Trick or Treating 2012

This was Levi's first trick or treating experience! We didn't take him last year, we just took him to the carnival at the Little Gym.

I was hesitant to buy either one of them a costume since all toddler costumes are too hot for Texas, and you can't see babies costumes because they're always either held or in some cozy seat. However, I know my time is limited to dress them in matching outfits so when Kristie suggested Mickey and Minnie I decided to go for it.

We had put Levi's costume on him a couple of times to practice, each time he immediately said "OFF!"


Chloe felt terrible all night. Luckily she went to sleep on the golf cart and slept through most of it.





All of my nephews were super heroes of some sort. :) Here we are with Kristie and Captain America!


He had wings on his hat, it was ADORABLE!


This is the very first house he went to! I've never seen anything as sweet as those little ears running through the yard! It didn't take him long to get the hang of it!


"I don't know what to do with my hands!" Suprisingly enough, he wore those gloves a long time and he wore the head piece all but about 10 minute at the end!











Kirsten wanted to go trick or treating with the boys too! She goes to our church and is in Braeden's class at school.


Super excited about all their candy!

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Levi's 2nd Birthday Party

We celebrated Levi's 2nd birthday on the 3rd of November. (His Grandma Bates' birthday!) All of the Bates clan was planning on coming, but when Chloe was diagnosed with RSV I thought it would be best that Audrey wasn't anywhere close! :(

Aunt Holly snatched up this sweetie real quick! It's so awesome that she's only ONE HOUR away now!!!!!





All of our family was here to celebrate with him! Our kids are so blessed to have such wonderful grandparents, aunts/uncles, and cousins on both sides and are here to share everything with them!











It was a little windy, if you can't tell from the balloons! But, it was a GORGEOUS day once the wind quit blowing!!!





Wow, I never dreamed I'd be this blessed!! These 3 are my W.O.R.L.D.


He was his usual cautious and serious self when everyone sang to him. We'd practiced blowing out candles a couple of times but he still wasn't too sure about it.


Everyone just hanging out chatting...











Gettin' some berries....still his favorite snack!


The poor guy didn't hardly get ANY presents.....pshhhhhhhhh.





A TEXAS TECH TRICYCLE!!


AND A MICKEY BICYCLE!!


The little guys had fun letting balloons fly away.


The boys played football, we ate pizza afterwards and just had a wonderful time visiting with everyone! Thank you so much to all of you for coming to share this celebration with us! I honestly cannot believe he's already 2!

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Dallas Arboretum

Ok! Blogging is back in business! We opted for an iPad vs. a PC since we have NO room to really have an office. Bare with me while I figure out blogging on our new machine.

I have some catching up to do with pictures from my real camera so here it goes!

A few weeks ago we met Diana and Brielle at the Dallas Arboretum. They have what's called Pumpkin Village this time of year. It is exactly like it sounds and it's AMAZING! They also have a Chihuly exhibit right now. My parents love Chihuly and have seen is work in different place around the U.S.





The minute we got to the Pumpkin Village Levi was off! He's usually pretty timid and stays close, but he was all over the place the minute I got him out of the stroller.

Here he is with his sweet cousin Brielle! He wanted to sit on the hay and take his picture, then he saw a spider on the pumpkin next to him. Haha, I couldn't get a good picture after that!



They had so much fun running through the hay maze!








I've never seen so many pumpkins in all my life!





The smallest member of the group just enjoying a stroll. :)








It was a wonderful morning! We love having them close enough to meet up for play dates!!!

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Happy 2nd Birthday Levi!

As we took Levi trick or treating (post from that coming later,) I couldn't help but think about us passing out candy 2 years ago. I felt a million weeks pregnant and knew Levi would come into the world the next day. Trent and I could never have imagined how much joy he would bring to our lives, we are so thankful God picked us to be his parents! We had a wonderful day going to the Dallas World Aquarium!

After the aquarium we headed to Freebirds for some lunch and then made our way to Denton for Levi's 2 year check up. We also had to get Chloe seen because she was running a fever during the trick or treating excitement the night before. Long story short....she has RSV. I'll spare you from ranting, let's just say we can't catch a break around here!!

Levi's check up was great, he's healthy as a horse and showed off quite a bit for Dr. Ritter!

Here are a few more things he's up to these days....

He takes his little stool everywhere. He thinks he's so big and will pull it up anywhere and get whatever he wants!

He's definitely entered the terrible twos. He throws at least one fit every day. :(

My new favorite word is "K." I guess we say Ok a lot around here because he's repeating it now!

He tells everything bye. "Bye Bar (remember, that's water.)" "bye lake, bye truck...." the list goes on but it sure is sweet!

He likes to jump on his bed now. I know I shouldn't laugh but it's really funny!

He still goes to bed very easily, sleeps all night and wakes up happy! Naps are usually the same. If there's something going on he sometimes throws a little fit, but he's fine once he gets in his bed.

He is loving living here with his cousins!

He'll repeat anything you tell him to, but only about half of it comes out understandable to most people. Of course I can speak jibberish with him because I hear it every day. :)
                                                

I can't believe we are getting ready for his 2nd birthday party!! I love you tons Levi Jack and we look forward to another exciting year with you!

Pneumonia :(

I had to take Levi to the doctor yesterday. Saturday his allergies flared up and he was having trouble breathing again. So we stayed home and did breathing treatments for a couple of days. Evidently there was something else going on. He ran a little fever on Sunday and Monday and sure enough...it's pneumonia. We saw a different doctor because ours wasn't in that day. I was not a fan of his. He was great with Levi, but just kind of weird. His lungs sound like pneumonia but he wasn't really acting like it. He's been pretty happy, but definitely not himself. They sent us home with 10 days of antibiotics so hopefully he's all clear when we take him for his 2 yr check up next week!

Despite the coughing spells (which usually result in puking) he's been keeping us laughing as usual!

Kristie and I decided we needed a girls night out and found the perfect outing!! We went to painting with a twist and had a wonderful, relaxing time! We will most def be back!!!