Over The Railing And To My Books!

Since I keep promising myself that I am going to catch up with Liam's blog, I may as well start with a video of him climbing out of his crib! He was resisting a nap and suddenly I didn't hear him bouncing around and laughing anymore. When I looked at the video monitor and couldn't see him I thought "Maybe he's in a corner..." Then I heard one of his sing and play books! I ran in and found him sitting behind his glider reading. I asked "Liam, did you climb out of your crib?" He replied "Yeah!!" After getting him dressed, I put him back in his crib and asked him to show me...

It was recorded vertical, I know, but not too much of an adjustment. Hey, there are bound to be some glitches after such a lengthy hiatus!

Oh that is too funny, Momma!

I am showing Liam some clothes that we got him, which he seems to think are pretty great!

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Park Playtime

A storm has been brewing since we woke up this morning but Liam and I figured we had some time to play at the park before it started to rain. We go to the park as often as we can, weather permitting. Because of the anticipation of the storm we pretty much had the park to ourselves. This is not a common occurrence and Liam was ready to explore without interruption.
This meant no waiting for his very favorite thing... swinging!!
He also didn't have to worry about someone coming down the slide while he was doing what it's obviously intended for, climbing up.
Liam also loves rocks...of all shapes and sizes. He tried to pick this one up before sitting on it.
All of that running and playing (it was also very windy) definitely wore him out because he's been "sleeping like a baby" for the past 2 1/2 hours.
Sweet dreams, sweet boy.

Liam's Chair

Liam LOVES his new chair! As you can see he is settling right in. He now has a place to sit and watch his stories and catch up on local news. "Where has this been all my life, Mommy??"

Daddy's Game

It all started with Liam bringing Daddy 3 balloons. Then he would either climb up him or get him to pick him up and they would hug with the balloons in between them.

That turned into Liam bringing Daddy whatever was laying around in the room...

...and he had to hold on to it all at once!

This is Liam contemplating what he can find to bring Daddy next.

What's next??

Eggtastrophe!!

Liam has had things with eggs in them, but never eggs by themselves. I decided to make him his very own scrambled egg this morning. That's just egg, no seasonings or butter. His interest in it was about what I expected, "You expect me to eat this squishy weird looking stuff??" In fact, he did not ingest any of his egg. It went in his mouth, when I tried to feed him some, and was spit back out immediately. You can imagine the shock I received when it was time to get out of his high chair and I saw this...

He was rubbing his itchy face a lot but, otherwise, wasn't acting any differently (thank God no problems with breathing). He did not, however, think this was the appropriate time for pictures.

Really these photos don't show all of the little raised hives he had along with those splotchy read spots. I called the doctor to find out how much Children's Benadryl I could give him. Once I decided I could no longer wait for the return call I gave him a small dose (.8, which is very small considering it turns out he can have a teaspoon). Within just a few minutes his face cleared up. Mind you, none of this kept him from playing and carrying on as he normally does. Crisis averted but what a scary morning! He took a nice long nap and woke up with no evidence of the "Eggtastrophe."

We went to the grocery store and decided that we did NOT need eggs. Everything is back to normal in Liam's world!

12 Month Portraits

What a fun photo session Liam had for his 12 month portraits! We did Christmas pictures the same day so those are coming next. By the way, these are not near all of them. ; ) The first outfit Liam is wearing was made just for him by Aunt Cheryl. Liam and I explained to his photographer that this was not just any adorable outfit for this reason, and because each penguin you see represents one of "the triplets."

Liam had his own inspiration for the shots below. Gotta love giant rubber duckies and blocks!