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Eight Months Today!

Today Levi is eight months old! Crazy. He is constantly smiling and making funny baby noises. No words yet, although sometimes it sounds a little like ya, ya, ya and the, the, the (that's my favorite, usually because a little slobber is being spit out with it as well and is very cute). I am enjoying the fact that he is completely content to sit on the floor playing with a few toys. Every now and then he will reach out for something or wiggle his way around to turning around, but those are the only signs of him crawling soon. I have a feeling it will just sneak up on us!

Levi is such a good baby and I feel so blessed to have him! He is on a great schedule that is flexible when needed. He eats cereal and fruit for breakfast and a veggie and fruit for lunch and for dinner. I am still nursing and that is going well. He eats milk four times a day (breakfast, lunch, dinner, and before bed). He is a very good sleeper as well. Although, he should be as we have been working towards that since he was born! He wakes up around 7:30am and I can hear him playing in his crib. We have breakfast and then he naps for 2 hours at 9:30am. He takes another 2 hour nap at 1:30pm and then sometimes a catnap in the evening. And bedtime is at 8pm! He always goes right to sleep with no trouble. He still sleeps on his belly and loves to play with the Ocean "mobile" on the side of his crib. Is it even a mobile if it doesn't dangle above his head??

Let's see, what else can we share? Well, he's still trying to figure out how to get the water to come out of the sippy cup. He loves to chew on it, with his two cute little bottom teeth and extremely tough gums. If he's not sucking on his paci or concentrating on a toy, then he is chewing on his left index finger. I think he may be a south paw like his grandpa McInerny, but we'll have to wait and see.

He's growing so quickly, I just can't believe it! I try to take as many pictures as possible and I need to start scrapbooking before it gets overwelming!! Wow, only 4 more months until his first birthday! yay! :)

So Much To Share!

So much has been going on with us! This will probably be a long post, as I want to document everything! My brother David, sister-in-law Geri, and nephew Nicholas were in town last week and we had a blast! I enjoyed spending lots of time with them. We don't get to see each other very often, so I had to make the best of every moment! We took another trip to the zoo and went shopping at the outlet mall. We also had a photographer come take pictures of our family - can't wait to get those back!! We were so exhausted after the week was over!!

Here is a fun picture of Levi and Nicholas playing together for the first time!

Aunt Geri and Levi playing at the zoo!

Nicholas with Grandpa and his daddy at the zoo!

And here's cute litte Nicholas! I can't believe he's almost 18 months old!

After our fun family day on Saturday, Levi's cousins, Lucy and Ivy came over for a sleep over. Although, the only two who got sleep were Scott and Levi! The girls LOVE their baby cousins and had so much fun playing with Nicholas and Levi. After church on Sunday we went on a picnic and the girls and Levi played on the playground.

Okay, what else? Well, yesterday my mom and I took Levi to the pool! We had so much fun! The water was freezing cold, but we had a great time nonetheless. The weather was hot and muggy, so a nice dip in the pool was quite refreshing!

I can't believe I almost forgot to share some exciting news! Levi has TWO teeth! Yep, two of them on the bottom! You can barely see them in this pic, but they are there! He's growing so fast!!