Liam's Dedication

Today Liam was dedicated at church. We seemed to put it off and put it off, and since my sister Lisa was in town for Christmas, we decided that we would like to do it while she was here. Liam did very well. He is not used to sitting in church because he goes in the nursery, but he sat on Deron's lap during the music and clapped and danced. When we went up on the stage, I was worried that he wouldn't let the pastor hold him, but he did. He just sat there and stared at him. Deron's family also came, so it was nice to have everyone together. Afterwards we went out to lunch at The Gourmet Pizza Shoppe. Today we had to also say goodbye to Lisa because she is flying out early tomorrow morning. We were so blessed to have you come out to visit us Lisa. We'll see you again soon!

The pictures from the dedication are a little blurry, but you get the idea... :)

Happy 17th Birthday David

Yup, my little brother just turned 17! WoW! Do I feel old. We celebrated by going out to the Cheesecake Factory on Friday. Yummo! That place is delicious. Then on his actual birthday, Saturday, we had some pizza and cake.

Merry Christmas to All...

I cannot believe Christmas is over. I wasn't even very ready for it. This special day came and went so fast. Yesterday we got together with my family, had an awesome dinner, went to the Christmas Eve service at church and then came home to open presents. We started a semi-new tradition. We used to read for this nativity book that my parents had about the birth of Jesus. Well, I found a book at Barnes and Noble for Liam that is about the Christmas story. So instead of all of us ready the old book, Grandpa read the book to all of us with Liam on his lap.


My sister Lisa is in town for Christmas. It is so nice to see her again!



This was Liam's first time opening presents, and he did pretty well. He got a lot of great toys. So thank you to everyone!





After our late night, we went home and went to bed around 11pm. Liam woke up at 4:45am, and wanted to play. So we played with his new toys for a little while, then at about 6:30am, we went back to sleep for 3 hours. We woke up at 9:30 and opened more presents.



After we got ready, we went over to Deron's parents for a yummy breakfast and more presents!




We had a great first Christmas with Liam this year. The last two days were both emotionally and physically draining. So, we are off to take naps.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

Another Toofer

We have found another tooth in Liam's mouth. He now has one on the top coming in. We saw it this morning when changing his diaper. He only has one on the bottom right now, and soon one on the top. He will look so silly! I thought that the bottom teeth come in first, then the top teeth... That's Liam for you, he has to be different. This one doesn't seem to be bothering him like the first one did! Yeah!

eleven months

Today Liam is 11 months old. WoW! I can't believe it. In one short month we will be celebrating his 1st birthday. He has grown so much over the past few months. He is more like a toddler to me than a baby. He has such a personality. Here are some of the things he is doing:

*Cruising around the furniture
*Waving and EVERYTHING
*He play patty cake
*He has one tooth, still waiting for more (I did tell him that if he wanted chocolate cake at his birthday he needed at least one tooth...)
*He loves giving kisses
*Gives "5"
*Loves family bear hugs
*Such a talker
*He will pinch you and yell at the same time. He is mimicking what we would do if he pinched us.
*He can say: momma, dada/papa, dog (da), babba, and yeah(while nodding).
*He shakes his head yes or no when you ask him a question
*He puts up his toy phone to his head and starts talking, but won't talk to someone on a real phone.
*He loves to dance to music
*Gets out the bowls and spoons from the kitchen drawers and plays on them like the drums.
*When he wants something that we are eating he smacks his tongue on the roof of his mouth and says "uh huh"
*He loves to see his Dada. They are best buds.
*He is becoming more and more social with people he doesn't know
*He loves the church nursery

I can't wait to celebrate his birthday. It is so fun to interact with him now because he is more and more like a little person everyday. He is so precious to us, and we are so grateful to God for entrusting him to us.

Here's the picture

The picture is a little small, but they wouldn't let me download it. I could only save it. Enjoy!

I Met Santa Claus Today!

We took Liam to see Santa today at the Inland Center Mall. We were very pleased to see that he actually looked like the jolly old guy and not an impostor. Liam was in a great mood and was dancing to the music while we waited in line. Once we got up there Liam got a little anxious and cried a little, then quickly stopped. He didn't smile at all, but at least he wasn't crying. He would just look at Santa and then look at us. He likes older people, so maybe that is why he was OK sitting on his lap. We picked out the best picture and are so excited to frame it! When we were leaving, Liam got a little elf toy from Santa and gave him a half wave. It was so neat for us to take him to meet Santa for the first time. Deron and I had a lot of fun. We are supposed to be able to download these from the website, but either our picture hasn't shown up yet, or it's not working properly. As soon as I can get the picture on the computer, I'll put it up.