Levi update

Levi has become more talkative in the last few months.  He'll even put together simple sentences now and again, although most of his communication sounds like sweet broken English :)  A few of my favorites: his affirmative answer is usually a clear "Yes" or "alright" (Jake's used to be "uh-huh"), Levi will say "love you mommy!", "hold you" when he wants to be picked up, "naked Levi!" when he runs around naked after a bath...or after removing his diaper even when he's not supposed to! Yeah, the lesson that he needs to wear a onesie to bed every night was learned the hard way :) And let's not forget what he says most often - "Sorry." His mischievous side has caused him to get a lot of practice with that one :)

He's learning so many new things...despite that I feel guilty for not spending more time one on one with him.  He surprised me the other day by counting! I was counting something and started out, "One", and he jumped in, "Two!" - didn't know the kid could count! Thank you Mickey Mouse! Really, I tested him & he can count to 10 pretty consistently! Of course usually he doesn't want to perform for me, but when I offer him a "treat", he'll happily do it, then run to his seat at the table and wait for candy :)  He's also pretty good with his colors & we're working on shapes & he'll repeat the whole alphabet, but can't say it all on his own yet.

Ok, so something funny.  Can't remember if I've mentioned this before or not, but this boy is super paranoid about bugs...especially flies.  He runs from them & screams if they come near him or land on him. He's definitely my son. :)

And if I haven't talked about his eating habits lately...Levi is a social eater.  Basically he wants whatever we're eating.  Even if the same thing is on our plate, he'd prefer ours. He'll come up close and say, "Bite too, bite too." With his sweet little face, how can we resist? Oh yeah, and he likes to drink the milk in the bowl after the cereal is gone...even if it wasn't his cereal :) Jake & Daddy won't drink theirs, but I think that's the best kind of milk, all sugary.  Again, definitely my son.