Liam's First Birthday

Liam's first birthday party was a wonderful day of celebration! Thank you to our family and friends that helped make the day so special!

My mom had told me of an old Polish tradition in which the baby "predicts" their future. Check it out!



Happy Birthday to Liam!

Liam is ONE!

For Liam's official first birthday, Tom and I took the day off to enjoy it with our baby boy! Unfortunately, that included a doctor's visit first thing in the morning that pretty much set the whole day askew! Oh well! After the doctor's, we headed to Main Street Cupcakes to pick out a yummy cupcake for Liam. Fittingly, he picked Birthday Cake! We came home, changed into shorts, since it was so hot, and headed off to the Akron Zoo!



After the zoo, Liam had a complete sneeze meltdown! Poor kid! We stripped him down, let him tear into his cupcake and followed that off with a bath! Afterwards, he opened all his presents from us, including an awesome ball pit and tunnel contraption! Daddy seemed to have more fun with it than Liam! While Tom tried to pitch the balls into the hoops and holes, Liam laughed his little butt off! I could watch this all day long!



Liam eventually had a complete tired meltdown after a day of too much partying! I guess we learned our lesson NOT to over schedule birthdays (and don't take him to the doctor's before a day of fun)!

Happy Birthday Liam! I cannot believe you are ONE! You are truly ONE-derful and we love you so much!

A Look Back

I cannot believe my little baby, my Liam is turning 1 tomorrow! This past year has gone by so fast, and it was truly the best year of my life! How is it possible in just one little year to have so many sleepless nights, complete joys, endless worrying, and love? And how is it that this tiny person has accomplished so much in one year? Crawling, talking, walking. Going from a newborn that needed me for everything to this little independent boy that has a mind of his own and knows what he wants.

I can only vaguely remember what my life was like before Liam. He is my everything, my perfect little boy and I am so BLESSED to have him in my life! I hoped and prayed for him for so long, and he is so much more than I ever imagined.

So to my Liam, thank you for being my son. Thank you for letting me be your Mommy! I love you so much!

The Little Gym

Tom and I decided that we wanted to get Liam around other children his age and get him moving around, so we went for an introductory class at The Little Gym. Liam has a BLAST! They did a flip video of his first class. I cannot figure out how to make this an active link, so you'll need to copy and paste the link to view it. Sorry!

http://sharing.theflip.com/session/837976d73f188c9fb1d808784814be04/video/18264556

Random Videos

Liam is up to a ton of hi jinx nowadays! He loves playing with Layla's food, pulling on our curtains, pulling out the cable box, pulling on wires...etc...And he finishes each mischievous act with a smile!
Here's a few random videos of some of his new habits:
He learned how to make this hissing/throat clearing noise! Oh boy!



For a while, he started walking with his hand on his hip! Oh no! Is that how I walk?!



Liam has also been walking with his arms behind him. Tom calls it his bird walk. We had a hard time getting him to do it on tape, but here's a snip-it.

Liam's First Haircut

We took Liam today to John Robert's Salon in Mayfield to have his Auntie Erica cut his hair for the first time! We think it helped that Liam was VERY sleepy! He did a great job and had so much fun!! We have his ENTIRE haircut taped, so you might not want to watch all 6 minutes, but I'm posting it anyway!