Silly, Silly Boy!

Some cuteness from our first couple of weeks on summer vacation!

Liam Artwork

Some recent artwork... Liam did the stickers all by himself! He is getting better and better with coloring. He will get excited about it now and requests to color more and more!

Farm Animals

Weekend Fun!

Jon and I got away for a vacation to door county this last weekend and Liam got a vacation with his Grandpa Clancy, Grandma Mary, and Uncle Andrew! Liam got to go to the park, play with lots of new toys and go to Bay Beach! Jon and I had a fabulous time away from it all! Surprisingly, there are many pictures of Liam's weekend whereas Jon and I don't have a single picture!

Replication of Jon when he was little :)

Playing at the park Riding the Train
... and the carousel Racing around the track...
Driving his own car!

Father's Day

We happened to be on vacation for Father's Day weekend... so Liam wrapped up Jon's presents and gave them to him a little early! Liam and I had a lot of fun shopping for Daddy. He now has an opinion and likes to pick out things... so, we got Daddy a new ottoman for his favorite camp chair, a new coffee cup (one that doesn't leak!) and the newest season of modern family! Liam picked out Daddy's card all by himself! Since he is so into the 'high foot' right now, we thought that would be the perfect way to sign it (although I didn't think through how ticklish Liam's feet are!)

I thought this one was pretty good as well...

Playing his first game!

Grandma Roxanne and Grandpa Dave were here this morning for a little playdate and to pick up the dog for the weekend so Jon, Liam and I can go up to Grandma Mary and Grandpa Clancy's house! I got out the fisher price barn matching game. Liam spent a lot of time learning what to do with Grandma (over and over again... in and out!) This afternoon he played indepedently with the game for at least five minutes and was helping mommy find all the animal matches for about ten minutes as well! Although most colors or animals were not matched correctly (he is only 15 months old!), Liam was completely getting the idea that you pick a chip, put it on a board and takes turns! He is so big!!!

Silly Boy

It is hard to even keep up with all the new things Liam is doing, saying, experimenting with...
Today was a silly day for Liam. Especially this afternoon, Liam was just doing silly things. He was pushing things everywhere... silly things like daddy's new ottoman and HAVING to take something with him whenever he pushed it. He also lost his 'moo moo' for about three minutes and just stood there saying sadly 'moo' until mommy found it. He was talking and reading his books to anything that would listen... including the cat! He was crawling again... certain places, making odd noises :) The list goes on and on... he is just one silly, creative, fun kid!

How Embarrassing...

Haven't posted a pooping face picture in awhile... so here it is!

15 month check-up!

We did it! We finally made it between scheduled check-ups without any extra trips to the doctor in between.... YEAH ear tubes!!!!!!!!!!



Here are Liam's stats:

• Weight: 25 lbs., 8 oz (~75%ile)


• Hieght: 32 3/4 inches (~ 95%ile)


• Head Circumference: 48 cm (75%ile)

Liam had to get three shots today :( Mommy didn't like it. Liam didn't like it. We both dealt and recovered well! Here are some shots of the dude with all his bandaids. He also had a pretty nice penguin sticker that he proudly displayed on his t-shirt... so grown-up!

Oh yeah...

Liam now recognizes body parts. He is able to find his own eyes, ears, nose, hair and belly button!!! He is will also gladly poke at others body parts as well!

Another afternoon at the zoo!

Last Sunday (over a week ago already!) we had a hour or so at the end of the afternoon, so we put our zoo pass to use! We went and tried to see some animals that had been left out of our last zoo trip! Liam had a blast! He loved the freedom of walking around and was just pointing/talking about all the animals... he is just like Mommy at the zoo! Hippo, by the way, is a new obsession, joining elephant and bear!

Walking around the zoo

Animal Noises

Here is a current inventory of all of Liam's animal noises:

• baa for sheep


• moo for cow


• meoh for cat


• oh-uh for rooster


• eee for elephant


• bea for bear


• sss for snake


• ah ah ah for monkey


• ee ee for chick


• ne ne for horse


• signs dog, elephant, bird, cat, duck, lion, bear, fish, shark, bunny

When did you learn that?

Jon and I have looked at each other several times over the last days... thinking/saying "when did Liam learn that?"

Here's everything we can remember :)

• Getting on and off his car without any help



• Pulling things in addition to pushing them



• turning knobs on his toys



• knowing about 20 different animals when asked where they are in a picture



• saying many more animal sounds (post to follow!)



• coloring (scribbling!) very nicely with crayons on paper



• throwing a ball one-handed - very well I might add!



• putting puzzle pieces where they belong



• spitting on things :(



• lip smacking kissing noises



• giving open-mouthed kisses on the window/doors

Seriously everytime we turn around he is doing something new!

How to eat a cupcake

As requested by Grandma and Grandpa...