Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Liam is 6 months old!!!

Our precious baby boy, we cannot believe you are already half a year old! Where on Earth does the time go?  You are our little miracle baby and overcame so much to be here! We are blessed beyond measure and have so much to celebrate on your very first half-birthday!

Look how tiny you were!
You were such an adorable, squishy newborn!

And look at you now!!!
You are bright-eyed and bushy-tailed 100% of the time!
Everyone comments on what a happy baby you are!

Look how much you've outgrown Monkey!

Here's all that you've been up to at 6 months old:
  • First and foremost, I want to celebrate the fact that you have been fed breast milk exclusively for 6 whole months!!!  Why are we celebrating?? Because this was a personal goal of mine, to exclusively feed you breast milk, and it has (without a doubt) been the HARDEST THING I HAVE EVER DONE.  EVER.  We have encountered problem after problem... jaundice, thrush, poor latch, tongue tie, lip tie, negative Nancies, to name a few.  But you and I, little man, we have overcome it all and that is something to be happy about!!!  This picture sums up a few of the reasons why I want you to have breast milk...  
 
Breastfeeding exclusively is just a very personal goal of mine that I wanted to achieve. 
  • You are sitting up like a big boy now!!  WOW!!!!!!!!!! That happened sooooooo fast!
  • You have just started eating solids! To say that you LOVE them would be an understatement.
  • You LOVE for your daddy to sing you songs and talk in silly voices.
  • You think you have to eat anything and everything!
  • You are a Momma's boy! You object if I try to get out of your eyesight! lol
  • We call you our little "mere cat" because you like to stand up real tall and look around like a mere cat would!
  • You babble constantly! :)
  • Your little giggle is one of the best sounds ever!
  • We got out the bouncy for you this month, and you LOVE it!
    

 Check out some of your sweet pictures from this month!

You are always such a happy baby! We just love your little smile!

Momma had to snap this picture of you when you fell asleep in her arms!
You are far to busy to do this very often!
Which is a sign that my little boy is getting too big!

Nom Nom!! Yummy fingers!
No sign of any teeth yet, though!

PRECIOUS!

Ha ha! You were playing with your toy and let go of it above your head, and then fell asleep that way! Silly boy!

You are so funny! Grabbing daddy's lip because he was making funny noises!

This is how you read books! They go right to your mouth! lol

Wearing your winter hat for the first time on a chilly day!

I know, I know... silly picture, but it was so cute how you had your little toes during your nap one day!

Look at you! Mean muggin! LOL

SITTING UP ALL BY YOURSELF!!!

FINALLY got those piggies to your mouth! You have been working on this skill for weeks! :)

Helping Momma with the bowl!

Eating solid food! You are such a big boy!

Your favorite chew toy? Why, the Wii mote of course!

 Little Liam,
We love you to the moon and back times infinity!
You are such a blessing to our family.
We are so lucky God gave you to us!
Happy 6 months, baby boy!

27 months!

Connor, your 27th month has been TONS of fun!!!  You are learning so much and doing so many new things each day!  It is so hard to keep up with you and I love it!!!
  • Your vocabulary is exploding! It seems like every time I turn around you have picked up a new word!! Some interesting ones... armadillo, hyena, gorilla, giraffe!
  • You repeat EVERYTHING you hear!
  • You are officially counting to 20!!!
  • You can sing the entire alphabet song by yourself! :)
  • You know all your letters and many of the letter sounds.
  • You have recently started talking ALL THE TIME! LOL
  • You are using lots of short sentences that are 2 or 3 words long!!!
  • You decided you LIKE your swing now! hehe!
  • You are finally trying more foods!
  • You've had a few ear infections... 3 in a row to be exact! :( poor guy!
  • We are potty training!!!  Beginning stages... but we're finally there!
  • You are going to be a UL football player for Halloween this month! Liam is dressing up as your football! ;)
  • You love reading books.
  • You have recently discovered how cool it is to stuff every toy you own into your play tent! LOL
  • You had started to say hi to everyone!  Each morning its, "Hi Momma! Hi Dada! Hi baby!" :)
  • You have started "posing" for pictures! haha!
  • You are really into puzzles again!
  • Your absolute favorite word is NO!
  • You have to give everyone goodnight kisses before you'll go to bed! So sweet!
  • You are getting really good at cleaning up after yourself!
  • You love to sing songs.. and pick them up so fast! Smart boy!
  • You love your preschool sooooooo much!
  • You think momma and dada's room is like the coolest place EVER to hang out! LOL
Oh how we love you Bubby! You keep up entertained and on our toes!!! 

Chillaxin on Momma! LOL
 
Counting to 10 while waiting at the doctor's office!! So smart!!!
 
Poor baby... fighting an ear infection :(
 
Sweet boy!
 
A fun play date with friends!
 
Such a Turkey! Stacking EVERY toy on the bed!

Liam got a kick out of watching you and Daddy wrestle!

Puzzle fun at Mamaw's!

Putting EVERY toy you own in the tent with you! Silly!

Yummy!!!  Too bad you only ate about half!

Such a sponge! You pick up so many new word from your books!

Poor kiddo! You had to have breathing treatments while you were sick!
But the ipad helped take your mind off of it! :)

Cousin fun!!!

Fun times at the public library!!

Swing fun on a warm fall day! :)

We love you sooooooooooooooo much Connor! Happy 27 months!
It has, without a doubt, been the best 27 months of our lives!
We are so blessed to be able to watch you learn and grow each day!

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Just couldn't resist...

So cute and funny all in one, so I just couldn't resist sharing!
Silly Connor!