So Levi is really into writing letters and drawing pictures. He has a little magnetic doodle pad that he’s always writing on and asking us to write his name. Saturday afternoon he wanted me to write his full name on the pad, and I could fit only Levi Dominic. We started talking about his name and how Mama K and Mama Dee picked “Levi” because we really liked it and it really fit his personality. We also talked about how his middle name came from his birth family. I asked him if he remembered when Dominic was his first name and he said “yes, that was when I was at the other family and then I came back home” I was FLOORED. He was only 1 year old when he left our house, left to live with a relative and then came back home. I reassured him that he would live with us forever, he would always be our boy. He seemed really good with it and even talked about how his birthmom was the one who kept him under her shirt when he was really little. How sweet is that?!
Levi is our super sensitive guy, and he’s been a little stressed out lately since he heard me talking about Las Vegas. I’ve been trying to have some extra one on one time with him, letting him talk about his feelings more and just get some extra hugs and reassurance. He’s worried about the Vegas trip, though and he thinks that Dee and I are leaving for good. Seriously, we have only left overnight once since we’ve had the boys, so this will be hard on us all but Levi has some abandonment issues (not a surprise!) so I really worry about him. I won’t get started…on one hand I’m so excited to go on the trip and have some grownup time and who doesn’t love Vegas, but on the other hand I’ll miss my boys terribly. I get sad just thinking about it. Weird, I know, I’m insane.