Christmas catch up

We have had a wonderful week with family!! I will have to do our Christmas catch up postings a little at a time.

I'll start the catch up with a little about Liam. He is still working on his walking and he much prefers crawling. Oma and Opa have taken him for lots of walks.

Liam wearing Mom's hat - he got his own this week because it's been so cold

Coming back from a walk with Oma and Opa

Working on first steps

Jumping

Liam's Strumpfhose

Oma, Opa, and lots of new things

Liam is enjoying a visit with Oma and Opa. They are playing lots of new games with him and he is learning a lot!!

Oma taught Liam how to slide in a grocery bag

Liam used to be terrified of the vacuum cleaner.
Yesterday he began to overcome his fear.

And, a not so fun new thing - for the past day or so Liam as been a little off. He began running a fever this afternoon and was off schedule. As we always assume when this happens, we thought he may be entering another teething phase. Tonight he was so tired he couldn't stay awake, but he was very unsettled. Instead of falling asleep he kept scrunching his eyes shut. Then he began shivering. When I thought he was asleep I put him in his crib and he vomited for the first time. It's either teething or a virus, or both. Guess we are lucky it took 15 months for this to happen.

Onkel Dodi arrives tonight (although he is already 2 hours delayed) and the Boston Bunns arrive tomorrow. Roll on Christmas!!

15 months (a little late)

Liam had his 15 month check up Monday. His growth remains consistent with his previous growth (long and lean). His weight this time confirms what gave him his nickname 'Taz' - - he is very active!!

Length - 32" (73rd percentile)
Weight - 22.2 lbs (no change since 12 months - he burns everything!!!) - (20th percentile)
Head - 18" (50th percentile)

He now has 6 teeth, can stack things and he recognizes shapes when trying to get a round piece in a round hole, etc. He still prefers crawling to walking, but he can stand and cruises very well. When he's not teething he laughs and plays a lot and has started showing affection. All in all, a very sweet boy!!

15 months

Liam - Oma und Opa come tomorrow!!

Oma's coming. That means REALLY good eating. I'll have the duck to start.

In to EVERYTHING . . . still

Liam is at that wonderful age where he is really discovering things. As a result, he is in to everything. Below are some pictures from his play times lately.

Liam just discovered the air duct grill.

His new walker/truck. He loves to play behind the sofa and he was able to squeeze it through. What this picture did not capture was him standing on the seat, then the steering wheel, and jumping over the back of the sofa.

For the Germans, a bottle from Rheinhessen

Our cutie pie

Magnet locks are no obstacle for Liam. He wiggles the drawers so they open.

Building blocks

We have been working with Liam on stacking blocks. Today he finally got it and started stacking blocks all by himself.

Start 'em early

Nanna always believed in starting them young. Put that boy to work!! ;-)