March was a BIG month for us.

We were so busy that my one update last month was just a little video. So, here is the month of March in one post. I start this post with a picture of Levi with some overdone Botox...we had it removed and he looks normal now, don't worry. This picture is taken at Aunt Kasie and Uncle Aaron's house. He was spending some time with his cousins, Natalie and Lilly.




Then we move on to another event for the month. My grandmother, Levi's Great-Grandmother came to visit for a weekend. It was sort of a last minute thing and we were pleasantly surprised.






Then we went on vacation to visit some family and friends in North Carolina and Tennessee. Levi was a model traveler with the exception of getting car sick in the mountains. (Poor guy). Thankfully, he slept through the rest of the mountains so it only happened once. He was entertaining (to say the least) when he was awake in the car, and we are thankful for his good-nature-attitude.




We also allowed for some monkey business when we could.



When we arrived to North Carolina, Drew (Levi's cousin) and Levi became instant friends.



They shared toys (better than expected).


Which included Lucy (their dog).



Then Drew showed Levi his "turf".




And how to swing like a big boy.




He caught on right away.




We had a wonderful time with Melissa and Quentin (Matthew's sister and her hubby). We had great food, conversation, and weather. The only time it rained was at night. We felt very blessed to get that time with them and wished that it could have been longer. After leaving North Carolina, we headed to Knoxville, TN to visit a friend of Matthew's from chiropractic college. Rasmus and his wife Tiffany were gracious enough to put up with us for a couple of days. We just hung out with them and caught up since it had been about a year since we had seen them. They again had great meals for us. We also played Monopoly the World edition. It is much faster and more fun than the original. We actually finished in less than two hours. I recommend giving that version a try. Plus everything is in the millions so since Matt won, I am now married to a millionaire!!

After spending our Saturday and Sunday morning with Rasmus and Tiffany, we headed another hour west to Crossville, TN where Rasmus' parents live. We had another delicious dinner with them. We felt like we were being treated like royalty with all the wonderful meals we had on this trip! (And as a prego you can imagine my delight to have such wonderful food and I didn't have to prepare any of it!) Levi took a liking to Rasmus' mom and their telephone.


The weekend after we got back to Indiana, our cousins from Chicago came down for a visit. We had loads of fun with them (as we always do), and Levi got a chance to really run around with them. However, he didn't neglect his cousin whom he sees most frequently.


We actually got the kids to pause long enough to get a photo of them...no small task!



In addition to having family in town, Matthew had friends from AU having a get together as well. So on Sunday we had a dinner with all of the guys and their families (the ones that could make it anyway). This is the first group picture that has been taken with the kidos and everything.



So that was the month of March...I know you are tired from just reading it. Well I would be lying if I said I weren't exhausted at the end of all those activities, but they were more enjoyable than they were tireing.

April....16 months for Levi and 16
weeks for the Little One.

Yep, I can only say that for one week. I have a 16-month old and I am 16 weeks pregnant with my second. I feel like it is going fast and yet slow at the same time. I appreciate the latter more, because I am trying to enjoy these last six months or so that it will be just me and Levi. Motherhood is going to change so much when I have more than one child. I know it will take time to get my footing again, but I just don't want to think about any of that right now. Levi and I are having so much fun together. He has started talking so much that we actually communicate quite well these days. We have more of a routine set now (it only took about 3 months) since I have started working part time, I have felt like I was out of sorts and it has taken me this long to get a sense of balance. Anyway, enough about that stuff. I have a cute picture and video to share with you. Apparently Levi is a "Sauce Man". He will now eat raw veggies...as long as the have Italian dressing on them. It is humorous. However, the down side to this new taste is that it is messy (he only feeds himself these days) and it stinks (both going in and coming out), but the up side is that he is eating raw veggies. One of his favorites is red onion...I know, he is a bit odd.






Okay, so here is what happened today. He was getting a bit fussy and it was already 12 o'clock noon. (He is down to one nap a day). I thought he could use some lunch before his nap. However, he felt differently he thought he need some lunch during his nap. He has never done this before, and he faught it for a while, but he finally gave in and fell asleep. I actually watched him struggle and loose the battle in a matter of 3 minutes. It was priceless!