Lights, Camera, Action!

What's that?  You want to see some video of two babies being adorable?!  I can help you out with that.  Nothing too exciting in either of these, but Liam and Emma had an impromptu playdate today at the law school, and of course, it was preserved for posterity.  In the longer video, watch Liam make his move at about the minute and a half mark :)

Moving on Up!

Well, he's not standing up and dancing (without help) yet, but it's been a big few days here for Liam as he is now moving!  Crawling has commenced, and as he continues to improve in speed everyday I have a feeling he'll be finding stuff to get into that I had no idea was there in no time.  In addition, we have a bottom tooth that is "thisclose" to popping through, so far no major pain seems to be associated with it, which is lucky for Liam (and us!).  And not only does he crawl, he's isn't content with just that achievement and seems to think that he needs to learn how to stand up already.  He has just about mastered pulling himself up to standing using the coffee table, and is NOT happy with us when we move him over to the overstuffed footstool instead to practice over there.  Something about hard edges and table legs make us a bit nervous to watch him try to master that skill.

 

I managed to get a short video this morning, but no matter how much I enticed him with the rattle, he didn't want to show off too much. We are entering in to a whole new world here.  We're excited for it, I'm not so sure about Harley Sue though. She may be spending a lot more time in her "safe place" under the guest bed, hiding from little fingers and a little boy that is fascinated by his dog.

Liam's Vacation Adventures Part III - California

July continued on in a whirlwind of fun with a brief 4 days at home after our time with the Zwagerman family in Okoboji.  With just enough time to do laundry and clean up the house, we packed up our bags and hopped on a plane to Sunny California!  This time it was vacation with the Williams family, as we went out to Palm Spring to visit the newest member of the family, little Kaeson!

Grandma and Grandpa Williams flew in from Michigan and we headed in from Iowa to go see Uncle Russ, Cassie and Kaeson.  Kaeson was a month old, and I forget how little babies are at that age!  Then again, I'm pretty sure Liam's head was never as small as Kaeson's :)

Liam's head is gigantic compared to Kaeson's!

Liam was a perfect baby on the flight out.  We flew at night, hoping he would sleep most of the time, but while he was awake more than I thought he would be, he was as good as can be and was entertaining everyone around us on both flights.  The way home involved a bit more fuss, but overall, he did really well for a 6 month old!

While the visit wasn't nearly long enough, it was so fun to meet the newest family member and spend time with the whole family.  Grandma and Grandpa were loving having both babies there together to play with and hold and spoil rotten.

While there, Liam learned a new trick: how to go from laying down to sitting up, all on his own!  Every time he did it, he would sit there and just grin, so proud of himself! And rightfully so of course :)

We're already trying to figure out when we can get back out to Palm Springs again...but next time I'm aiming not to head to the desert in the middle of July!

UPDATE 8/7/12: For some reason the slideshow won't work for this album...until I get it figured out, here's a link to the CA pictures and you can see a slideshow from that album page

Liam's Vacation Adventures Part II - Okoboji

Liam's summer of fun continued on through June with lots of weekends spent at the lake with Grandma and Grandpa Zwagerman.  The big trip though was the week of July 4th, where we were at the lake for over a week!  On top of all that lake time, Liam got to meet his Uncle Jed for the first time.


Jed and Tira brought their two dogs, so with the whole Zwagerman clan there we had 8 (semi) adults, 5 dogs and 3 kids in the house for the week.  Plus assorted visitors of all ages and sizes :)  It was fun and a good time was had by all.  It was also HOT.  Perfect weather to spend lots of time in the water.  Liam hasn't gone swimming in the lake yet, he'll have to wait until next summer to tackle that adventure. 


While Liam didn't get to swim in the lake, he did get to drive the boat with Grandpa!  Plus, he got lots of cousin time with Hattie and Amelia.  All in all, it was a wild, loud and awesome week.  We managed to take lots of pictures from the week, which if I've done this right, will be in the album below.

Liam's Vacation Adventures Round I - Michigan

For a little guy, Liam has had a busy few months!  It started in May when he and I made our first trip to Michigan to visit with Grandma and Grandpa.  It was a busy few days, but such a wonderful visit!  We got to see lots of family and friends, who were kind enough to come to us rather than us taking him out and about.  Liam (and his mom!) had a wonderful trip to Michigan and are already looking forward to the next trip, hopefully this fall.  I was so busy visiting that I forgot to take pictures most of the time, but I managed to get a few of Liam and some of his fans.  I can't begin to list everyone we saw and everyone I should thank for such a wonderful visit.  Grandma and Grandpa deserve a huge round of Liam hugs though, for helping make the visit go so smoothly, for having so much on hand I didn't need to pack, for driving us back and forth to Detroit, and for just being all around wonderful :)

Seven Months!

Another month has come and gone and Baby Lamb is growing like a weed!  The past month he's been learning all sorts of new tricks...he can sit up on his own, he can get himself into a sitting position from laying down, and he scootches everywhere!  He isn't quite crawling yet, but he's close.  The only direction he can't go is forward.  He's got backwards down solid, and between that and this nice spin move he has, he can pretty much get anywhere he wants to go.  On Sunday morning he found his toy basket and before I knew it, had all the toys out and spread all over everywhere :)

We don't have any teeth yet, but we are definitely in the teething process.  You can feel bumps and see where it's about to pop through there on the bottom middle.  As of yet he hasn't been TOO terribly fussy, and I am hoping we are lucky enough it stays that way. 

Liam loves his food!  So far we've been trying all sorts of fruits and vegetables, and there's very little he hasn't liked, or in some cases loved.  All of that eating is helping him keep growing, Jay say him on the scale last night and he was 20.0 pounds!  He's definitely gotten taller too.  And while he has some padding, he's also just a solid kid!  He's so interactive and loves to "talk" to you.  (Liam tells fabulous stories!).  He's lost his mullet (or mud flap as I also heard it referred to) and has hair!  He's turning into a little blue-eyed blonde boy, ready to be a heart-breaker. 

With that, here are a few of the pics of him and Mr. Monkey at 7 months.  It is now officially impossible to keep him still long enough to get a good photo with his toy!  I may have to start doing this when he's sleeping, although since he sleeps on his belly with his butt in the air, that may not make a good photo to see how he's grown ;)

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Six months!

I'm determined to get Liam's 6 month post up before he turns 7 months...so I'm going to sneak it in under the wire here.  The little guy is growing like a weed and is a solid kid!  At his six month appointment he was a happy, healthy little guy and handled his shots like a champ (as always). It's obvious that he's super smart and has a huge brain as his head continues to be in the 97th percentile! Over the past six months he grew almost 6 inches and is measuring in at 26 1/4 inches tall.  His weight was the big gainer though!  The last time we were at the doctor's was on May 12.  He was in the 11th percentile at 14 lbs 1 oz.  Six weeks later, he was up to 17 lbs 11 oz and the 54th percentile! At six months old, he was almost weighing the same as his cousin 9 months older than him :)

Here are his six month pictures with Mr. Monkey.  He's just so big!  I am absolutely amazed at how fast these first six months have gone.  Every day is an adventure with Liam, and we are so blessed.  It doesn't hurt that he's turned in to a really good sleeper too, and never fails to greet you with a smile.  Before I know it though, he'll be 1...and then starting school, and then off to college.  How fast the time flies!

1 month

6 months...look how I've grown!