Great Grandma Haskins

We went over to celebrate Liam's Great Grandma Haskins' 87th Birthday on Sunday! He is so lucky to still have 4 great grandparents with him! We had a wonderful BBQ, took a great Haskins' Family photo and made it inside just before the storm!

Pull to Standing

Liam is getting really good at pulling to standing! Yeah him!

Crawling

Here is Liam showing off his best crawling. And what is he crawling towards? The purpose of his life - getting the remote! We WERE watching The View at the time and he changed the channel to tennis. Typical boy!

Snort!

Liam developed this awesome snorty thing today for when he is really happy! I love it!

After Eating

Liam always cries when eating time is over and I wipe his face. I had to get this on video, so here you go:

A Typical Afternoon

Liam is a playing fool! Here he is crawling, waving, trying to stand up and more! Plus there is a little battle going on between Liam and Layla over a new basketball! Layla has it and Liam wants it but can't get over there!

Liam is 9 Months Old

First Trip to Rosati's

After St. Barnabas' Carnival, we stopped at Rosati's. Of course we had to let Liam have a taste and he went crazy for it! He kept trying to climb out of his stroller. Oh no, we started an addiction!

Raspberries and Yawns

Check out Liam's great raspberry blowing! So cute! He also has a few cute yawns in here, along with his new whisper talking! LOVE this boy!

Trying to Walk!

Tom and I were playing with Liam in the den, when we decided to have Liam try to stand up and play with his "Kickin' Gym." All of a sudden, it started moving and Liam walked right along with it! We were shocked! So of course, we made him keep doing it! And of course, he kept falling after a few feet!! He's getting much better at falling! We even bought him a few toys to help him walk now but so far he likes this toy the best. Thanks Auntie Jen!

P.S. He also has "let go" of this toy and stood up for a few seconds and pulled himself to standing too!

The Gargle

Liam has many talents, one of which is his gargle! Check it out!

He REALLY Said "Mom!"

Ok, so Tom does not believe this story since he was not home for it, but here's how it happened: I was sitting at the kitchen table and Liam was in one of his toys. He said "Mom," and reached out his hands. I went over there and he hugged me and gave me one of his kisses! Tom keeps saying Liam doesn't know what he's saying, but I think it's fairly obvious that he wanted his mom and wanted kisses! Anyway, I sat back down and he did it again! Well, I got out the flip cam then to film it and this is what I got. Tom is still a non-believer, but trust me that Liam knows what he is saying and it's directed at me - MANY times a day now!

Trying New Foods

We have started giving Liam little finger foods - puffs, yogurt drops, etc. He's been in major teething mode, so we gave him a teething biscuit and he liked it! The cutest part was that he wanted to share it with Layla, and I'm sure she'll take him up on that offer!

My Big Boy

The end of school was definitely hectic and I am a bit behind on videos. I'm not still caught up, but here's a brief recap of things that have been going on:

• Liam is definitely saying "mom mom mom mom" and it's so exciting! Tom is even finally admitting that it's a definite "mom" he's saying and not just babbling.
• He's big enough to sit on the front of a shopping cart! I've been hesitant to put him in there but he's a champ at it! Today I even took him by myself and he rode around Heinen's!
• Liam is a waving fool! The first real wave was June 4th. Now he waves constantly! He waves at us, at Layla, at his shadow, at houses, at the "baby in the mirror," and today at a lamp post!
• He is also standing up at his "kickin' gym" and on June 5th, he started using it as a walker! We got him to walk across the den and family room! He also falls a lot at it!
• He is a kissing fool! He mostly just kisses me and will do it on command. It's a big, open mouth, wet kiss with a hint of teeth! He is even making a "muwah" sound like I do to him when I give kisses!
• Liam let go of his toy and "stood" for approximately 5 seconds on his own on June 8th! He also grabbed onto his toy and pulled himself up!
• He is working on tooth number 3!

I am so proud of my big boy! It's amazing to watch all these changes!