Milestones

It's been a busy couple of weeks in Lockridgeland! On the 21st I celebrated 28 years of life and also 5 years of marriage to my wonderful husband. We got to do two special celebrations thanks to having family so close for multiple babysitting opportunities. On my actual birthday we walked down to the local coffee shop for breakfast as a family, went to Levi's swim lessons and then Dave and I got to go eat at Galleto's downtown without little Levi. Then on Saturday, we dropped Levi off at my parents' house and we drove up to San Francisco for the night. We stayed at a nice hotel on top of Knob Hill, explored North Beach and ate yummy Italian food (thanks Steph for the recommendations!) and got to stay up late and sleep in on our own schedule-- which was NO schedule-- it was awesome and a much needed little break. We came back Sunday afternoon, a little early because we honestly missed our little man, and were so appreciative to know he was in great hands for the night.

Does it just reinforce my pregnancy cravings when the only picture I have from 30 hours in the city is one of our hot fudge sundae from Ghiradelli? :) Although this place is extra special to us because this is where we went right before Dave proposed to me 5 years earlier. And, let's be honest, they have the best dang sundaes anywhere!

While we're pretending be to young and fun in the city, Levi got to go on his first bike ride with Grammy & Grandpa!

After our celebrations, we got to celebrate the biggest accomplishment yet: Levi turned ONE! On August 2nd we woke up feeling so proud and excited. There are some moments that it's hard to believe that one whole year has passed since we walked and paced and waited so impatiently for him to enter our world. It doesn't seem so long ago that Dave got to wheel his little bassinet into our hospital room and then we realized that HE was OURS. Then there are other moments that make it seem like we've been doing this forever- those sleepless nights, the cranky teething spells, and the confidence we have of learning how to do this parenting thing day after day after day. What an incredible journey this has been!

Enjoying his new musical instruments from Mommy & Daddy!

His favorite thing right now: TRUCKS!

 Levi has had a weird week sleep-wise so his birthday was no exception. He was up early and fussy then went back down for a nap at an odd time, then was back up at a more normal time for breakfast and presents. (Maybe he's getting more teeth?) So Dave and I sang and opened a few presents and ate eggs and toast for breakfast. We've tried a little bit of cows milk but he's not a huge fan yet. Then Dave had to take off for a business trip, so Levi and I headed over to my parents' house to get some more people in on the birthday action.

Levi loves to "work" and Grandpa's desk is the best place to get that done.

We ended our day with Levi's first chicken nugget Happy Meal. A great place to end our birthday boy celebration!

We also hit the 3rd trimester mark of my pregnancy which means Baby Boy #2 is coming sooner than we think! Lots of big things going on around here, lots of reasons to celebrate and lots of reasons to be oh-so-thankful. More updates on the birthday boy to come...