Levi turned 9 months old last week...
I just can't believe it. It seems like just yesterday he was born.
Now he:
- loves to clap. He will start clapping when anyone else starts clapping -- even if they aren't looking at him...and he'll just start clapping here and there when he feels like it.
- is almost always happy and content. He is so smiley and even giggles at things he thinks is funny.
- likes his baby food and "real" food. He's tried lots of different baby foods-mostly homemade-including apples, pears, bananas, blueberries, prunes, cherries, sweet potatoes, peas, green beans, carrots, squash, rice cereal, oatmeal, oatmeal with fruit, and baby stars. He's also had some table food including: bread, blueberry waffle, rice, banana, kiwi...seems like more, but I'm not sure.
- continues to be a mama's baby especially at night...He usually will sleep in his crib until 2am and then insist to finish the night in mommy and daddy's bed--and gets up at least one (or two) more times to eat.
- crawls like a big boy! He is FAST. He is all over the place and into everything! He using rolling as a way to get places too. He will start sitting up and will make it to his tummy and the roll to his back and then back up to crawling. He's good!
- Stands up to things by himself. If you leave him sitting somewhere, more than likely you will find him standing up on something when you come back. He can stand up by himself for just a second.
- walks behind toys. We have a large dump truck inside that he can push around, and several outside toys that he pushes too.
- loves hands. He could stare at his own hands or someone elses hands for several minutes at a time. He thinks it is hilarious to watch someone open and close their hands...and sometimes he will pull his head into your open hand--silly boy.
- is very noisy! He makes lots of different sounds--his first sound was da da, but now also makes ga, va, ba ah (no ma ma yet :) ). He also makes ooooooooowwwoooooooo sound kind of like singing. He will repeat you if you make this sound. He also likes to use his tongue and lips to make a horse like sound :) ha ha that's the only way I can describe it. He also likes to yell for attention or just because.
and this weekend he sat up in the cart for the very first time at Lowes. He loves to look around and he was so happy when we put him out to see. Until then, he was stuck in his carseat in the big basket part of the cart anywhere we went. (he has, however, been sitting up like this in the stroller for quite some time!)
What a wonderful boy! We are so blessed to have him in our lives!
And boy does he love them. He can already walk in them as if they are "normal" shoes and we've been working on gliding his feet so he is actually skating in them...(we've got a lot of work to do:)). He also likes to put them on then take them off then put them right back on--haha.
Taking a break to play with his trains.
Yesterday my mom said to him, "Isaiah, you are such an athlete." He looked at her and said, "This is another sport,"and kept going. Every day he amazes me with the concepts he understands and the comments he makes. 
brave baby climbing on and up the slide.
Competing already!
sweet Jayda girl.
Isaiah and Jayda were racing each other down the "big" slide and back up to the top again...they had lots and lots of fun and laughs out of that game!
I didn't remember to bring a big blanket for the babies to play on, so instead they got to play at the end of the slide...they sure didn't mind!
At the park in his jammies... :)
Snack time at the park...yummy raisins and water.
"Let's count them."
What a beautiful day!
Levi turned 9 months old last week...
Ripping up the carpet.
Down to the old tile.
Halfway done.
Levi and me helping. :) No really, I did what I could to help--I painted all the trim.
After: 
We LOVE it...It looks really nice! 
We got to look by the river...Isaiah was so intrigued by the water flowing, it made me so nervous...he wanted to get so close...I wouldn't let him look without me holding on to him.
We loved it so much, we decided to go hunting again the next day - Mother's Day. After breakfast in bed (buttered toast with shredded cheese on top-Isaiah's idea) and church, off we went treasure hunting and for a picnic.
Found it!
We found two treasures before it was time to head home for naps. (yes, everyone one of us took a nap!!)
We've only had it a couple days and he has already spent lots and lots of time on it! 
Doesn't he look cute?
Isaiah has also had some big changes these last few weeks...he is really, really starting to be interested in letters and spelling. At least a couple months ago he learned to write the letter "I" which he refers to as "his name" or "down top" (as in down top down, how we taught him to write it). Next he learned to recognize my letter and shortly there after he learned daddy's letter and Levi's letter... He doesn't have the names of the letters down completely, but he is really getting it... if he sees something with an "A" on it he will say, "there's your letter mama" or if he sees words, he will ask, "where's my letter?" if there is no "I" or if he can't find it.
In this picture you will find, K-for my mom Karen, I-for Isaiah (duh), 2 Ms-for Mark and Mervin, my dad, 2 Ls-for Levi and Liahna and A-for Alisha...and a couple cars because we like to make roads and parking lots for them and Isaiah's milk cup...
He did it all by himself!! Way to go Isaiah!!
When I found out Levi was going to be a boy about 20 weeks into my second pregnancy I was really excited, I knew having two boys within two years would be a lot of fun...and I hoped that they would become good friends as they grew up. I thought maybe when they were 2 and 4 they could play and be buddies...I never, ever expected them to be friends at 2 1/2 and 8 months old...but they are...truly they are.
I love my boys...
