The Family Stone

Saturday, March 08, 2008

A few snapshots!

The boys.

Like we did with Levi, we have started saying to CJ "I think you've reached the apex of your cuteness!"

CJ and his favorite non-human. (CJ does seem really drawn to Bailey, watching him walk around and stroking his fur, and only rarely doing the "clutch and yank"; Bailey stays quite patient with it all.)

Levi had an awesome 2nd birthday party with many good friends! We didn't get a lot of photos that turned out well, but this photo captures a nice moment where Dan C helps draw Levi out of a shy moment and draws a horde of kids like the Pied Piper --- clockwise, starting at the top: Levi, Dan, Ava, Gib, Lulu, and Cooper.

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!

Movie time!! Catching up on new and old ones...

Hoops!!
Levi drains some 3-pointers

Watching "IU" play "hoops"

Levi keeps practicing long after everyone else has left the gym...

CJ chatting

CJ tummy time, refusing to obey orders

Kitty anatomy #1 ("meow", ???, "ear", "hi", "please")

Kitty anatomy #2 ("paw", "tail", "meow")

A really old one from x-mas eve. (The "blowing a kiss" motion is sign language for "thank you".)

Levi helps make pizza

Monday, January 28, 2008

Bros

Levi's first haircut

We (well, mostly Jen) got sick of looking at the rattail Levi was sporting, so Mike gave him his first haircut. Levi was very proud of his new look.

Important conference call

CJ - 4 month checkup

CJ had his 4 month checkup with Dr. Perry last week and received another clean bill of health! Here's his latest stats:
Weight - 13 lbs. 15 oz. - 30%
Height - 25.75" - 80%
Head - 16 3/8" - 30%

Of course, as I write this, CJ has been battling a respiratory infection for the past 4 days (brought home by big brother, Levi, of course) He had a quick appt. with Dr. Perry this morning and the ear infection diagnosed on Friday has already almost entirely cleared up on its own (we chose to hold off on antibiotics and we're now glad we did!) He still has a little cough and congestion, but is definitely on the upswing.
Unfortunately Levi's illness 2 weeks ago caused us to cancel our trip to visit the cousins in Kansas, and CJ's recent illness caused Jen to miss her ultimate frisbee tournament last weekend in Arizona. It's been a bummer couple of weeks and we're feeling a little crazy being cooped up in the house with sick children! UGGHHH!
We are patiently awaiting this cold/winter season to pass us by and hopefully by April the weather will be consistently nicer and the kids will be consistently healthy.