The Mercado Milestones: Picture Perfect

We went blueberry picking with friends on Wednesday. I was a little hesitant to go considering the fact that Emma doesn't like to eat blueberries anymore and only picks the green ones, and I was definitely pushing the limits with Levi's nap quickly approaching. Not to mention, the kids didn't have a chance to eat lunch before we left.
But- the weather was perfect, we were picking at a new farm, and had great company. Look at these pictures my friend captured for us.

WELL. That is the magic of pictures! You can tell any kind of story you want :) When in fact- here is what happened:
We arrived, I strapped Levi to my hip with the sling, Emma began picking berries, and about 1 minute later- asked to go potty.
We made our way out of the bushes, went to the farm store to go to the bathroom- and they said they only had a porta potty. So, I took Emma to our car and let her use the potty seat we keep in the trunk.
We walk back into the bushes to find our friends, and pick a few more berries. About 1 minute later- she has to go again. This time....#2.
We go back to the shop, I open the porta potty door for her- and she says "ech, this is yucky, I'm not going in here.". And honestly, I can't blame her! But- with a heavy Levi strapped to my hip, I held the door open, stopped breathing through my mouth, and tried to convince her to go anyways. She refused- and began to name all the nasty things she was seeing in the potty.
SO, we walked all the way back to the car, grabbed the potty seat, walked all the way back to the porta potty- I set the seat down on the ground for her to go, then...yes....dumped it all in the porta potty and wiped our car potty seat clean. Then brought the seat back to the car, trekked into the bushes once again, picked berries for about 5 minutes before Levi started to lose it, went back to the shop- paid the $1.15 for our pickins' and high tailed it home. It was a fun day.

But hey- we have some great pictures to remember it all!

My little Levi Love! Lately- I have been feeling like the "tune in tokyo" scene from the movie Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.....

Levi loves to nurse. And he is cranky without it. VERY cranky!

As you can see, he is climbing up on my lap, dramatically bending over backwards, whining, and signing for milkies......

He has mastered the sign for nursing (aka,"milkies")- he opens and closes his fists when he wants to nurse. He gets it first thing in the morning, again before naptime, and again at night before bed- although, we are slowly weaning out the naptime nursing. However, anytime I walk in a room after being away for a bit, he comes crawling over, whining and signing. Same thing if I put him on my lap facing me, or if I pick him up and snuggle him. The kid always has it on his mind!!! This afternoon, we were playing on the floor in Emma's room and at one point I was facing away from him playing with Emma- and he kept picking up my shirt and touching my back, with a very confused look on his face. I'm pretty sure he was trying to sneak a suck!

He is such a love, he plays so well and has so much fun. We have recently discovered the full blown belly laugh when we tickle him, and it is the best thing ever! He likes playing with cars and balls and blocks.....and any other toys he can find. But he is always getting himself into trouble- yesterday Felix walked in the playroom to find him eating crayons. Big. Fat. Crayons....