Chompers, holidays, and visitors

Liam will be 5 months old tomorrow. Woohoo! He's such a big boy :)

This morning a top front tooth made its appearance and is struggling downward to the end result of Liam having a toothy grin for Christmas. :D I bet he looks pretty darn cute that way! Finally, some progress in the midst of all this teething!

Daddy and I went and got a few special presents for our little bubba. Should be fun watching him explore them and see what they're all about!

Gigi, Papaw, and crew are coming into town today to have a visit before all the holiday madness. Should be a good time, and I'm sure lots of Liam grins and giggles will be made!

Rollin rollin rollin...

November 16th. Good day to roll, wouldn't you say? Well, Liam thought so! Playing on his playmat on his back, he decided to lift his legs up to his hands, grab his toes, and roll to his side. He looked at a toy that was in his line of sight, and thought, "I can grab that!". So he rolled the rest of the way over! I praised him, and he giggled, then rolled back to his back. Hooray! Way to go, Liam.

In other news, Liam had his 4 month checkup at the doctor yesterday with Dr. B. He now weighs a whopping 15 1/2 pounds, and is an amazingly tall 26 1/4 inches long! He's as tall as an average 6 month old. He also got praises for his development, and we got the go ahead to start him on rice cereal.

We started said cereal this morning, and it did not go as planned... he spit out most of it, and after about 5-10 minutes of introducing it to him, he'd had enough. I can't blame the little guy- he's had a rough few days (got shots at the doc, and wasn't pleased).

The bonus for this week is that daddy is taking tomorrow off, so Mr. Liam has 5 days of playtime with him!! Woohoo! We're going to have a wonderful time hosting Thanksgiving this year at our house with family. :) Liam's first Thanksgiving!! I can't believe it.

Playdate!

Liam and I had our first official playdate with 4 other sweet moms and their kiddos. Liam was amazed by the other little people around him, and tired himself out watching them play and trying to communicate with them :)

I am so blessed to have other moms that can relate to me. I have been longing for such a relationship, and I've found it! And to see their kids and what Liam will be in 10 months, 16 months... it is so fun!

Liam has been bridging when on his back, letting me know that he's practicing to roll over from back to front. And he almost rolled from his stomach to his back last night! Daddy was home playing with him while I went to run an errand. When I came back, I got to hear the story about Liam's almost first roll- so cool. Daddy helped him all the way over, and Liam gave him an expression that said, "did I just do that?!?".

I wonder what the weekend will bring?...

Happy Halloween!

15 weeks today, and as feisty as ever. Liam is going through an "it's my party, and I'll cry if I want to" phase. Every night for the past week as been screaming bloody murder right before bed. I think he's either overtired, or overstimulated during the day. Hopefully we'll get this figured out soon. Last night was better- we put him to bed earlier, and he woke up twice. If he only would sleep through the night...

This past weekend, Gigi and Papaw came up from Katy to visit. Liam had a grand time getting held 24/7 and getting to play with his grandparents. He was quite festive in several Halloween outfits and enjoyed outings to Southlake Town Center and the Hall Pumpkin Farm down the road.







Liam cut another tooth, making the total right now 4. FOUR!! I can't believe it. He's starting to sit up when I have him on my legs reclining, and is SO close to rolling over from his back to his belly. He's looking like he might roll from his belly to his back soon too. I can't wait for that to happen! One thing he really likes is his bouncy saucer- lots of movement, lots of things to play with, and one happy baby :)

14 weeks today!

He's 14 weeks. And for the first time today, Liam decided he would lift his head during tummy time and keep it up for about 10 minutes! His normal routine during this time would be to lift his head for about 10 seconds and then put it down and start sucking on his fist. Way to go Liam! Maybe he finally understood the point :)

Now if he could only roll over...

To start off...

Our buddy Liam. He's almost 14 weeks old (will be tomorrow), and I can't believe how fast time has flown. I never imagined after 40 weeks and 2 days of waiting for this bundle of joy just how much I would love this little boy. I wanted to start this blog to remember the good times, bad times, milestones, and memories of Liam's life... because who knows how much I will remember when his siblings come along?

So, some things that are happening right now:

Liam's 24 inches long, around 15 pounds (whoa, my arms are getting a workout!). He's teething with buds coming in on the upper left, and lower right parts of his mouth. He loves sucking on his fist and fingers, and if the blanket he's holding gets in the way, so be it! Slobbery blanket it is!

Teething toys are not his favorite because he ends up hurting himself when he gets a little over zealous and chomps down too hard. For now, his and our fingers have soothed him.

Liam hates tummy time. Hates it. He'll tolerate about 10 minutes, and then, BAM. Wailing like I am trying to kill him with the art of tummy squishing and neck muscle workouts. I hope he learns that it's not murder, he's going to be doing this a lot in the next few months, and he better figure out how to roll himself over!

He slept for 11 hours straight 2 days ago which gave mommy and daddy a much needed rest. Hopefully he'll be sleeping through the night continuously soon!

He's so sweet, smiles and coos and laughs when mommy and daddy entertain him. Our buddy is so lovable, and I think he's starting to really love us too :)