9 mo. old and more fun sounds!

liam turned 9 mo. old on tuesday! we are going to the ped. this afternoon for his 9 mo. check up, which here, includes a blood lead level screening (not sure if it is done everywhere, but when you live in a place where the EPA will pay for your soil and water to be tested, it's a bit more necessary.)

liam has also discovered his high pitched voice! low, growly voice was long ago, but the new high pitched one is apparently very entertaining too. lots of sounds - /m, n, d, p, f, w, g/ to name a few.

we are off to liam's friends' birthday party tomorrow. the babies all start turning 1 yr old now. first lily and olivia, then landon, then liam, then julia and of course the brand new twins harper and jackson have about 11 1/2 mo. to go. :) liam will be excited to see all the girls! (and landon's first word is umbob - sponge bob. not mom. not dad. sponge bob.) :o)

karin's blog

i've added another link over to the right. karin is a friend i met on IVFC who was just a few months behind us adoptiong her son. feel free to check it out!

adoption thoughts....

one of the great things about adoption (i think) is that liam will be able to grow up to be who HE wants to be, not who anyone else expects him to be. he is his own person, and not the product of of anyone's genes around here. if he wants to grow up to be a CPA (since neither i or my brother did!) and ski every winter, he can do that. but if he wants to grow up to be a mechanic, or pilot or senator, he can do that too. his genes are his own. he will obviously be influenced by us, and his birthparents are not that dissimilar to us. maybe he will be artistic, like his birthmother and me. maybe he will be more like his dad and birthfather. it's up to him.

while it's hard to look at his sweet face and see not bill or me, we are so lucky to know who he does look like. and so is he.

turn up the volume!!

liam has been experimenting with whispering for several months now. this weekend, i think he learned how to TALK REALLY LOUD. we were in the car, and bill and i hear liam "talking" to himself then all of a sudden, it was really loud! i think he is impressed with his oratory skills.

bill, liam and i went geocaching on sat. afternoon. liam really likes to hang out outside. on sunday, while bill and grandpa ken went to the woodworking show, liam, grandma pat and i went shopping. liam got a valentines day present from his grandma - a build a bear dog in a fireman's outfit. liam is nearly as impressed with the box right now. oh well.