What a Boy!

I haven't bragged on blogged about my sweet son for a while, so it must be time. :-)

I think it is so funny to see how he is "all boy" right from the get-go. It doesn't take any encouraging or teaching for a little boy to be a little boy. ;-) He's all about trucks, cars, (anything with wheels!), tools, hats, and noise. Without any help, he started making truck/car/motor sounds and he makes that sound over and over at the first sight of anything with wheels. He loves to watch the races on TV, look at tool or farming catalogs with daddy, and haul things in the back of his toy trucks.

He's a little behind when it comes to gross motor skills (walking, crawling) so he is currently doing physical therapy once a week. I've already seen an improvement too. He gets around ok in his own way, and is very happy and content, but I'd still like to see him progress and catch up to where he's supposed to be.
Levi is really smart, and the p.t. lady comments on this every week. He mimics everything, and figures things out so quickly. He can point out his head, nose, and ears. He can say the sounds for lions, bears, tigers, cats, and monkeys, and can identify those animals.
His vocabulary consists of "mama" "daddy" "puppy" and "baby", as well as lots of babbling and asking questions we can't understand.
He has turned into quite the little socialite too. *Everyone* he meets gets a big, cheesy grin from him, and even the cranky-looking people in Wal-Mart can't help but smile and laugh when they see him. :-)
He has the cutest little gestures! If you head towards him in silliness saying "I'm gonna get you!" he covers his eyes with both hands and squeals. If something surprises him, like the other day when the toys started "avalanching" out of the cabinet, he'll make an "o" with his mouth, cover his mouth with his hands, and his eyes get all big. Soooooo cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He'll also pucker his lips and make smacking sounds when you blow him kisses, and he loves to surprise me sometimes by leaning in and giving me big sloppy kisses on the face.

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