Liam's Baby Brother

It's true! Liam is going to be a big brother! Our new addition is due October 18, 2008.

Here is the little guy at about 22 weeks...

A Day in the Life of Liam

Eating home-made French bread with home-made jam (thanks GM!) - does it get any better than this?


Now eating a home-made frozen applejuice pop - yum!


Toddler art! Squiggles are in! So, apparently, is eating crayons...


I call this "Daddy Daycare"


There's Daddy, taking care of the toddler with a nice self-feeding cereal snack!

The guest house is painted!

This really has nothing to do with Liam, but we are very excited - the guest house has FINALLY been painted! Woohoo! Now we just need to clean and furnish it - eventually :)

Here is the guest house kitchen, in "Philadelphia Cream" by Benjamin Moore


Same color in the living room...


And the bedroom...


The remodeled bathroom with another Benjamin Moore color... I am not a blue person but I LOVE this color here...


Bonus Pic: More GM-made jam... this one is white peach, apricot, and wild raspberry - yum!

Waterworld!

Liam really enjoys playing in the backyard with the kiddie pool and slip 'n slide. On Tuesday GM took him out for some fun in the humid sun!

This water is COLD!!!


Falling out of the pool...


Laughing too hard to stop the fall...


Ooof, I'm out!


Time for a rest...


Sweet boy... it only lasted a second of course!


GM blowing bubbles for Liam... he's making the "more" sign... can't get enough of those bubbles! (And by 'can't get enough' I mean he could not eat them fast enough... ew!)


The best part... being flung down the slip 'n slide by GM... whee!


Bonus Picture: The jam that GM made from fruit from our mulberry tree, wild raspberries she picked while out walking with Liam, and some organic strawberries I had in the fridge... YUM!

Pizza pizza!

Liam and Daddy enjoying some home-made pizza dinner...

Happy Father's Day!

We had a fantastic Father's Day - we started out at the zoo, and the weather was surprisingly good - low humidity, sunny and breezy. Liam had a great time and was so well behaved. Then we stopped by Aunt Niki's house so Liam could take his nap. Niki was nice enough to let us run out for lunch while she watched him (we did bring her and Liam back some lunch and smoothies!) Then we went to the playground by Niki's house to swing and slide... and best of all Grandpa and Vivian came by for a visit! We went for ice-cream and hung out together at Aunt Niki's. A great day!

Liam and Daddy checking out the seals...


Oh really, Daddy? Are you sure?


Best part of the day so far: walking on the steps! (Toddlers are easy to please)


Now this was definitely the best part of the day! Getting wet in the water mister!


Dancing in the water with a little girl...


Crazy for water


Mommy trying to talk Liam into coming out of the water - no go!


Dripping wet boy... I think he would have stayed under that mister all day if we'd let him!


Now we're at the park with Aunt Niki... swinging...


Hi there Mommy! Every time we took him out of the swing, he started frantically making the sign for "more"... just like when we tried to take him out of the water mister!


Whee! Like Mommy's hat?


Grandpa bought everyone ice-cream. Liam sampled everyone's, and then had a blast feeding Daddy bites...


He thought it was hilarious to feed Daddy and then yank the spoon away...


Here is Grandpa trying to give Liam some ice-cream... and Liam is pretending to be shy...


Liam considering the ice-cream...


Liam strumming the baby Fender with Aunt Niki. He loved the guitar and even "sang" a bit - it was hilarious!

Messy eating, hail in June, and doggie love

Just a picture round-up...

I love yogurt!


Hail in June - this is the storm that knocked out our power for 2 days!


Look at it!


A standard breakfast... an adult size bowl of oatmeal with blackstrap molasses... yum!


Daddy and Liam cuddling with Summer (aka JP)... JP is tolerating the attention very well!

Giving myself a wet-wipe bath...

We had a bit of an early summer heat wave, and Liam found a way to refresh himself.

Washing my hair with wipes... ahhh...


Don't forget to clean behind your ears!


A good tongue scrub is quite refreshing...


Hold on while I blow my nose...


Wet-wipe taste test (note: it was determined that wet-wipes are not delicious)

TGIFriday!

It was a beautiful spring day today, and Liam had lots of fun...

Walking along at toddler speed...


Hey Mom, want some rocks?


Mr Grumpy


Nothing more fun than getting soaked with a hose!


SLURP!


YUM! Cold water everywhere!


Mmmm get me some more of that!


Playing basketball after changing into dry clothes (not without a fight, of course!)