Happy 1 month LEVI!!

So Levi turned 1 month on October 20th. It has been a wonderful month since he joined our family. He now weighs 8 pounds 6 ounces and is 22 inches long. He sleeps most of the night between feedings, which means we get to sleep most of the night too.

He loves his baths.

Carly is always there to hold him and cuddle him and change him and love him.

Eric is loving and helpful as well. He's patiently waiting for Levi to do something fun and interesting- other than passing gas.

He's got lots of really cool clothes...

All in all, we're pretty pleased with the little guy. And so far he seems pretty happy with us too.

a year of change
Last week Eric and I were talking about our life now and he turned to me and said "if someone had told you a year ago that in the next year you are going to a) buy a lap dog b) move out of your house into downtown Sonora and C) have a new baby, what would you have said?"
I looked at him a little astonished and said "I would have told them they are absolutely insane, on all accounts." Well, here I am in October 2006 at the age of 44, changing things up again. New dog, new house, new son. Truthfully, if I'd known in advance about the house and the son I wouldn't have given in to Carly's pleading and bought the little Maltese. She's actually pretty sweet, though.

This is my first post to this blog. I recently viewed blogs created by a couple of good friends and was motivated to create one for our family, especially since we have a new face to show off. I imagine Levi John Uslander will inspire us to do many things we haven't done before, or at least haven't done for a while. One of those "things" is to sit around for hours at a time rocking, singing and just "being." If nothing else, he has gotten Sandy and me to slow down and smell the....poop. These past few weeks since he was born have been incredibly wonderful. I wouldn't trade them for anything.

Please check back often for updates on what our family has been up to and to see photos of Levi John, Carly and Eric, or as we like to call them, Ericarlevi