San Diego - Part 2

On Saturday we headed over to LaJolla Beach to see the seals lazing around on the rocks.  It was so neat to see them outside of Seaworld

These guys were especially cute!

I LOVE the ocean/beach. I find it to be one of the most calming places EVER! Isn't beautiful?

Jenna, me, and Liam watching the waves crash

Liam and Mommy watching a seal swimming in the ocean.

Eventually, we let Liam roam free on the beach.  The first thing he found was a piece of seaweed and he had a death grip on it.  He only tried to eat it once.

He enjoyed playing in the sand but was a pain to clean up!

Then Uncle Michael and The Marquardts met up with us.  It was great because we all got to finally meet sweet Jillian.

Doesn't Chris look good with a little girl? I think he is ready for another one ;)

Liam with Joe and Becky

Liam chillin' with his Uncle

Sally, Becky, Jillian, and Liam.  Chris is holding him back to keep him from attacking.

Jillian is a sweet angel baby and I am glad we got to meet her before she turns 18!

San Diego - Seaworld!

Warning: Lots of pictures and posts to come!  We went to San Diego this past weekend and had a BLAST!  We got in late on Thursday night and so did Jenna Hagen.  On Friday we decided to visit Seaworld, but first Liam opened his birthday present from Jenna.  (A bit early, but this way she could see him open it)

Here he is reading his card

He got a mini frog pillow and an outfit.  He loved it!

Then it was off to SEAWORLD!  Liam was excited about it too. 

The great thing about Liam is even though he is so young, he watched each and every show.  Here he is clapping with daddy.

The Killer whales doing tricks.

They are so pretty.

Then we fed the seals. 

This seal was the cutest.  He kept waving his little arm and splashing the water, as if to say "I'm Open"

This guy didn't care about food- he was busy basking in the sun.

Then we watched Clyde and Seymour's Halloween Adventure.  They performed the thriller dance, and it was awesome.

Finally, we watched the dolphin show.  Liam was still a total trooper!  He only slept about 20-25 mins the whole day.  He didn't want to miss a thing!

The Pilot whales

The dolphins 

After all the shows we went and checked out the sea turtles, the shark tunnel, and the penguins.  Then Liam ran around in the kid section with tons of other little ones.

Then Elmo and Count were available for pictures!

Daddy and Liam went to see them.  Liam had no fear and touched them both very curiously.

Then he stood with them for some pictures.

After Seaworld we were all starving so we went to a restaurant called Casa Guadalajara.  It was amazing and the margaritas were huge.  It was a perfect day!

Mommy's Helper?

Liam decided that after I cleaned and mopped the kitchen, and put all the food back in the cupboard that he needed to take everything out again.

He LOVES taking out all the boxes and shakes them before dropping them to the ground.

He looks so cute doing it though.

Later that evening we decided to go check out the MLK Jr. Memorial.

Liam looking like an ant standing next to the statue.

Side view

Liam standing in between the mountain.

On our way back to the car the sunset looked awesome, so we tried to capture a few pictures.

Mommy and Liam

Daddy and Liam (if you look closely it looks like Liam is saying daddy is number 1)

Funny Boy

This boy enjoyed chewing on the dining room chairs the other day.

 While carrying his pal Goldie of course

 He's a happy baby

 Lately, he is really into watching himself in the mirror and seeing what he can do and making funny faces.

 On this particular day he decided to lick the mirror, which means I have more to clean up than just hand prints!

Here is a little video for you all.  Liam thinks that Chris and I are his own personal toys!

10 Months Old!

I am still trying to figure out where the time went and how is it that my baby is going to be a year old in 2 months!?! Liam is approximately 20.2lbs and 29 1/2 inches.  He is a very active little baby.  He loves to climb on EVERYTHING and he also loves walking around with his walker.  Lately, he purposely goes off roading with his walker, every time we put him on the cement he takes of towards the grass, bush, etc.  He has started making funny faces this last month.  One of his favorites is scrunching up his nose at you.  Liam has also become very vocal this last month, especially after his play date.  He screams, talks, yells, and laughs more.  He thinks he is a pretty funny guy sometimes.  He still doesn't sleep through the night.  His 9 month birthday was just a fluke, unfortunately!  He knows when we leave a room and will follow crying sometimes.  He enjoys taking all the pans and food out of the cupboards, and books off the shelves.  Liam also knows where the toilet paper roll is and will undo it, therefore if you come to our house chances are the toilet paper is not on the roll but the back of the toilet.  He is more cuddly lately when he gets tired he just wants to lay on you.  Although, he will lay on you only when you are on the floor with him.
Liam is still a good eater and tries anything.  He really likes fruit right now and of course he is still in love with his crunchies.  I don't think I have mentioned it before but sometimes when Liam burps he laughs!  I try not to laugh back but sometimes it is hard.  He still LOVES bath time.  He is our water baby and loves to dive in the tub and dip his face in the water on his own accord.  He also enjoys being outside and on occasion will cry when we come back in the house, which scares me because when winter comes he may go stir crazy with his mom.  He still observes all situations and people and I have a feeling he always will.  Liam can stand by himself and has been for awhile but he took his first steps on his own Sept 22.  He is still doing it here and there but he knows he is much faster crawling!

As usual he decided to escape his photo shoot

He is still our sweet boy

He stopped to watch Daisy (the dog) jump up and down on the other side of the gate.

Still watching Daisy

He is our little munchkin who is growing way to fast and time needs to slow down!