Videos!

Here are a few videos for your enjoyment.  This one was taken back in January but Liam was wearing his Big Bro shirt so I couldn't post it without giving the surprise away.

Last Friday it rained for a majority of the day.  When Liam and I got home from his appointment, Chris took him outside and let him play in the rain puddles.  He loved it!

Chris likes to tickle Liam's feet with his furry face.  Liam loses all control, it is hysterical.  Once he escaped dad he was eyeing me and the camera.  Silly boy!

15 Months!

Liam had his 15 month appointment on Friday.  He is 32 1/2 inches tall and weighs 22.2lbs.  He is still tall and skinny.  We held off on his shots until later this week because he was getting over being sick.  She also listened to his lungs and thought she may have heard a little crackling on his left lower lung, which can indicate some fluid in the lungs.  So she gave him a breathing treatment and it was a awful.  He hated every minute of it!!  Despite his objections, he cleared up just fine and was extremely high strung afterward!  Anyway, we are going to have to see an orthopedic specialist in May (that's how long it takes to get an appointment with these people!) for his bowlegs.  She thinks the one leg will probably straighten out no problem but is not so sure about the alignment of his right leg.  Overall everything looked good and he is developing fine, though.

The boy loves to play and still LOVES going outside.  He is getting more and more into his stuffed animals but his Goldie dog is still favored.  He pretty much understands everything we say or tell him (and then chooses whether or not to actually listen).  He says, mama, dada, Hi, Bye-Bye, Uh-Oh, Ball, Choo-choo, nana (for banana), and I know there are more I just can't think of them. Oh yeah, he also says "hot."  Except he thinks hot means hot, warm, and cold.  He whispers it and will sometimes blow on whatever he has decided is hot.  He loves to climb on anything and everything.  The other day I walked out of the kitchen for about a minute and found the boy on the table in the kitchen.  I couldn't believe it!  We also know he is up to no good when it gets really quite.  He is usually causing mischief!  He is loads of fun right now and this age is awesome! He has also been off the bottle for a month now and weaning was easy!

A week and half ago I made some chocolate chip cookies. They were the pre-made kind because I don't have enough energy for truly home-made cookies yet! The boy loved them.

Here he is with his chocolate face

When he was feeling sick, had a fever, appeared to be teething, etc. We bought Liam some popsicles.  He enjoyed every last bite.

Yum!

Daddy and Liam web-chatting with G&G

Being silly and trying to climb in a small box

He's a sweet boy!

Sick Dancing Boy

Last week Liam began to have a cough so I figured he was coming down with a little cold.  By Friday night the boy spiked a temp and by 3am he was at 103.6,  BOO!  (Liam has only spiked a temp one other time back in June from teething and it only lasted a couple hours) We kept giving him tylenol and finally by Monday morning it broke!  He has been miserable, clingy, unhappy, and I hate it.  Chris ended up sleeping on the floor with Liam around 6am on Saturday.  He was up every couple hours.  He has also been drooling a TON!  I thought maybe it is just teething because he always gets a cough and clear drainage from his nose when he teethes, but I have no idea.  I just know I am so glad he is feeling better this weekend!

Even though he did not feel well, he busted out some dance moves the other day.  Every time I try and video him dancing he stops but I got a few moves. Don't mind the odd music, it is a kids station on AOL radio and sometimes it gets interesting.

Baby Casson # 2

I am sure by now everyone has heard, but just in case you haven't, we are EXPECTING!  Baby Casson # 2 will be arriving sometime in August.  I decided I am going to ignore the due date this time because clearly it just drove me nuts when I went past the due date with Liam.  We are still undecided on whether or not we plan on finding out the sex.  This pregnancy has been a little rough compared to Liam.  I have been more sick and miserable.  I am not sure if its just because I don't get to lie down whenever I want like I did with Liam so my body can rest.  Who knows?  I have definitely been more nauseous than I ever was with Liam, though.  I also caught a little stomach bug that I attributed to morning sickness but looking back I don't think it was morning sickness.  I ended up throwing up and three days later poor Maggie caught the bug, which made me realize it probably wasn't pregnancy related!  Anyway, I felt nauseous for four days after being sick, so I eventually gave in and called the OB office hoping for a prescription for Zofran to get me through, instead they told me I need to go to the ER to make sure I wasn't dehydrated.  I assured them I was fine but they wanted me to go anyway. So poor Chris had to leave work early again and take me (he had also left early the day I was really sick)  I sat there forever but my friend Alex, who works at the hospital, came to visit with me.  Anyway, long story short, I was perfectly fine and so was the baby, but at least I got my prescription for Zofran ;)

Baby Casson # 2 is doing well so far.  I just had a little ultrasound yesterday and all looks good!  The very first appointment I wanted Chris to come so he could take care of Liam while the doc did her thing and so he could be there for the ultrasound.  I ended up in the room before Chris got there (because, for the first time in the history of medicine, the doctor was ready to see me before my actual appointment time) and then the front desk ladies couldn't figure out which room I was in, so he missed the whole thing!  He was angry!  I felt really bad. Here is a picture of Baby C's first debut!

And here are a few pictures of the future big brother in his big bro shirt!

So big

These last two are my favorites!

Richmond Weekend

We went to Richmond this last weekend and had a great time.  We still had a Christmas gift for Anderson (from the Barsons) and knew that February was kind of pushing it (similar to the way keeping Christmas decorations up into February is pushing it, right Hardens?)!  Anyway, on Saturday we went to a Children's Museum, it was more like an indoor play ground but Liam LOVED it!  Prepare yourselves now for lots of pictures.

Here he is playing in the sand box with Aunt Mindy.  The sand is really cork pellets which I thought was awesome!

Can't wait to take him to a real beach this summer!

Then daddy and Liam went on the train ride.

The train moved pretty fast so this was the best non-blurry picture I could get.

Liam sitting in a Liam sized throne.

Watching the train go around

Sorting vegetables in a Liam-sized house

Doing a little shopping

Aunt Mindy and Liam checking out the cow.

Putting berries(aka balls, Liam's favorite toy right now) in the basket.

Daddy holding a teddy bear. Notice the sun shining in the background.

My aliens

Sweet Liam

Once we left, we walked to a nearby candy shop, which is always a great thing.  The minute we walked out the door, the wind started blowing a million miles per hour and it started snowing!  So we all ran to the car and drove back to Randy and Mindy's for warmth!

On Sunday we got to meet up with the Ives.  Anderson and Liam played.  Here is Liam trying to push Anderson's head up but Anderson just wanted to eat the jar.

Sharing toys

Liam shaking rings for Anderson.

A little later Liam and Anderson loved on one another.

Liam being silly.

It was a lovely weekend.  Thanks Randy and Mindy for putting up with us :)

Friday Play Date!

On Friday Liam and I went to Holly's to meet the newest addition to their family, Noah's little brother Benjamin.  I failed to get a picture of him, but there are plenty of Liam, Lilah, and Noah.

Playing together.

They enjoyed sharing each others' sippy cups and avoid their own cups.

We attempted to get a picture of all of them on the couch.  Liam didn't seem to care, Lilah smiled sweetly, and Noah just wasn't in the mood.  Ha!

They had fun together though.

Liam and Noah playing nicely.

All the kiddos pulling out every single toy in the bins!

I am going to miss our play dates with everyone when Holly moves in a few weeks.  These guys are just too  cute together!

Mall Fun

On Saturday it was gloomy and rainy outside so we decided to go to the mall and let Liam run around.  There were a million kids at the play area and before we entered Chris looked at me and asked if I was sure we wanted to let him go in.  I said yeah and we stuck close to him.  He had a blast and held his own against the much larger children.  I can say I was honestly amazed at how some parents let there children run wild and some were well over the height limit.  One girl was doing flips over truck that the kids could climb in, she kept kicking people with her feet as she would flip.  She even yelled over at her mom more than once to watch her and the mom just didn't care that she was landing on other children. AMAZING.  Anyway, Liam had a good time, unfortunately I failed at pictures.  After that we went on a train ride around the food court.

Our ride!

He seemed to have a good time.

He mainly enjoyed watching other people!

We bought Liam a mini basketball at a toy store on our way out, which is loves.  He ended up throwing it against the back seat of the car and had it bounce back to him.  Chris and I were cracking up!

We stopped for dinner at an On the Border restaurant to get a Mexican food fix (not the best Mexican food, but it'll do in a pinch).  We won't be returning to that particular location.  

1. The hostess forgot the high-chair, so we had to ask a second time for that.

2. The waiter took forever to get to us initially to get our drink orders.

3. The waiter forgot to bring our queso dip, so we had to ask a second time for that.  

4. The waiter forgot to provide silverware, so we had to ask for that.

5. The waiter never refilled our drinks or the bowl of chips, so we had to ask for that.

6. The food was slow in getting out to us and Liam's didn't even show up at the same time as ours, so we had to ask a second time for that.  

7. The waiter took so long making guacamole at another table we had to ask someone else's server for to-go boxes and the check.  

Eventually Sarah and a cranky Liam were waiting near the entrance for me to pay and asked the hostess to have a manager or anyone else just bring me the check so we could pay and leave, and the manager spoke with Sarah and insisted we not pay at all.  I didn't argue.  Aunt Mindy would have been proud.

65 Degrees! Yes, Please!

Yesterday and today were beautiful days!  Liam and I took full advantage and stayed outside as long as we could. On Tuesday Liam ate his afternoon snack outside with his cool-guy hat and shades.

He looks so big and grown up.

He enjoyed every minute of sunshine! After his snack we headed to the park.

Today we went to the park again and Liam was surrounded by three four-year-olds.  They thought he was hilarious with his little baby talk.  It was really funny to watch.  One of the little boys took Liam under his wing and if anyone came too close or touched Liam he would swat their arm away.  Later they were holding hands and walking around the park.  This particular 4 year old had a baby brother too, so I think that may have been why he was so protective of Liam.

Lastly, here is a little video of Liam being a maniac.  Pretty much every morning at some point he runs around like this, I think he goes stir-crazy from being in the house too long!