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!

Liam, the Remote Stealer!

Liam's life ambition so far is to steal the TV remote. He works on it all day long. Here is one of his successful attempts!

Kisses!

Liam sorta kinda learned how to make kissy sounds! Today we played a little kissy sound imitation game - I did one kiss, then he did it, I did two kisses, then he did, I did three kisses and he copied it again! So cute! Here he is a few days ago when he first learned how to make the noise. Forgive the hair! I know he needs a trim but we were trying to hold out closer to his first birthday!

SO BIG!

My mom is really good at "training" Liam. I gave her the task of teaching Liam "so big" and he knew it by the end of the day! Great job Nana! Here's Liam showing off his "so big" skills!

Getting Steadier

Liam is getting MUCH better walking! He can get up to 12 steps without falling - but you won't see that in this video! BUT you will see a little walking, a little clapping, and some waving - sort of.

Liam the Rock Star!

Check out my little rock star!

Cowher Scowl

Liam is doing this new thing where he is playing with his teeth and his jaw, and basically makes the Bill Cowher Scowl! OH NO! It's so funny because he is usually so smiley, but now he has this frowny face!

Halloween

It's almost Halloween...well, not really. But in order to make sure I order Liam the correct size for his Halloween costume, I need to order it sooner than later in case I have to send it back. We looked at some really cute costumes and have it narrowed down to Penguin, Lobster, Elephant, Monkey or Pumpkin. Please vote on our poll to the right and select your pick.

He Walked!

Around 6:30 on Thursday, I decided I was going to make this boy walk. I could not go back to school without seeing him walk. It's crunch time. How can I do it? Use this favorite toys, of course! His stars! I didn't think it would really work, but on the 2nd try of holding his stars in front of him, he took a step! And the tears were flowing!! We practiced 2 more times and he did it both times. I tried to fake like it didn't happen when Tom came home because I didn't want him to think he missed it. He could tell the real thing already happened, but it was still so exciting. We kept getting him to take 1 step, 2 steps and by the end he was up to 4 or 5 steps! We tried our best to capture some of the excitement! Enjoy!

Liam is Sick

More poor baby has been sick since Sunday. We've had lots of cuddle time! Here's two quick videos about how we've spent our days:
Liam even sneezes cute!



Liam was starting to give up the binkies, but being sick has made him want them even more! Here he is trying to decide which binky is better. I call him Liam 2 Binks!