And in with the new!

Happy New Year!!

I hope everyone had a happy and safe new year! We were very low key around here. Had a few friends come over, ate way too much Trader Joe's, and watched movies. We didn't even watch the ball drop, although we did watch the clock to appropriately say "Happy New Year." Once the day hit, we had lunch with Grandma, Pampa, four aunts, one uncle, and two cousins. Oh, and 2 boyfriends, can't forget them! It was loud and fun and delicious, much like many meals at Grandma's house. For dinner, we headed over to YaYa and FuzzFace's and were joined by Traveling Uncle Matt (yes, my brother is a Fraggle) and Aunt Nicki. Overall, it was a really nice start to what is going to be a great year!

Welcome to 2012!

Day 67 (3/8/11)

Sometimes, as a parent, you need to catch those funny, awkward moments on camera, just so you can humiliate tease your children once they are older. Thats the case with today's picture:

Mid-yawn. Or roar. Your choice.

One another note, Fuzz Face came by for a visit today! The two of them had a blast rolling around and playing together on the floor!

Day 61 (3/2/11)

Some days, you just need to sit on your Daddy's lap, wearing St Patrick's Day legwarmers, and chew on a wooden car that your Grandpa Fuzz Face made you. Today was a manly day!

Day 60 (3/1/11)

Liam went t o his first hockey game tonight! My aunt gave Fuzz Face and I a pair of tickets to go see the Washington Capitals play beat the New York Islanders. It was a fantastic game, Liam was awake almost the whole time and even though he was exhausted, he was in a fabulous mood. When he finally fell asleep, there were 2 mins to go in the game. Caps scored 1 min later and woke him up. He fell back asleep and shockingly enough STAYED asleep when the Caps won in overtime 2 mins later! And he stayed asleep through all the fans, including hiss mother, screaming and cheering around him. Poor baby didn't wake up until we got back home! It was a lot of fun and I can't wait to go to a game with M in tow!

Not a great picture, but Li and I at the game!

Day 46 (2/15/11)

My father ended up getting new tires for my Jeep, so Liam and I went over to switch them out because I needed new tires BADLY! I was hoping Li would be awake so he and FuzzFace would have some time to play together, but alas. He slept through the entire thing. There's always next time!

Can you spot the baby in this picture?

Day 39 (2/8/11)

FuzzFace made Liam a new toy! He used wood leftover from Li's crib along with castoffs from PRS Guitars to make one awesome car! He hasnt figured out yet that it rolls, but it makes a great toy to chew on for now!

Day 32 (2/1/11)

Today was a FuzzFace day and M got this special moment on camera for me! I think Liam is his Grandfather's biggest fan, its so cute to watch them together!

Li's seat had been sitting in our living room until we installed it. I was looking at it and decided to try it out myself. Turns out that not only do my hips fit in it fairly easily, but it is super comfy too! Thanks again to M for the shot!

Day 29 (1/29/11)

We introduced Li to a new toy today. A "workbench" set that includes a hammer! Fuzzface and Yaya picked it out for him before he was born. I figured with Li's newfound sitting skills, he'd be able to actually play with it. See for yourself how much he likes it:

He and I also had storytime this morning. Everyday I try to read at least one book to him; today's was "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak!

Day 25 (1/25/11)

Today was more of a chill day for the Bubba. He spent the morning with Fuzz Face, and when he wasn't sleeping, he pretty much was either fussy or just kind of sitting there. When I got home, he was upset that I had been gone and super clingy. After a good nursing session and a nap, he was a much happier baby!

Before he cheered up!

Day 14 (1/14/11)

We spent the evening at YaYa and Fuzzface's house and Liam had a blast! This kid just loves his grandparents!

Our little guy is still teething (nothing has popped out yet, but you can see it under the gums!) and he discovering all different things he can gnaw on to relieve the pain:

like large water bottles

or glass root beer bottles

Happy 22 weeks Liam!

Day 8 (1/8/11)

Yesterday was going to be a quiet day around here, but then we decided to be sociable. Our day started off waking up to half an inch of snow on ground. I wanted to take our daily picture out in the snow, but by the time I would have been ready it was already melted :( Instead, we spent our morning being lazy, watching movies and playing with Liam.

According M, Fuzz Face and YaYa (my mother), Li has found and sucked on his toes several times. I just had to take their word for it because I'd never seen it. Until today!

Liam and M were snuggling on the couch and I looked over and he had his foot in his mouth! It was so exciting (to me anyway)!

M's aunt was throwing a small get together that afternoon, so we figured we'd stop by and visit (this starts the sociable part of the day). It was a lot of fun, but we ended up leaving earlier then I would have liked. Our reason for leaving was to go and have dinner with Pampa, aka Liam's birthday buddy (Liam was born on Pampa's [M's grandfather] 81st birthday). Dinner was really nice, it was Pampa, Grandma, M's cousin Kacee who is visiting from the desert, Liam, M and myself. After dinner, we continued our sociable day.

Our last stop was at the house of one of M and my's favorite people. Linda and Barry. I don't know what it is about them, but I always feel so much better after visiting with them. They just have an amazing energy that they share with everyone! Aside from stopping by just to stay hi, we were there for their daughter Rhia to meet Liam. Rhia was one of my bridesmaids in our wedding, and she had yet to meet Liam. Until last night. And of course she's on her way back to school now and wont see him again until the summer, but at least she got to see him as a 'little' baby!

Day 7 (1/7/11)

Today was a much better day for my little man! Grandpa Fuzz Face (my father) helps us out and watches Liam on mornings when M and I both work. Liam is Fuzz Face's "first mate" and is completely crazy for my father. I mean, this child just lights up when he see him, its so sweet!

Once M and I were both home from work, we took a nice long 2 hr walk around the "neighborhood." I use that term loosely, as we currently live in an apartment complex that backs up to a shopping center, with another shopping center literally across the street.




Liam decided to play in the clothes on the bed before we left for our walk. Silly baby!

Our walk was really nice, although COLD considering it was 31 degrees. We stayed warm though, Liam was snuggled nicely against M in our Babyhawk!



My handsome boys!





One more thing: today Li is 21 weeks old! Where did the time go?!?!