March On!

Before we could hardly blink, the month of March ended and we were suddenly holding a two-month-old baby! He has changed so much and is now pushing thirteen pounds!

As he mentioned in his post last month, Levi's next tasks in life were to start smiling and sleeping through the night. Both items were checked off the list this month. He has been sleeping around 6-7 hours at night since he was six weeks old. I am so thankful for my consecutive hours of sleep!! He is also now smiling and cooing like he owns the place. And he kind of does. :)

In case he ever wants to be a model, he will have plenty of experience to add to his resume.  

Matt spent several nights out of town for work this month, so Levi and I spent those days and evenings at Grandpa and Grandma Massner's house. One of those nights involved a choir concert for Travis, Justin, and Jonathan. Levi thought the music was so soothing that he slept through the whole thing. His only request for ear plugs was during the applause.

Justin went to the extreme to be able to hold Levi when Justin was sick in March.

Matt must have decided Levi needed a little more training in personal hygiene. I found him teaching Levi how to shave one Sunday morning while I was getting ready for church. Isn't Dad a great babysitter? Levi was a very attentive student.

He's growing up so fast! Already shaving... ;)

The month of March supplied us with unusually beautiful weather! We got to enjoy several days of the fresh air before it cooled down again. Spring seems to be about here and we are so excited to be able to spend some more time outside! 

Matt has taken a liking to my Boba wrap (baby carrier)! :) That is Levi sleeping inside.  

Meet Snowbell, our big fat cat. 

We headed over to Princeville a couple weekends ago for baptisms. We decided to stop and visit Grandma Knobloch in Peoria first so she could meet Levi, and we all had a very nice time!

Great-Grandma Knobloch and Levi

Levi ended up leaving her a smelly present on her lap before we left. I think we went through a few outfits that evening, actually.

We had a very nice weekend in Princeville with our family and friends. It was the first time we had been on a trip or stayed overnight elsewhere since Levi's arrival, and things went very well. 

The next week, I started back up with my piano lesson students. It will be fun to get back into that routine again! There are seven of them, so they give me at least one thing to put on my calendar most weekdays. :)

Levi turned two months old on Good Friday, so we had our photo shoot again. When I set the dog down in front of him this time, he was pretty curious about it. It is so amazing to see how much he has grown and changed in only a month! He has been such a blessing and we are enjoying the wonderful smiles that make us forget our exhaustion from the first month! 

This outfit belonged to his Grandpa Massner (exactly) 49 years ago! The shorts seemed a little chilly to wear to church, so we just took some pictures instead. :)  

Having a chat with his neighbor who is a soon-to-be great-grandparent himself! 

Easter weekend began at my Mom and Dad's with our family. The boys helped design an age-appropriate Easter egg hunt for Levi. Needless to say, he found his share of eggs. 

Sunday evening we enjoyed gathering with over a hundred people from the Lanz family at Matt's family's home for Easter, and Tuesday evening we got together with the Schulz family at Uncle Brian and Aunt Lorna's since Grandpa and Grandma had just come home from Texas.

Great-Grandma Schulz 

The Easter holiday is the most sobering and joyful of all the rest. It was a blessing to spend both Good Friday evening and Sunday in church, reflecting on the price Christ paid to free us from our sins at Calvary many years ago. His shed blood on the cross and His victory over death provides our purpose and hope in life...what a reason to forever rejoice!

Isaiah 53:5 "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."