laughing...trying to roll over...and bumbo

Here are a couple of the newest videos we have gotten of Liam. I think every stage is better than the last. He is really starting to laugh a lot now, and there is something very contagious about a little baby's laugh. He also tries SO hard to roll over, but hasn't quite figured that out..but it sure is fun to watch him try!


He also LOVES his bumbo seat (thank you Mel and Michele). I had not even thought of trying to sit him in there yet, but Erika suggested it, and he loves it! He is getting really good at reaching out and grabbing onto toys, and his newest thing is shaking them around once he has grabbed onto them. It is fun watching him realize that he is the one making the toy rattle. Jeremy told me when I was in the shower today that Liam transferred the rattle from his right to his left hand! Too bad I missed it..I'm sure he will do it again. Well as you will see from the video below, he sometimes gets a little out of control shaking the toy :).


(Oh and if anyone has any suggestions for a very congested infant, feel free to let me know. I don't think he is congested enough to take him to the doctor, but I kind of want to ease the congestion for him, but am not quite sure how. I did buy some infant saline drops for his nose so hopefully those might start helping...oh and of course Tylenol has become our best friend :)

the rainiest day ever.

So we have had about 12 inches of rain since this morning...and it is still raining. And yes I was one of the stupid drivers who went out and took pictures :) Well me and Jessica, who ran down to our house in the rain because she can't get her car out of the driveway.

favorite

sucking his thumb

3 months old and sucking his thumb? Last week when Jeremy and I would get Liam up from his nap he would be sucking on his thumb. But now when we put him down for his naps this thumb promptly finds his mouth and he goes to sleep. I think it is really cute right now...probably won't be in 2 years :) I am wondering if he started sucking his thumb because he is about to cut teeth. Maybe it feels good on his gums, because those teeth are about to pop through any day!

goodbye chuck

dear ugly green chucks:
your demise has come. praise the lord. you officially are un-wearble and that makes me a very happy wife. you will be replaced.

new camera...new photos

3 Months Old! There are a couple developmental milestones you will notice in these pictures...grasps and shakes toys (his first set of john deere keys :), and supporting his upper body on his arms while laying on his stomach. He is growing up so fast!! We had a little discussion the other day about how he is not supposed to grow up so fast, but I don't think he listened very well. Other things he is doing are: brings hands to mouth, takes swipes at dangling objects with hands, opens and shuts hands, and starting to show some hand and eye coordination.

l.i.a.m.

Well my excuse for not posting in a while is because we don't have a camera anymore! I think it got lost or possibly taken at Dathan and Elizabeth's wedding so we have ordered another one and it should be getting to the house today!! I am so excited to have it. I'm sure Liam has enjoyed the flash not going off in his face every 5 seconds but I have missed it. Its not so bad that our camera was misplaced, I was kind of wanting a different one anyways! :) But here is a video we took a couple of days ago...we can usually get HUGE smiles out of Liam when we spell his name and move his arms to the shape of the letters (I think he just likes the movement of his arms). He is just at such an amazing stage right now...smiling and talking constantly. I love it!

back to work

last night was my first night back at work. it went much better than i thought it was going to. it felt like i was just off for a weekend, and not three months! it is going to take me a while to get used to the pace of that place again...it kicked my butt. i was pretty tired when i got home, but i will re-adjust. i am only back part-time which is an amazing blessing that we can do that. it has worked out that jeremy and i will adjust our schedules so that we don't have a sitter. it made it much easier to go back knowing that he was with jeremy. jeremy loved his 10 hours with him yesterday! he would text me picture of him throughout the night. looks like they had a lot of fun!

liam walking?

Ok well he is not really walking obviously...but this is his new favorite thing to do. It keeps him happy that is all I know! (oh and I am almost 100% sure he is teething...at 10 weeks!)

parmesan baked salmon

Here is a new recipe I tried that turned out really well!

Parmesan Baked Salmon

1/4 cup mayonnaise
2 Tbsp grated parmesan cheese
1/8 tsp ground red pepper (cayenne)
4 salmon fillets (1 lb)
2 tsp lemon juice
10 ritz crackers crushed

Preheat over to 400. Mix mayo, cheese and pepper and set aside.

Place salmon on foil-lined shallow baking pan. Drizzle evenly with lemon juice.
Top with cheese mixture; spread to evenly cover salmon. Sprinkle with cracker crumbs.

Bake 12-15 minutes or until salmon flakes easily with a fork.

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could it be any better??

7 hours saturday night
7 1/2 hours sunday night
8 hours monday night
AND...9 hours last night!!!

I hope Liam keeps sleeping like he is...hopefully he has turned that corner and it now sleeping through the night for good. We have been trying this whole babywise system, and I think there is actually something to it. The whole goal is to have your child sleeping through the night by about 6-7 weeks of age if you start it from birth. Well we didn't start it until he was 6 weeks old, but now he is 10 weeks and sleeping through the night. There are many things in that book that I will consider a little extreme, but you can pick and choose which parts you like and apply those, and that has seemed to work for us! The whole basic concept is the feed/wake/sleep cycle. And I think if you try to stick to that then it works pretty well. Hopefully many more rested nights for Jeremy and I...

daddy time

goin swimmin'

Well Liam got to go swimming for the first time yesterday!! We went and took advantage of KT and Julie's pool at their house before they move! Needless to say I think we might have a little fish on our hands...he loved it! He even got splashed in the face a few times and didn't cry! I have been avoiding taking him swimming because the pediatrician said we can't put sunscreen on him until he is 4 months old...but Melanie said their pool is really well shaded from 10-11am so we went then. I'm so glad we did! We are going to be swimming a lot more this summer (where it is shaded of course). We already have a date to go and swim with Michele and the girls later this week!

good morning!

I compiled a few videos of when Liam wakes up in the morning. He is usually so happy at this time! This morning I could hear him talking to himself through the monitor, and I went in there and he was wide awake just very content, looking around, smiling and cooing.

great grandma and grandpa

We went up to the hospital to see grandpa yesterday! They both had a lot of fun playing with Liam. Grandpa is doing really well! Still waiting to hear when his surgery will be...

more 8 week pictures

8 weeks!

Liam is 8 weeks old today! I cannot believe how big and old he is getting..and so fast! He had his two month appointment today. Poor little guy got 3 shots for about 50 different things :). He screamed, but it only last a short little bit. He got over it quickly. Now he is pretty fussy and has a low fever due to the shots. Poor baby might not be too happy for the next couple of days. Other than the recent shots, he is doing very well!! He is smiling and interacting with us more and more every day. He definitely recognizes his mommy and daddy now which is the best feeling ever. He tries so hard to talk...it is adorable. I will take some video soon and post it. We just love him more and more every day. Today he was 12 pounds 4 ounces and 23 inches long! The doctor says he looks great, and everything is normal. Developmentally he is right on track...he smiles in response to voices and other smiles, and also to initiate socialization..he is cooing, focusing, tracking and recognizing with his eyes...he just really is the most amazing thing ever...

aunt erin

Tuesday morning came and mom, dad, Jeremy, Liam and I all piled in a rented mini-van and drove down to Eureka Springs, AR to see Erin! She had a 24 hour break from kamp so we were able to spend a little bit of time with her. It was GREAT to get to see her...we really miss her a lot. She was surprised how much Liam has grown in just the few weeks she has been gone. Mom, Erin and I walked around downtown Eureka Springs looking at some of their shops...I didn't realize this little town was such a "touristy" place! It is a really cute town right in the middle of the Ozarks. It was awesome to go back to the Ozarks...mom and I figured out that it has been seven years since we have been down there, and before that every summer we would be down there at Ponca Bible Camp. It is such a beautiful part of the country.



Erin is loving her experience at KAA (kids across america). She is there for two terms, each term being three weeks. Each week she has a different set of girls. By then end she will have counseled six cabins of girls (each cabin has about 11 girls). She LOVES her co-counselor, which makes all the difference in the world. She says that she feels like she has known her her whole life, and they work really well together. That has been a huge blessing for her. Her first week of girls, she really enjoyed. She said that was a good group of girls to start the term out with. I think that the week she is on now is a little more challenging, but it sounds like she is dealing with it all really well. Her third group of girls comes tomorrow. Erin is spending basically all of her time outside, so she is as tan as I can ever remember her...it is quite ridiculous when you put the two of us side by side :). She spends her days coaching basketball, life-guarding and being a boat driver. Those are her main responsibilities. She was very relieved to come to a hotel with air conditioning and where she could take a hot shower!

Just wanted to update everyone on her experiences. I know she is really enjoying it, and had nothing but good things to say about her time there. It takes an amazing person to be able to relate to the kids that she is working with...I am so impressed.

annette's 18!

Here are some pictures from Annette's 18th birthday party! Liam has really started to smile now, so a few of the pictures are of his big toothless grin! We had a great time getting to hang out with family...

for aunt k

Thanks for this cute little outfit!! Well this one...and many others :) Love you!