Here's that Tevi-heavy post I warned you about

My babe is now 8 months old. (It feels like 3!)
He has two teeth with more on their way.
He is crawling, rolling, sitting, pushing, grabbing.
He is mastering the fake cry.
He chows on graham crackers.
He graduated to a new car seat.
But his grip on my heart hasn't changed—
I love this little boy more than he'll ever know.
I thank our Heavenly Father for him every single day.
Tevi just makes everything all better.

His favorite teething toy:
a (highly-sanitary) squishy rubber lizard.

Tevi gets so riled up when Makai is around.
The brothers love to play together.

And how this baby loves his daddy!
When Aki gets home from work
Tevi greets him with a heart-melting grin.

We don't have a high-quality video camera, but we do have a little Flip camera that I use to take short videos. It's a lot of fun and I'm glad we have it. The images that follow are stills from those takes.

We were playing peek-a-boo, his favorite.

If you ever try to call me at home
and get a busy signal, THIS is why.
It would never be busy because
I'm talking on the phone...never.

The swinging sensation brings out his best laughs!
We're so glad spring is here.

He would stay in the bathtub the whole day if I let him.

He reached too far for the cup and did a
slippery loop-de-doo that scared the snot out of him.
Of course, we laughed—
after we made sure he didn't drown.

I was really hoping for another March post…

…but it just didn't happen. Other stuff did, though. For instance:

• Aki's birthday.
• Aki lost his less-than-a-week-old job.
• I quit sleeping and was mad at the world.
• We enjoyed much of March hanging out at home together.
• After a month of being unemployed, Aki got another job.
• I was humbled, feeling very appreciative of all the good in my life.
• I decided Daylight Savings Time is not a good thing in my life.
• I went to see an allergist...starting allergy injections this month.
• Several friends birthed babies.
• Book club.
• I went to a square foot gardening class and am enthusiastic about trying it out.
• My baby started crawling.
• My parents came for a visit—the kids love seeing Grandma & Grandpa.
• They brought their wheat grinder to me, so after grinding wheat, I made bread for the first time all by myself—a New Year's resolution fulfilled.

That's my attempt at "catching up." I will do some photo posts below of other March happenings, so be sure to scroll down! They're probably Tevi-heavy, but he's just such a cute little booger I can't help myself.

Here it is, the only documentation that we celebrated Aki's birthday. :) He got some good presents, though!

Aki's break from employment found him busy helping at home—what a guy!