Levi {Eight Months}

Wow, Levi - you are EIGHT months old!!! How did this happen? These last few months have just flown by. I can't believe how fast you are growing! What have you been up to lately?

You weight between 18 and 19 pounds. You are still smaller than your brothers were at this age, but you are steadily growing on your own little growth curve. You are just a tiny little guy for now. I will take you for your 9 month well child check next month, so I can't wait to see what you weigh then. You still wear 6-9 month clothes and size 3 diapers.

You are no longer nursing, but I am so proud of how long we made it! You take 7 ounces of formula every three to four hours. And you are doing so much better with solids, even baby food! You eat baby cereal with fruit for breakfast, and you have some type of veggie/meat and fruit for dinner. Some days you even eat a few ounces of baby food at lunch. You love pretty much anything! I wish that I wouldn't have stressed myself out so much about you not eating solids well in the beginnig...you just weren't ready. Everyone was telling me "you just have to keep trying!" and the more I would try, the more frustrated you got. So, I listened to myself, put it on hold for a while, and would just try every now and then. And one day you were just ready! I have to learn not to question my own judgement. All babies do things at different times. It's amazing to me how three brothers, so close in age, can be so different!

Sleep is great. You sleep all night most nights, from about 8:30-7, and take 2 good naps a day. Usually a couple hours each. And you put yourself to sleep like a pro. And you are the sweetest, smiliest, snuggliest little thing when you wake up.

You are still a little bit snotty and rattly, but we've just come to the conclusion that you have allergies like your brothers. It doesn't seem to bother you, so we try not to let it bother us either.

You are trying so hard to crawl! You can go from the sitting position to your belly to the crawling position and back to sitting with ease. You love to get up on your hands and feet, rather than your knees, and I sometimes wonder if that's how you will crawl...just like your Aunt Brooke! You still mostly prefer to roll when you need to get somewhere.

You pulled yourself up for the first time this month also! You were in Beckett's crib playing while we were all doing something in Brody and Beckett's room, and you just pulled yourself right up! You were so very pleased with yourself!

You say Mama, Dada, Byebye, and you have started waving bye bye, also. You make tons of other sounds...you love to hear your little voice!

You LOVE bathtime now. I just sit you up and give you baths in the big bath tub now. You were never a fan of the baby tub, so you enjoy this so much more!

You love to go on walks. The weather has been so nice, we have been walking with Noni and Brooke in the evenings when they get out of school. Noni and Brooke pull your brothers in the wagon and I push you in the jogging stroller. You kick those little legs the whole time!

We love you more than ever, sweet boy! Happy 8 months!!