11

Levi hit the 11 month milestone while Mike and I were gone!  REALLY hard to believe.  The last year has been a bit of a blur...  I just love watching all the development that happens - the changes that occur in the first year are just amazing.

Levi has 5 teeth, with the 6th very close to peeking out.  He won't do the sign for "more" - he'll grab my hands and do it, but not do it on his own, so I'm pretty sure it's a "won't", not a "can't".  :)  He's great at cruising around and walking while pushing something - his walker, his music table, a chair (you should see how my dining room gets rearranged...).  But, he hasn't walked on his own yet and he doesn't stand without hanging on to something.  I don't really encourage the walking, but I guess it doesn't make much of a difference, he's quite fast crawling and can still get into plenty of trouble!

Levi loves to see what is going on, and doesn't sit still much.  When he finishes his bottle, he twists around and gets off my lap instantly.  I could use an extra hand or two when changing his diaper - his wigglyness combined with trying to turn and see what the other boys are doing makes it quite a challenge.

Levi isn't saying any real words, but he's definitely very vocal (um, hello, that's a necessity to survive in this family!), and I have so much fun interacting with him!  He'll make a noise, I'll copy it, and he'll say it again and we'll keep going back and forth.  It is getting to the point where sometimes he screams and it sounds like one of the other boys...I'll be in another room, hear a screech, start to holler at the boys not to scream in the house, only to then realize it was Levi!  Another one in the mix, oh my!

I am very curious to see how all three boys interact as they get older.  From the time Levi was only a few months old and Caleb was making him laugh I had visions of them getting into trouble together.  A week or two ago when we actually had some slightly decent weather I had Levi in the swing outside and he LOVED it.  When Caleb was pushing him he was laughing and laughing, but then when Logan pushed him he got quiet.  Hmmmm...

Levi loves watching Sadie outside, and he also likes to wave at Mike when he gets home from work.  I CAN'T WAIT for the weather to get nicer so we can be outside more!  It's going to be a challenge for sure with Levi at this stage, but I'm getting pretty sick of being cooped up in the house.  We went to the library today for the second time (went for the first time last week), and it's actually pretty manageable now.  Caleb and Logan can be quiet enough, and they have fun looking at books, and there are puzzles and things Levi can play with.