Milestones in the life of...

The weather has finally seemed to stabilize a bit here. Its been in the 20's for a while now which is nice walking weather. We try to walk everyday, Liam and weather permitting of course. This picture from the upstairs window looks drastically different from the last one I took, thought you all would get a kick out of that. Our weather just changes so fast up here. Its a total ice rink up on Lazy Mt., but sunny.
Now on to the reason we are all really reading this blog. Milestones in the life of our star have been happening in quick succession. Tonight he ate Cheerios for the first time. No choking just lots of attentiveness. As you can see from the picture he is very focused on the task at hand. He probably dropped more than he got to his mouth, much to the delight of Keegan. He worked very hard though and was defiantly ready for the challenge. I must admit watching him was kind-of hard because I just really wanted to help him, I knew that it would be best for him to do it him self though. I should learn this lesson now with something easy like Cheerios right. He is also getting a 7th tooth. I noticed tonight on the right lower side another one is coming in, can you believe it. Our friends little girl who is almost a year old doesn't have any teeth at all!!! We are going to her birthday party in a couple of weeks, lots of little ones running around a gym. Sounds like a good time to me. Back to the milestones...he is starting to get the hang of being mobile a bit more. He can move army crawl style at a surprising speed but he is working on the hands and knees more and more everyday. Its coming soon, I know. One of his other favorite things to do is this sideways thing when he is on his tummy. I think its a prelude to going from stomach to sitting but who knows, could just be a phase. He loves his Bob the Builder books. Well have a great week and check in with you all soon.

On Eating and Outside Time

This last week seemed to creep and fly by at the same time. My friend ended up coming out to spend time with us anyway. We spent time knitting, cooking and of course playing with Liam. She made Liam a really cute pair of mittens with a string to put through his coat so they don't get lost. If you look closely you can see them in the stroller picture. He is really decked out in the homemade goods in that picture. My mom made the quilt, I made the booties and hat and Michelle made the mitts. What a lucky baby. I also took this picture of him outside in his sled, the snow was mostly gone and slush had taken its place unfortunately. Right now there is almost no snow and our yard has a small lake in it, at least our driveway isn't flooded like our neighbors is. He is sporting a toasty warm outfit made out of organic cotton from Michelle. She does great work.
We are making progress with eating and moving at light speed it seems through the stages. It seems like yesterday I was feeding him his first bit of rice cereal and now he is starting to experiment with feeding himself and picking up soggy O's off his tray (he still doesn't have it down but its fun to watch). He makes more of a mess than anything and sorry Gin gin those are indeed carrots on his face. You will be happy to know though, he doesn't want to eat his beans unless I add something sweet like apples!!
This afternoon we are going to the Library to sign up for their baby story time and pick up some audio books for Brody. As you can see he loves his books. Right now we are reading Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White. We also read lots of board books like this one. He likes to carry them around when he is in his walker.
I just peaked my head outside and its raining again and 37 degrees!! Crazy weather. Brody said this morning up on the slope it was in the 20 below range. Keep warm thoughts for him.
Swim Lesson sign up is on February 3rd, more on that to come.

Traineau pour bebe

I had a friend coming out this weekend but she had to cancel. It made me sad and a little lonely. Then before I knew it I got a phone call from a dear friend in Seattle who just had her own baby and a call from the head of the Moms Club in Palmer. Its amazing how things just happen like that. The weather has been really strange lately. After the crazy below zero weather we had it is now over 20 degrees and the wind is blowing very hard. School, buses and pretty much everything else was canceled today because it was so icy outside. Liam and I stayed in today, no unnecessary travel you know. We are supposed to go to our first Moms Club play date in the morning so hope that goes well. Staying in has given Liam and Keegan time to bond or more time to for him to chase her around the house in his walker, I guess. I bought Liam a baby sled last night, the traineau pour bebe in french. We came home and tried it out in the house. He loved it. I cant wait until its not so windy and icy, then we can go for a walk. We also found a new game that Liam loves. If I throw the frisbee for the dog in the house he laughs hysterically, he really likes it if she catches it in the air. I'm not sure whats so funny about it but baby wants what baby gets.

Busy Baby

Liam has now figured out how to open the drawers in the kitchen so we are off to the store to pick up some childproof locks for the drawers. Its his new trick. He loves the walker, cruising all over, even up and down the hall. He likes to follow my old yellow lab around the house much to her dismay. Gingin and Cici will be happy to know that even though he pulls off all the hats I put on his head he loves to carry the polar bear hat around with him when he's in his walker. He is still sleeping well and his teeth are coming in nicely. No fever or problems lately.
Liam is now old enough for swim lessons, just parent tot classes of course but I will be happy to get him in the water so you all can look forward to those pictures.
I was looking through my pictures of Liam and found some from when we went to Superior. We had such a nice time there. I really enjoyed cooking for the grandparents and I know Brody really liked visiting with them. Liam took to Grandpa Willett very quickly, you can see how comfortable he is in the picture. I hope we can come back soon.
More to come later, our little prince is waking from his morning nap.

What Baby's Do Best

Brody and I always joke that we have a new boss and he drives a hard bargain and expects a lot of work from us, I guess its his strong work ethic. We sure have been working hard for him lately. Brody just took a job up on the North Slope of Alaska, really at the top of the world, in Oliktok Point which is outside of Prudhoe Bay. He's going to be gone for 6 to 8 weeks and Liam and I already miss him. There isn't much to do up there except for work, eat and sleep. I talked with him tonight and he is already a bit home sick. If anyone wants to send him a book or something just e-mail me and I will give you his address.
Now on to the star of the show.....He is doing great. We are on our third night in a row of really sleeping through the night. No crying at 12 or 3 or even 5. He wakes up but just talks to himself a bit, gets comfy and falls back to sleep. Now we just have to work on our nap schedule and we will be golden. We had a well baby check-up on Monday and everything was great. He is meeting all the milestones he is supposed to and his head has grown almost 1/2 an inch (that Shuck head). He seems to be leveling off on his weight for now but getting taller, about 281/2 inches. He got a couple of shots so he was a little sleepy and cranky today but none the worse for wear. I just started feeding him avocado the other day and he really likes it mixed with banana. He is doing well with all the food I've introduced so far. He loves beans to his GinGins dismay. This is his one of the moves he's started. He lays his head on his arm and looks at you when he sits in his high chair. Too cute!!!