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.