Sittin' Pretty

I was able to catch Liam sitting up by himself pretty well today. Check out the candid shots!

What is Mom doing?


Sitting with his friends, Buzz-Bee and the Whoozit:


About to try and grab the camera lens:


Hmm, how to get the purple elephant in my mouth...


Hey! Who you lookin' at?!


In other news, Liam has some new favorite sounds: "buzz, buzz, buzz" (as I make Buzz-Bee fly and land on his chest), and "pizza! pizza! pizza!" Both make him laugh hysterically - I have no idea why "pizza" is so funny, but it is his new favorite sound. If he's having a melt-down, I just have to squeal "pizza!" at him, and he melts into giggles. If only adults were amused so easily, life would be so much simpler!

6 month statistics

I nearly forgot to share Liam's latest statistics! On Friday May 25 he had his 6 month appointment with the pediatrician. He now weighs 16lbs 10oz (40th percentile) and is 26in long (50th percentile). That's great progress for a baby who started out so small! His next appointment will be when he is 9 months old.

We saw a different pediatrician in the office - she is Dutch and I really liked her. Her facial features and accent reminded me of my Mom and her family. I will be requesting her from now on! She said that Liam is a very healthy little boy, and also said she was glad to see that we had not had him circumcised. She said it is becoming less common these days.

Liam is also sitting up pretty well now, but of course he topples over after a few minutes. He was trying to scoot around on his belly today, and a few times he pushed himself backwards instead of forwards. And of course he rolls around quite well... we need to get going on child-proofing the house!

Happy Memorial Day

We drove into Washington DC today to go to Arlington National Cemetary for Memorial Day, however the traffic was very bad and Liam wasn't in the best of moods. I didn't think he'd make it very long in the cemetary, which was too bad as we were looking forward to paying our respects and visiting great-GM's burial site. We ended up detouring off to Georgetown for lunch and a walk on the water. Liam did surprisingly well! I think he has more teeth coming in as he's been drooling even more than ever and chewing anything he can get his hands on... on the side of his mouth, next to his new teeth.

Here is Adam with Liam next to the canal:


Here Liam and I are next to the Potomac River:


I hope everyone enjoyed a happy and safe Memorial Day!

We have TEETH!

Liam has TWO teeth! His lower front teeth both came in at the same time... check out the picture I took yesterday. This morning he grabbed my hand to gnaw on my finger (a pretty normal baby activity) and I could feel them... ouch!

He is also getting really good at rolling all over the place. He is all over his crib when he's sleeping, and when he wakes up he practices rolling around for a while before he fusses to get up. Last night he reached up and grabbed a hold of the top rail of the crib... uh-oh, maybe its time to lower the mattress!

A collection of pictures

Today is the first day I've posted in a while, so here are some pictures from the last few weeks.

Liam snacking on a teething toy in his Exersaucer:


Sporting a summer outfit:


Looking very cute in a towel from Aunt Mira:


Posing in his shorts and t-shirt:


Haming it up on the couch with Dad:


Helping Dad with some very important computer work:

Rolling, rolling, rolling...!

Liam rolled over today, from back to front! So far he has been rolling from front to back with great ease for a month now, but we haven't seen him roll from back to front. This morning, Adam and I were playing with Liam on the floor - Liam was fascinated by the TV remote (we were watching the morning news) and we used it as a lure. Liam was so excited about the remote that he squirmed and struggled on his back until he was able to flip over onto his stomach to grab it. He did this several times, as we cheered him on. Go baby!

This afternoon I used his favorite buzz-bee toy (from Aunt Leesa) to entice him to roll-over again, this time on our bed... and he did it several times. Yeah! Of course now that he has a new trick, getting him to sleep is going to be even harder - I just put him down for bed, and it wasn't long before he rolled onto his back... and then from his back to his front. Oh boy!

He will probably be mobile soon - he has learned to scoot along veeeery slowly on his stomach. He usually puts his head down and pushes his butt up in the air until he scoots forward. It is pretty funny - he can't go very far, but he will struggle, squirm, and scoot to get to a favorite toy. I also find him in his crib sometimes with his head smooshed against the headboard, after he's scooted his way up.

Finally, he has been practicing making new sounds. Every other day or so he surprises us with a new funny sound. His latest noise is sucking in his lower lip and going "NNNNN, NNN, NNNNNN" with his eyes opened wide... and when you look at him, he starts giggling. He can also make clicking sounds with his mouth. His favorite Mom sound is still, "OINK OINK OINK"... I have tried to stop calling him "piggy-wiggy" as a nickname, but I can't stop oinking at him - he just dissolves in giggles!

Adventures in Eating

Liam is going to be 6 months old on Saturday! Our pediatrician said to start giving him a little solid food in his 5th month, so we've had him taste a few things so far. He just has a few bites each day - and his expressions have been priceless!

Trying some rice cereal:

Wearing a bib made by GM - she embroidered it herself!

Rice cereal in high-chair:

His face after tring some carrots:

Eating a slice of pear through a mesh feeder - he LOVED it!

He liked the mesh feeder so much that I bought a variety of fruit and veg for him to try - I think he likes chewing on it because we think he's teething. I am pretty sure I can see little teeth about to break through on his lower gums - I will ask the pediatrician about it next week!