Levi on Ellie's chair

Levi climbed up onto Elora's chair this morning and perched with his motorcycle in cute matchy happiness, so I scurried for the camera.

Every day Levi hands me a guy and a motorcycle and says "Wide a mo-mo pease." Then I perform the intricate task of placing the model's hands around the handle bars and bending its joints to sit down. Levi says thanks, but separates this tedious joining pretty quickly. Then we repeat the process. Sometimes Levi gets very upset if the guy comes off, so one day I rubber-banded the guy to his spot and handed it to Levi saying, "All fixed". He was incensed and kept saying "Boken" as he pulled on the rubber band. Oh well, it was worth a try.

Levi in His Diaper, Viv's Boots, Viv's Coat

When you're this cute, all you have to do is hang out in your diaper and mom runs for the camera.



If you start trying on your sister's pink boots, mom will probably clear her schedule and make it a day-long photo shoot.


Levi's Triumph!






Later that day, Levi gets the urge to go outside. Too bad his mom hasn't put any clothes on him! She's too busy taking pictures, I guess.

"I've seen kids open this door--look! No problem!"





Now Levi weighs his options: continue with mission in extreme discomfort or abort and warm up.

Levi has spent his night working out the kinks in his plan--he'll recruit someone not holding a camera to assist him with essential gear.



Mission Accomplished!

Levi's First Birthday

On Levi's birthday his sisters fawned over him, starting with lollipops

and on to ice cream and cake.

It's a wonderful life!

Vivian and Levi Around the House

The Fun Forest

On Wednesdays there's a play date for Vivian and Levi in the mall at the "Fun Forest". Levi has recently graduated from climbing around my legs while I chat with friends to exploring in the woods. His most eager pursuit is the tunnel. He likes to crawl through at turbo speed and then look back and see if mom or Viv has followed him.

Here's Levi giving the sick snake some feel-better pats. The play area is sponsored by Saint Bernard's hospital, so some of the animals are portrayed with some kind of ailment (notice the thermometer in the snake's mouth). I think if I were surrounded by a snake that size I'd feel a lot better if it were very, very sick, in spite of its wide, shiny smile.

This time Vivian is in hot pursuit with a horsey gallop so vigorous I worry that she'll wear out both her knees and the carpet. Levi senses that the game is afoot.

I don't know for sure if Levi is kissing Viv's feet, but I do know that Viv is sitting on a very pink armadillo.

And now jumping.

The toys are kind of soft and sticky, so they're fun to climb in bare feet.

Levi's Fashion Expressions

Everyone's impressed that Levi's crawling and cruising already. That's our man-cub! At his last check up he weighed 17 pounds and is now in the 50th percentile for height and weight. He was in the 70th when he was born, so maybe he's just trying to fit in better in our family of liliputians. The pediatrician proclaimed him active and healthy with short, fat feet. Sorry, Levi, that would be my fault. But we did do a good job of making you cutalicious!

After I drop the big girls off at school each day Viv and Levi and me go home and snuggle on the floor for a while. This morning while we were playing Viv said "I love being in this family". It was a great Valentine's gift for me.

Levi in Motion