Happy Halloween!!!

Before I get to some Levi updates, I wanted to talk about the Pistons trade. Today the Pistons traded Chauncey Billups and Antonio McDyess for Allen Iverson. At first, I was pretty upset because I'm a big Billups fan. He's been a big part of our team the last 5 years, he was the 2004 NBA Finals MVP, and he's just one of my favorite players. Heck, I even have his jersey. But, I guess after 3 straight Eastern conference losses, the Pistons needed a trade like this to shake them up. I'll be interesting to see how Iverson affects the team chemistry and how he handles not playing as many minutes as he's accustomed to. At least it makes watching the Pistons a little more interesting this year.

Hopefully there won't be any mug shot producing incidents for AI this year...

This has been a very fun week with Levi. He has started being much more vocal. He loves to lay down and look at people. He smiles and coos and squirms around much more than he used to. He's also started clutching and grabbing things. He likes to grab onto the person who is holding him and will grab and hold his blankets. On Friday Levi celebrated his first Halloween. He got to wear a pumpkin outfit that he seemed to enjoy. We spent the evening hanging out with Levi's Uncle Ryan and Aunt Marnie at their house in Williamston. On Saturday we went to visit some friends of ours from Robbins UMC that we hadn't seen in a year. Then on Sunday my long-time friend Chuck, his wife Kate, and their dog Emma came up to visit. So Levi got to meet a lot of new people and had a pretty busy weekend!!

Our little alfalfa sprout enjoys his bath time.

Don't cry little buddy, Dad won't ever dress you up in a clown outfit for Halloween.

Uncle Ryan was giving Levi some advice on coaching basketball.

Aunt Marnie and our little pumpkin.

Man, I love this kid. What a cutie!

Levi showing off his new favorite hat that Mom got him at the Mom2Mom sale.

Levi seems to like the tropical hat more, which I'm sure makes his mom happy.

Mom and our chubby-cheeked little baby.

Because Kate is a faithful blog reader, she's fortunate enough to get her picture on here.

And Chuck has been my friend since 3rd grade, so I guess he makes it too.

Levi demonstrating his fondness for grabbing stuff.

Our little FFA is looking cute in his overalls.

Eventually, all the weekend activities just wore hi m out.

Another bath, another crazy hairstyle courtesy of mom and dad.