5 months and tough enough!

Here is Levi showing you how tough he can be. You would think that by this picture he likes the sunglasses...but you would be wrong. He has yet to keep them on when we are outside

Another priceless Levi/Daddy picture.
This is the first picture that I took with my new camera
(thank you, Honey!)

22 weeks old in this picture...it is hard to believe!

Not that 22 weeks is a long time, but he is 5 months old and it just seems to be flying by. Now I understand what people say about time flying once you have children. But I guess that means the the old adage that says, "time flies when you're having fun" is true too. I am having the best time with him and Matthew. The three of us together is my favorite time of day. I really enjoy being with Levi all day and I know that I am blessed to be at home with him, but I like getting to experience the cool stuff with Matthew instead of just telling him about it when he gets home.


As far as the cool stuff I am referring to...he is rolling over from belly to back and back to belly like a pro. He is sitting up beautifully, and he babbles non stop. He smiles and laughs by himself now, no one has to prompt him. He is showing all the signs of wanting to eat food, but we want to wait until he is 6 months old. Then, we will start with some fruit and veggies (slow and steady for a while, I still want breast milk to be his main source of nutrition for as long as he allows, hopefully, through the first year...and that's it).

Then after he is at least 9 months we will introduce grains. That probably sounds strange to a lot of people, but through some research, we have found that to be the earliest opportunity for their little digestive systems to really break down the grains. I am not knocking anyone else's methods, this is just what we want to try. There seems to be a million and one theories out there on what to give your child when, and I am not saying that ours is the best by any means, I personally don't know what is best, but as a mom I find more comfort in being wrong about a decision I made, then being wrong and feeling like I didn't go with my gut.

And finally, here is a video that I took with my new camera...I really just wanted to get a video in the blog, just to see if I could do it. The video is just of Levi babbling...nothing super special. I want you to know that it takes FOREVER to upload videos though so please appreciate all the work that I just put into this, and know that videos in the future will be much more poignant. Enjoy!