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11 Months

Liam is 11 months old!! And he is so much fun! I love that I get to stay home and play with him every day.

It's been so much fun to see his personality develop. He is hilarious.

at 11 months

-Liam is officially wearing shoes. Since he likes to get down and actually run around, we thought it was a good idea.

-He walks backwards when he is trying to get away from you, he loves getting chased and grabbed. It's probably his favorite game.

- We are teaching him to stack blocks. He mostly likes to watch daddy stack them into a big beautiful tower and then knock them down.

-Is learning to put things away (like his toys.)

-He is attached to his blanket. He pretty much carries it around everywhere. And if he comes to me crying and wanting to be held I say, "Liam, go get your blankey." And he will go get it and come and snuggle with me:) He's so smart.

-He thinks staying up late is awesome. He used to go to bed around 7:30, and now once 8:30 rolls around he is still fighting me!!

-He likes to put things around his neck and wear them around (necklaces, my pilates bands, his blanket, etc..)

-Likes to throw things. He normally puts whatever he is throwing behind his head like he's trying to pull back for a good throw, and then just brings it forward and drops it.

-Liam is a really happy baby. He makes my day every day.

Here are some pics.

Liam celebrated his FIRST Halloween!

The cutest cheeseburger EVER!!

Playing in the leaves on Halloween.
My cute boys!

Just a little cuddle time with dad.

Liam LOVES this giant puppy. He always snuggles up to it. He is taking a nap here :)
Just playing outside
All smiles for his favorite necklace! Haha, he is almost always wearing this these days..
I Was teaching him to put the dice back into it's container. It's amazing what will keep a baby busy for 20 minutes!

San Francisco

So I feel like it has been a little while since I have posted, but I didn't feel like anything too exciting was happening! Anyway, last Wednesday my sister-in-law Jessica came home from her mission!!! It was so good to see her. I didn't take any pictures at the airport, but she looked so good and it was so fun to see her! I'm so happy she is home!

Then on Friday I went to the airport at 7pm to go to California. One of my best friends from high school got married in the Oakland temple on Saturday. The good news is that my mom and her mom were best friends too so my mom came out!! Anyway, Liam did really well on the planes. I seriously have told myself I am not flying alone with him every single time I fly, but apparently I forget all about it until I am in the airport chasing him around. I was most scared to get to San Francisco. My mom's plane wasn't going to get there for an hour after mine so I had to get my 2 carry on bags, the stroller, carseat, and my checked suitcase. Then I had to find a shuttle and get to our hotel. But- it all went really smoothly...

Saturday we woke up and had breakfast and got ready to drive to the temple. I had Chelsie's sister Audrey watch Liam while we went into the temple. The sealing was beautiful. It made me wish Devin could be there. Anyway, then we took pictures and had lunch and drove to the reception (about 2 hours away). We passed a ton of vineyards. They were awesome. It was really pretty. Well, we took some pictures at the barn where they had their reception. Chelsie did an awesome job decorating. Everything looked SOOO good. I wish I would have taken some good pictures...

Liam with grandma at the wedding
Me and Liam on the swing at the reception
Waiting outside the temple
Chelsie and Brian, just married!!!

Anyway, then we drove back to the hotel and went to sleep.

The next day we found a sacrament meeting to go to. We went at 9am and then came home so Liam could take a nap. He felt like he needed to wake up every morning at 6am. ah. Then we drove around California. Haha, we wanted to find a beach to walk along. So we ended up driving around this mountain, but we got lost and found some awesome red wood tree's. They are so huge! It was this little neighborhood we were driving through and seriously the trees were growing out of people's porches and everywhere. Well, we ended up finding our way. The drive was so pretty. We got to the beach and Liam had so much fun. He kept trying to run out into the ocean...making me nervous. He fell over every time the water would come up to shore. So funny. And the place we were at had a shark advisory. Apparently there had been attacks by a great white shark in 6 feet of water there. So I made sure not to let Liam get out that far :) Then we had dinner and drove home.

The beautiful scene from our mountain drive.
Golden Gate Bridge

Shark advisory!
On the beach.

On Monday we had to wake up early and go park down by the piers. We went on a boat tour of San Francisco and then shopping and then to Alcatraz. It was so neat. Alcatraz was really interesting. The whole time I was thinking of the movie the Count of Monte Cristo. lol. But it was just really neat. Liam got bored, so he fell asleep for some of the tour :) They had this really cool audio tour where it told you where to go and all about the prison and history. I really recommend going there sometime. After alcatraz we went to eat at some seafood restaurant. Yum Yum. Then we went home and to bed.

This was isolation. For the worst criminals. They would get locked up here without any lights on for a long time...Your average living space at alcatrazWhat used to be prision for the country's worst people!

Showers. Super gross.

My mom and Liam on the boat

this was "isolation" for the worst criminals. They didn't get to have any lights on or do anything all day.

The prisoners were allowed to play baseball.
Me and Liam on the boat back to shore

Next morning we had breakfast and hurried to the airport. We all made our flights, and Liam didn't sleep on either of the planes. Well, just kidding. He fell asleep the minute we landed our first plane...and woke up when we got on the second plane. What a good boy. Oh, and apparently if the President is within 70 miles of the airport, nobody can move. So we almost missed our transfer flight in L.A.

Anyway...it was an awesome trip. I'm so glad I got to go to the wedding and I'm really glad that my mom was there. And that we stayed to play a few extra days. It was a ton of fun!!!! But..i'm glad to be back home with the hubs! :)

10 Months.

I know I say this every month, but how is Liam already 10 months old? He's going to be 1 yr. old so soon!

Physical Growth-
We went in for his 9 month appointment about 3 weeks ago. He was weighing 20.5 lbs (41%) was 29 inches (73%) and his head was 87%, can't remember what it was.

Tricks
-Throws balls
-Plays soccer with balls (really he crawls around and pushes it with his hands and chases it)
-Does head butts
-Can give high 5
-waves bye-bye.
-Gives kisses
-Can walk and clap at the same time :)

-Liam is pretty much walking most of the time now. He can turn around and everything. It's so cute to watch him. He still likes to walk to things and then hold on, and then keep going. But, he can walk over 20 steps.
-He loves to climb the stairs. We have to watch him because if we are downstairs with Devin's family he can escape really quickly and go to the stairs.
-He thinks uncle Jeff is hilarious. He loves to be chased by him. He will just laugh and laugh.
-Liam enjoys sneaking into the bathroom. We have to be super careful to leave the door shut. He always goes in there and throws all of the soap bottles and anything on the side of the tub- into the tub. Then he tries to get them (which results in him falling in and hitting his head). He also likes to get into the toilet paper, trash, and toilet.
-HE thinks he is hilarious. He laughs at himself all the time.
-He tries to feed himself with the spoon. He will bite on when I am feeding it and grab the spoon. Then he tries to stick the spoon into the bowl to get some food, but then just flings in around and sticks the spoon (now without food) into his mouth.
-Always hangs on my legs. Walks over to me and just hangs all over me. It gets a little frustrating sometimes. Apparently my mom said I did the same thing, up until I was like 8. Shoot.
-Tries to make the indian sound with his mouth.
-clicks his tongue.
-Throws tantrums. If he doesn't get what he wants, he will freak out. Mostly when we shut the bathroom door or take something away from him.
-He has 8 teeth. He GRINDS his teeth though, and it drives me nuts. How do I get him to stop doing this??
-Can get off the couch by himself. He knows how to turn backwards.
I love this baby so much. I am so lucky to be his mom. He is so much fun to play with these days. Even though he is naughty sometimes. Enjoy some picturs. I have a funny video to upload sometime, but the computer is being difficult.
i'm a big boy!
liam with some friends.
so sweet in the mornings. I usually bring him in bed with me and we snuggle for a little bit before he starts wanting to play.
i love bath time!
how did he go from not being able to move really to walking around eating crackers??

Walking Baby Boy.

Liam is officially walking as of last Thursday (the 15th). That was when he really started walking instead of crawling to everything. I would say he is walking just as much as crawling now. So cute! Here is a video. I don't know how to change the direction of it, but enjoy.

The End of Summer, Fall is here. and GOOD NEWS

NOTE: LONG POST.
Good news first:
I have a job! I applied at billiejo clothing and got the job! I will be a seamstress for them! :) I go in for training on Tuesday. I'm super excited. I get to work at home, do something I love, and make money!! And do pretty much as much or little as I like.
I just have to say that I am so excited about fall! The weather has been incredible. So, my mom decided that I needed to come to Wisconsin again this summer. So I was able to do that. But this time I was with my other sister, Tyler. And her two kids. Airports with kids can be a nightmare. So note to mom and dad: MOVE TO UTAH! :) St. George would be just fine.

Other than that we have just been moving into our new apartment (my in-laws basement). We are trying to save money, and this is the best way to do it. Anyway. My sister drove down here to Highland on Monday night (29th of August) with her two kids. They are adorable. Then Monday morning Devin took us to the airport. My mom paid extra for our tickets so we would be priority boarding and be able to get on first and everything. Well, she needs to get her money back. To sum it up, our flight at 8:55 was canceled. We were not able to get on the 12:00 flight. So we had to sit in the airport until 5pm. Yep. With a 5 year old, 2 year old, and 9 month old. Devin's mom had to bring me formula because i didn't have enough food for Liam. So we made it Vegas. Then waited there for 3 hours until we could go to Milwaukee. We got in around 1am. Thank goodness I have a good baby. He slept the entire plane ride. In fact, both of them. We stayed in a hotel that night, thank goodness.

The next morning my mom to Kady to play in the pool while Tyler and I bathed the boys and packed up.. We finally got home. The next couple of days we just chilled. We were tired. Some of the things we did while in Wisconsin was go to the beach, got a campsite and made dinner (then came home to sleep in our beds). I was able to hang out with some old friends! I saw Katie Schultz a few times which is always nice. I also saw my best friend from middle school, Anna Simono. She is doing really good. It was nice to see her. Every time I go to wisconsin I think about highschool and my old friends and feel nostalgic. I wish I would have stayed in contact with some of my really good friends. But life goes on!

Most nights I would say I was going to bed early, but then Tyler would make me hot chocolate and we'd stay up late and eat snacks. We watcheed Monty Python and the Holy Grail with my parents. All four of us watched it in their bed. Haha. While the kids were sleeping. We also had a little birthday party for Kady and Bradon. Their birthdays are both this month. It was really cute. Bradon LOVED his cars. And they both loved frosting their cupcakes. It was cute.

We went to church Sunday and then we went to the Milwaukee zoo on Monday before we left. I think the kids loved it. We then went to the hotel and took naps and went swimming. Mom bought pizza and then we just rested a little bit. We had to get up at 4:45 am the next morning to get to the airport. It was miserable. But luckily all our flights went smoothly. Liam had a blowout on the plane, but mostly slept. He is such a good boy.
Here are some pictures from the visit. There are a ton and all out of order, sorry
Tye and her babies
Grandma and her grandkids
Birthday fun

sibling love.
.Just hanging out at grandma and grandpa's house

My niece and nephew. Camping


Beach fun! Liam LOVED it. Mostly the sand. but also the water.




This explains Bradon's trip. Cars. Cars. Cars.
Airport picture..


I have more pictures but they won't upload. So now we are back. I got to see my husband! I always miss him tons when I leave. Now it's fall and I am looking forward to hot chocolate, Halloween, crafting, Thanksgiving and of course Christmas. I know it's a couple months away but i LOVE this time of year!!

My baby boy: 9 months.

I have so much to catch up on, but i will just do a quick post on my baby boy at 9 months.
-I think he says "mama", but how do we know for sure.
-has 5 teeth out, two more on the way.
-takes steps all by himself sometimes. most of the time we have to convince him to walk to us. He is still really unstable. I'm sure he'll be walking...soon-ish.
- is very clingy to mom.
-started liking strangers, he will give them smiles now instead of burying his face in my neck.
-the biggest mooch in the world. if we have food, he thinks he needs it!! It's pretty funny. And we actually give him pretty much anything we are eating. it's really nice.
-Liam loves his blankets
-Still wearing some 9 month clothes but also some 12 months. He's just too big!
I'm going to do a post on our Wisconsin vacation with many more pictures. So here are just a few of Liam.
Big blue eyes, also a big red mark on his forehead. poor guy is always falling on his head.
I now make him feed himself :) It's so cute.