On Sunday, we went to church and Liam ended up playing with Neely in a separate room because they decided to talk. Then Liam went to G&G Casson's while my mom and I ran some errands. Uncle Matt had to head back to Havasu for the Police Academy. Here is there picture before he left.
Then we played in the backyard for a little bit and Liam enjoyed playing tether ball.
I love this picture
On Monday morning we lost our dear Sasser Frass aka Sassy. She was 15 years old and a sweet little dog. She will be missed. Next trip home there will be only happy things going on! Anyway, eventually Liam and I headed over to the Jacobs for one last visit with the kids.
They all had fun
Afterwards we went to the hospital where I had lunch with my friend Leslie, then over to the surgery center where I used to work. I haven't seen Lorrie and Nancy in a couple years so it was nice to catch up with them.
That evening we went over to the Casson's to say our good-byes. Liam and grandpa played.
Liam made the craziest face while playing with grandma and I LOVE it!
Liam with his grandparents [who generally refuse to even look at the camera when someone is taking a picture-wcc].
Then we headed back to G&G Snay's. Liam dumped out the cat food, Dusty was not impressed.
Liam and his grandparents.
Tomorrow a post about being 10 months old (Liam, that is)!
On Wednesday morning Liam and I flew to Vegas on our way to Kingman. The trip started out a little rough as US Airways was not very helpful and Liam was forced to be on my lap the whole flight, even though there were 5 open seats! The lady at the gate was completely rude and clearly didn't want to help. Anyway, Liam did great on the flight and it all worked out okay. Sadie had two volleyball matches in Bullhead so we went straight from Vegas to Bullhead to watch her play. Apparently she was extremely excited to know we would be there to see her play. Here is an action shot.
On Thursday we went to lunch with G&G Casson and then went over to the house once they got off work. Liam had fun with grandma.
Later that night Grandma Snay found one of Sadie's old computer toys. He LOVED it!
On Friday we went to lunch with Great Grandma. It was so nice. Liam ate mashed potatoes, attacked great grandma, and then finally sat nicely as they looked at his ducky book.
Later that afternoon, Liam did not want to take a nap! He finally fell asleep around 4:30PM. I try to be a stickler about his naps because if it were up to him he would probably just never nap at all. Anyway, once he woke up I fed him and we headed to the football game to see G&G Casson. These two little girls went to the game also. After the game I said to them "Hey girls here come all the football players" Simultaneously, Sadie said Eww as in gross, and Macy said Oooh as in awesome. Clearly, one on this is more into boys than the other.
Liam hung out with grandpa on the field and kept trying to take his walkie talkie.
Liam thought that 5:45/6:00am was a great time to wake up pretty much everyday. On Saturday morning he and Uncle Matt played with the cat.
Then they went and played on the swing set.
We also decided to go to the Andy Devine Days Parade. What a nightmare! It was horrible and nothing like it was when I was kid. Here is Liam and Grandpa at the parade.
That afternoon we headed over to the Casson's for a BBQ. Neeliam played with Trudi and Grandma.
Liam attacked Paige with a bucket.
The babies played
Liam pushed Neely in the swing
Then came around and talked to her.
Uncle Matt was throwing a ball in the air and Liam thought it was hilarious.
He clapped with grandpa
Neely ate ice cream
We had a great time and soon I will blog about the rest of our trip.
Liam and I spent as much of the day as possible outside due to our crowded living conditions. We went on mini walks. One day Liam found a bunch of leaves and took them with him everywhere.
Eventually, he did try to eat them.
He climbed on everything at the playground
and his stroller at home.
Liam also learned to brush his teeth
He likes his toothbrush
On Friday Liam and I went to story time and then we met up with his friends Noah and Lilah for lunch.
He had fun
Noah and Liam had a great time.
Thursday night I spent the whole night moving furniture to make room for the babies on Friday. After lunch we headed to our house to let the babies play. They started out sitting close together. It was the cutest!
Liam showed a whole different personality. He was vocal, loud, high strung, hyper, and kept attacking Noah and Lilah. Basically, he kept trying to stand by pulling himself up on them.
Here is Noah and Liam laughing at Grace.
Liam, Lilah, and Noah
Here is a little video of Liam and his crazy personality from that day.
We had so much fun that Grace, Hollie, and I plan on getting the babies together at least once a month. On Saturday there was a huge one mile long yard sale near our house. It was so neat. Liam and I went and checked it out. We also went to the Farmer's Market where Liam got this Honeycrisp apple for free from the nice gentleman. Yup, you heard it Honeycrisp apples are back and I was EXCITED! Liam enjoyed his too.
We also found this cool toy at the yard sale. It was only $3.00!!
He seems to enjoy it!
Liam and I picked daddy up from the airport last night. When we got home Liam just kept smiling so sweetly at Chris. You could tell he was excited to have daddy back home.
Saturday morning Liam was up bright and early as usual. We decided to take him to the pool and burn some of his energy so he'd take a nice long nap!
He loved it!
He is a water baby. He loved splashing.
Here is a little video clip of him enjoying the pool. He had a great time "jumping in"
We definitely wore him out. He took a 2 hour nap which was excellent and allowed Chris and me to nap also. That afternoon was the wedding and it was beautiful. Tim and Alex were married in a church, but none of my pictures turned out that great. Here is the Bradley Estate where they had their reception. It was gorgeous!
The fine looking couple
Daddy and Liam horsing around
Liam enjoyed his freedom of playing in the grass.
Family photo, Liam was not impressed.
Alex and I
Liam and Alex
The wedding was beautiful and so much fun. It was great being part of their special day. On Sunday we headed to Harvard and walked around the campus. We also came across the Car Talk broadcasting office. Chris LOVES listening to their show on NPR Saturday mornings.
Here is a picture of Liam and Mommy by Mr. John Harvard himself (or is it?). The statue is nicknamed "the statue of three lies". First, there were no pictures of John Harvard when the statue was created, so they chose a random student to model for the statue, thus it is actually not John Harvard. Secondly, he was not the actual founder of the college, he was just a very large contributor. Thirdly, it states the college was founded in 1638 when really it was founded in 1636. People also apparently rub his shoe for good luck.
Neat building
Entrance to some of the dorms
A random house covered in ivy.
Liam eating his toes
Then eating his stroller.
Another cool building
Statue with Abe Lincoln in the middle.
After our quick tour. We had to get to the airport because Chris's flight left at 3PM. Mine and Liam's didn't leave until 7:45PM. Chris had landed in Texas before we ever took off! Liam refused to take a nap in the airport. They even had rocking chairs, but he avoided it at all costs. Finally, I put him in the stroller so we could get some dinner, started feeding him, and he feel asleep with a crunchy in his hand! Poor baby!
All in all it was a good trip to Boston. Since then, Chris has been in California all week! We tried webcaming on Monday night but Liam wasn't having it. He kept reaching for the computer thinking he could play with his daddy. Then he started crying and we ended the chat. He misses him and so do I! Being a single parent stinks! I have showered only about every other day and having NO room for the baby to play has been an issue, too. I have moved as much furniture as I can down stairs, but the rest I need help with. We can't wait for daddy to come home!
