First Shoes

Click on the picture and see me in my first shoes
Since Liam has been taking some steps on his own for quite some time now (today he took 4 of them towards me), we decided that it was time to get his some shoes. So we asked around and everyone had the same answer: Stride Rite shoes. So daddy took Liam to the Stride Rite store and they tried on several pairs and ended up buying one. Men always decide much faster than women, don't they? Turns out he is a size 4. We don't know whether it's small, medium, or large and we didn't bother to find out. Scott was just so thrilled that Liam was on his best behavior and didn't have a meltdown in spite of having to try on several pairs of shoes. And the nice lady at the store took Liam's picture with his new shoes on and gave it to them. So we have proof. Of course he won't be wearing these shoes at home or in most indoor places but when we go outdoors he will have a pair of good and EXPENSIVE shoes.

Daddy the Hair Stylist Strikes Again

Yesterday I got so fed up with Liam's hair going into his eyes again so I called "Daddy the Hair Stylist" for the rescue again. And again, he has proven that he is a man of many talents, a truly renaissance man. Here are before and after pictures

Click on the picture to see the Before

Click on the picture to see the After

Two Steps Forward...

Hooray!!! Liam, Scott & I were hanging out in our family room this evening after Liam's dinner. Liam was standing up and holding onto the coffee table and all of the sudden, the little man let go of the coffee table and took TWO steps towards me (I was on the sofa). He took TWO WHOLE STEPS without holding onto anything. It was so amazing. And then our screams of joy kind of scared him and he fell down on this cute little bottom. But it was real. He did it. We were so proud. And then it hit us like a ton of bricks. We realized that soon he will be able to get into way more trouble than he has been able to just by crawling. So now we will wait and see when this miracle will happen again and of course we will report to y'all.

So Much Fun and No Evidence

This past Sunday we accepted an invitation from our friends Brian & Suzanne to join the gang at their creek house for an end of summer celebration. All of our friends that we haven't seen in quite a while were going to be there and as tired as we were, we really didn't want to miss out on seeing everyone. So we got up extra early and packed up the Liam and all of his necessities (for 1 day mind you!!!) and drove for a little over an hour and arrived at the most peaceful house ever. They have a wonderful vacation home there and it was so calming and relaxing. Liam finally got to see his "almost twin" Shelby. Shelby is Ben & Katie's 4th child and she is a day older than Liam. The babies played together (sort of) and all the other girls just kept showering the babies with attention. Liam was a bit shy at first, but soon he got all comfortable with everyone and started giving out his famous smiles. He even took his usual nap!!! It was indeed a successful day. We had a nice time and even managed to relax a bit. And we made it back in time for his bath. But, we forgot our camera at home (shame on us, we know!!!) and so we have no evidence of this day. So you will just have to take our word for it.