7 Months

Look who's 7 months old!!

Hes 16 lbs

26 inches long

not crawling

& no teeth

we sure do love our chunky monkey

Handprint/Footprint Fun

We decided to make some art out of Levi's handprints and footprints. We found this fun idea from the blog "I am Momma - Hear Me Roar". I am really really happy with the way it turned out. Jordan decided to have some fun with the paint afterwards as you can see from the picture.

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.