5 Months Old

It's hard to believe that it has already been 5 months!! Our lil' man is growing so quickly and has the sweetest personality.  He loves to play, talk, and is learning to take naps :) He is now 27in. long and I have no idea what he weighs.  We will find out at his 6 month appt. He loves to chew and drool on pretty much everything in site, including my chin.  He takes his little hands and grabs my face and then chews on my chin.  I am sure only a mom would think it is cute! He actually has just cut his first tooth on his 5 month old birthday!  I figured he was teething with all the drool and chewing all his toys but I never saw or felt anything until now. He has also become a little thumb sucker! No good! We are trying to prevent that the best that we can.

Apparently, when you turn 5 months old daddy lets you sit in the front seat of the car.

I actually ran into the Children's place so the boys stayed in the car.  Liam does a pretty good job sitting up with just a little support.

Here is our boy and his 5 month old photo shoot!

He is a sweet boy.

He has the biggest smile and the best blue eyes

Also amazing facial expressions, which he has had since birth

He loves to laugh

Chilling

He also loves playing with his feet

Angel baby

Backside view

Attempting to crawl?  We will see!

Cute face

We love this boy!

A Boy in a Box

I decided there is just not enough time in the week for me to keep up with blogging.  I think I need to quit my job so I can do better ;)  Here is a cute picture of our boy in one of my favorite outfits.  Basically, I am in love with the idea of sweatpants that look like jeans.  I wish they made them in adult sizes!

Apparently, when I am at work Daddy and Liam like to play in front of the mirror. Liam does enjoy looking at himself and touching the mirror.

And another of him relaxing

Daddy and Liam chilling before we left for dinner

Liam was out like a light when we got home.  He looked so cute with his full lips and holding his pacifier in his hand.

Once again we went on walk the other day. I have been wanting to take Liam down this slide along the trail but it has always been a muddy mess due to the rain.  Today was different, though, and we went for it!  I probably enjoyed it more than he did. 

We continued our adventure around the pond and came across these cute baby ducklings

Then the momma got spooked or something, made a quacking warning signal and all the babies lined up right behind her.

Not only do the boys sit in front of the mirror while I am gone, they also play in cardboard boxes.

I wouldn't mind a package arriving with a little Liam in it :)

So what really came in this big box? A wonderful trunk from my hubby. I had mentioned a long time ago how I would love to have one to put little keep sakes in and he remembered! I love him and my angel baby :)

Warm Days

This week was nice because I had 4 days off in a row!  The bummer is I work the next 3 nights and won't get to see my husband over the weekend.  Anyway, the other day we headed to Costco to grab a few things.  We came home with this box of cereal and Liam loved trying to eat the box.  He was good at pushing it right off the table, too.

He's so sweet and innocent looking

I took this picture of our little guy attempting to hold his bottle.  This is Chris's dream come true.  This same day he also decided that he wanted to chew on everything in sight.  He ended up gagging himself on his teether and threw up EVERYWHERE, and later in the evening he did the same thing with his fingers- only this time he was on my lap.  He got us both pretty good, Chris jumped up to help but all I could do was laugh. Why is it that my son loves to poop and vomit on me?

It has been rainy all week long [major exaggeration -wcc], which figures because, as I always say: it is usually poopy weather on my days off.  Yesterday it was BEAUTIFUL outside though, and we took full advantage of it.  Chris got me this awesome picnic blanket for our anniversary (he let me open it early).  It folds up nicely and you can carry it like a bag!  Anyway, Liam and I decided to test it out.  We went outside played and read a book.  It was GREAT.  I wish we had  more days like this, but I guess the rain is suppose to come back by tonight :(

Here is our cool lil' man chillin' in the shade.

He was so cute, he kept trying to grab the polk-a-dots

Then he got tired of laying down so he sat in his bumbo for a while.

When Chris got home he was able to enjoy the blanket for about 10 minutes before Liam got hungry.  After that we went on a walk and enjoyed the beautiful scenery.  I love this tree.

Then we headed around the pond and saw this Blue Heron.  I know I have posted pictures of them before but today was different, because we saw him catch a fish and eat it!  Unfortunately, I was slow getting the camera out and he swallowed it whole in one gulp.  It was neat to see.

Next we visited the turtles.  They're everywhere and there are always kids admiring them on nice days. As you can see the the turtle to the left was posing for me. 

Liam loves going on walks. As usual he slept initially but woke up very happy and smiled at his daddy.

And another so you can check out his monkey toes. He is awesome!

Food Thief!

I love watching Chris read to Liam.  It is the sweetest thing in the world!

Plus, Liam listens so intently and watches as you flip the pages.

Liam has been watching us eat and drooling at the sight of food for a while now, but the other night he officially became a food thief!  He kept stealing my french fries right off my plate.  Of course I thought it was the cutest thing ever and insisted that Chris get a picture.  No worries he didn't actually eat the fry, but he did smash it to death.

He is awesome

Liam also likes to bury himself with his blankets.  This is a picture of him tonight.  He kept pulling the blanket over his head and I would pull it back down.  He is completely out and slept like an angel for about 15-20 minutes.  His norm :)

Sweet baby!

Oh yeah, we also kicked him out of our room officially!  He spent the first night in his room last night and slept just like he normally does, so no big adjustment! Thank goodness!!!

Laughing Liam

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Cereal and Cherry Blossoms

So this happy little boy who is standing up against the table (slightly assisted) had his first attempt at cereal!

Here he is in preparation. Spoon in hand and drool flowing.

1st bite!

The cereal was pretty liquidy but that is how the instructions said to do it for the first feeding.  It made it VERY difficult with a spoon.

He seemed to enjoy it somewhat.

I just loved his face here.

On Saturday I had to go into DC to pick up my race number.  It was cold weather and rainy as usual. On a good note though we missed each storm by seconds!  We missed the first of it because we were inside a restaurant eating.  Then I really wanted to go by the waterfront and enjoy part of the Cherry Blossom Festival.  Right when we got out of the car it stopped raining :)  I asked Chris if he wanted to carry Liam or me.  He wanted too, I guess he didn't realize I would be taking his picture over and over!

Then I made Chris stand next to the Beaver with Liam and his mardi-gras beads!

As we were walking we saw this house boat!  It was actually shaped as a house!

Then we saw this much more fancy house boat.  I am not sure how well they do out in the water.

Here is a cute picture of my handsome lil guy

Here he is with the Cherry Blossoms

Family Photo

Just a sweet looking picture Chris took.

Once we finished our adventure on Saturday and got in the car it started HAILING!  Yup we just missed the storm again.  Thank goodness. 

On Sunday was the 10 Mile Cherry Blossom race.  There were about 9 nurses that did it.  Unfortunately, we did not plan well and didn't meet up with everyone.  I started out with 2 other nurses but didn't have my camera at that time.  So here is a picture of the girls I ran with the whole way.

Sarah, Kim, and Me

It was the worst race of my life.  I had to stop and pop my back twice and then at the 7 1/2 mile mark my back was done.  It hurt so bad I was forced to alternate running and walking the last 2 miles.   I have never been in such pain, but I guess that is what I get for not training at all :(  Afterwards Chris, Liam, and I were going to go walk around and enjoy the Cherry Blossoms but the wind picked up and it got cold so we went back to the Natural History Museum instead and checked out this beauty...

The Hope Diamond.  

Of course today was beautiful though! So Liam got to wear this sweet outfit.