Tour of Dodger Stadium

 Last year for Christmas, we gave Rod and Sue a trip down to L.A. for a Dodger Stadium tour. Two weeks ago we finally made it down there. I have never seen anyone get so intense watching a Dodger game so walking around the stadium with him was so much fun. There was a baseball clinic going on that day on the field so we weren't able to go into the dugout or onto the field which was a bummer but we were able to see a ton of other places where I had never been before.

                                                 

Camping at Wishon

This past weekend we went camping with our lifegroup up to the Wishon Village. This was an area that I have never been to and it was so beautiful. It was our first camping trip with Levi and I was definitely nervous about the whole tent sleeping thing but he did great!! We are loving our life group and getting to do life together! We can't wait until next year.

We did some fishing and hanging out at the Wishon Reservoir 

Levi was filthy the whole time. Who needs toys when you have rocks, sticks, and dirt!!!

Andrew and Levi playing in the water

The group hanging out around the camp fire

Some rock jumping

Eating lunch and hanging out by the lake

Family Photo

Levi knocked out on the walk back to the car

Piggy Back time

Our little bear cub!!!

Levi loves his daddy!

It's fun to watch Levi get so excited when Andrew gets home from work. 

Andrew can always get Levi to laugh and squeal. 

                                    

Helping him fix the water heater

Lots of books

Playing in Dinky Creek

Shoulder rides around the house, one of his favorites

Levi is so lucky to have an amazing dad!

Runaway Baby...

I go into his room to change his clothes and diaper. I get everything off, reach over to get his new diaper and look back and he is gone. I look around and this is what I see. I never knew changing a diaper could be so difficult=) 

9 months

This was a huge month for Levi.

- His first tooth popped in on Mother's Day (bottom, middle)

- He really figured out the eating thing and now eats anything

- LOVES blueberries, he will put as many in his mouth as possible

- He is starting to crawl!!! he is very slow though, it is really cute to watch

- Learning how to open cupboards

- He is starting to lengthen but the rolls are still there

- He had his first fever/flu, which led to his first trip to the Urgent Care. It was so sad to watch. For 3 days he didn't open his eyes all the way, the only sounds we heard were moans, and he couldn't lift his head off of my chest. He had a fever for 4 days and then for the next 3 days he was extremely fussy and irritable. I am so glad that is over

- Still such a happy little guy. The smiles come so easily!

- LOVES dogs. His favorite thing is when Olive and Chuck play/wrestle together. He screeches and wants to follow them everywhere

- I still feed him to sleep for naps and bed time. Wakes up usually wakes up once in the middle of the night around 1:30

- He is a social little guy. I have been called out of church to come get him in the nursery once and that was the only time there were no other kids in there. He loves to be around other kids.

- Started to move all over the place in his crib.
- He had a rough start to life but he has turned into such a HAPPY little guy. We just love him to pieces!

Our family

We went to a wedding that had a "photobooth." We decided to take a family photo.

Hope you all had a great 4th of July!!!

Birthday Hike

For my birthday, the one thing I wanted to do was go on a hike up at Shaver. I love being up in the mountains and we are definitely spoiled here in Fresno to be only an hour away. My actual birthday was this past Saturday but since Andrew has Fridays off we decided to head up to Shaver a day early. Christian, Lacy, and Winston (their adorable Pug) came with us. It was surprisingly really cold but we had checked the weather and dressed appropriately. The scenery was beautiful as always and the day ended up being perfect. 

Levi is in the pack on Andrew's back

Lacy helping Christian along=)

Levi took a little nap on the walk back. His face was flat against Andrew's back... so precious

I think a birthday hike might be the new tradition... you are all invited next year!!!

8 Months

                                                   

- We felt and saw Levi's first tooth on Mother's Day. What a great gift to me!!!
- For the past few weeks when we put Levi to bed for the night, between 7 and 8, he has been waking up about 45 minutes later as if it was a nap. This has created not very relaxing evenings for Andrew and I has we spend the next hour or so getting him back to sleep. (Lots of crying)
- He is starting to figure out the whole keeping things in his mouth thing but it is hilarious to watch the funny faces he makes with new foods.
- He is finally starting to move to only needing 2 naps a day.... Most days
- Still waking up 1-2 times a night.
- We have really seen a growth spurt this month.
- The hair is really starting to come in=)
- We are on the verge of crawling. He is wanting to reach things that are further away... lots of face plants going on around here.
- Cherrios are still not making it into the mouth
- Loves to suck on frozen blueberries out of the little mesh bag
- Levi loves the mirror. Especially a floor length mirror that he can sit in front of and hit with his hands. I think he thinks that the person in the mirror is a friend.... very cute to watch
- When he reaches for me to pick him up I just melt
- Love the turn the pages when we read to him
- This month I started to jog with him in the stroller facing forward rather than in his car seat
- Still sleeps the whole way down to Bakersfield, as long as we leave around his nap time
- Smiles, smiles, smiles.... keep them coming sweet boy!!!

7 months

- Levi is having a tough time figuring out how to eat. That tongue just keeps getting in the way

- He loves to play with cheerios but is yet to put them in his mouth

- Still makes all kinds of noises... most often we hear "dadadadadadadadada" not sure if this is meant to be DADA as in Andrew or not. Andrew thinks it it=)

- Levi was dedicated this month at Church

- Levi met his friend Liam and Aunts Erin and Susan for the first time

- He still wakes up 1-2 times a night

- I either feed him or rock him to sleep for naps

- Levi loves grass, No need for a picnic blanket on the ground. He loves to pick at the grass and play with it in his hands.

- Levi is a happy boy, for the most part unless he is hungry or tired he is smiley and making lots of noises.

- I just can't get enough of him!!!

POOL PARTY...

You're all invited!!!

Our new friends from Uruguay...

Andrew and I are apart of something called Couch Surfing. If you have ever heard of Mennonite Your Way, it is basically the same thing. If someone is apart of this site and they are travelling they can find someone in that area and stay with them for free. Over the past few years we have had about 7 different people (groups) stay with us. It is usually for just one night since Fresno is not the most exciting town and people use it more as a stopping point while heading to Yosemite, San Francisco, L.A. Las Vegas, Grand Canyon...
                                     

This past week we had 5 people stay with us from Uruguay. They are in an engineer University there and at the end of their 4 years they raise money to go on an around the WORLD trip to see the different building/structures that exist as their final project. Sign me up... how cool is that. They were coming from Las Vegas and heading to San Francisco to meet up with the rest of their school. They were really nice and very grateful for a place to stay. Their English wasn't the best but we made due.

They loved Olive. Andrew and I laughed because before they left they asked if they could take a picture with her. (Sorry for the blurry photo)

                                    

All babies need

Who needs toys... Levi just needs tissue paper!

This picture was taken at Henry's birthday party at the fire station. Henry would open his present, take out the toy, and Levi would grab the tissue paper.... entertainment for days=)