I'm working on a post now that is titled, "Things I Wish I'd Done Differently." As you can imagine it's going to be a long one.
Levin is lying on the bed with Ray and me right now and sleeping. I don't think he'll be sleeping long though, because Ray found a single thread from somewhere and is using it to tickle Levin's ear and leg. Now I know why Ray and my dad get along so well... I'm having deja vu of waking up from my own naps my ENTIRE life.
Today was a good day. For lunch, Ray had left overs (don't feel sorry for him, we both LOVE leftovers) and I had a really good salad made entirely of leftovers or stuff from the garden. It had lettuce (garden), tomatoes (garden), cucumbers (garden), mozzarella cheese (leftover from Abe/Grace wedding), candied walnuts (leftover from Ty/Michelle wedding), blueberries (neighbor's garden), poppyseed dressing (leftover from Ty/Michelle wedding). I like to tell Levin what I'm eating for each meal because... well, he'll be eating it in a few hours. He requests beet flavored milk and ice cream flavored milk the most. I oblige.
I took a nap today. I haven't taken a nap since the first week after Levin was born. I've needed naps, just didn't feel like I had time to take them. More about that later in "Things I Wish I'd Done Differently." However, I don't deserve too much sympathy because Levin decided about 3 weeks ago that he'll take sleep over food. I put him to bed at 9:00pm and he wakes up at 5:00 or 6:00am. For about 6 seconds, I thought of waking him up; worried he might starve during those 9 hours or that I might bust open. But, I haven't bust open yet and he certainly isn't starving.
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| Back when he was only a week old... and hated me pounding on his back. |
I'm worried I gave the wrong impression with the pictures of Levin crawling into his car seat yesterday; that Levin is a prodigy and that it is due to some deep, inner genius within him. That's simply not true. Ray gets all the credit. He started with Levin when he was young.
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| Ray teaching Levin to crawl at 1 week |
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| Levin saying, "I can't!" |
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| Ray saying, "You don't want it bad enough." |
6 comments:
I am curious beyond curious about what you could possibly wish you'd done differently! As far as I can tell, you've done everything right, especially deciding to LET Levin pick sleeping over eating. You are my kind of girl.
Also- on your last post, I had to laugh about the "what makes you an adult" comment. My whole life, anytime my dad made me a sandwich and I didn't want mustard on it or especially a tomato, he's say, "I guess you aren't a grown up yet." It wasn't until a few years after I got married that I started wanting tomatoes on my sandwiches and hamburgers. And that's when I knew. My husband and dad were both like, "Oh look at you, you're finally a grown up!"
3 things that are good about this post:
1. I read your last post less than 24 hours ago. So close together -- it's like Christmas!
2. I love your witty sense of humor.
3. Ty and I are sure that Ray and Levin actually had that exact conversation word for word about crawling.
Oh Cali. I do love your posts. I don't think Levin said he wants beet milk, I think he said breast milk.
I love your title. I do hope it'll be a regular.
You're a great writer.
I also love your new camera and that you use it alot.
Is that your new quilt that you made that I see under Levin?
Seeing these cute pictures of Levin make ME want another one!!! Your family is beautiful and it's so fun to see updates from you!
Cali!! I love your posts- and I agree with Michelle, it IS like Christmas when you post so close together. Levin is such a sweet little man I am not surprised you want another one. My word verification is fiani- as in "get your fiani(fanny) in gear on that project"!! Just kidding!
You are absolutely beautiful Cali!
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