little guy

Levi had a rough time at the doctor's office last night!  He had his one year check-up (can't believe it!).  Of course, yesterday his diapers were a little 'off', if you know what I mean, which gave him terrible diaper rash.  I had to change his diaper when I got to the doctor, and so that was the first round of crying because the diaper rash hurts him so bad.  Then, he was not a fan of the doctor checking him out.  Crawled back to Mom as soon as he could.  :)  While waiting for the nurse to come back in to give him shots, he shut his thumb pretty hard in a cupboard door.  Screaming again.  Got him calmed down, he wanted to get back down to play, went right back to the cupboard door and pinched his finger a little bit.  (I know, maybe at this point I'm starting to look like a bad mom...)  Finally the nurse came back to give shots and, oh boy, his lungs still had enough energy to SCREAM!  :)

Well, after starting out off the charts big, Levi is now 75th percentile for height and weight - he's practically a little guy!  He's 23 pounds, and 30 1/2 inches long.  Doctor is pleased with his health.  I'm doing a half-and-half mixture of formula and whole milk now, and he said to keep doing that for another week to make sure he's tolerating the milk okay.  Not sure if yesterday's digestive issues were due to milk, something else he ate, or just some bug...

Levi is doing lots of "talking".  He seems very purposeful in his jabbering.  Lots of times he points and jabbers.  He says "uh-oh" with regularity, and most of the time properly.  He doesn't seem to mind drinking milk, I thought maybe the temperature change would be a problem.  He'll drink some from a sippy cup, but not as well as if I give him a bottle.  Levi loves the little plastic playhouse we have outside - he plays with the door, and the other day he even went down the slide (on his tummy, looking surprised, and then rolled at the bottom), and climbed in through the window.  He knows enough to stop and look at me before putting something in his mouth, and sometimes he even obeys when I tell him 'no' - it seems to easy at this age!  :)  He takes two naps a day - sometimes he doesn't fall asleep good for the morning nap, but it's too early to give that up, I'm not ready for that!  Levi seems to like to do some climbing - in the playroom he'll climb up on the tramp, then up onto the chaise, and then I have to stop him before he climbs up onto the little tray table.  He's definitely a thumb sucker, but for the most part he only does it when he's tired or upset (like last night when things weren't going so well at the dr), so I'm hoping it won't be TOO much of an issue as he gets older.  For the most part he's a happy guy, just watch out when he gets frustrated - like when we're out in the yard and he's trying to push one of the boys' trikes around and it gets stuck, he gets MAD.

What a joy to have him in our family!  Love watching how he's interacting more and more.  It'll certainly be interesting to see how he fits in.