levi: you, little man, are growing so fast. i have held you and loved you and taken care of you from your first day in this world, and i will always do so. yet, i know the days are fast approaching when you're not going to want me. why are the baby years so short? i love the way you grab my shirt or my hair with SUCH fierceness. it's impressive, really. everyone comments on your grip. i love your smiles and laughs-you're definitely a morning person :) i love how you grab your toes and eat all of your fingers.
you move around all the time now! we put you on a blanket and you've done a complete rotation by the time we glance back at you. or when i go to get you in the crib and your head is wedged in a corner. you've started rolling over in your crib which terrifies me. i like that you don't wake up when cory gets ready for work now that you're in your own room, but i miss having you near to hear your breathing.
we tried feeding you rice cereal after your four month appointment and you don't really like it. however, apples, pears and sweet potatoes all meet your approval! i wanted to make homemade baby food, but when you're at the grocery store and you have a cheap blender at home, the little jars are just oh so convenient. maybe in a few weeks! i feel bad that you have to have a blind mom feeding you. you don't like sitting in your bumbo being fed, so i sit you in my lap, cross-legged on the kitchen floor and put one hand by your mouth and then spoon the food in. it's a mess for both of us but hey, we've got nothing else to do or no where to go, so we might as well enjoy it!
after our trip, you completely stopped letting me (loosely) swaddle you and rock you in my arms. the last two days, you've let me cradle you and walk you to sleep, so thank you for that. i'm not ready to give up my little baby yet. we love your talking, your many noises, your smiles.
cory: it's been a crazy few months with all the visitors and trips, and yet you had your best month sales-wise and are carrying your region. i'm glad you have integrity and really adapt the job to fit you and your personal standards versus just trying to sell hearing aids to everyone. it's almost been six months and the results are really showing, with the growing number of patients and referrals.
today, you caught a baby bird from the christmas wreath nest on your office door as it hopped around your office. you wore gloves cause you wanted the mama bird not to reject him. you made me oatmeal with way more brown sugar than i usually put on it because i'm sick.
i feel like we've been up and down lately-you and me, and i think it's because we don't get to spend as much time as we are used to together. i say i miss you a lot and that makes me sad...i'm only 24 and we've got many years of employment ahead of us. oh, why couldn't we have been trust-fund babies?! i know you're just trying to get up to the next level in your company and i'm proud of you. you still have brought me flowers two times in the last few weeks. you rented a mustang when i said i wanted to drive around tennessee. you drove around for twenty minutes looking for a parking spot when i really wanted to go to the mexican popsicle shop. you've done the dishes like three times this month which is a record-i know you think you do them more often but...you're crazy. i love watching you with levi at this stage. i feel like you and levi really bonded over general conference weekend. i also feel like you're already the fun parent and that's totally not cool.
i love how amazing you are at making and keeping friends. you're turning 27 this year and yet you had SO many people travel to see you the weekend we were in california. people love you because you genuinely care about them and show it on a consistent basis. i admire so much about you and there are so many days i am at home with levi and can't believe how lucky i am to be living my life.
-i'm sorry we didn't get to use your awesome priceline deal for our rental car due to the weather
-i like how you thought getting snoic and redbox would be spontaneous
-you look for the family bathrooms at airports for me cause you know i like those better and always change levi in public places so i don't have to-thank you
-you make me carry your DUMB chipotle tabasco with me whenever we go to restaurants now. and you add it to half the dinners i cook that are already perfectly seasoned, and yet somehow adding tabasco adds a whole new flavor "the pork is sweet and then you get this smoky kick at the end"...okayyy dude.
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