Almost 9 Months Old

Can you believe it our little guy is really almost 9 months old. I took him to the doctor yesterday to make sure his ear infection had healed up and he weights in at almost 24 lbs. The nurse said, "Just look at that healthy boy and those feet, he has big ones." She said he is big for his age. His ears have cleared up but there is still some fluid in there. He is getting another tooth and the doctor chalked it up to that. He is handling it really well but drooling a lot and he tries to bite you if you get to close. He tried to bite our pediatrician last time he was there and this time he tried to pee on her. That's our boy.
He is so mobile these days its hard to stop him from getting into everything. He loves the shoe pile by the door and he really likes my big hiking boots. We have started putting them all in the storage room cause it grosses me out. I know that dirt is good for him but I just can't let him chew on our shoes.
I have also given him a cabinet. Every boy should have his own cabinet in his mothers kitchen, right. He loves it. We put some board books in it an all of his plastic bowls and cups. He loves to climb in to it and pull all the stuff out. Its perfect for when I'm making something and need to keep an eye on him at the same time. He's entertained by this for at least 15 minutes and that's a really long time for a baby.
So Brody starts his new job on Monday and he is both nervous and happy about it. I think he's going to do great.
I've been back in the working world for 3 weeks now and things are going well at the farm but I miss being at home with Liam. I wish I could just be a stay at home mom, I really love it. I start teaching farm ed classes at one of the local elementary schools this coming week and its going to be fun. They have a great school garden that was put in by my predecessor so it will be fun to plant it with the kids. Speaking of....I have work to do now that the baby is asleep. Hope you all are well.

Happy Valentines Day!!

Well We finally got a picture of him in the hat. I hope your all happy now. This picture will be used for black mail later in life. We went out for a nice family Valentines breakfast this morning. It was very nice and as you can probably guess Liam had a lot of admirers and generally had a swell time. The rest of our day was spent quietly at home. Liam is moving around so well these days and its just fun to watch him grow and change so much so fast. He was just learning to crawl last week and now he is totally mobile and pulling himself up on stuff. Its a whole new world of things to get into and a new phase in baby proofing. He still loves the walker but I caught him leaning over with his feet totally of the ground reaching for something yesterday morning. The walker is going to be a thing of the past soon. This is a picture of Liam and I reading his first magazine. I ordered him Babybug and we read it twice today. He seems to really like it and we will get a new one every month. I really like it because its like a little board book that he can be rough with and the pages wont rip or anything. We went to story hour the other day and really liked that. Its so good for him to engage with other babies his age. I tried to get Brody to go this week but the thought of singing scared him. I tried to tell him that everyone sings but I understand. It is all moms after all. Every once and a while a dad comes but its mostly a mom thing. His little red outfit that Sarah and Penny got him works really well. That's what he has on in this picture. I really like it because it has little built in mittens and he cant take them off and lose them. Thanks you guys!!! As you can see by picture of him in the high chair, he is getting a little sassy about eating. He likes to do it himself and shows it to. He is getting so good at eating stuff. He really likes cheese and salmon too. Ok well I thought I'd throw some text in this blog since Brody did the pictures earlier today and was having a hard time with the finer points of blogging. I'd say it was a fine job for his first time. Hope you all are well and having a very happy V day.

Dads Home!!!!

Sorry I have been a little lax about updating the blog but I think we have a good excuse. Brody is home and we are soo happy that he is. He had a job interview this week that went really well and we are thinking about the pros and cons of the job and what it could mean for our family. I am starting my job at Spring Creek Farm on Monday and am a little nervous. This is my first foray into the working world since Liam has been born. I think its going to be a really fun job and I can take Liam with me on some days. My official tittle is Farm Education Coordinator, sounds important doesn't it. We will see. Wish me luck on that.
Liam has been a little sick lately with a fever and runny nose but generally in good spirits. He still loves his bath time and is getting into it more and more. He is such a happy baby, isn't he. He started crawling for the first time yesterday. Not the army crawl but really crawling on hands and knees. He only goes a short distance and is a bit wobbly but he is getting more and more mobile every day. He loves his floor time upstairs. He has his favorite toys of course and has even grown out of playing with some of them. Tonight I put a bandanna on him and thought for sure he would take it right off, just like he does his hats. He wore it all through dinner though. Such a little ham!!!

Birthday Boy

After a rough landing Liam is finally asleep for his afternoon nap. First he was poopy then he had his leg stuck in the crib and then hurt his mouth chewing on the bars. Finally asleep!!!
Today is Liam's 8 month birthday, can you all believe we have an 8 month old boy. Bigger update and pictures later. I promise.