backtracking a bit

Since I have been completely blog lazy, I feel like I need to update on a few things that happened in between the past two posts.
Thing #1: We took a great trip to Iowa with Jeremy's parents to go visit all of their extended family. We went in the middle of October. It was about a 9 hour drive, which I was a little hesitant to do with Liam, but overall he did VERY well. I still continue to swear by our portable dvd player, that I know keeps us sane on long road trips with him :). Jeremy's parents rented a cute little cabin in Clear Lake, Iowa. It was a great place to be able to go for Liam's naps, and when we needed some down time, and great to spend time with Jeremy's parents. Jeremy's grandparents, and many of his aunts and uncles came down for our wedding (I feel like that was forever ago), but we hadn't seen any of them since then so it was nice to able to see all of them again, and to meet the ones I hadn't met yet. No one had met Liam yet, so of course he was the center of attention :) Liam enjoyed running in the tall rows of corn at grandpa Oscar's farm, and picking apples from the apple tree :). On the way home we got to visit grandma and grandpa Birkey in Des Moines!

Thing #2: We flew to Houston, TX for Thanksgiving! Liam is well traveled for being 19 months old :). Our whole family (with the exception of Dathan and Elizabeth), went to Texas to be with John and Erika for Thanksgiving. We did this two years ago also...I think we should just go ahead and make it a yearly tradition. We had an amazing time, and Liam LOVED it down there. We took him to the beach for the first time, and he could have stayed there all day, chasing birds and dodging the washed up jellyfish :). 2 years ago when we went I was 12 weeks pregnant with Liam, and still not feeling the greatest. So I was looking forward to enjoying this trip, and not being pregnant. HA! That didn't happen, but praise the Lord, my morning sickness has been much more bearable with this pregnancy so far. The main things we did were, the beach, shopping and the Kemah boardwalk. Oh, and a few of us adults went to NASA one afternoon. There is SO much to do down there, you really have to pick and choose. The Saturday before we came home, our family got to meet my Aunt Korrene and Uncle Michael (my dad's sister) at Kemah for lunch, since they just live in Houston. So that was definitely an added bonus! We were very nervous flying with Liam for the first time, but he was a champ, and is now completely obsessed...I mean OBSESSED, with airplanes. Perfect. I mean, that is a pretty cheap hobby :).