New foods and cuddles

Levi has been so different from Lucas.  Lucas started eating rice cereal at 4 months and loved real people food ever since.  With Levi I had been trying to get him to eat rice cereal since he was 4 months but he wouldn't have it.  Finally when he was about 3 weeks ago I decided to just skip rice cereal and move to other foods.  He likes them for about an ounce worth and then he's had enough.

He likes eating with Brian, but he ends up MUCH MUCH messier than he does with me.  We don't mind the mess as long as he eats!

Lucas has become a camera hog.  Anytime I get it out he starts saying "CHEESE!" until I take his picture.

Lucas likes to help entertain Levi while he is eating.

Sometimes he gets carried away and it scares Levi

We got Gus this toy the other day...he loves his little snuggle buddy!  Who knew dogs liked to spoon?

4-wheeler

This tax return has brought Brian and Lucas a lot of fun.  Since we got home from our SG visit where Lucas got to ride a yellow 4-wheeler, Lucas has literally been asking every other day to go ride a 4-wheeler.  All this 4-wheeler talk got Brian thinking and when he found the right deal on a 2003 Honda 250, he couldn't resist.  We bought this on Monday (Presidents day) morning, and right after we got it, we took it out on a test run.

While Brian and Lucas rode Levi and I had fun hanging out in the truck (it was super cold and windy).  Brian wouldn't let us leave without me giving it a little test run, since this is kind of supposed to be my 4-wheeler until Lucas gets big enough for it.  It was pretty fun and I am sure with time I will get used to it :)

ABQ Biopark

When we do eventually leave Albuquerque I am definitely going to miss the ABQ Biopark.  The Biopark consists of the Zoo, Aquarium, Botanical Gardens, and Tingley Beach.  The best part is that you buy a pass for a year for the whole "park" so you get into all these places with 1 pass!

It was time to do something fun so we went to the Aquarium on Saturday

Lucas loves this place

Watching the diver feed the fish and lobsters

Levi likes looking at the fish

These are from the Children's Fantasy Garden (instead the botanical gardens)

6 Months old!

How has time gone by so quickly??  Levi is 6 months old already :)

Update:

* He is super teeny tiny itty bitty - at his appt he was 14 lbs 7 oz and 25 1/2 inches (that is between the 5th-10th percentile for weight and 30th for height)

* Can sit by himself

* Holds himself up in a girl push up position, but if he tries to move he plops down on his belly

* Eating carrots, squash, sweet potatoes, bananas, pears, and prunes (adding more every 2-3 days)

* Still very smiley

* Loves every one and LOVES to be held or just sit on someone's lap

* Gets very excited with books and wrappers of any sort

* You can feel his first tooth but it hasn't quite broke the skin yet

These are some pics I took for his 1/2 birthday shoot 

Lucas was blocked but I thought this one was cute anyway

He was getting bored..

Why do babies have to wiggle so much!  I had a lot of shots that could have been cute if they weren't blurry

"That's enough mom!!"

A warm winter day

In the midst of winter storms, we had a wonderfully warm sunny day! And what better day for it to come than on Levi's 1/2 birthday

Lucas LOVES to drive his Hummer 

I told him to smile, and this is the smile I got

What good lookin' boys!

These are the "monkey bars" as Lucas calls them

They had a blast going down together

He was loving looking at his Daddy and smiling, but he would not give me a smile!

V day

We are so lucky to be blessed with so much love around here. Since Valentines day was on a Monday and Brian has to work nights, we decided to celebrate on Saturday. Brian has really been missing Harmon's Andes mint cake, so I decided to make him these cup cakes (Lucas also has a love for cupcakes)

Somehow I forgot to take a picture of my beautiful roses and tulips that Brian surprised me with!

I hope you all felt as loved as we did

Not easy to make a cake from scratch while talking on the phone!

Levi had fun eating crackers by me

The final product - I tried to make it in the shape of a heart <3

Levi got a bear, Brian, got chocolates, and Lucas got a bear and chocolates!