5 months old!

liam is 5 mo. old today. he seems to be enjoying his dinner of peas this week (visualize whirled peas.) :) i think we might try a fruit next. he also likes his new play yard that we set up for him - he can play on the floor with his toys without being kissed 27,000 times by the dogs. his favorite think to do, though, is play in his jumparoo. sometimes he looks like he's trying out for riverdance. it's pretty funny to watch.

liam got a very nice package in the mail from his birthfather yesterday. he managed to find a beanie baby with a "born on" date of liam's birthday! liam gave it a big hug when we took it out of the box.

liam also seems to like riding on my old rocking horse. he's still too short to ride on his own, but he holds onto the handles like a big boy while he rides. we do have the problem of wanting to chew on the rocking horse though.

he's been sleeping in his "big boy bed" for the last several nights and doesn't seem to mind. the monitor is on so we can hear him since he's not just outside our room anymore. we're trying to find a happy medium on the volume control though. :)

have a wonderful weekend everyone! thanks for reading.

new food!

liam has been busy again. we were in memphis this past weekend for the st. jude's showcase of dogs. liffey played flyball with her friends. i'm trying to teach liam how to call passes, but i think his little fingers are too short for anyone to see. :) he had a good time visiting with his friends. it's so sad that NO ONE loves him and no one wanted to hold him or tell him how handsome he is. he even had someone from another team ask me if her dog could come pet my baby. you read that right. her dog was very sweet and tried buttering me up so that she could take liam home with her. her owner promised to come get liam if he was ever sent to the pound. :o)

and liam finally got to try some new foods. he had his first vegetable last night - sweet potatoes. he really seemed to like it, at least much more than he liked his rice cereal and somewhat more than he liked his oatmeal. he still loves to take a bath, too.

liam has his first cough. it is very sad to hear, but we've done great to get this far before his first cold. he's been around a lot of people lately, so we knew it had to come eventually.

liam might be moving downstairs to his crib at night sometime soon. he's outgrowing his cradle (he can hold onto both sides at the same time when he's not swaddled.) watch this space.....

and yes, i know i need to get a new picture posted! his comb-over was cut so he looks much more handsome now.

4 mo. pediatrician check up

the little porker is 25 inches (50%ile), 15 bls 6 oz (60%ile) and his head circum. is also in the 60%ile. he didn't enjoy his 4 shots, but within mintues, he was smiling at the pretty nurse again.

that night we bought him a jumparoo that "aunt beth" found him on craigslist. he LOVES the jumparoo, just like his friends landon, lily and olivia do.

he tried cereal for the first time sat. night. he thinks we are raving lunatics for putting that stuff in his mouth! i think he'll like it more once he gets to eat something that tastes better.

another busy weekend....

liam had another fun filled weekend. saturday liam and i met up with friends from our old infertility support group. he got to see his friend landon, who was adopted through the same agency as liam, and he got to see lily and olivia, his "girlfriends," with their moms, of course. we also got to see "aunt" carrie's belly with her twins (along with "aunt" susan's horse impersonation, which liam was laughing out loud at) and got to meet abbey, who is just starting the adoption process with our agency.

on sunday, liam hung out with his grandma karen while we did a flyball demo at a fundraiser. sunday night liam went to his first cardinal's game! they won, so liam must be a good luck charm (either that, or they didn't want to listen to him scream any longer.)

liam also started rolling from his back to his stomach last week! he is a man on the move! he turned 4 mo. old yesterday. he goes in for his 4 mo. pediatrician visit tomorrow. we're hoping that he gets to start cereal soon. i think the little porker will like it.

on the move!!

liam started scooting across the floor last week. he's trying hard to figure out how to move better than that. if it was up to him, he'd be walking by now. he has to be able to see EVERYTHING. he loves to sit outside and look at the trees (glad some of them are growing back after the tornado!) :) he already likes to pet liffey and lincoln (especially very soft lincoln.) we are teaching him how to be very gentle with lincoln.

liam went to the balloon glow friday night. he liked looking at the balloons light up and didn't miss anything because his cousin andrew made sure to point out all the cool balloons. sat. night liam went to a bbq and had fun there (except when everyone laughed at his hair. but his hair is pretty funny last night.)

got good news that an online infertility vet friend is now a proud mom (yeah spike!) she had a very short wait from her match to her son's birth. gee, sound familiar? spike is the lovely person who sent liam his dog "rug" that he is laying on in the previous picture. she deserves this!

a local infertility vet friend is waiting for her potential birthmother to give birth next week. hoping to be able to sneak upstairs to take a quick peek - since she is scheduled to give birth at the hospital attached to our medical building!

and jenna - the one who appeared on oprah and the today show - is also matched. she's written on her blog about how nervous she is. i understand COMPLETELY.

what else - liam had his parents as teachers visit recently. it is confirmed that he is a genious. :) his 4 mo. pediatrician check up is next week. we're hoping to be able to try some cereal! he already loves to sit in his big boy high chair (mostly because he likes to bang on the tray.)

guess that's it from here!

more flyball....

liam had 2 weekends in a row of flyball! he LOVES to go to flyball because he has so many friends there he can't keep track of them all. aunt shelly loves to hold and kiss him, aunt tammy loves to talk to him, aunt barb is getting more brave holding him while standing:) and aunt paula loves him even more because he doesn't wake up in the middle of the night anymore!

he can now roll over from his belly to his back. he has started to bat at/reach for things, including his liffey! (watch out liffey!) he loves to smile at everyone and loves to talk to himself. he's not real crazy about the long ride to iowa, but neither is his mom.

had a little issue with my life insurance co. today. they have a juvenile 1 time payment plan. when i called to get some answers to a few questions (like do you want his name or his legal name) they said (essentially) that i wasn't his parent and not qualified to purchase the policy. i assured them that according to the county courthouse where his guardianship hearing was held that i was indeed his legal guardian and had papers to prove it. i would either get the policy now or not at all. after a brief consultation with her manager, the rep was more than happy to sign him up. adoptive parents expect hurdles along the way, but this was not one i saw coming.

to end on a happy note, liffey and her teammates rocked the last 2 weekends playing flyball. liffey got a new title, as did several of her teammates. liffey posted her fastest racing time ever and had fun playing flyball with her friends (and against her friends!) hope you like the picture of liam, too.

liam update

liam has decided that there are too many THINGS TO SEE to take time to eat. we're hoping the heat is aggravating this "issue" and that he returns to his normal piggy self soon. he doesn't seem upset by this at all, except when we try to convince him that eating only half of what he was eating last week is not enough!

we also brought out the exersaucer. he LOVES to sit up, look around and swat at the toys. he's still not very good at sitting up (the exersaucer is supposed to be for 3+ mo) but he can lean on it like he's at a bar, waiting for a drink. :)

we took a family dip in the not-hot hot tub. liam liked that a lot too. he also likes to watch liffey swim in her "pool." so many things to see! like his lamp! (he laughed at it yesterday.) and his wallpaper! (it has puppies on it too.) and, of course, himself in the mirror. :)