I Love Football So Much

I just wanted to share with everyone my love for Football. I like to watch it up close and personal...

Just Some Random Stuff

Wow, I survived this past week. Scott was away in LA, and as usual when Scott is away, Liam decides to forgo sleep. So we (Liam & myself) got about 2 hours of sleep each night. He seemed to be fine with that. I on the other hand, almost collapsed when evening fell last night. Finally, at midnight daddy came home and let me sleep this morning after I nursed the little bugger. I still need a lot more sleep to balance myself out. I tell ya, it is nearly impossible to function on such little sleep and take care of a baby all by myself for an entire week. But thank god it's over now (until next time). In the meantime we just want to share all the wonderful little milestones: a few weeks ago Liam figured out all by himself how to stack the rings back on the ring stacker and I forgot to write all about it. I left him in the pack n' play to take a shower and when I got back he was stacking away. And he was very pleased with himself. He has also been greatly improving his skill of placing shapes into the appropriate holes in his shape sorters. He doesn't always get them right, but he is improving with every day that passes. He has also been saying the Hebrew word for water (Mayim) and even uses it appropriately. And he says a lot of Abba (daddy) and Imma (mommy). Oh, and he also now likes to pick up toys (usually the larger toys) with both hands and travel with them. He likes to carry them around the house and gets very upset when we try to get him to let go.

We also just went to Target to pick out a couple of birthday presents for him as his 1 year birthday is next week.

That's it for now (I think)

I'm Naked (Again) and On the Go

Today we're having an uncharacteristically warm November day. Last we heard it was Fall but Fall doesn't seem to agree. So after playing outside for a bit and getting all sweaty and stuff Liam wanted to run around naked. So I let him.

I Like to Run Around Naked and Pee Standing Up

On Thursday, right before Liam's bath, we gave him the opportunity to run around naked for a bit. And he enjoyed himself so much that he decided he would show his appreciation by peeing on the carpet.

No Bib For Me!!!

Liam is no longer willing to wear his bib while being fed. Now when I say no longer willing, it's not like he's just fussing and I let him have his way. Only after so many times of him pulling off his bib do I give up. So as a result of the bib being pulled off so many times, the Liam shirt got so wet and stained that it was time to take it off as well. And during the time it took me to go get Liam another shirt, he enjoyed running around half naked, showing his stuff... it's just a shame his girlfriend Anna wasn't here to see it.

Got to Have My Coffee...

Liam is his father's son. He can't go anywhere without his coffee... well, hopefully y'all know that we don't give our precious child coffee, but he does like the to-go cups A LOT!!!

I'm Going to Get Into Trouble

Liam spent some lovely time on a lovely Fall day outside today. And he just kept having that "I'm looking for trouble" look on his face that we managed to capture on camera. Well, he did get into trouble. He managed to put a little rock in his mouth and we almost didn't get it out in time. But we got it out and managed to avoid a scary trip to the ER. Alas, might as well get used to it as he is a boy and boys will be boys ...

Happy Halloween!!!

Liam's first Halloween is now over. Liam was Batman for a little while. Since he has a pretty nasty cold and a tooth coming in, we spared him the experience of being in his costume for too long. We put him in it, took some pictures, some video (which we still have not figured out how to upload) and then got him in his jammies. And with the help of some Tylenol we're hoping he will stay in the land of dreams all night long (yeah right!). We're thinking next year he'll be big enough for trick-or-treating (at least in our cul-de-sac). So that's it. We hope y'all had a nice Halloween and that every one's kids got lots of candy. As for us, we didn't get very many trick-or-treaters and so all the left over candy is going to Scott's office tomorrow as I do not want it in the house.

Some More Fun and Updates

So as if having a visit from Anna was not enough excitement for one day, my friend Jenny who came over later in the afternoon convinced me that there's no need to stay home on just because it was a cloudy and drizzly day. So we packed up the Liam and went to the mall. This mall has a wonderful play area in which Liam really enjoyed playing. And, he didn't want to go back into the stroller when it was time to go, so we let him walk along with us all the way to the exit. But the best part was that on the few times when he stumbled and fell, he managed to get back up without having anything to pull up on. He just figured out how to do it completely on his own and made his mommy very very proud. My baby is growing so fast...

He also tried a little bit of Falafel that Jenny made this evening and seemed to like it and he also tried a little bit of whole milk. We're not sure if he liked the milk, but at least he didn't refuse it like he did the formula we tried to give him yesterday. And no, I am not weaning him. However, because of the general anesthesia of my upcoming procedure I will not be able to nurse him for a full day and pumping just isn't working out for me. So we thought we would give him formula that day but he was having none of it. So we decided that since he's so close to being a year old maybe we could just try whole milk. He didn't refuse it and didn't seem to hate it so we'll try again tomorrow. Just a little bit every day in hopes of him liking it and so we'll be able to give it to him on the day of my procedure.

Liam's New Girlfriend

My friend Lisa and her daughter Anna who recently moved to Richmond finally came to visit today. They came in the morning while Liam was still taking his nap so Anna had time to get to know our house and Lisa and I got to catch up a little bit. And when Liam woke up and I brought him downstairs, it was love at first sight. Anna is an older and more sophisticated lady of course. She is 6 months and 2 days older. And Liam was playing hard to get but I know that he fell in love with her as well. Little Anna was chasing him around, trying to give him hugs and kisses, and he kept trying to run away and to play it cool. But I saw him sneak a few heartbreaking smiles to her and when they left he cried and said that he can't wait to see his best girl again.