The last of summer

Having two kids definitely keeps me busy. I can't believe summer is gone.

We've settled into a new routine around here. It seems all our time is taken by meals, naps and walks. Malachi naps 3 times a day and Levi still takes one long nap in the middle of the day. We try to get out of the house in the morning and evening and that is usually going for walks. We have a park really close to our house and that is usually where we end up. 

We have a neighbor who has a boy Levi's age and we get together with them frequently and I'm even going to start babysitting him a few hours a week while his mom goes to school. We also get together with some friends I had before we moved who have kids around Levi's age. Levi does not like to play with other kids. He goes off by himself and will even shut himself in his room so he can be alone. We're working on his social skills. I've noticed other kids are more aggressive and they frequently take toys right out his hands (exactly what he does to Malachi). He doesn't ever fight to get his toy back, he just gets sad like is feelings got hurt :(

Levi has a decent appetite. He's pretty picky and will not any vegetables. He is getting better at eating meat.

Malachi rolls around both ways and scoots short distances. He sat up at 5 months. He is such a happy babe. He only fusses when he's tired or hungry. I stopped feeding  him at night around five months when I started him on solids. He is entertained by watching Levi most of the time.

My days are spent entirely taking care of the kids and the house chores. I was able to get their halloween costumes made while I visited family. Every day is much the same, but I love seeing my kiddos grow and wouldn't change it for anything. I do work about every weekend, usually just one day a week. I do enjoy that and really miss the kids while I'm gone. Adrian watches the kids while I work and he is doing a great job. He's learned that the better days are the busy ones when he can get out and about.

Adrian is doing so well in rotations. Every doctor he's with tells him he is the best student they've ever had and that he totally exceeded their expectations. Adrian goes in and is aggressive to learn. He is learning so much and is starting to get a feel of areas he may want to work and some he definitely would not work.

Here's the end of our summer in pictures:

This is how Levi eats raisin bran, dumps the whole bag out and picks out and eats the raisins and throws away the bran flakes. 

He's wanting to be more and more independent.  He likes to butter and jelly his own bread.

Like father, like son. Levi walked into the room and laid down and copied Adrian.

Malachi's first time eating solids. He loves food. He'll eat anything.

Levi was seriously in the backyard pool at least once a day. Any time I would open the back door he would strip naked and hop in. Even if he escaped through the garage he would run into the backyard and get in the pool. Malachi loved the pool just as much. 

This kid loves to help me cook.

They are best buds. You can definitely tell they love each other. Levi loves to wrestle Malachi by laying on him and rolling around while holding him. It makes Malachi laugh and smile. We are still working on teaching Levi to share his toys. Levi just does not want Malachi to play with his toys, he will take a toy out of Malachi's hands and throw it down the stairs just so Malachi cannot play with it. 

Levi loves to drive the car. He likes to sit in the drivers seat and pretend he's driving. He likes even more to sit on Adrian's lap and help drive. Adrian lets him sit on his lap and drive the couple blocks home from church every week. 

Malachi is so aware and into everything. He grabs at everything as I walk by and never holds still.  He's already had his first haircut to help tame down the bird hair!

He sat up at five months. 

He's such a smiley kid, but I can never catch it on camera!