11 Months Old

Liam turned 11 months old on Friday! He is turning into quite the funny little boy, and we have enjoyed having the last couple of weekends at home with nothing on our calendars but to play. He is a very active (and often mischievous) baby who is definitely keeping us on our toes!



Liam could have a million toys in front of him, but will beeline for the entertainment center, an outlet, or the stairs in the blink of an eye. Necessity is the mother of invention... so what do you get when you have 2 couches, a toy box, and a carseat box?



Hey, it worked for us! He actually had a lot of fun, cruising from couch to couch to pillows to box and back around again. I even brought out a crayon for him to decorate the box, but that was short-lived since after about 30 seconds, he tried to eat the crayon. Oh well...

I also had to post this pic of our lastest bathtime fun. Who doesn't love the Bath Mohawk?!



So here's the latest:

Liam loves to clap. He claps for everything. Take off shoes? Clap. Eat your dinner? Clap. Put toys away? Clap. Push the Mickey Plane? Clap. You get the idea. He is a proud little boy.

He is also waving hello and goodbye. And if you're really lucky, he'll do "Soooo Big!" with his arms in the air.

"Daa" (Dad), "Mummm" (Mom), and "Baaaa" (we don't know what the third one means either) are his favorite words. He is chatting up a storm in Liam-ese... can't wait till it starts to make sense!

Liam is cruising all over the place and has recently started experimenting with standing on his own for short spurts. By the way, he can now reach door knobs... yikes! We finally gave in and put cabinet locks in the kitchen. No sooner did we do this, however, when we discovered he could open the drawers right above the cabinets. Sigh.

Liam has said good-bye to his last bottle. After being bottle-free for 2 weeks around the holidays while I was off work, we decided to send him back to Miss Doreen's in January with his milk in sippy cups, and to our surprise, it actually worked!

Teeth 9 and 10 have arrived, and these were quite the ordeal (seriously, this has been going on since Christmas). We really thought it was 2 teeth on each side coming in, only to realize they were just ginormous molars. Needless to say, he is eating quite a bit of regular food these days!

That's the news from here!