Sippy Cup, Sick baby and Sleep

Our little Levi has been drinking from a sippy cup successfully for a week now. He doesn't drink a ton from it because I think it comes out a little fast for him, but hes got the hang of it. What a big boy!

For the past week he has also gotten his first diaper rash and now he has a congested nose. I never knew how bad a diaper rash could be for a baby. I felt so bad for him :(. We have been taking it easy with him at bed time and getting him out every time he cries to change his bum or make sure he isn't in pain. This has set back our sleep progress, but I think these are pretty normal set-backs. He still has a congested nose but we are trying to get back into our sleep routine. He use to wake up once around 4-5am to eat then will sleep another 1-2 hours. For the past week he has been waking up multiple times at night. Last night we decided he would be ok to get back on his sleep schedule. He went to sleep at 7:30pm then woke up at 9:15pm. We let him cry and it only took 10 min for him to fall asleep again. He then woke up at 2 am....bleh. He cried for 20 min, I changed his diaper and gave him some medicine for his slight fever, then put him back in bed. He cried for another 20ish min then fell back asleep and slept until 6:12 am. This is the time he has been waking up for the day but I decided to feed him and see if he would sleep some more. It is now 8am and I am going to go in to wake him up. I would be lovely if he would sleep until 8am every morning! But last night was not fun at all. It was like sleep training all over again. Yuck. Hopefully he'll get back on his schedule! {fingers crossed}

Vegas Vday

Jordan was in charge of valentines this year.
He came home from school with flowers and a card for me :)
Then we went out for ice cream. oh yum.
We then headed to the Bellagio.
Inside the Bellagio they have a botanical garden and they decorated it for the Chinese New Year. It was so beautiful. We then went outside and watched the fountains dance.
It was so fun to get out and enjoy a piece of what Vegas has to offer.
We decided that we are going to make a Vegas bucket list of things we want to do before we move.
There really are a lot of cool things to do here (that dont include sinning).

Daddy Love.

Levi misses his dad.

Six Months

SIX MONTHS

No teeth yet

Will eat anything: puree fruits, veggies, meats, oatmeal, cereal..etc. And gets mad if we're eating and he's not. Last night we went out to eat at a little restaurant and he was not happy that he didn't have any solids to eat. His bottle just wasn't cutting it. We bought him a little loaf of bread there and was totally content afterwards.

Can feed himself bread

Reaches for you to pick him up

Sleeping GREAT: He'll go a solid 8-9 hours, wake-up then we'll feed him and he'll sleep another 1-2 hours

Naps every 2 hours for 1-2 hours: He actually really likes his nap time now...and so do I. He goes down really easily. I just tell him its nap time. Go to his room give him a kiss, wrap him in his blanket and give him his binky and hes out with no crying! oh I love it!

Getting more hair

Loves to nuzzle: Levi loves to bury his face into things when hes sleeping; ie my arm, blankets, pillows, my neck and shoulder. I love it when Im holding him but it also makes me a little nervous for when hes alone.

Refuses to roll over: He has actually done it 5 times this week but if we try to roll him over he resists it by arching himself back the other way. The little stinker.

Knows his name: He'll look at us when we say his name.

Has been sitting like a champ: He loves to sit up by himself and has been doing it for a while now.

LOVES to hear himself yell: I can not over emphasis this statement. He especially likes to do it when its quiet, like during the sacrament...haha. He just likes to shake things up a bit.

Says "dada..": But has not yet associated that with his "dada"

Starting to get his knees under him when hes on his tummy

Smiles and flirts constantly: especially when we're at the gym or our play groups.

Size 3 diaper: and still fits in some of his 0-3 month old clothes.

Best baby in the world: period.

We have been loving the stage Levi is in. He is so active and interacts so much with us. It is so fun to make him laugh and its what we spend the majority of our day doing. Me and Levi have been soaking up everything Henderson has to offer lately. I joined the Las Vegas Athletic Club so we go there 4-5 times a week. They have an awesome playroom that is huge and the staff there is so nice. We also have joined two playgroups that the St.Rose hospital puts on, one focuses on child development through movement and the other focuses on food. They each meet once a week and seem pretty cool so far. Also if the weather is nice we usually go out for a walk everyday. We have a little library on our block we walk to and a park another block away. I tell you I am definitely not missing the Logan weather right now. Its usually always sunny and hasn't gotten colder than 45 degrees, which is pretty rare. Of course the summers might not be too fun...


Well there you have it. We are all doing great.


Sooo...Superbowl tomorrow...
Looks like we are going to be getting together with a bunch of Jordan's law friends to party; even though we both don't care too much for the Superbowl. Jordan says him and his friend James are going to be sharpening their knives and making soda pop can stoves during the game :)

Las Vegas Spring Preserve

This last weekend we visited the Las Vegas Spring Preserve. Its kinda like Nevada's own Thanksgiving Point. They have museums, galleries, outdoor concerts and events, a botanical garden, and trails. It is set up to commemorate Vegas' history as well as provide a vision for a sustainable future. We thoroughly enjoyed the desert animals they had there to look at as well as the "Wings Over Springs" event in the outdoor amphitheater where they introduced different sorts of birds of prey as they soared and dove around us. Jordan loved speaking to the Native Americans from the Paiute tribe that is indigenous to the area. They had a spot set up to do dances, answer questions and to give out samples of some food. Jord spoke to them about native plants and the secrets to living off the land. :) Levi was an angel during the whole event. We had a great time.

Jordan's Hobby

Bushcraft: a long-term extension of survival skills. Bushcraft is about surviving and thriving in the natural environment, and the acquisition of ancient skills and knowledge to do so. Bushcraft skills include; firecraft, tracking, hunting, shelter building, the use of tools such as knives and axes, foraging, hand-carving wood, container construction from natural materials, rope and twine-making, and many others. (Wikipedia)

This has been Jordan's obsession for the past couple of months. If he can find any free time between law school and hanging out with us he is usually doing this stuff:

Learning new knots

Lighting things on fire.

This was actually a test of his to see which types of man made objects would hold a flame the longest.

Carving, using his knife n' such.

Currently he is learning how to make an stove out of some pop cans.

While I do get upset sometimes with this obsession, I can't get too mad. I feel pretty darn safe if we ever have to live off the land. And its actually pretty neat - I tried my hand a couple times with making fire with just a knife and ferro rod. It was fun.

{Other bushcraft adventures jordan has done or learned how to do}

build a fire in the rain, how to weave, how to make arrowheads, how to build his own forge, how to use that forge to make my own knives, how to make his own jerky

-and this was all during Christmas break....

Happiest Place on Earth!

Levi's first trip to Disneyland was a complete success!
We had such a great time!!

The first day we got there we did some walking around downtown Disney and ate at the Jazz Kitchen.
The food there wasnt fantastic but it was alright.
Levi loved being at downtown Disney. There were so many people to look at and so many lights.
He did pretty good in his stroller too.
We bought him this cute little Winnie the Pooh bear there.

The next day we headed out for Disney.
The walk from our hotel was about 10 min. The weather was perfect! It was nice and sunny and not too hot and not too cold.
Just loverly.
We did a couple of parent switches on some rides but Levi went on most of the ones we did.
He rode: The Jungle Cruise, Pirates of the Caribbean, Storybook Land, and Monsters Inc. at California Adventure.
He did really good with his naps while we were out and about, which I was kinda worried about. He fell asleep in our arms, and in the stroller. He actually took an 1 hr and a half nap in the stroller!

Disney is pretty awesome cause they have a mothers lounge kinda set up in one of the buildings down mainstreet. I was able to sit in there and nurse. Pretty comfortable set up.
We ate at our favorite resturant in Disney called Orleans Cafe.
YUM YUM YUM!
We split the Pomme Fries and Monte Cristo Sandwich. Both to die for.
We stayed in the park until about six.


We packed up and left the next day.
Im so glad we went with family.
It made the trip so much more enjoyable.

I cant wait to go again!!