Well little Liam just keeps growing up. It's just amazing to think that in just over a week he'll be 10 months old. The last few weeks have been filled with different activities. We've been working on trying to get Liam to take solid foods. He's done great with pureed foods but has had serious trouble taking anything with any texture to it (as in projectile vomiting sort of trouble). We made sure the doctor knew he was having so much trouble, and she wasn't concerned. She said he just wasn't ready and to keep trying. Same thing with the sippy cup. He's not too interested in really trying to drink from it. He can drink from it, but doesn't like to. Well we're finally having improvement with these two things. Although, there's definately been more improvement with solids. Liam is now feeding himself Gerber Puffs and eating rice, chicken, and had a turkey on Thanksgiving. We're working on the sippy cup, but oh well. At least he's drinking his formula just fine from the bottle (a problem we've had in the past).
Another new thing for Liam was getting sick a couple weeks ago. The 19th poor Liam woke up with a 101.2 fever :( Thankfully he wasn't too unhappy. He was definately not feeling great, but he did ok. Shortly after the fever came a red rash ALL over his body. This lasted for about three days, but thankfully the fever was just that one morning. We went to the doctor, but she said it was just a virus. Here's a picture of the rash on Liam's face... it may be a bit hard to see.
Next, the 22nd we had a baby dedication at church. We were really excited about this. We go to a small church called Journey Church. It's been around for 2 years now, so this was the first child dedication for the church. Liam got a picture Bible from the church. Below is a picture of the dedication. (sorry its so far away).
Then of course there was Thanksgiving! Shawn and I had to work Thanksgiving night so we weren't able to be with family. Instead, we went to our great friends John and Amy Mills' house. We did the same thing last year, and again this year was a success. They also babysat Liam Thursday night while we worked. They have two girls of their own and the girls enjoy Liam (or "baby Lamb" as their daughter Rachel says). Liam tried some turkey, sweet potato casserole, and mashed potatoes. He did ok with this. Below are a few pictures of Thanksgiving.
We're really forward to a visit to Indy starting on Friday! As some of you may know, we've decided to try to move back to Indy. Basically, it just comes down to family. It's really hard not having family around to help, and also we just really don't want Liam to miss out on growing up with family around. Our house went on the market the 23rd. So far we haven't had any lookers, but then again it was Thanksgiving last week. We'll leave the house on the market til March and if it doesn't sell, we'll just try again later on. We've been praying for God's direction and are just leaving it up to Him to open doors for us. Do be praying, while in Indy we both have interviews at Methodist Hospital for jobs in case the house sells.
Below are some pictures of Liam doing his new favorite activity... playing by the sliding glass doors.
At the end of October my parents came through to see "us" (we all know they came to see Liam) on their way to Myrtle Beach where they were celebrating their 30 year anniversary! They babysat Liam while Shawn and I worked. They LOVED it. I couldn't believe it, but my dad even changed Liam's poopy diaper, picked out his clothes, and got him ready for the day all by himself while my mom slept in after taking the night shift! He sure does love his grandson. After they went on to Myrtle Beach, Liam and I made the 2 hour trip to stay overnight with them midweek. Liam enjoyed a trip to the IMAX theater to watch an Under The Sea movie. He really did quite well and only got scared once and cried a little. But other than that he sat through the entire 45 minute movie quietly. We also went out to dinner at PF Changs and enjoyed a nice walk on the beach. My parents also came through on their way home and watched Liam again while Shawn and I worked on Halloween night. I wish I had a lot to report about Halloween; however, since we both had to work we were unable to celebrate it with Liam. Oh, well there's always next year when he'll actually be able to walk and possibly enjoy it some.