- Levi weighs 20 pounds and is 71 cm long---(for those of you who are not Canadian, that's almost 28 inches)
- He understands and obeys 2 word commands--like "go there" & "bring that"
- He talks and sings
- He likes to wrestle (he'll fit in great @ the Armitage household), and I quote, "he is very easy going and lovely"
- His favorite toys to play with are rattles
- An answer to my question of what makes him laugh..."when the nannies play peek-a-boo with him, and when he's tickled"
So, that's it in a nutshell. Something else that was included was that he has ezcema on his cheeks. I've noticed a small rash in the recent pictures, but they are treating it as ezcema. Just pray that it's not itchy and it doesn't bother him. In the pictures that were included with the update, the nannies must have totally, I mean totally, butchered his curly hair. There are no more curls and it's super short. I couldn't believe it.
But I'm glad that it has happened because I realized after looking at the pictures that I am building up my expectations of what I think our reunion will be like, what he's going to look like, and how I'm going to feel when I see him. So, besides praying for Levi and his health, please please please pray for our expectations. I don't want any. I don't know what God's going to do, I don't know how I'm going to respond, I don't know if I'll cry or laugh...that's how I want it to be. I don't want to imagine what it'll be like and then the moments in Ethiopia will be ruined because they're not what I envisioned. I want my expectations to be God's expectations.
Thank you so much for praying for Levi, for Paul and I, for Logan and Landon and the huge transition we're about to encounter.
What a great prayer Mandy- to not let your own expectations materialize but to let God's expectations be your focus. I would never even think of that! I remember never wanting to know the gender of either of my children prior to delivery because if the doctor was wrong- I didn't want to have a "disappointment" about the gender being wrong at the time of delivery. Even if it was a milisecond of disappointment. How sad that would be if I was disappointed with the gender of my child! The gender that God chose! So, I admire the thought you put into things like expectations and anticipation. I must say- reading your blog has been eye opening to me. I have learned about patience and to remember that Gods timing is seldom my own but always perfect.You are an inspiration to us. We will keep praying! xoxoAmanda
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