Levi at TWO

Levi will be two on Wednesday the 13th.

My little baby boy is not only for sure no longer a baby, but he is going to not the baby in the family. So bitter sweet! He has lit up our world. I love that he and Addilyn can play together now. When he was first born it was challenging to be a full time parent to both Addilyn and Levi. But now they entertain each other and are good friends. I've been dreaming for this stage. Granted it comes with it's own good and bad (like diffusing fights). They truly love each other!

Being the second child, he is a little more (okay, a lot more) advanced developmentally then Addilyn was at his age. Addilyn was too the books on track. But Levi has been talking in phrases for months. He can sing songs with most of the words. His play time and capabilities are ahead in that he knows different games and learns them with Addilyn. Physically he's been jumping forever- which I posted about that when he was closer 18 months. He is not shy when it comes to the playground- he goes right up to the toys and does his thing. He understands many concepts- like sharing. Of course he's not that great at doing it, but because he's got a sister he has to learn to share. Levi knows when he's done something he shouldn't have- like hitting, pushing, or pulling hair. He knows his time out. He can count with you and sometimes when you drop out he keeps going. I'm telling you- this kid is impressive.

He also participates in our co-op preschool when it's at our house. He sits with everyone during lesson, does the craft, and plays with them. Smarty.

Levi is silly. He tries to play games with you. For example, when Scott is putting him down to sleep and he keeps calling "Daddy!" as he's walking out, Scott will turn around and say, "I know what you're doing!" Levi then laughs because he knows he's been caught trying to keep Scott in longer in his room.

His hair. Do I need to say more? Everyone has raved about his hair since it started getting out of the infant/newborn look. It's blond and has curls. It's beautiful. And those eyes- they are the prettiest sky blue. There's no gray or yellows. It's pure blue.

Since he was somewhere between 15-18 months something changed with him. He got HUGE. I mean like gigantor. He was topping the charts at 18 months and for the most part has stayed a big kid. He's not fat looking, of course....but he's just a rock. He's tall and built to last. He's only gained a few pounds more in the last  6 months (because really, he didn't need to gain) but he's gained in his height.

Levi's favorite songs include Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and basically the whole children's songs genre. He loves cars, balls, dinosaurs, dolls, play dough, swords, sprinklers, trains, and playing with water. Levi likes to play dress up with Addilyn and sing on "stage". He loves playing red light/green light. And of course, he loves to play in the dirt and dig around. Scott wouldn't want me to tell you that he copies a lot of what Addilyn does- specifically the girly things like wanting to wear flowers in his hair and dressing in her princess dresses and shoes. But who cares?! He's only 2!

Overall Levi is quite the impressive child. He's gorgeous and smart. He's definitely a lady killer. Sometimes when he acts out like a 2 year old we have to remind ourselves that he is in fact only 2. He just seems so much older with his personality. We love him to DEATH.