thanks matt

we were hanging out with matt and michele a while back, and while we were there matt took some adorable pictures of liam. he was about 3 1/2 months old when they were taken.

this explains my patients at work.

4 months old

We had Liam's 4 month doctor appointment on Monday. He got yet another series of vaccines...poor baby. It is so easy for me to give shots to the babies at work, but when it comes to him...it is pretty sad. He checks out to be doing great. He was 14 pounds 11 ounces and 25 inches long. He actually is not quite as big as we thought he was. Both those measurements put him in approximately the 50th percentile. Liam has been pretty congested this past week, but it has been getting better. I told the doctor that he has been more fussy than normal lately, and I think it is due to him teething. He looked as his mouth and said that he doesn't think he is teething. What?!? This is what I have been blaming his fussy bouts on since he was 10 weeks old!! So that officially made me feel pretty dumb. But really...what else is the bright white spot under his gums?? I know they are supposed to get swollen and they really are not swollen yet, so maybe he is not as close as I think he is. All this drool has got to be for some reason! I guess I will stop looking for that tooth every morning when he wakes up...

i saw it.

missing firsts...

So my very wise cousin Erika, just told me the other day that I am probably going to have to prepare myself for missing some "firsts" in Liam's life. Well she was right. Today Jeremy was playing with him on the floor and I was on the couch on the computer. By the time Jeremy had said "Kellie, Kellie!" he had already rolled over :(. He rolled from his belly to his back all by himself...I was sitting right there and missed it! Of course he has not done it again. Jeremy says its ok and he thinks it was a fluke cause his arm was caught under his side so it was easier for him to roll. So yes, I actually teared up a little cause I didn't see this milestone...but I guess I should just suck it up and realize I might just miss a few more :).

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...