This Little Boy....

...is so much fun lately! He likes to scream at the top of his lungs.

Make funny faces

Help mom sort laundry

He gets food EVERYWHERE! Including his hair 

He dressed as a pirate after Wee Ones Storytime.  Which was awesome by the way and Liam was very attentive!

He likes to watch his daddy swing beside him

He also enjoys swinging himself

He was having a blast

He is a happy baby

Liam had fun swinging with mommy 

and daddy (I have NO idea what they are looking at)

Don't get me wrong he has his drive-mom-crazy-moments too.  He has been doing a lot of crawling under furniture and sometimes gets his little head

but recovers very quickly

This morning he decided to play with the dining room chair

He even did his own little pull-up work out

He is very adventurous!

Swim Play-date

On Tuesday this guy 

had a play-date with this little gal

Grace and Lilah recently moved about an hour away so it is a little harder to just call up each other and meet at the park. Grace invited us over for lunch and a little swim at their awesome community pool. There was a baby pool, a big pool, and one that went from wading to about 2 feet.  All the pictures I took are at the baby pool but we spent a lot of time in the other pools.

Lilah, Grace, and Liam

Mommy and her boy

Liam and Lilah

Liam LOVED the water!  He had such a good time and even became quite the little dare devil by putting his face in the water.  It only really caught him off guard once and he got a little upset.  He also was crawling around in the one pool .  The water basically lifted his legs so he was walking on his hands.  He loves the water so much I really need to find a nice pool close to our house!

Here are the babies after their awesome day of swimming.

They are sweet babies :)

A Bunch of Randomness

In case I haven't mentioned it before, Liam is obsessed with standing.  He basically crawls to places just so he can stand.  He has also started to let go and can stay up for about 2-3 seconds at a time.  Here he is standing against his musical toy.

His cheezy smile

Now then this boy has 4 teeth coming in right now!!  The ones on the bottom look fine but his top ones look AWFUL!  I mean seriously, no wonder babies are cranky when they are teething!  Fortunately, for us even though it looks terrible, Liam has been his sweet, happy, playful self.  Nothing like when his top 2 came in!  

I love, more than anything, watching my boys play together.  It is the cutest thing ever.  Here is Liam climbing over dad while eating Clifford's nose.  Chris makes barking sounds and Liam thinks it is awesome.

Here is an awesome face

He enjoyed eating Clifford's ears too.

Later they played with the laundry basket

Each taking turns having it over their heads of course.

The boy also continued to show of his mad skills

He stands like this a lot.

The next morning the boys wrestled some more.  Liam was having a great time playing with his daddy's ear

and nose!  These guys are the greatest!

Lastly, I started my new job last night!  I will be working 2 nights a week which is a blessing because 3 was killing me.  I was getting really tired of being comatose 24/7 and only have 1-2 awake days with my family. If you have ever worked night shift you'd understand what I mean, you are constantly trying to "catch up" on sleep. I don't think I will enjoy the nursing aspect of the job nearly as much but my boss is 100,000 times more competent than my old one :)

Eating is Fun!

Liam has been eating snacks for a little while now but he will not put them in his mouth.  So I decided to just set it out for him and let him play with his food the last couple days to see if he would eventually eat his snacks on his own. (without me putting it in his mouth).  Today about half way through breakfast he figured it out!! It was a proud moment! He also can be pretty happy/hyper in the morning :) Enjoy!

AZ Trip Part 3 - The 4th of July!

The 4th of July was a blast as usual.  We headed over to G&G Casson's to celebrate.  They bought this play set for the kiddos.  Aunt Sadie pushed Liam in the swing to give it a test run.

Then Liam did some pull-ups

A little later people started to arrive.  Liam decided to show off his skills.

Then he played in the baby ball-pit!

Avery joined him

Then Neely got in on the fun

Neely looking extra cute

Liam and grandpa played

Sadie was attacked by the net monster Lily.

Liam, Faith, and Misty

Cason showing us his colorful filth

Uncle Matt and Liam

Great Grandma and Liam admiring one another

Izzy playing with bubbles

The kids playing with the sidewalk paint

Cason and Lily showing us their colorful hands

Chris and Brooke

Once the fireworks were getting ready to begin, grandma Casson busted out some glow sticks. The kids loved them and a few of them ate them.  Liam played and chewed on his.

The next morning we had to pack up and leave.  Aunt Sadie took it the hardest as usual.  Poor girl, I hate seeing how much it tears her up when we go.  

Grandma and Liam soaking up their last seconds together                                                                           

Grandma and Grandpa playing before departing to Vegas

Uncle Michael and Liam

Liam thought Sam was funny when he would growl. It was so cute how he'd laugh but then Sam would bark and Liam would cry. Here is Chris and Sam soaking up their time together.

Liam did really well on the flight home and slept for about 2 1/2 hours of the flight. We got home about 1am to a roasting hot house!  I had turned off the AC, because that is what Chris wrote down on the list of things to do.  Little did I know his turn off and my turn off were different.  He wanted me to just turn it up to about 85.  Needless to say I learned my lesson and will never just shut off the AC.  We all ended up going to bed about 2 am in the basement to stay cool!

Wednesday afternoon, Liam decided to show off his new found trick, climbing stairs! He thought he was pretty awesome!  

He definitely keeps us on our toes!