Levi loves his "Mama" and "Daddy"

"Who put this drool on my face?" It's another week at the Jones Flat and guess what, we were busy once again. First off, Jenny's aunt Dru was in town on business and we got to enjoy two fun evenings with her. Levi was very excited about his new stuffed animal.

Oh, and he is SOOOO close to crawling... probably sometime this month. Jenny is savoring her last moments of Levi's lack of mobility.

And he's a chip off the old block, he loves electronics.

"Someone get that cell phone away from Levi!"

Carli and Steve made a trip down this weekend, too. They made their way over to IKEA with Levi and Jenny while I was working on Friday. The girls decided to try some hats on Levi...

It was a good week with family and friends. Levi is developing so fast and has become quite the little talker, except when he's chewing on the closest item he can find.

And by the way... he said, "Dada!"


Here's a video of what we could get Levi to say with the cameras rolling. I'll admit his "Mama," is quite often more of a "baba," and he doesn't make the association with what he's saying. But as parents it is uber-exciting! Hopefully, he'll be quoting football facts like his dad in no time!




Thanks again to all those that are following the blog and spending some time keeping up with our life. I'll leave you with the following message... " You're loved! God loves you!" For some reason I feel like there's some of you out there that just need to hear that. Have a great week everyone and God bless!

"Levi, who's that lady over there?"

Nothing like a good nap in a huge pile of blankets to make one's day. Levi is growing like a weed... a super intelligent, sophisticated weed who is awesome! This week was another relaxing one spent at home. No out-of-state, make that no-out-of Chicago, travel. Lots of family time and Levi laughs. This week included borderline crawling, Cheerios,
and the highly sought-after first word...

"Mama!"

(Although I'm not entirely convinced he knows who he's referring to, there was more than one occasion this weekend that he made the proper reference!)

"Too many Mama kisses!"


You can see his new bottom "toofers" in the next picture



Followed by more good times with Mama; I think we were watching Shaun White tear it up in the halfpipe... Double McTwist 1260... seriously!?

He loves his Daddy too!

And his blankie and baba that he rarely gets to enjoy

(we're so strict...)

New high chair! He's still a little small for it.

As much as it was nice to just be at home with no plans, we had a very pleasant visit from Jenny's parents this weekend, as well as a fun night with Cyrus (who just turned 1)! My favorite part of Saturday night, besides time with the little boys, was Cyrus' dad's comment as he was leaving with his wife for their belated Valetine's Day date night, "It's date night, I get to do all kinds of fun stuff," which came after he picked his wife up and carried her to the car from our front step to avoid the snow.

Here's Levi thoroughly enjoying his Papa Tiggy

And his baby buddy Cyrus

"Hello friend!"

"I'll catch up to you some day, Cyrus!"
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And now we'll bid you "Adieu" with a little (actually, somewhat involved) video of our Cheerio Potty Pants who is, strangely enough, eating his namesake.

Have a wonderful week, everyone! And if any of you run into my best friend Chris (the SOUTH KOREAN) this week, push him twice...once for me and once for Apollo Ohno! ;)