Levi turned 2

We've got a big boy in this house. Levi is now officially two and runs around like he owns the house!

His stats:

Ht: 2' 8"

Wt: 25.8 lbs

He is developing so well. He can communicate anything he wants and is starting to say 3 word sentences.

He is my big helper around the house and especially loves to mop and wash windows. He is also a great helper with Malachi. He loves to help me bathe Malachi, mainly to just splash in the water. 

Levi likes to build towers just to knock them down (what boy doesn't). It was really hard for him to leave this water bottle tower alone long enough to take a picture. He also loves to roll around in piles of things, like clean or dirty clothes, water bottles, diapers, basically anything he can put in a pile and hop on.

Such a handsome boy.

He got a basketball hoop for his birthday, which he loves. He did not like it at first and just kept shaking his head no and saying "no". But in no time it is all he plays with now.

He loves to have someone to play with, but he must always have this ball! He gets extremely frustrated when he misses the hoop. He screams and cries and sometimes pushes his hoop over. We're working on anger management at this house. He also gets upset any time a prayer is said. Not sure how that one started, but he moans and whines every time.

 Here's the birthday boy cheesing it for the camera.

Levi has perfected his bike riding skills. He zooms all about and loves to ride it up and down the entire street. He also loves to zip down the driveway way too fast for my comfort. I cringe every time he goes down. He needs a helmet just for my comfort.

Perfect modeling pose :)

The very first thing Levi asks to do every morning before he's even out of his crib is to lay next to Malachi. They have such good brotherly love. Levi was meant to be a big brother. He is so sweet and kind to Malachi. He will give Malachi kisses and hugs all day long.

Levi likes to have Malachi sit in the rocker and watch him shoot hoops. He'll push Malachi around in the rocker until he's in the perfect viewing position.

Malachi kicks his legs and moves his arms when he's laying flat and sometimes he hits Levi. Levi will let me know that Malachi hit or kicked him, but Levi never seems to mind, he's more amused by it. In this pic Levi put his leg over Malachi to stop him from kicking.

Levi is quite the artist. He will wear down an entire piece of chalk in one go!! He must be into purple and pink because those are the colors he always chooses. His favorite animal is a fish. When I ask him what I should draw, the answer is always fish, nemo or dory. 

He's also really been into nursery rhymes lately. His favorite is The Wheels on the Bus. As I sing the ABC's he will repeat each letter after me. When we get to the letter U he always says Levi for it. Or as he says his name -vi, as in violin.

He is also finding a bit more independence lately. He can now open the fridge and helps himself to anything in there. There has been multiple times when I'm feeding Malachi  and Levi will drag an entire gallon of milk to me, and then go fetch his cup. He can also turn door knobs and go into most rooms when the door is shut.

He's also caused some mischief. He's been really into ripping books lately. He loves to read books, but I've had to take half his books away so they don't end up shredded. He has also taken his diaper off and peed on the floor and in bed. He knows when he needs to go, I just haven't had the time to potty train him yet.

Levi is an awesome storyteller. He has a great memory and repeat the same story of events for weeks. 

Levi also loves Adrian to sing to him as he goes to bed. His most requested song is Old McDonald and the most frequent animal on the farm is a hissing bat.

Levi has grown and matured so much. He is such a joy to have in our family and we experience so much love and joy through him. We love being his parents :)