Levi's First Temple Trip

This Saturday we had a primary activity and ward temple trip. Patrick and I were busy putting on a play for the primary kids, and then we took Levi to see his first view of the temple. I hope I am a good mom and can teach my kids to be righteous. I hope I can teach my children to love the temple and keep the commandments. This world is so wicked I am scared that my chidren will have a hard time making really good choices.

It's Hard Being a Baby

Today was a typical day. The baby and I got ready, ran some errands, cleaned the house, and made dinner for daddy and went on a walk. I was watching him today and thinking about how helpless he is. It must be hard to trust someone to take care of everything you need. Here is a picture of Levi thinking of how hard it is to be a baby.

My 22nd birthday!!!

Us eating at Biaggi's! Yummy!

So yesterday was my...22nd birthday. I wasn't too excited about it, and didn't really expect it to be spectacular. I was surprised and pleased by the amount of people who wished me happy birthday, and thought that would be the nicest surprise of the day. That's because I underestimated my fabulous husband!! He surprised me by coming home early, let me have a nap, took me out to eat, and had some friends over to help me celebrate. He bought me some beautiful jewlry, and gave me money to get my hair done (finally!), and bought me my deep freezer! It really was a great birthday!



My great new jewelry!!

My great nap!

My grumpy old man!

The exhausted parent picture (taken around 11:00 p.m.)
Here is a picture of my sweet eight pound baby!

My nick name for my son is grumpy old man. You might wonder why I call my sweet bundle of joy this name, so I decided to blog about it. My little guy has these wrinkles on his forehead that you can only really see when he is pitching a fit or grunting. So whenever I feed him or change him, I see those wrinkles and have to laugh!

I also call him Mr.Priss. He is so funny when he is done eating. He pulls his head back and puts his lip together in the prissiest way I have ever seen!


Here is Mr.Priss!

Daddy is the best!

I have a feeling Levi might be a Daddy's boy. After all, Daddy always does the coolest stuff with him. Here is what my wonderful husband did with our little guy today! Could any other newborn be so lucky as to experience a hammock already?

Going to The Park!

Today we didn't go to church because we took Levi in to Ready Care. This is the second time he has been in three weeks. We are worry wart parents.

He had some weird gunk in his eye yesterday, and we were worried. So we called a nurse hotline, and they told us to bring him in. So after we figured out it was a blocked tear duct, we relaxed and went for a walk.

Here are pictures of us going to the park!

FIREWORKS!!!

Our small community does not do 4th of July fireworks. Instead, they wait and combine funds with another small neighboring community and have a celebration called Duk Duk Daze, and they have fireworks on the last day.

Last night was Duk Duk Daze's fireworks display. We decided to take Levi and see what happened. So we bundled him up, got a great spot (one that we could make a quick get away from if needed), and waited. I fed Levi under a sheet while we were waiting, and poor Patrick got some pretty weird looks for talking to a girl under a sheet. When the fireworks started, Levi was quiet as a mouse! No screams, no fussing, just looking. I was more fussy than him, and I kep trying to put my hand against his ears to keep the loud noises from hurting his ears. My baby is so brave!




Here is Patrick getting Levi out so I can feed him under my sheet.






Here is Levi checking out the fireworks in Daddy's arms.







Here is Mommy trying to keep the sounds from hurting Levi's ears