June 10, 2009
Liam's 2nd Birthday
I just can't believe he is already 2 years old!! No one told me how hard it would be to watch him grow up. I only have 16 years left before he leaves the nest:( !! That's going go by like in the next week!! He is just so amazing. We are soooo blessed to have him in our lives, I just can't bear to think of him growing up and leaving us! However, I probably won't be saying that if he's like 30 and still sleeping in his boyhood bedroom. I guess that would be pretty pethetic and mean we had really screwed him up somehow.
So he had his party at the Dinosaur Park just up the street from us. He loved it. He loves being around a lot of people that he knows and loves. All of his best friends came as well as family members. He was sooo excited to see everyone. He talked about it for a good 2 weeks afterwards and now loves singing happy birthday to people.
March 25, 2009
In Search of Nemo.
Okay, well, we never found Nemo, but Liam's first trip to Sea World was not only fun, but it was a perfectly beautiful Southern California spring day. We went with my good friend Elisabeta and her son Romeo. Liam loved it all, but particularly the walrus, the penguins and the sharks. We also visited the dolphin show, the beluga whales, the polar bear, fed the sea lions, and fed and petted the mantarays. Liam wasn't too sure about petting the mantarays. He did it once and decided he didn't want to again. Not sure if he thought they were ugly, slimy or both. We're definitely looking forward to going again soon since we got the season pass:)
March 22, 2009
What?! It snowed in Southern California?!!
Well...not exactly. They made three snow slopes at one of the nearby parks with snow machines. It was actually a beautiful sunny day and Liam's first experiance in the "snow". Daddy and Liam got to go down the slopes a couple of times on sleds. The first time Liam went down, his eyes got as big as golf balls and once they stopped he yelled "more!!" He LOVES trying anything new and really enjoyed just playing in the snow once the event was over. Can't wait to take him on a trip to see the real thing.
Planes, trains and, wait... no... it's just automobiles
Daddy and Liam had a special father/son day together recently (which they actually have every Saturday) at a car show that takes place every Saturday morning near our house.
Liam loves any type of moving vehicle. If it has a motor and goes, he LOVES it! I think this was definatly a perfect way to spend the day with our little monkey. He looks right at home and ready to take off in one.
January 20, 2009
Thanksgiving & Christmas 2008
Once again it has been too long since my last blog entry. I blame it all on my new Facebook addiction, that my hubby got me started on. I may scrap the blog site and just go to FB alltogether rather than keep up two separate sites We'll see. In any case...here is what we were up to during the holidays. We had an awesome Thanksgiving with Jeff's family is Surprise, AZ. His mom, dad, sister's Shauna and Noelle and their families all came. Liam had a great time with his 5 cousins and spent a lot of time with his 2 1/2 yr. old cousin Hudson who got a cold while we were there. The day after we got back home, Liam came down with the cold too, but his turned into RSV, which is a respiratory virus that can be very dangerous to babies. His rapid breathing sent us to the emergency room twice in one week. The second time, they decided to admit him for observation and some oxygen/steroid treatments that seemed to do the trick. After 8 days of deep coughing, heavy breathing, congestion, runny nose, high fevers and breathing treatments, he was pretty much done with it. Jeff, however, who came down with it the day after Liam, had it about 2 weeks, then I got it the day after Liam was getting better and had it for about 3 weeks. It was definatly the worst cold that Jeff and I have ever had. About a week before Christmas we were both doing much better, though I had a sore throat for a good month. Christmas day was really fun. Liam had such a great time with the family and gifts and even took a 2 1/2 hour nap at grandmas while me, my sister Julie, my neice Kira and my mom all played the Wii American Idol karoke. It was a blast. The boys played some other computer games. Too much fun. I want a Wii now too:) We finally got to Disneyland to see the holiday lights and decor on January 4th which was awesome, but probably the busiest day I have ever seen at D-land, but once we got in, we all had a great time. Here are some of my favorite pics from the last 2 months of 08.
November 6, 2008
Sensory Experiment
Today Liam performed his first sensory project with cornstarch and water and passed with flying colors as you can see. I love his lack of timidity in trying new things. Mom and Dad are so proud.
November 5, 2008
October Recap
This has been a rather busy month and I have fallen behind once again on my blogging. so I have decided to just do a quick recap of our October events.
Outing to Pumpkin City with our friends and my niece and nephew.
2 trips to Tenaka Farms with Grandma and Grandpa Lautsch and Grandma and Grandpa Smith
Halloween weekend was spent in Santa Barbara. Liam was a the cutest monkey ever.
While we were there, the day after Halloween, I ran my fourth 1/2 marathon with my good friend and running buddy Michelle.
It was Michelle's first, which was exciting. We had a great run. We stayed together throughout the run and completed it in 2 hrs. 21 min. Our good friends, Leslie, Kevin and their kids, Logan and Madison
