Thanksgiving part 3 - Beach Fun

I always love going to the beach. Levi thoroughly enjoyed his time as well.

There was much splashing and digging done by Levi.

He even waded around in the water with Andrew and did a little rock climbing.

It was all fun and games until.......

Thanksgiving Part 2

Levi has become a little ham. He does things to make others laugh. He often will stick something in his mouth that doesn't belong there and let it hang out and then turns to look at us and laughs while his eyes twinkle. He also looks so cute playing in this hat, I just had to post it.

Levi & Grandma looking very cute and Christmasy.While at Grandma & Grandpa's house, Levi began to climb in earnest due to the curiosity he had concerning things on tables. He wanted to touch the answering machine buttons in this photo. We heard the phrase, "No new messages" over and over again. He thought that was pretty awesome.

He also enjoyed the camel bells. I remembering loving these as a child too. He was stretching on his tip toes to touch them.

This picture is precious.

He really enjoyed "piano time" with Grandma & Grandpa.

Levi also took up walking in earnest. (Until he bumped his head really hard.)

Here we are enjoying Craig Park.Grandma & Levi face off against one-eyed duck.Duck watching.Beach and zoo pictures to come.

Thanksgiving Fun

We loved being able to celebrate Thanksgiving with the Brea Balsleys this year. We left California bummed about not getting a family photo this year but then I realized I took this photo and it is a family photo! Even Aunt Bea made it in!

This is my brother Stephen and his fiancee, Meagan. We are excited you are joining the family, Meagan! (This photo was taken right before my camera and dad's tripod went through the glass cabinet...)Levi's 1st pumpkin pie. He liked it!Uncle Stephen playing puppets for Levi.Thanks to Stephen, I got to play with a Red camera. These babies are the type that are shooting the new Hobbit movie right now.More to come!

14 Months!

Levi is growing up SO fast! This year, instead of the giraffe (pictured in his lap), I thought I would use this stuffed centipede thing. I was planning on having the giraffe one last time for comparison but Levi was too busy playing with it. :) He looks like such a toddler now. Here is Levi's mouth of teeth. The 4 molars that have come thru are HUGE! He had 12 teeth thru at this point.I also wanted to share this little artistic # from Levi. Every day Levi seeks out his doodle toy and doodles for awhile. I stumbled up this the other day: I thought it was perfect for the holiday season. :) It kinda looks like a Christmas tree. Also, he can walk if he wants to, but mostly doesn't want to.... We have had him walk 5 steps at least on his own but most of the time he is lunging after Lucy or lunging for the balls on the Christmas tree. Hah.

1st Snow of the Season - 2011

We got our 1st snow storm of the season today. This is almost a month later than last year and a month and a half later than 2 years ago! It was later than in past years but also heavier. Here is a picture from our window.

This was Levi's 1st time bundled up in a puffy coat. We decided to walk the few blocks to our friends house to help celebrate their son's 1st birthday.Here is the birthday boy with so much more hair than Levi!Here are their two kids and Levi playing together. So cute.

Here is the birthday card I made for him.

Levi & Lucy Love

Lately, Levi has felt the need to show Lucy extra affection. This is better than before, where he would just smack her. I say, "Be gentle, Levi!" and he hugs her. Lucy isn't the biggest fan of the hug but she puts up with it most days.

I thought this was too precious not to post:

And more fun in the bath:I liked his little feet on either side, showing.

Halloween 2011

Andrew suggested we pass out candy again this year as church kids like to come over. Levi got to help daddy this year. They both dressed up for the occasion. Levi raided the candy bowl a few times... :)
He got used to the door bell ringing and he started watching for kids. Here Levi is looking at Grandma , Grandpa, Meagan, Uncle Stephen and Aunt Bea. We are learning faces and names. He points when I say a name. We are preparing for Thanksgiving!
Levi is working on his 1st chore. :) I was vacuuming and he showed interest so I let him take a turn. Andrew was awesome helping me harvest and clean all the carrots that were left in our garden.
And here is a photo of some of the tomatoes we harvested before the freezes came. I liked the stages of ripeness. We had a huge mixing bowl of green tomatoes and ALL of them ripened on the counter. We didn't have to loose our crop.