It's True, He's Two

Well the big day has come and gone. Levi is officially two years old! I can hardly believe it. We tried to make his day as special as possible. However, we celebrated as a family the day after because that is when Matt could go and do stuff with us. We started the morning off by going to breakfast. Then we headed to Grandma Judy's to drop Rachel off. From there, we headed to Monkey Joe's. If you haven't been there yet and you have a toddler or older child, GO! it was so much fun. I am not sure who had more fun, him or us. We were able to go with him on everything because he is under the age of 5. Here are some pics




And of course, we have to include a video:

Then we ended our "Levi time" with a trip to CC's pizza...yum! Then we took him home and he gladly went down for a nap. Our extended families got together the following Saturday for a little birthday party. We had a great time and Levi LOVED his presents.




I also have some funny stories to share. As Levi gets older, these are happening more and more. I am going to try to put them up on the blog right after they happen so that I don't forget them...that seems to be a real issue with me :(

FUNNY STORY MOMENT:

One of the many things Levi is constantly getting in trouble for is getting on the computer. Well, the other day I saw him climbing on the chair to play with the computer and I said, "Levi, get down from there." To which he replied, "Mom, I'm busy, I workin." oooh the joys of a toddler.

The other day we were driving in the car to Grandma Judy's house and Rachel started crying. He looks over at her and says, "Rachel...enough." hmmm wonder where he heard that???


The last of my post has to do with pictures. We went to JCPenny's to have portraits of the two of them. I was really happy with the turn out.

Probably my last post before Levi turns 2!

The dynamic duo

We are just zooming along it seems. Halloween is gone and Levi's birthday is in less than two weeks away. Then we will blink and and it will be Thanksgiving. I am really enjoying this time I have with my kids, but sometimes it feels like it is going too fast. Thankfully, I have my camera and this blog to help me put a bookmark in time so that I can go back to it anytime I need to :)

Here we are at Zoo Boo...
(Rachel is asleep in the stroller next to me).

Do you like my rally cap?

We had our first official trick or treating with Levi. (We decided not to go out with him last year). He dressed as a monkey (very fitting if you ask me). I am proud to say that he was very polite at each house...as a matter of fact, when we got to the first house I said, "What do you say?" and Levi looked at the woman and said, "Pwease"...I was expecting "tricky treat" I was secretly glad to know that that is what he thought he should say.

They will enjoy this picture when they are older.

She is the cat's meow :)

A monkey on the inside and the outside.

So to backtrack, in the month of October, we have been tackling the art of potty training. I hate it to be honest. I want to pull my hair out! HOWEVER, I am sticking with it. I have revamped my approach and started with little victories. We are going with pull-ups until he gets the idea of it and then we will transition to the cloth version of pull-ups. Then onto big boy underwear...To all of you that have your opinions on this tactic...remember, I have a newborn and I have to do what I can with her here too. We are trying to be realistic about where we are in life right now. I will keep you posted on our progress. At this time, he is going to the potty successfully when he gets up in the morning and when he gets up from his nap. He is still too busy to stop what he's doing and go to the potty...it is just going to take time. I am willing to take baby steps. This process is teaching me a lot. I am trying to embrace this challenge as it shows me some of my weaknesses. God is molding me even in this! **UPDATE** I wrote this last night, but today I was adding my pictures and getting ready to post when Levi decided to pull his own pull-ups down and go to the potty ALL BY HIMSELF!!! I was SO EXCITED!! Now I know that he is starting to get the connection between the feeling and the pee pee. It was just what I needed today, Thanks God :)

Here is how we passed the time the first weekend we introduced potty training.