As I was reading last year's update I thought at first that not much has changed for Dylan in his 8th year of life compared to his 7th. He is still really much into baseball - he played Single A in the spring and is just finishing up his first fall ball season in Single A. Dylan is still playing piano and doing very well at it but still not liking that much. And he is still very much into his Wii, especially Skylanders. But then I got to the part in last year's update about Dylan learning to read and the books he had gone through that summer before he turned 7, and that's when I realized how much he has grown over the past year - in his reading. Dylan is now downing chapter books and wanting to read in his bed at night by himself. He now listening attentively to Martin reading him Harry Potter. He amazes us at the big words he can read, particularly when we ask him to read a bible passage and he doesn't even hesitate on words like "righteousness" or "reconciliation."
Second grade has been a bit of an adjustment in that, at least at our school, I think the teachers expect much more from the kids compared to first grade. He has homework every night and spelling words and he's expected to actually do things that he didn't already know how to do. It's been good for him though.
The fish that Dylan got for his birthday last year unfortunately didn't make it to this birthday. Dylan Jr. didn't last very long, but he wasn't very strong to begin with. Delta made it 11 months but Mommy didn't get to cleaning his tank very much since Levi was born so....
Dylan has been a great big brother to Levi. He is helpful in entertaining Levi while I brush my teeth or some other thing I used to take for granted when there wasn't a baby that needed to be held. He loves to hold Levi and we have to remind him that he's not allowed to carry Levi around the house as much as Dylan would like to.
I guess I hadn't realized this earlier but after reading his last update I see that Dylan hasn't lost any teeth in the last year. He lost the first 8 before he was 7 and then no more.
Dylan gained 6 lbs. and almost 2 inches since last December. At his recent end of season party for baseball, the coach said he would remember Dylan because of his big attitude and heart that out measured his size. He said Dylan was like "Small? Who's small?" That sums up a lot for Dylan.
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Levi Update, 3 months
Development:
It seems like Levi has been holding his head up and lifting it up as soon as he left the womb. I can't tell you how many people commented on his head control.
Levi rolled over from his belly to his back at 3 weeks which seems really early. There are some other babies his age that did the same thing so maybe that's normal. He doesn't seem near rolling over the other way.
At 5 weeks Levi started smiling. We can already tell that he is generally a happy and content kid because he smiles a lot. I think God knew we needed a happy kid. Levi helps the rest of us smile more.
At his 2 month doctors' appointment, Levi was 24 inches long and weighed 13 lbs - the same amount Dylan weighed at 6 months.
Sleep:
Up to 6 weeks, Levi really didn't sleep more than 2 hours at a time. So glad it was the lazy days of summer at that point. At 6 weeks, right when school started, he got up to 4-6 hours stretches at night. At 10 weeks he had some 8 hour stretches but now at 3 months is back to mostly 4-6 hour stretches.
Likes:
Sheep, watching his brother and sister
Events:
We had Levi's baptism on October 12th. We had actually scheduled it before he was born because the slots were filling up quickly and the baptism outfit that we use (my brother's) was size 0-3 months. Also wanted to have it before the snowy weather hit. It was great - my brother and his girlfriend and my aunt were all able to be there (they weren't able to come for any of the other baptisms). Our friend Paul Brooks was the elder who prayed for Levi. We had a small family gathering at our house after church. My friend Lisa made the cake.
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