Levi 9 Months

Our little one is 9 months!

Yay!

Here are his stats for our record:

Stands holding onto things

Claps his hands by himself and when he sees others clapping

Can still fit into some of his 3-6 month clothes

Wears size 3 diapers

Will "walk" when you hold his hands

Waves "Hi" and "Bye"

Gives kisses

Sleeps 7pm to 6am

Still no teeth

Loves prunes!

Shakes his head "No" (although I think it is more of his way of dancing)

Will give high fives

Such a momma's boy

Still takes about 3 naps a day - first 2 about 1.5 hours; the last half an hour

(We tried just going for 2 naps but he was sooo cranky. I do love his 3 naps!)

Loves when we sing "The Wheels on the Bus" - he'll stop crying and laugh

Most of his favorite toys can be found in the kitchen like: pots, pans and silicone basting brush

Boxes to Ishinomaki

(photo Here)

Me and Jo were devestated to hear about the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan this past March. We have wanted to do something to help but I wanted to do something more personal than just sending money. Then I found this website. I stumbled upon it looking for a tutorial on making a mat for Levi's highchair.If you have time check it out.

They started out sending boxes to the children of Ishinomaki. They have been able to send so many boxes (over 600) that the boxes have been going to other sites to help those in need.

Me and Jo finishd our box and sent it out Monday night.

It included:

Candy for the kids

A quilted baby blanket

Paper and Pencils

Hello Kitty bubbles

Hello Kitty socks/ Toy Story Socks

HK bracelets and neclace

Stuffed animal

Basketball

6 mini handsanitizers

Bottle of lotion

Hand and face antibactrial wipes

Pads

Tampons

Ramen

For the past couple months I have been trying to get back into studying Japanese from my old text books (and now from my awesome Ipad2). So, I added some post-it notes in Japanese to some of the items we sent. I also wrote out a card in Japanese to the recipient of the box (with help from my dad). It feels so good helping others. This was just the project I was looking for that made it seem personal.

If anyone else wants to send out a box let me know and I can send you the address (you will ship it right to Japan)!

Or you can go here and email Nicole and she will give you the address.

My Birthday

I got this movie:

(Did I tell you me and Jo are planning on taking Jiu Jitsu this summer?)

& we went to see this:
Wow! KA was amazing!!

Me & Jo decided that living in Nevada, about 15 min. away from the strip, is pretty awesome.
(I know STG isn't THAT far away from Vegas, but there is just something about being so close -and residents- that makes everything seem cooler).
You can bet we will see all the Cirque De Soleil shows before we move.

Levi did really good with his first time paid babysitter
(a YW who I got to know through basketball).
He went right to bed and didn't give her any problems.
He is such a good child.

Easter

Bunny Bunting

{A post for Janece}

Here is a picture of the bunny bunting I made last week.

I got the idea from this blog.

They're suppose to look like the peeps bunnies.

8 Months

Our little guy is already 8 months!

• Still not crawling but he tries. He does what we call "swimming." He frantically moves his arms and legs, only problem: they are in the air. No contact with the ground.
• Loves eating whatever we eat. He'll get mad if you don't share.
• Is starting to wave
• Love Love Loves to bang things together.
• Can stand up with our help. Can stand up by himself holding onto the coffee table.
• Loves animals, especially dogs. He'll scream all day at them.
• Is great at car rides now.
• SOOOOO happy. Honestly the happiest baby I have ever seen.
• Sleeps 7:30pm to 6am
• Just got over a sinus infection :(
• Will look for airplanes when he hears them. He can find them when we point them out too.
• A great jumper in the jumper.
• STILL no teeth. The doctor said it should be coming within the next couple weeks.
• Likes to feed himself finger foods.
• Can say "mmmMom" now too.
• Rolls around to get places.
• Likes to wrestle with his daddy.

We love our little puppy. Ahh I wish he was awake cause I wanna squish him!

ABC

FINALLY! It only took me..uh..7 months to finish.

Probably cause it took more than 12 cans of frozen apple juice to go through.

But im really happy with it.

I don't really remember what blog this ABC Tin craft came from but Levi seems to like it. Given he won't be learning his ABCs for a while but he likes to clap the letters together, pull the letters out of the bucket, pour them out and suck on them.

I saved out extra "L" "E" "V" "I" tin letters that Im going to put magnents on to use for the fridge.