Fourteen Months!

Tonight I came home to a sleepy Levi who looked like he had just got up from his nap.  He was standing over by his table that makes all the noise and bouncing up and down to the music as he often does.  He looked over the couch at me when I came in and gave me a big smile.  I just love it when he does that every time I come in the door.  He always comes crawling over and then stands up by pulling on my pant legs and says “oh oh oh” up at me until I pick him up.  Then I usually show him my badge from the hospital or my cell phone and carry him around a bit.  It’s really great.  Meribeth took some really great pictures today:

Don’t have to imagine what he’s doing back there!

 

 

Our little baby turned 14 months today!  He’s growing up so fast!

New Video

Meribeth made me this special video with pictures from this past year + in Levi’s life.   I really like it.

Daddy Video from Seth Anderson on Vimeo.

Yesterday, when I came home from the hospital, Levi wanted to play with my cell phone like he usually does.  This time though, when I would give it to him with the screen dark, he would hand it right back to me and put it in my hands.  If I would turn it on, he would take it right back with a big smile on his face.   When I would turn it off when it was in his hands, he would quickly put it back on my lap until I would turn it on again.  It was pretty cute.  We’ve come a long ways: 

Fun on the car.

Chatting while driving. from Seth Anderson on Vimeo.

Levi has found a new word to repeat all day long.  Even when we ask him to say mama, he immediately says dadadadada.  It’s pretty cute.

First time sledding!

This weekend was supposed to have nice weather and plenty of sun.  A nice break from the sub-sub-sub zero temperatures we’ve been having thanks to the Alberta Clipper that came through.  So, we decided to borrow a sled from some friends at church and hit the slopes today.  The temp on the sign outside our deck said 25F so we went for it.  We got Levi all bundled in snow pants, sweater, winter coat, hat, mittens and scarf and headed to the sledding hill near our house.  Our parking is underground so we don’t experience the weather until we step outside of the car.  So, when we got there and stepped out, we realized it was really cold!  The wind was howling, but there were plenty of kids sledding so we thought we might as well give it a shot since we’ve made this much of an effort!

As you can see, he can’t see. :)

Really getting into this sledding thing!

Picture taken post-sledding experience as demonstrated below.

Hitting the slopes from Seth Anderson on Vimeo.

We were pretty crazy going through with it seeing how cold it was, but it was fun.  We’re going to give it another go one of these next few days when it’s not so cold and we can stay longer!

Blackberry shake

We made blackberry shakes the other night while we were watching TV.  As usual Levi was clamoring all over us to have some, so we obliged.

He wouldn’t stop asking for bites until both of our glasses were finished.  It’s pretty safe to say he’ll eat anything he can fit in his mouth, including the wood finishing buttons from our chairs, the cap to the chapstick, rocks from our shoes in the entry-way, seeds from lemons he finds in the carpet, and the hanger ribbon from Meribeth’s sweater!

You wouldn’t believe it if I told you..

This morning I woke up and got ready to go to the hospital and saw this outside our deck door:

While walking from my car to the hospital, in the span of 3 minutes,  my nose hairs froze to each other, the sidewalls of my nostrils froze together, and the moisture off my chin accumulated in my gotee and froze together so I couldn’t move my chin freely.  It was cold!!

- Seth

It’s been a picture taking day!

Levi and I didn’t go anywhere today. When we got up this morning it was –22 and never warmed up past –7, so who could blame us! But, it was nice and sunny so our apartment was very bright and. . . perfect for picture taking!  I’m kind-of obsessed with taking pictures of Levi. He’s just changing so fast and I love the thrill of satisfaction when I can say ,“that’s a good one!” and the challenge of keeping up after a FAST crawling Levi!  I’ve also been really inspired by a local photographer – her website is amazing and I would take Levi there in a heartbeat. BUT, it’s insanely expensive. It’s ok though. I’m having a blast trying to get the perfect shot! Here are some of my favorites from today.

Yawning like mom and dad.

Yawning like mom and dad. from Seth Anderson on Vimeo.

Thinker

Contemplating the meaning of life and what might be for dinner.

Fun in the Snow

We have about 6 inches of snow on the deck due to the vast amount of snow Fargo has received this winter.  Actually, it’s the most snow they’ve ever received up to this point in the winter.  Something like 36” during the month of December.  I guess we picked a good winter to be here!  We’ve had 10, 20, 30 and even 40+ below temperatures with the wind.  It’s crazy how warm 0 feels when it’s been that way for a while!  Today it was 16 outside, so we decided to bundle up Levi and put him in the drift on our deck.  He wasn’t so sure about that cold, fluffy stuff.

Next year, I’m sure he’ll enjoy it quite a bit more.  Hopefully, we can get some sledding in this year too!

Hospital Visit

Meribeth and Levi visited me at the hospital a couple days ago when I was on call. It's sure nice to see some familiar faces when I'm there 24 hours plus. As you can see, Levi was impressed. :)

Happy Birthday Meribeth

I was on call this morning, but, when I was done with the hospital at noon I ran over to Wal-Mart to get a present for Meribeth that I had shipped site-to-store.  Bad idea.  I stood there for 15 minutes waiting for someone to help me and finally was able to pick up her chopper that she wanted.  When I got home, she had lunch on the table for me which was so nice of her on her birthday.  She had taken this picture today, which I thought was so funny:

She told me she checked to make sure he was still breathing, which seems appropriate!  He must have been sleepy!

I got a couple hour nap as I had a pretty rough night (about an hour and a half of sleep), and then we got ready and dropped Levi off with one of my co-interns and his wife.  We went out for supper at an upscale Mexican place downtown Fargo called Juano’s.  It was very tasty, and nice to be able to talk without spooning Levi food every other sentence.  Since Meribeth was the birthday girl, she earned us a cheesecake to split for dessert.  Afterwards, we walked outside in the bitter cold to a local boutique with all sorts of antique children’s toys, vintage baskets, fancy soaps and stuff.  It was a great night.  Happy 28th Birthday Meribeth!

Brrr it’s winter.

Seth and I woke up this morning to the Blizzard of 2008 in Fargo.  He braved it into the hospital, jumped up on the median on the way, plowed through some drifts, but made it safely.  He was there just a couple hours to round on a few patients, but then had to turn around and come back!  He got all the way to our apartment, but got stuck in a snow drift outside the underground garage.  So, Seth and I bundled up and went out to get the car unstuck while Levi took a nap.

We don’t have a shovel to our names, so we used the only thing we could think of…..a cookie sheet - - to dig ourselves out.  I was the driver and Seth dug us out.  He would take breaks and come in the car and his eyelashes had huge icicles on them and were partially frozen shut at the corners!  We got inside and checked the weather and it is –40 F with the wind.  No wonder!

Back to the Blogging – Take 2!

A little while back, Seth updated our blog and we were determined to keep writing on here. Well, that obviously didn’t happen so we will try this again! So much has changed since our last post! Levi turned ONE this past Friday – I can hardly believe it! I keep playing the '”last year at this time” little game in my mind as I recall all the joy and excitement of his birth : the day my sister Katie came to help us out and be there for me during labor, going to the hospital to be induced, the pain of labor, the joy and awe I had when he finally came at 10:40 am, the day we went home, the day my parents came to meet him --just so many memories that I relive now as the one yr mark comes and goes. To say it’s amazing how that little newborn that I held one year ago is now a laughing, crawling, 28 pound little man is such an understatement!

Just two weeks old above.

Look at him now!

New Doc.

There’s a new doc in town.  He will diagnose you but won’t be able to tell you what it is.