Three Months Old!!!

This past week has been pretty busy for our little guy. First of all, as noted in her previous post, Courtney went back to work last week and Levi went to daycare for the first time. By all accounts daycare is going pretty well for him. He even has been taking a bottle pretty well which was one of our biggest concerns. I guess the biggest issue is that he doesn't like to nap in his crib, but easily falls asleep in a swing or bouncy seat. He even caught a nasty cold and has been sniffling and snotting the last few days. Courtney is enjoying being back at work but is extremely glad she is only working part time. The only one not adjusting well is Prince. Without company all day, he has been really clingy and hyper-active in the evenings. On nights like tonight when its rainy and we can't go outside and play, he just follows me around and won't leave me alone.

This past weekend was pretty eventful as well. Friday night, Courtney and I celebrated 5 years of being "together". We define "together" as the night we officially started dating, October 17th 2003. Of course neither of us actually realized this until the next day. I guess the longer you're together the more those things tend to slip your mind. Saturday we picked up Uncle Ryan and Aunt Marnie and headed to Saginaw to a surprise 30th birthday party for Courtney and Marnie's cousin Kelly. Unfortunately Levi was not in a good mood and cried pretty much the whole time we were there. Sunday we headed to Battle Creek to celebrate my mom's 56th birthday. We were able to go to the church I grew up in on Sunday morning. It was great to see everyone there and for them to get a chance to meet Levi. After watching another Lions loss with my folks, we headed home and got ready to start the new week. Life is always pretty busy, that's for sure!

On Sunday October 19th 2003, Courtney and I went to Battle Creek to celebrate my mom's 51st birthday. This was the first time Courtney had met my family. We took the following picture by the burning bush in my parent's front yard.

And now here we are, 5 years older and +2 in the family department. Please note, I am legally obligated to apologize because Courtney "looks drunk" (her words, not mine) in the picture. We tried to duplicate the above photo, and I insisted I remembered what side we were both standing on in the picture from 2003. As you can see, I was wrong.

All right, now that I've rambled on far too long, here are some pictures of Levi. Enjoy!!!

Flexin' in his pumpkin bib...

Apparently his thumb isn't big enough, so Levi likes to chew on his whole hand.

Looking good in his Tigers' outfit...

It's like looking in a mirror, only if the reflection in the mirror was much younger and better looking.
Also, I love it that we both are sporting double chins.

Levi was enjoying dress-up time in his bath.

We didn't bring a hat, so Levi wore Grandma Carla's sock on his head.

This is probably the cutest picture I've ever seen.