Sick Levi

Here is a picture of what Levi has been feeling like since Wednesday. He has had a temperature that comes and goes and a cough. So far nothing worse. Ryan took the day off on Wednesday to take care of him while I went to work. Last night he cried till about 1230 and then slept till 330 and went down till about 7. One thing is that when he is sick he sleeps alot during the day, which I am not used to but he sure needs it. On another random note..and random occassion, I am sure...Levi went poop on the toliet this afternoon. He brought his little seat to me and I put him on and he let out one fart and a turd...but we were so excited...

A Trip to the Country Basket

This past weekend when Ryan was "having fun" in his class for his Masters Degree...Levi and I and Grandpa and Grandma Roedema had breakfast together and then headed out into the cold and went to explore the apple orchard with Levi. We went to this orchard last year too when Levi was only 4 months old. We had a great time. Levi loved looking at all the "balls" and picking up the apples off the ground and putting them in the crates that where lying around. He really enjoyed playing in the corn kernals in the silo and watching all the older kids. Levi did not like the animals...he got pretty nervous around them. He did sit by a kitty for a minute or so and then got scared. He did not want to get close to the goats either. After about an hour or so of playing on the farm we got donuts and appple cider..this was Levi's favorite part! He loved the cider and had a sugar crash later that afternoon from the homemade donuts...but they were so good. On Sunday, we went back to the orchard with Ryan...he did not want to feel left out. We got donuts and hot apple cider again and Ryan and Levi got to run and play together...we also picked out a few pumpkins that are Levi's size. There is one picture of last year...Levi has grown alot!

The Last Week...or so

Last week Levi and I went to Dr. Salhadar's for his 16 month check up. Levi is such a funny boy with him..trying to jump, showing him his shooes, and being such a good boy during the exam. He just laid on the table without a squeak. The Dr. claimed usually he is fighting kids this age for the check up. Levi is growing like he should following the growth curve. He weighed in at 27.5 lbs and was 33.5 inches long. Dr. Salhadar mentioned that we should start introducing potty training to Levi...Yikes! Needless to say he said the best way that he will learn is by example...so for now, we have an open door policy.:) We bought the padded potty ring (with cars)that he recommended and have been trying to tell Levi when he poops or pees in his diaper and also sitting him on the toilet a few times a day. Like Dr.Salhadar said this is all an introduction and right now there is no expectations. Levi also had to go to the hospital to have his hemoglobin checked...which was less traumatic to me thanks to Grandma Roedema's help and a donut for Levi. He did great and they found the vein right away and thankfully the results all came back normal so no more iron supplements. Levi is getting more stubborn and telling Ryan and I no..this has been leading to some battles lately but I am sure that there is much more of that to come. He has been enjoying his daycare days, at Sandy's, since he can interact with kids. He seems to enjoy playing with the neighborhood kids too. The days he is home with mom we play as much as we can but sometimes I can tell he is bored with me or being inside.:) Then Ryan comes home and they play rough and outside...then he can get some of his engery out. Levi does have times where he reads or plays by himself too but he sure likes interacting with others.
Here are some snap shots of the last week!