3 months old!

It's hard to believe that you turned 3 months old last week! You are such a sweet baby. You give us lots of smiles (except when the camera is out) now. Your belly seems to prefer for Mom to have a dairy-free diet. You had a busy month, celebrating your 1st Thanksgiving, meeting Santa for 1st time and your baptism. You still eat every 3-4hours during the day. You go to bed on your own easily. You prefer to go to bed around 8pm. You are inconsistent with your night time sleep, but for the most part you still get up every 3-5hours. You are trying to suck your thumb but also love your monkey pacifier. You tolerate your sisters tormenting you very well. You love it when they (or anyone) talks to you. You smile, smile, smile at the sound of our voices.

You are a boy...you toot a lot and they stink! Your burps are very loud! You like your baths, but you pee EVERY time you have a bath! You often fall asleep while Daddy is holding you like this. You like to hang out sitting like this with Dad, especially at the dinner table.

 You like tummy time, but you ask why do I have to always take your picture while you are working so hard.

If we find a quiet time in the house, you will "talk" forever. Love your smiles!

 You met your Great Grandma Govig and you love her!

Mommy went back to work last week. You and Dad hung out all day, but you missed her (after being gone for 14hrs) and gave her a HUGE smile when she came home. You had your 1st day at daycare and did fairly well. It helps that you are already used to a loud environment. You took your bottles easily also. You still LOVE your swing and bouncy seat. You love to sit by the window and look outside. You also love to lie down on the floor and exercise.



Ho Ho Ho

The girls were excited to tell Santa what was on their list and Levi was confused as why I woke him up to sit on some strange person's lap just for a picture! 

 I love to see the magic of Christmas on their faces.

Lauren: "a Kindle Fire".  "I meant to say legos and a pencil sharpener but I was too nervous and forgot."

Meredith: "flipeez, stompeez and a Barbie House"

 I think riding the train is just as exciting for them!

Levi's Baptism

What a blessing Levi's baptism was. He is such a sweet little guy. He slept through the entire ceremony. The girls were excited to serve as his sponsors and are ready to teach him all about Jesus and his love for him. God Bless you Levi! 

What a pair of handsome men!

 

Thank you for the support for all who attended and also for those who were there in spirit!

Nana Kathy and Papa Rich

Papa and Nana Muller

Aunt Jennifer, Aunt Ann and Uncle John

Our close friends, who are our family..the Gardiners! Adam, Quinn, Dominic, Celie and Amanda.



Quinn & Levi

It is wonderful watching how these two adorable babies grow together. Quinn is 11 weeks older than Levi. She loves Levi so much. She is so sad whenever she hears Levi cry that her sympathy cry breaks my heart! She is always watching out for him and Levi loves her protection!

Here they are at 10 days old and 3 months old.

 

2 months later...see how they have grown. Quinn at 5 months and Levi at 2 1/2 months.



 

"Let me protect you, Levi (note the arm around him)". Love Celie's photo bomb!



I love these two adorable babies!!!

Thanksgiving

We had a quiet Thanksgiving. Due to illness, we unfortunately had a much smaller group than we had planned. We missed all who were unable to come.

I love to cook Thanksgiving food. It is my favorite all year! Clay is carving the turkey so, it didn't make it in the picture.

 

My favorite son's first Thanksgiving!

 

Both Nana Kathy and Nana Muller enjoyed their baby time!

2 months old!

 It's hard to believe that 2 months have already flown by! Levi, you are changing so much. You are having more awake time and love to look around at the crazy girls in our house. You are very tolerant to the noise and the "love" that they share often with you. You love when Lauren sits and talks to you. You give her lots of smiles and she is trying to get you to say her name already. You laughed for the 1st time this month and it was while Lauren was holding you. You still have a sensitive belly and are constipated, but are pretty tolerant of it. It does keep you up at night, so you are still getting up every 3-4hours (sometimes more) at night. In the last 2 days you have learned to stick out your tongue and you think you are pretty funny when you do it. At your 2 month check up you weighed 11lbs 13oz and measured 24 inches long. You DID NOT like your immunizations.

 Your swing is one of your favorite places. You found the mirror at the top this month and love looking at yourself. You have found other mirrors in the house too and you are very intrigued by the handsome fellow staring back at you.

 You like to sit in your bouncy seat and preferably by the window/slider doors. You love to look outside. Since the end of this month has been so cold, you haven't been out too much lately. At the beginning of your 2nd month you went to your 1st pumpkin patch and celebrated your 1st Halloween. You had your 1st trip out of state and did great. You are tolerating car rides great now. You love your pacifier/monkey.

 You LOVE to be held facing out to absorb what is going on. You often fall asleep in Daddy or Mommy's arms like this too. You are a very content little guy. You just want someone to hold you!

 You love your tummy time!

 You have really started to smile and talk during your 2nd month! You don't like to give the smiles up for the camera though.We hear the most from you when someone has you all to themselves. You have so much to say, once the rest of the house is quiet. You love to lie down on the floor and exercise your body. You seem to "talk" the most then. You have a VERY strong grip. You often hang on to Mommy's collar of her shirt when you nurse. We love you so much Levi!

Happy Halloween!

How amazing to get 2 great pictures of our 3 children! I love them both (especially since we caught Levi smiling) so I thought I would post both of them! They all had a blast Trick-or-treating and enjoyed the wonderful evening! Levi stayed inside while one of us handed out candy to the hundreds of kids that came through.

 My favorite Batman!

 My favorite Mike Wasowski! The best part included putting the candy in the pouch behind his mouth!

My favorite cowgirl!

 They had so much fun running door to door. Lauren had her joke ready and Meredith had the biggest smile the entire evening.

 Lauren at her school party the next day.

 My favorite pumpkin.