Levi stands by himself!

Levi is standing by himself! He’s been doing this for about a week, now. He stands up from squatting usually, all by himself. Then puts out his little hands for balance and then when he gets really excited about his newfound ability, he shakes his hands up and down rejoicing and celebrating pumping his arms up and down and doing “so big.” It is hard to explain exactly, but oh so cute! So proud of my independent little boy. He had been pushing me away a little bit lately when I try to hug and kiss him, he’s my tough guy. But, thankfully, not so tough as he still wants to nurse often and still wants to sleep near me. Which by the way is a source of contention for me, because I try not to oblige him in sleeping with me because it really screws up my sleep and gets us into a bad restless cycle but at the same time I get too tired to deal with the waking/crying at 4-5 am and just give in so I can get a little more sleep! He still gets super excited when I come home from work, doing his scoot-drag-scoot-drag crawl on his butt across the floor to meet me with a squeal and a yelp for me to pick him up. He smiles so widely with open mouth and I can see the dimple under his pudgy cheeks. Probably my favorite part of day, aside from Kaylee yelling out at the same moment “Hi Momma! Hey Daddy! Momma’s home!” It’s nice to be loved!!! Though, Levi might’ve just realized he’d rather not go to daycare and be separated from me, because this morning there was a bit of squirmy whining as I left. Oh well, that phase had to begin at some point!

Pretty soon walking will be around the corner. In the meantime, we’ll have to further babyproof our surfaces now within his reach! He’s a curious little explorer, always moving and busy. By the way, he can and does say, “Up” on a regular basis now. Of course, with this new accomplishment I can’t resist obliging him!