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.

cheerio!

or cheerios. last friday liam tried cheerios for the first time. not much of a pincer grip yet, so the fist into the mouth is his method of giving himself cheerios. has about a 50/50 shot at keeping them in his mouth, which of course liffey loves. he'll eat them anytime and seems to enjoy himself!

and with not so great news, liam had his first fever this week. luckily, aunt lynn was on top of it. we watched him and gave him baby tylenol (which he hates, still), and today his fever seems much better, but his cough sounds not so good still. but he's eating like a champion (as usual), so at least he is feeling good enough to eat!

cheese, glorious cheese!

we gave liam some shredded mozzarella cheese last night while we were eating dinner. although he had some trouble figuring out how to pick it up AND put it in his mouth, he was upset when the 3 or 4 tiny pieces i gave him were gone. so i had to give him more. and more. and more. but that was mostly because half of it ended up in his lap instead of his mouth. luckily, his liffey was MORE than happy to clean him up.

latest updates

liam has all sorts of new skills. he has started to "cruise" the furniture - getting from one end of the couch to the other without getting down to crawl. bill put together liam's "shopping cart" that he got for xmas, and within 1 week, liam has learned how to take several steps behind it instead of just 1 or 2 before falling on his knees. he still loves to bang on his "piano" and table he got for xmas. bill and i know all the songs from the play table, if anyone ever wants to hear them. :)

liam is having fun with his border collie friends marvin and silk visiting. he thinks they are pretty funny. marvin and silk think that liam is big enough to play with them and keep bringing him toys. so far, liam hasn't caught on.

on sat. afternoon, liam and i are off to our friends' baby shower. they are expecting boy/girl twins from a donor embryo cycle. liam picked out some of his favorite things to give to his new friends.

another friend's blog

i just added a link to my friend sandi's blog. i met her online with other infertility vets. she is in the waiting phase of her adoption, which is not easy. please feel free to check it out and give her a little support.

thanks!

all i want for christmas...

liam is working on his 2 front teeth! they started showing the friday before xmas.

we had a busy weekend last weekend - going to bill's family's party, going to my parents' house on xmas eve to meet liam's uncle chris and his girlfriend ani. then back up to bill's parents' house xmas day and back to my parents' house that afternoon. but liam got lots of toys and loves to play with them. he likes the ones he can stand up with!

the following day we went to the family NHL game. liam actually WATCHED the game (until he fell asleep.) i had a hard time feeding him when all he wanted to do was watch the game. and listen to the beer man, but i told him no beer, in case he has to drive home. :)

we also heard from liam's birthmother, and she is doing well, which is always great to hear!

first snow!

liam had another busy weekend. friday afternoon was our visit with parents as teachers. liam appears to be on track developmentally in all areas. we filled out the health hx info too, which is interesting to have to look up my son's health hx in a file, but thank goodness his birthparents were generous enough to give us copies of all their paperwork so we would have so much information for liam. friday night was xmas shopping, and liam did a fine job picking out lots of things for everyone!

sat. we got together with our friends from my infertility support group. liam got to meet baby julia for the first time. he thinks julia is very pretty. and he had fun playing on the floor with landon, lily and olivia. i think he likes seeing people his own size.

sat. night we drove home in the snow, and when bill got home sunday morning, we went sledding in the front yard. liam seemed to enjoy it, even when he did a face plant in the snow. he came up laughing! definitely his father's son.

sunday night we went out with landon and his family to celebrate both boys' adoptions being finalized. it's nice for them both to officially and legally be home.

hope you enjoy the pictures! (excuse the runny nose!)