Levi is TEN months old

Seriously cue the depression. My baby boy is 10 months old. I just want to cry. How did we get here so fast? 10 months just seems so old to me. I mean he is developing new skills every day. Gone are our days of just eating, snuggling and napping together and it makes me so sad to know I'll never be there again. 

But as with every other month Levi has just been such a dream! Each month with him gets sweeter and sweeter and this month was no different. He seems to get bigger every day and in a way mature with the new things he learns. 

We had such a fun month with our first family vacation. Family vacations are always a good time but with Levi being such a good natured baby it made it even more fun and it didn't feel like we were being held back by having a baby around. He would nap wherever and only once or twice did Adam or I have to stay back so he could rest. --now the sickness that was that vacation was a whole other story. 

Here are a few of his milestones this month

• We are officially crawling EVERYWHERE. No more army crawl for this little man. We are full fledged crawling.
• He doesn't love crawling on concrete. He does this really cute get up on all 4s and then rotates to where his hands were and sits, then sort of moves that way. 
• At home on the carpet or our "hardwood" he crawls everywhere with no issues
• He has 4 teeth now he has gotten his top two too
• He is still breastfeeding really well typically 5-6 times a day
• He did bite the crap out of me and caused me to bleed and even sliced one of my nipples so that wasn't super fun. He has always been more a "biter" when he was done nursing but now that he has teeth it HURTS! so we are working on how to be done with nursing without biting down
• When I tell him "Ouch" he gets really sad and upset and starts crying and I have to really work at soothing him. I think it hurts his feelings. It's actually quite sweet and cute. 
• We are doing better at offering him more and more table foods and vacation was really nice bc Stace is really good at that and he would try almost everything Nolan did. His favorites were black beans and some Mahi Mahi. 
• He still babbles a lot and has the cutest little voice ever. 
• I think he might have actually said dad first. 😩
• He is becoming a thumb sucker!! UGHHHH
• He has done it a few times in the past but I just thought it was maybe a fluke thing but nope this month I have caught him doing it several times....ughhhh....though it is pretty freaking cute!
• He doesn't and hasn't for quite a while liked the pacifier. he will not take it from me but will take the paci from my mom. Lets face it, if its me he wants the boob. But mom can get him to take the paci for a nap. 
• but the kid can have 3 paci's in his crib and will use his thumb. WTF! 
• I honestly don't really care I just think about when it comes to trying to get rid of them, its easier to get rid of a paci than a thumb. But we will see. Hopefully it will be short lived. 
• This kid continues to have the cutest darn smile there ever was, All you have to do is say his name and he will give you this big grin that just MELTS YOU!
• He is still an amazing sleeper falling right in line with Landon. He sleeps 12 ish hours at night typically going down around 8:30. I do wake him up at 6:30 with the big kids and feed him and then he goes back to sleep until I wake him around 8:30 to take Lynlie to school or closer to 9 am. 
• He still takes 2 naps a day
• one in the morning thats about an hour 
• one in the afternoon that if possible is closer to 2 hours. Sometimes that nap is restricted to his carseat due to carpools but I try my best to give him an every other day gets a good nap in
• He enjoys playing quietly by himself. He is so quiet in fact that you often forget he is there. 
• He is inquisitive to what things are and what they do, he is always watching and observing whats going on--actually reminds me a lot of Lincoln. 
• He loves to be loved. There is nothing that gets him more excited than hearing his name by one of us. He just smiles the biggest smile ever and I don't know how to really describe it but you can tell he just loves how much his siblings (and Adam and I of course) love him. It just makes him so happy to be around his siblings and family. 

Levi really is just such a good baby. He is just an absolute joy and I can't imagine a better kiddo!

Here are our Monthly Pictures

THIS FACE

Mom stop making me take pictures

all better and cuter than ever

Here are our weekly pictures....

Forty Weeks 3.16.22

Forty Weeks 3.16.22

Forty-one Weeks 3.23.22

Forty-one Weeks 3.23.22

Forty-two Weeks 3.30.22

Forty-two Weeks 3.30.22

Forty-three Weeks 4.6.22

Forty-three Weeks 4.6.22

Levi just seriously is the absolute best. I can not get enough of his sweetness. His personality is just absolutely divine. He is so yummy I could just kiss his sweet cheeks all day! He is so laid back and we just love him so much. He is a true blessing to this family that we could not be more grateful for!!! Time slow down so we can enjoy this sweet boy!!!

Levi is NINE months old

 Our last month in the single digits. WHAT THE HECK!!! Where is time going??? It can't possibly be that my baby...my very last baby...is in his last month of single digits. I don't know why this seems like such a milestone to me but it does. I remember with Lynlie absolutely dreading the 10 month. I don't know why...I think it has to do with the fact that they are never a single digit month ever ever ever again in their life. It just feels so finite and old. 

This kid is just growing way faster than I'd like. I'd say he is growing like a weed but that's honestly simply not true. He is still a pip squeak. He is TINY, well TINY for a Chafin Term baby. I alway thought Lola was tiny because of her prematurity but he seems to be following suit with her, (obviously not as small). I will be so sad if he is so much smaller than his older brothers. I know its stupid and very much probably a gender stereotype but men should just be bigger, taller and all that than women so I hope for his sake he is at least 6 feet someday. 

As always this month was just a pure joy of having our sweet boy. He truly just makes every day better. Getting to watch him interact with his siblings and learn new things is just such a blessing. 

Here are a few of our monthly milestones:

• He is so close to crawling!
• He army crawls everywhere 
• He is starting to get up on all 4s and rock back and forth, It feels like he will be crawling so very soon
• He popped his first 2 teeth on the bottom the day before he turned 9 months
• I always get so sad when they get teeth, I just love the gummy smiles
• He started this really cute thing with his tongue. he keeps sticking it out and rolling it over those new teeth and its so cute. 
• He is a champ sleeper still, sleeping about 12-14 hours at night
• He wakes up between 6 and 7 for a feeding and on the week days if he doesn't wake up on his own I will usually wake him up so I can go back to sleep for an hour or so. 
• I usually have to wake him to take Lynlie to school or dance. 
• He takes 2 or so naps a day,
• his morning nap is usually shorter than his afternoon nap
• He is in size 6-9 month clothes
• He is in size 3 diapers
• He is trying more and more table foods 
• our favorites are sweet potatoes and veggie straws
• I really need to do better about giving him good foods and not processed crap
• He really only has solids once a day or so. Nothing super regular or anything but he's also not super excited about them or interested. He is getting there but he is still very content just breastfeeding
  
• He still breastfeeds 5-6 times a day
• He still loves to smile. It's probably one of my most favorite things about him, Every time you say his name he smiles. 
• He love to giggle
• he has a few super ticklish spots, his inner thighs and his neck. 
• He loves to be loved and adored
• and he also adores his siblings, but he just lights up when they are around. He's a pretty happy baby but he just loves to watch them and be in the thick of whatever it is they are doing. 
• He does not enjoy the jumperoo, I'm about to give up on it. Sorta makes me sad bc all the other kids just loved it but he just was not a fan. And I wish I could just put him in it and he could be safe for a little bit but oh well
• He still loves the sit me up chair, which is what I put him in a lot still for when I'm trying to cook dinner or help with homework
• We are definitely at the point where EVERYTHING goes into his mouth and I really have to watch what the bigs have gotten out for fear that he may put something in his mouth that he shouldn't. 
• I would say this is the hardest part of having a big gap in your kids. The bigs toys are just not compatible with babies a lot of time. 
• He is pretty good with being in the water. 
• we don't do a lot of baths because its just easier to bring him into the shower with us but he does really good with it. Which is like the 3 oldest were. Lynlie has always hated water on her head...whether that be in the bath, shower or pool. So I'm hopeful he will like the pool when we go this month to FL. 
• He is still a great little babbler. Nothing distinctive yet. But he has said mama and dada. 
• The kids like to say that he said dada first but I'm not sure I want to count it. but I guess I did for the others...so looks like Adam got 2 and I got 3 as their first words

Here is our Monthly Photoshoot

here are our weekly photos! 

Thirty-six weeks 2.16.22

Thirty-six weeks 2.16.22

Thirty-seven weeks 2.23.22

Thirty-seven weeks 2.23.22

thirty-eight weeks 3.2.22

thirty-eight weeks 3.2.22

thirty-nine weeks 3.9.22

thirty-nine weeks 3.9.22

Levi is truly just a dream come true. He is such a good baby and we are so very lucky to have him. He completes our family and is just the perfect end piece to our puzzle.