So it's clear... I'm not so great at blogging. But here I am putting up an update of the last few months because a few friends have made it clear that it is time :o) Well, a lot has happened. Where to begin...
The rest of January:
On January 12 Liam stood alone for the first time- just for a second or two, took his first step, and had his first haircut! That was a big day for him. Two days later his third tooth popped through- the top, right, middle tooth. That same day he began to feed himself full meals on his own too. That next week, January 20, we had professional pictures done for Liam's 1st birthday. They turned out absolutely great! The photographer is Tamera Hart and she just started up a new website- bumpmeetbaby.com. Two of Liam's pictures made it in the gallery! You can check out the rest of the pictures here at our smugmug site. On the 23rd of January Liam's fourth tooth came in- the top, left, middle tooth. Liam also worked on his vocabulary in January. Popular words were: mommy, daddy, baby (his favorite word that he says whenever he sees himself), me, bye-bye (which he'll say while waving bye-bye), bubba, and kitten (another favorite word that he does have correctly connected to our cat, Shadow).
Next, for my 26th birthday our family of three celebrated with a dinner out to Longhorn together. The next day my parents came into town on the way to Florida to babysit for Liam. Unfortunately, the little man was sick with a nasty cold. My parents enjoyed caring for him though- probably because he was so sick that he was happy to cuddle (which is a rare, rare happening). My parents stayed a couple days and then went down to see my brother and sister in law.
February
Febrary of course was the BIG month because of Liam's birthday, but we'll get to that. Febrary 1st Liam finally started to clap his hands. Then the 3rd he started pointing at things- this is usually paired with the adorable "oooh.... oooh!". Occasionally it's also paired with something that sounds like a very "baby" version of "what's that?". I thought I was crazy for thinking that until a lady at the store asked us today "did that baby just say 'what is that'??". Next, on the fourth my parents came back to town to get ready for his birthday party. Then on the 5th, Shawn's mom made the trip down. Sadly, Shawn's dad couldn't make it due to business. Liam decided with almost all the grandparents in town that the 5th was a great time to start walking. Oh my, he put on a show! He was so stinkin' excited to have our attention. Here's a video of his first few steps that night and then the next day too.
The next day was Liam's party. We had an open house party for Liam Saturday the 6th from 1-4pm. Friends from church came and enjoyed food, cake, and a few gifts. It was a good time. He really LOVED his birthday cake. Here's another video you can enjoy of Liam enjoying the cake. He enjoyed the day a lot. No tears, no breakdowns. Just a lot of fun! The next day all the grandparents left... and the colts lost the superbowl- BOO! That didn't stop Liam from cheering though!
February 9 was his actual birthday, and with all the family gone we spent it as a family of three. We started the day with Liam's first pancake breakfast, which he really liked. Then we made a trip downtown to see the South Carolina Aquarium. We all had a great time. The 10th Liam had his 1 year check up. He stuck to his curve on the 10th percentile in weight and came in at 19 pounds 6 ounces. He was 30 inches tall- the 50th percentile. His head was 18.5 inches- 75th percentile. Everything was perfect at the check up.
Later in the month on the 17th Liam got two more teeth! Now he has four straight across the top and two on the bottom. Then on the 24th he finally figured out how to stand up from sitting on his own. All it took was one time and then he could do it perfectly.
March
So far in March things have slowed down a bit. It really seemed like so much was happening in Liam's development in January and February. He still is growing up quite a bit. He's totally mastered walking now and is nearly running. Here's a little video of his walking last week.
Let's see, life outside of Liam. Nothing really has happened much in the last few months. The house is still on the market and we did have a showing here or there and one really low offer that didn't pan out. Other than that, just enjoying our growing boy.
Speaking of the whole home thing, here's what's going on there. From the very beginning we said we'd give it through the end of March to sell and then we'd take it off the market. So really we're completely planning on staying here since it hasn't sold yet. Also, we found out the jobs that were waiting for us are no longer there for us. We are definately ok with these developments. All along we just wanted to be where God wanted us. He's taught us a lot of lessons through these last several months of waiting, and I fully believe he has good things in store for us here. Will we every move back to Indy? Who knows. Right now I'm just trying to live in the present and not get too caught up in planning the future. When you do too much of that, you get caught not really living your present life- one of those lessons God taught me along this journey.
Oh yes, one other development- we traded in our Xterra and got a used 2006 Nissan Armada today. We knew that whenever we have another kid the Xterra wouldn't be big enough when we take trips to Indiana and Pennsylvania. So we've been keeping our eyes open for good deals. We came across a great one and took advantage. And just in case you're wondering- NO I am NOT pregnant! haha. Just a good deal that we knew we'd need sometime soonish (Lord willing). So here it is.
