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Friday night Levi, Audry, and I headed north for a quick trip. We had dinner at Khaki and Q's house, and then we visited Levi's great-grandmother Greer. It was a short visit, but nice. We then made a quick stop at Levi's great-aunt Kathy to see our Mama Rains.
They had bunches of fun together. Levi was in his PJs because Friday was PJ day at school. Since we were just visiting family, and I thought he'd fall asleep on the way back home, I just left him in the PJs for our whole visit. Nobody seemed to mind. :-)
Saturday night, we went to one of CC's friends' house. Levi got to trick-or-treat in their neighborhood. He didn't like the scary costumes, but he really liked walking around and saying, "Trick-or-treat". Unfortunately, no pictures.
Tonight, my best friend from college brought her family to trick-or-treat with Levi in our neighborhood. The daddies took three of the four kids trick-or-treating, while the mamas handed out candy and played with the little flower (see pic below).
Are they not the cutest kids you've ever seen?
Today we went to Old Baker's Farm to get our pumpkin. We had such a great time. I went a little crazy with the pictures.
The farm had a barn where you could see some animals. When we got to the area with the chickens, a girl who worked on the farm took one out. Levi was the first kid to get to see it up close and personal. He liked getting to touch it with one finger.
Then, he saw a calf, but the calf didn't want to venture too close to Levi.
While in the barn, Levi could see kids jumping in cotton. He had to join in the fun. He would look at us through the sides of the trailer and say, "I havin' fun!"
We went to the cotton field. He liked walking through the rows of cotton and inspecting one or two bolls.
Mama stood in line for the hay ride to the pumpkin patch for a little bit, while Daddy and Levi played on a swing that looked like a horse. Then we got to ride in a trailer with hay bales pulled by a tractor to the pumpkin patch. Here are Daddy and Levi on our way to get our pumpkins.
We looked all over the huge field for the perfect pumpkins. We each got to get one, and we each wanted a very different type. Levi wanted one that was "just Levi's size". Daddy wanted a more traditional orange pumpkin. Mama wanted a white pumpkin. We found Levi's first. He liked that it was yellow. Then we found Daddy's pumpkin, which will definitely be our carving pumpkin. Then the search began for Mama's white pumpkin. Daddy walked all over the field, while Mama and Levi leisurely carried the "Levi size" pumpkin. Then, we saw Daddy triumphantly carrying both his pumpkin and Mama's white pumpkin from a very far away field!!
Here's Levi with our pumpkins. 
Then we waited in a short line to get onto another hay ride and back to the farm. This time, we were pulled by mules.
After the hay ride, Levi willingly got into his stroller. On the bumpy ride back to the car, he fell fast asleep.
Khaki and Q came for a quick visit. They took us to lunch and brought Levi a froggy costume. He jumped around and said, "Ribbit!" Too cute!!
Since Levi goes to school five days a week, he gets to go to music twice each week. He loves it. He likes showing me the music room when I pick him up, almost as much as he likes showing me the playground. Levi also loves to sing with me. His four favorites: "My God is SO Big!", "Don't build your house...", "Down in my heart", and "Take me out to the ballgame". I can start a line, and he'll finish it - except for the house song. He just likes to clap during it.
This past Wednesday, the church we've been attending had a "family gathering". Daddy had school, but Levi and I went with Audy. It was fun, and Levi got to hear some wonderful singing. The choir at the church released a CD on that same day. We didn't stay through the entire part of the gathering, but one song seemed to stick with Levi. We got into the car and decided to listen to the new CD. The very first song was the last song sung before we left - and the one that stuck with him. During the song, Levi started saying, "It's that guy!" or something to that effect - reminding us that the man singing on the CD was the very same man singing the very same song sung right before we left.
Now, every time we've been in the car together, he's wanted to hear "that guy sing". Today on our way to church was no exception. I turned it off when we got in the parking lot of the church, and asked if he wanted to hear more.
Overall, the most precious part to me, though, about him wanting to hear this song was that today I had it playing, and I saw movement in the backseat. Levi was raising his hands up and waving them like he was being moved by the Spirit! It was awesome! This evening, though, here's what he did.
Once I turned off the car, we headed to the church. He asked to go to "big church". He told me that he wanted to see the guitars and hear the singing. So, he came to big church for a few minutes to hear the music. He did so wonderfully - and he was so precious - clapping his little hands, watching all the people around us singing and praising our Lord.
Monday, Levi received his first "Ouch Report" from school. He fell on the playground - apparently face first. The following day, Levi was playing on the playground under my watch after school. He fell again and injured practically the exact same spots on his face. I haven't taken a picture, and I'm not sure I will. I just hate seeing him scratched up at all, and on his face - well - it just doesn't seem fair to document. The scratches aren't horrible but are definitely obvious.
We took Saturday morning off from our normal activities (i.e. grocery shopping for me and Levi and studying for Daddy) to go to the Botanical Gardens. The purpose of the trip was to take pictures of Levi. We are now especially thankful that we didn't put it off a week!
I couldn't pick just one favorite, but here is Daddy's.
Mama went on a business trip for two nights. Nana and Papa Hughes came to stay with Levi since both of the nights while I was away were late nights for Daddy at class. Levi had a great time with them. Thursday night, though, Kevin called while he was putting Levi to bed. He said that Levi wanted to talk to me. "Mama on airplane. Mama on airplane," Levi repeated to me at least three times. I told him that, yes, mama did ride on an airplane. I asked him if he was going to come to the airport to pick up mama. He said, "Yes!" - as in, "Hello? Who else would come to get you?" Well, Friday evening after a long afternoon in a couple of different airports, I cannot begin to describe how excited I was to see both my boys waiting for me at the end of the "concourse". Apparently, they had been waiting for a while (almost an hour!!), but Levi didn't seem to mind at all. At our local airport there is a bank of windows for those waiting to watch the runway, and he really enjoyed that. He was also pretty excited to see me. I got bunches of hugs and kisses!
It sure is good to be home!
Daddy took Levi to the doctor last Friday for a check-up. The visit went very well. The doctor said that the pneumonia was gone but that he has an ear infection. He sure doesn't act like it, though. His cough still sounds pretty bad, but he is much more active and acting more like himself.
Today Levi turns 26 months old, and I have a few things I want to brag about.
Levi is getting very good at putting together the puzzles that he has here at home. Levi still talks up a storm, and he still loves fruit. Although Levi is not potty trained, he's making strides towards it. He's very willing to "tinkle" in the potty in the mornings when he wakes up and I'm at home. He has started the "do it myself", "by myself", or "I do it" phase. Levi has never been much of a climber, and when we moved him to his "big boy bed" he wouldn't even climb down. That changed last week. Now he enjoys telling us that he can "get down by myself."
Last week while Levi was so sick, we didn't let him play outside at all until the end of the week. He also didn't feel like being too active, but we found a good compromise - the Wii. He loves baseball, tennis, and golf on Wii Sports. He throws a mean screwball; he's got a pretty amazing serve at times; he can hit the 100 point marker on the golf target practice. He hasn't figured out how to roll the bowling ball, yet, which means "bowl" is code for "I'm tired; Mama's turn."
Yesterday, Levi jumped! Daddy says you can barely fit a credit card between his feet and the floor, but both feet definitely come off the ground.
Last night, I took Levi to the park that is very near our house. Levi loves the park. Last night was the first time that he took me to this big board that shows all the letters of the alphabet along with the sign for that letter. I cannot remember now which letter he showed me first, but we began to point to letters and would tell me - accurately - what word starts with that letter. For example, I pointed to the "W", and he said, "Whale;" I pointed to the "Z", and he said, "Zebra." He didn't say something for all the letters, but my favorite was the second letter I showed him, "L", to which he responded, "Levi!" (which sounds more like "Evi!").
His teachers even bragged on Levi today, saying how much more he interacted with the other children in the class than he had the last time he was there. His daily report said that he was "happy, helpful, friendly, cooperative, and chatty".
Levi started getting very sick today. All weekend, the cough seemed to be getting worse, but today he had a fever that ended up getting to about 104. I panicked.
We took Levi to a nearby hospital. We had an excellent doctor, who didn't even have to poke, prod, or x-ray Levi to determine that he has a "touch" of pneumonia. He was an absolute trooper throughout the entire experience. Although, he did not like the "brace" (i.e. bracelet) that he had to wear. He held out his wrist the whole time it was on his arm.
Once we were home, he was in much better spirits.
If I hadn't told you, could you look at that smile and even tell he was sick? He really is a little trooper.
Say a prayer for him that he recovers quickly.
Daddy dressed Levi on this first football Thursday.
We had taken Levi to the doctor on Monday. She said it was probably a virus or maybe his allergies that had him under the weather over the weekend. Levi didn't go to school on Monday or Tuesday. He was in pretty good spirits the rest of the week, although a cough developed.
