I remember the night that we decided: one more baby.

Over a glass of wine, on a date at our favorite Indian restaurant I finally verbalized what had been swimming around in my head…should we or shouldn’t we?  I can honestly say I didn’t really want to be pregnant again, but I couldn’t shake the desire to have one more person in our family.

I braced myself for his answer.

“Sure, yeah. Let’s go for it.”

And so we did.

And I think someone is pretty happy about the decision.

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Those forehead wrinkles…Jared and I don’t have little Gerber babies, we breed little old men.

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Hi Daddy.

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We’re having a moment here…

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Just needed some snuggles.

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Aaaaaaand he’s out.

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Those sweet lips.

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I love little bowlegged, pigeon toed newborn legs.

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Their wrinkly, flaky little feet.

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Their little fists all balled up.

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The way they make sleep look sooooo good. Especially since they rob it from us mercilessly…

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I set up my tripod and snuck into a few. Critically they’re not all that and a bag of chips, but they exist! So moms…you have no excuse not to be in photos.

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The meaning of the name Levi: joined together in harmony.

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and that is just what this sweet baby has done.

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