Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Out and about

Now that Liam is getting a little older, we have been venturing out more often. Mark and I are having a good time taking pictures of Liam in his outerwear, particularly since winter is on its way out here in KY (at least we hope so).

We had a visit this past weekend from my dad and stepmom, who had fun hanging out with Liam. After having two daughters, I think my dad is pumped to have a grandson! My mom and grandma are coming to visit from Florida tomorrow, so we'll have more pictures by week's end of Liam with the grandparents!

Friday, February 16, 2007

Growing every day

Liam went to the doctor this week on account of his baby acne. Poor kid, it's all over his face. Did you know that baby boys often get acne around the 1-2 month mark because the estrogen that was in their bodies during gestation is on its way out? Our pediatrician is so knowledgeable and such a good fit for us, the crazy question-asking parents. Anyway, he got weighed at the doctor's office and weighed in 13 pounds, 4 ounces! He's gained 3 pounds in the last 3 weeks! My questions about "is he getting enough breast milk?" have certainly been answered. Liam has also started smiling and giggling, but capturing this on film has proven to be nearly impossible, as you can see. Here are a couple of new pictures of our robust (to use our pediatrician's lingo) young son...

In his cute "Liam" outfit from my cousin Tricia:

Hangin' with Daddy while watching the Jeopardy Teen Tournament (the second year in a row where a student from Lexington has made it to the final round!)

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

One Month Old!

Liam was one month old this weekend! It's hard to believe...both that he's been here a month already, and also that it's only been a month! Can you follow my weird logic? Auntie Allie has been calling me daily asking me to update pictures. I look forward to the day when she has a newborn of her own and I can call her and say "why haven't you updated your blog?" :)

Here are a few new shots of the little guy.
I like to refer to this look as his "drunk on breast milk" face.

I'm becoming quite the swaddler. It's amazing to me how wrapping him up nice and tight will make him fall asleep in minutes...sometimes seconds!



Finally, a picture of Liam rockin' it out in his drum set onesie from Auntie Allie. I think he'll be able to wear it for another week or two, so I'm glad I got a picture. He's growing like crazy!


In other family news (what? you don't want to hear about anything but Liam? tough!), Mark and I got to go out on our first post-baby date since Liam was born. Thanks to Mark's parents for watching him (like we had to twist their arms!) It was a little weird...it seemed that everyone in the restaurant was out to dinner with their little boy! Though we missed him, we had fun and actually talked about non-baby stuff. We've still got it!



I feel it's necessary to pay tribute to the other two long-forgotten members of our family, Pico and Olivia. Though she is gigantic, Olivia is only a little over a year old, and this past weekend marked our one year anniversary as her parents. Both kitties have been curious but cautious with Liam, but they don't like being locked out of our bedroom at night! Pico in particular scratches at the door all night long. Hopefully they'll forgive us at some point!