NC Wedding Weekend

I am a little behind on blogging, but we have been busy and have been visiting with family.  This past weekend we headed to Winston-Salem, NC for Lauren's wedding.  Grandma and Grandpa Casson flew in to DC and on Saturday we all drove down together.  Liam was all smiles at the beginning.

We made quite a few stops and our 6 hour drive turned into more like 10 hours.  We stopped in Charlottesville for lunch.  Liam had some lemons and continues to love them.

Once we arrived we checked-in at the Inn that we were staying in, which was really neat, and used to be an old mill.  Then we met up with Trudi, Mike, and Colton for dinner.  Liam was all smiles at Colton.

Later in the evening, once the Jacobs finished up with the rehearsal dinner, they stopped by for a visit.

Neeliam was back in action.  Liam kept attempting to steal Neely's headband. They were cute.

The next day we headed to Tanglewood to hang out with everyone.  Liam and Neely held hands.

Then we got all the kids dressed in the shirts grandma Casson had made.  They said "Lauren and Kyle The Wedding 2011" They all looked extremely cute in them.

Then we headed to the pool-which was a blast.

Colton, Liam, Jess, and Neely

Liam and Daddy

Neely, Uncle Mike, Liam, and Daddy

Then Paige, Chris, Cason, and Jess decided to have water races.

I think the men and the kids enjoyed it.

Liam cuddled with Brandi

Later that afternoon was the wedding. Paige and Cason were the flower girl and ring bearer.  They were adorable.

Neely had fun too

Lauren and Kyle

Cason and Paige enjoying some Orange Cream soda and boy was it good!

Cason and Noel played angry birds. Cason was in Heaven

The Newly Weds with Liam

When Lauren and Kyle went to depart everyone lit sparklers for them to walk in between.  The kids loved it and most of the adults did, too :)

The following day we threw Michelle and Ryan a baby shower.  Their baby boy is due in July.

Liam chilled with Great Grandma and ate his shoe.

Great Grandma, Liam, and Uncle Michael

Michelle with her alphabet for Anderson's room

Neeliam and the other kiddos played for a little bit before everyone had to go their separate ways.

The drive home was much better.  Liam still had a screaming fit but he eventually fell asleep and was out for about 2-3 hours.  We all had a blast.

6 Months Old

It's official Liam had his half Birthday!  Crazy!  He is an absolute joy and becoming so much fun lately.  He loves to laugh and sit up and play.  He tries to sit up by himself and makes a grunt face but just can't quite get it yet. We had his appointment yesterday and he is 16.4lbs- which puts him in the 25th percentile- and 28 inches long- which puts him in the 95th percentile.  We continue to have a long skinny boy.  The pediatrician also said it looks like his top teeth will be coming in soon because his gums are a little swollen.  I can't believe he has 2 teeth let alone the possibility of 4.  I need time to slow down just a little! He is still eating solids, which goes better some days than others :)  We tried sweet potatoes a little while ago and he gagged, and absolutely HATED them.  We may try again another day in the future.  

Here he is practicing with his sippy cup

6 month old bath

He's a sweet lil' guy

Naked baby!

Now then, here he is at the pediatrician's office.  He absolutely annihilated the paper!  Trust me there was nothing left when he was done.  The doc even came in and laughed at how much fun he was having :)

Lastly, these two had another play date! Aren't they the cutest! Liam kept grabbing Lilah's bow.  He found it very interesting!

Preparing to hold hands, ahh ;)

When life gives Liam lemons...

Yesterday was BEAUTIFUL!  No Rain!  We started off the day by heading to the farmer's market. Liam was able to test out his stroller without being in the car seat.  He seemed to enjoy it.

He loved holding onto the straps.  It was cracking me up.  He was getting pretty tired in this picture.

Since it was BEAUTIFUL outside we took Liam out in the grass for a little photo shoot.  He looked up a few times but he was very interested in the grass and the feel of it.

This one is my favorite.

Here he is standing up in the grass in his awesome overalls :)

Then we were going to run errands and clean the house but since it was my one day off, I refused.  Instead we headed into DC and laid out our picnic blanket by the Tidal Basin.  Here is an attempt of a family photo.

On our way to DC, we realized we forgot sunblock so I ran into CVS to grab some and ended up coming out with a ball for Liam.  He loved it.

Chris started throwing popcorn out in the water to feed the fish but instead he made this friend.  Who was about a foot away from our blanket.  He hung out with us for a little while.

Liam and the Washington Monument

Mom and Liam

Then we decided to walk around a little.  Here is Dad and Liam at the Lincoln Memorial

and again

On our way back to the car Liam showed an interest in botany.  

We left and head to Guapo's to get some dinner.  While we were eating Chris said I should let Liam try the lemon from my water to see his sour looking face.  The OPPOSITE happened. Liam LOVED the lemon.  He continued to suck on it and didn't want to give it up.  There was even another couple that was shocked by it as well.  Eventually, he gave it up and cried a little but only because he wiped his eye with the hand he was holding the lemon with.  We love this little guy. Who would have thought he'd like lemons!