Seeing Clearly

1 Timothy 6:6 

Now there is great gain in godliness with contentment

I just realized I haven't posted a picture of Levi with his new glasses on the blog. We are bad about giving updates on Levi through facebook as well as posting pictures but not putting them up here. I will definitely keep this blog going for the forseable future but if you want to more updates on our family feel free to find us on Facebook. I guess you would search Trent McCumbee and Anjie McCumbee on there. Anjie actually posts more updates on there than I do. We will both be glad to accept your request but maybe just put a note in it if we don't know you well that you follow the blog.

Anyway just a quick update. Levi is 14 months old actual but about 9 or 10 months adjusted. He weighs about 17.5 lbs now. We are learning more and more just to live in a content manner. Levi is definitely still developing which is a great sign. It is just very slow compared to most kids. We know God has a plan but its still human to want things to just go away. I truly believe God has brought us to a new stage of growth and contentment is what he is teaching us.

He just got his glasses which will help some but its hard to keep them on him if you would imagine. He loves smiling and laughing and making a lot of different noises but no words yet. You will not meet a cuter or happier baby than Levi.

He just finally broke through a tooth and another one came in right beside it. So now he has two teeth on the front bottom. For some reason they came in super crooked though!

Levi still can't sit on his own for long but you can tell he is close as is back is straighter and not hunched. His muscles are getting stronger. He actually can now push himself up off of our chest when we are sitting on the couch. Its supper cute because he will push back and sit on his knees and just let a huge grin. He isnt quite strong enough right now to push up while laying on the floor though.

Levi has been off of his O2 for about a month now! Praise God for that right? After a year of needing support thats a huge step. Its also less stressful on us to not need to lug it all around. We took him out some where last weekend and were just blown away by how we finally felt like normal parents. Most people would take it for granted. You might even think we are crazy for this. We realize how extraordinary Levi's life has been and we feel blessed for that but some times you just want to blend in.  

Levi's biggest issue right now could be feeding. This is very common in preemies but that doesnt make it less frustrating. He went through a period of eating very low volumes of fluid. He would vomit everyday for weeks. He quit eating his baby food altogether. We just recently switched him over to a different formula that is more for older kids. It smells like a milkshake and he really likes it. We still havent gotten him back eating his food well though. We are finally getting some OT help soon. Sometimes the wheels turn slow but we are thankful that its coming. Please pray for this issue specifically.

Another more major issue is his left side weakness. I am not sure how much I have told about that here? Anyway he basically doesnt use his left side nearly as much. Picture him just being extremely right handed. If he is holding something in two hands its probably because we moved his left hand over and put it there. Its not a paralysis or anything. His Physical therapist is great though and has stayed positive on it. Please pray though that he will learn to use his left side more. Its possible if improvement doesnt come he would get slapped with a CP diagnosis.