Learning to Live With Our Differences

What a cutie!!

While Levi and I share similar personality traits, there are still a few areas in which we are total opposites. At this point, I will give credit to his age and developmental stage, but it is possible that he and I will butt heads in the future over this issue ~ ORGANIZATION!! Mommy likes things neat and tidy. Levi likes things flung about the floor and messy!! I'm sure it's more fun for Levi to make the mess than live with the mess, but for mommy it's more fun to enjoy the cleaned up mess than actually cleaning up the mess! :) But I digress, he is such a special little boy and I wouldn't want to damper his playtime or his development. I will allow such messes as long as he's enjoying himself and safe!

This is how mommy likes things!!

This is how Levi likes things!!

Official First "Word" and Other Fun Things

Who would have thought that my boy's first real word would be "duck"?! Sounds like a hard word to say and even though it isn't as clear as a bell, it is clearly what he is trying to say! About a month ago he began this new sound, "gah" and "guck". It all started in the bathtub with his little rubber ducky. I thought for sure that he was saying "duck" but just decided that he really wasn't saying it, it was just a coincidence. Since then, he loves making the "guck" sound. On Friday, we took a little trip to the Meijer store and as we were walking down the baby aisle, I noticed the bathtime duck that he has at home. I decided I'd do a little investigating and grabbed the rubber duck, showed it to Levi and said "What's this?" To my dear surprise and watery-eyes, my little boy said, with a smile, "guck"!!! I knew right then that it had to be true! It's his first real word!! I was so proud of him, I wanted to get on the loud speaker and tell everyone in the store that my son just said "duck" ON PURPOSE!! :) Oh, gosh, I'm just so proud!


In other news, we took a lovely trip to Waterman's Farm to pick out a pumpkin. Levi's cousin, Ivy, came over for a sleepover and a scary movie. So, we decided to go get pumpkins too! I'm not sure about Levi carving this year, but I'm sure he'll enjoy playing in the guts!!




Check out Levi's cool boots that his cool Aunt Bobbi got for him! He looks too cute for words! I'm so glad the weather is finally cool enough for us to wear them outside!! And oh, and he loooooooves his horsey!!

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