don't do anything for long before you move on to something else, and when you're cooking, you usually end up using your spoons as drumsticks!

Over the last month you have also become completely obsessed with the Cars movie and the British cartoon Kipper.  Kipper is about a dog and his friends doing normal things, but you think it is the funniest thing you've ever seen.  The other day Kipper and Tiger were swinging, and you were rolling on the ground laughing.  I love listening to that little belly laugh.  It can always put a smile on my face!

You amaze us with the things you know.  You know all of your shapes and colors and you even know what an "L" looks like.  You love to get your little magna doodle and have someone write your name on it.  You also love to turn your food into shapes.  You'll take a bite, and say, "Look, Momma!  It's a car!"

My precious little fireman with his "punket"

We also have to be very careful now about things we say because you are a little parrot and repeat everything!  The other day we were in the car heading to meet Daddy at dinner, and you started screaming "Move over lady!"  Oops...

The other day you were sick, so I snuggled you a little bit longer than normal before I laid you in your bed.  As I sat there with you, I thought about one of my high school friends' mom.  Whenever we were at her house she would make us cookies and tell us in her thick Southern drawl that we were "precious angels from Jesus."  I get it now...you are my precious angel from Jesus.

Levi, we love you more than we can say.  You melt our hearts with the precious things you say, you keep us laughing with your goofy little personality, and sometimes you make us grit our teeth in frustration.  You are an amazing little boy, and we can't imagine life with out you!

Love,
Mommy

Thank You

This was part of our conversation at dinner tonight:
Levi: Mommy its dark outside.  I see the moon.
Me: Levi, you're so smart.
Levi: Thank you Mommy!


Later, Levi was dancing on the table and spotted his fire truck.  He looked at Mat and said, "Gimme that truck Daddy."  Mat said, "You'll have to come get it yourself," and Levi said "Ok, thank you, Daddy."

:)

Let Me Entertain You

Levi loves music!  His requests have moved beyond "Hog Dog" in the car to other music, and I'm very thankful for that!  He loves to sing (or scream) along and dance (or jump up and down!)  He also loves to use the Wii remote as his microphone.  :)

He especially loves it when we all sing and dance.  He'll grab our hands and drag Mat and I into the kitchen and say, "DANCE MOMMY!  DANCE DADDY!"

Facebook Status

I tend to write down quick notes about things Levi is doing and saying on Facebook.  I don't want those  cute things to be lost forever, so I decided to do an entire post dedicated to some of my facebook posts.  To those of you that have read these already, sorry! (I started this post in JULY...)

• Yesterday, while we were in the pool, I asked Levi if he wanted me to spin him in circles.  He said, "No...triangles!"
• Levi's two requests for breakfast this morning: broccoli and green beans!
• One of Levi's newest phrases- "Nok!"  Sometimes it means no and sometimes it means ok!  
• At dinner tonight, Levi took a bite of broccoli out of his mouth, made a funny face, and said, "George!  Heal!
• Levi has now decided that pirates say "Arrr" and "Ho, Ho" (instead of YO ho).  This could get confusing at Christmas.
• Tonight, with a very concerned voice, Levi looked at me and said, "Oh no Momma- no pennies in my pocket!"
• Levi and I were talking about sharing this morning.  After our conversation, he walked over, picked up my (empty) coffee cup, and said, "My turn!"
• Levi took my sunglasses off my head when I came home from the grocery store on Sunday, and I haven't seen them since.  Tonight, while I was cooking dinner, I found them...in the refrigerator.  
• When I asked Levi if he hid my sunglasses, he said, "Yeah, in the friger..."

Levi the Musician

Levi playing his "guitar"

Singing "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"

He's a self taught musician and doesn't need any help from his Mommy!  "Get off" is one of his newest phrases.  Lovely, isn't it?

23 Months

Dear Levi,

Twenty three months!  I can't believe I'll be writing your TWO YEAR post next month.  I know I say this each month, but we love watching you learn and grow.

One of my favorite things you do right now is to pretend everything is a guitar.  You use your highchair tray, part of one of your baby toys, books, cell phones...  You walk around the house playing your guitar and singing.  I love watching you!

You love hearing music, singing music and dancing.  You like for us to have dance parties in the kitchen.  :)  You love to hear Mom or Dad sing the Wheels on the Bus and Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, and you are very demanding about it.  When we see a bus or you find your bus toy, you say (or scream) "SONG!"

You also love to sing your ABC's.  It's one of the most precious things ever!  You're pretty good with your letters, but we still have some work to do.  :)  When you get to the end, you sing, "Now I know my A, B, C, D, E..." and start all over.

You are BUSY!  Whenever there's someone new working in the church nursery, they always tell me how busy you are when I pick you up.  They tell me you ran and played the whole time!
For the most part, you don't cry when you get dropped off at Misty's or the church nursery.  One of the few exceptions to that was one of the first nights of Summit Groups when I dropped you off instead of Dad!  You were mad at me about a lot of different things- you wanted to play on the slide, Wednesdays are busy days and we don't have long at home, and you're not used to me dropping you off- and you passed out as I was handing you to Bandi!  I know that it's happened before but I will never ever get used to seeing that!

You're wearing 24 month shirts, 18 month pants, and size 5 diapers.  You wear a shoe size 5 1/2 WIDE which is difficult to find- and almost impossible any where other than Stride Rite.  You love getting new shoes though.  Yesterday we went to get you some new church shoes, and I told your dad that you could wear your new shoes with jeans too.  Later on that evening, you brought me your shoes and said, "I wear with jeans?"

You love pretty much any form of transportation.  I have found myself getting excited as I drive around (even when I'm by myself) when I see a bus, train or "Big Truck" (as you call them).  You love to point them out as when we're in the car, and you get MAD if they go in a different direction that we're headed.

You also love pirates, the Backyardigans, but most of all Barney.  Your dad is not very happy that I introduced you to that one.  I was looking for a sing a long show one evening, and Barney happened to be the one that I chose.

I can't believe that you'll turn two in less than a month.  What a precious little guy you are!

Love,
Mom