So hungry!

Levi got a present in the mail from Uncle Nonner and Aunt Danica yesterday. He decided that he wanted to eat the box. It was rather cute. Notice that Levi, Daddy and the box all match. We were going to take a picture of Daddy and Levi, but Levi pooped through his clothes before we got back from looking at the wild flowers. We left him with my parents. Next time he wears the outfit we will have Daddy wear his shirt and take a nice picture.

Update: Last night Levi slept until 3:10am and then did not get up, after staying awake for an hour until 7:00am. That was really nice and probably our best night of sleep in a long time. The night before he slept almost as good. We are hoping and praying his sleeping will continue to improve. He still is weezing, but at this point I do not really know what to do.

Pray Request: Please pray that Ryan can enjoy his job and have confidence in his job skills.

Birthdays!

Sunday was my mom's birthday and it also was Ryan's birthday. It has been fun having them have the same birthday. I joke to people that it is the only reason I married him, as I am older than he is. So, if he did not have the same birthday as my mom and was younger than me I would not have married him. Just kidding!

We end up getting a lot of milage out of their birthdays, as we have events with my brother and his wife, his parents, my parents and us. This year was a little shorter than normal, as Ryan had to work in the afternoon. It was sad to see him leave, but I was grateful he got to go to church with us and spend a little of is day with us.

Ryan, thank you for being a great husband and father to us. We appreciate all of your hard work and think you are the best. We hope that you get enough rest and look forward to the days and time that you are home with us.

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In our family we have a number of duplicate dates.

• Ryan and my mom, Shelley have the same birthday (March 8th).
• Danica, my sister-in-law has the same birthday as my Grannie (mom's mom), which also happens to be Christmas.
• Eric, my little brother was born on my in-laws' anniversary, which also happens to be our Grandpa Ray's birthday (June 29th).
• I believe that my future sister-in-law, Megan was born on my parents' anniversary (April 4th).
• My brother-in-law, Joseph and his fiancee, Megan are getting married on my sister-in-law, Sarah's birthday (August 8th).

We joke that Eric will have to marry someone that has the same birthday as one of our family members and that she will have to be older than him, as Danica and I are both older than our husbands. We will just have to wait and see....we have a few years.

Baby feet

It appears that he has Ryan's feet. Ryan was hoping he would have my feet. Either way, I still think they are way cute!

Levi is 5 months!

Levi - 5 months

It is hard to believe that Levi is now 5 months old (a little over that). He now weighs 17 pounds 6 ounces. I often wonder where the time has gone. He is a cute baby and we enjoy him a lot. Things he has been able to do recently are:

• Talk, as he found his "voice" last month and during some portion of each day he talks and talks. It is too cute.
• Grasping more objects. He enjoys pulling things to his face. He likes to have his face covered. It looks like he might take after his Mama. He has always had a strong grasp, even from birth, if he was able to grab something. It is neat to watch him now do things with purpose.
• Been out of state. As you see from the last post he went to Arizona. He was a good traveler and always seems to be on road trips. We hope he stays that way.
• Been in the snow (in Arizona).
• Not quite sitting (I think his tummy gets in the way), but holding his head rather sturdy these days and looking around at everything.
• He still loves a pacifier.
• I am sure that I am missing a few things, but this is a start.

We feel blessed to have him as our son. We a grateful for him. The more I have reflected on him these past few weeks I have come to feel like he has brought some healing to my heart over the loss of graduate school and other disappointment I faced these past 5 years or so. I am thankful for His gift and remind myself often Levi is His first and that he was gracious in giving him to me. I am truely proud to call him my son.

NOTE: Levi is sick with bronchiolitis for the FOURTH time. We have been unable to get many answers regarding the reason he as been sick so much in the first 5 months of his life. This is often discouraging, especially as he is currently not sleeping much more than 2 hours at a time at night. We would like some answers to his problems, as we never really found any answers to the reason he breaths so fast. If you think of him could you pray for an answer to his troubles and/or healing. We would appreciate it, especially the Mama, as it makes a mama tired.