GG

Ever wonder what GG does to fill her time?? . . .
How about 4 great grandchildren over to play? :)

Bigger and bigger every day

Liam is in another phase where he looks bigger to us. Here are some pics of our growing boy!!

Papi T and Liam playing 'auf & zu' (open & close)

Auf

Zuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!

Liam now wants to sit with us in a bar stool.
He was my company when I was cooking today.
(The drool you see is due to another round of teething.)

Look what I can do, Oma and Opa

Oma and Opa - look what I can do now!! I finally figured out how Opa Wilhelm's police car works.

Evening entertainment

After several days of having a very fussy and irritable son, it was nice to see evidence of our sweet little boy again!! Liam's top two front teeth have now broken through the gums and he seems to be working on his top eye-teeth. We figure this is what has been bothering him all day and all night. Last night he was up every 2-3 hours. We are hoping for a better night tonight!!

Tonight he finally started playing and laughing again. We always enjoy finding out what Liam finds funny. Tonight it was Mom cutting sweet potatoes. He has also moved from being afraid of Tobias' helicopter to being fascinated by it. Tonight he was mesmerized by it. Onkel Dodi, this is for you. :)

Homecoming: 1 year later

Today was the anniversary of Liam's homecoming. It is amazing to think how much things have changed in a year's time. When Liam came home this time last year he was so tiny and helpless . . . not anymore!

Liam gave Nanna and all of us a bit of shock today!! When he got up from his nap, Nanna put him in his high chair (with tray on) and gave him his juice. She then walked down the stairs from the breezeway into the den and went to the laundry room to get some laundry. Not long after she reached the laundry room, Liam crawled up behind her!!! None of us can figure out how he got out of his highchair and onto the floor. Mom never heard him fall or move. He has navigated stairs for a while now, but he still tries to go down the stairs head first instead of feet first. We have been working on teaching him feet first. Tobias said to me, ' . . . and how much do you want to bet he didn't got down the stairs feet first?'. So, as best we can tell, he somehow escaped his highchair, crawled to the stairs, went down the stairs head first and met Nanna in the laundry room.

I think it went something like this . . .

Mission: Possible, Mom!

VA Living Museum

Liam and I spent lots of time playing this weekend - partly because Tobias has been sick and partly because I no longer have to work on research 2-5 hours a day. It was my first guilt free weekend in nearly 4 years!!

I took Liam to the Living Museum for the first time. Below are some pictures from the day.

On the outdoor trail

FISH!!

These holes are a lot more interesting than the animals

Is this heaven? Buttons to push no one yells 'NO TOUCH!'

Taking a break

Crawling in the log . . . this was fun
till the big kids got in and scared him

Doctor Brady's office

I have been remiss in downloading pictures for my cell phone lately. This counts as a catch up post from Liam's 12 month check up. (To be honest, I forgot I had taken the pictures!! Momnesia stricks again!)

This was the first visit where he went straight to the toy corner to play!!