The Family Stone: February 2008

Friday, February 22, 2008

Valentine's Day

Levi's Daycare class had a cute Valentine's party. He just looks so adorable in his little crown. We also taught Levi that a heart means "I Love You" and now we say it to each other every night before bed.

Another triumphant leap into Big Boydom

We had been preparing Levi for quite awhile that when he turned 2 we were going to say "bye bye" to his beloved mimis (aka pacifiers). However; we got so tired of the rash around his lips caused by the darn things, that Mike and I decided to just do it now. So we had a big "celebration" with Levi and boxed up all his mimis; wrapped up the box and addressed it to Santa. In exchange, and because he was so proud of him being a big boy, Santa had a nice little gift for Levi - a cool new matchbox car. Mike and I thought we would have a HUGE battle for several weeks over the issue. Levi went to bed that evening without ANY fuss and has now been successfully mimi-free for 9 straight nights!!! There have only been a few instances where he has asked for them and we just remind him that "Santa has them now". We are just unbelievably proud of our boy and how he has handled this major transition. He continues to amaze us. This picture also captures his own pride beautifully.

Friday, February 08, 2008

Multi-word phrases!

Levi can officially string 2 words together!
Today, he and mommy had to wait to go to a play date until CJ woke up from his nap. Levi was getting anxious, so we were again explaining that he had to wait until... and at that point Levi finished the thought with "CJ up!" (of course it sounded a little more like "see-say up!")
Today he also said "blue ball" and "milk please", but we are counting "CJ up!" as his first real sentence!