Christmas 2008

Here are some pictures of Christmas. We enjoyed time with both families. Levi had alot of fun with paper, boxes and his favorite bows. He loved looking at them and turning them over and over with his fingers. He got way too many presents..so many that we put some away and will take them out as needed. He likes his "busy balls" from Grandma and Grandpa Roedema...and his Leap Frog Station from Grandpa and Grandma Koopmans.We were also excited to give gifts to Levi's two yet to be baby cousins. My sister Allison is due in March and sister in law Melanie is due in June. It will be fun to have more babies around.We have been loving having Ryan home for Christmas break. It is nice to have the extra help with Levi and spend time together as a family. Ryan and I have been playing games at night when Levi goes to bed..so it is good for us to reconnect too. Levi will be 7 months next week and we went to the doctor yesterday and had a great report. It was nice because Ryan could come along with us.I work with Levi's doctor at the hospital so although the waiting room was full of coughing babies and 2 hours behind scheduled time...we got right in. Dr. Salhadar played a trick on Ryan and I. He knows that Ryan speaks Spanish so when he came into the room he acted like he could not understand what Ryan and I were saying to him. He told his Spanish speaking Medical Assistant to come in and interpret for us. He kind of put Ryan on the spot to answer in Spanish but we all got a laugh out of it. Levi weighed in at 19lbs 2oz (75 percentile) and 28 1/2 inches which is the 90th percentile for height. He is getting so strong and Dr.Salhadar said that he would be very surprised if he was not walking by his next appointment...we will have to work on crawling first. No teeth yet..but he is constantly drooling and putting everything into his mouth. We went over his diet for the the next couple of months and then it was time for the shots:( Ryan held his arms down this time. :)