Liam: 1 ½ years old What a little bundle of fun you are. Since day one you have been mellow and chill. You get mad but it is usually really short and you are back to even-tempered you. You love to be the goof ball. When I ask you to give me a kiss you have learned that putting your hand in your mouth to “block” me works wonders for making me laugh. You LOVE Ella. From the moment you wake up to the moment we tell you it is bedtime, you want to be where Ella is. Literally, the first word out of your mouth most mornings is, “Ella”. You want to see her right away. And at night you will cry in bed if you don’t have an opportunity to say goodnight to her. Last night she wouldn’t let you hug and kiss her “night, night” and you were so sad. She finally gave in (she was worried about cleaning her room so she could get a sticker on her chart) and you were all smiles again. Talking about sleep, you are so great with bedtime and naptime. Just put you on the bed, give you a blanket, and give you a ba (pacifier) and you are set for naptime. For bedtime you demand a book also. I love that you love books. It wasn’t that long ago that we realized you wanted us to read books to you. Maybe it was because you were getting books at school or because you saw us read to Ella but just all the sudden you were grabbing books and demanding that we read them to you. You would pat the chair and indicate that you needed the book. Currently your favorites are the Sandra Boynton books and the Richard Scary books. The ones with cars are preferred but you don’t usually reject a book. You also have a book called “No, No, Yes, Yes” that Beth bought you for Christmas. That is a great book. As for your other leisurely pursuits, you also love going for trailer-bike rides, anything train related (except last week when we actually took a train ride-you didn’t seem to care much for that), and food. You eat so much, often out eating your sister. Applesauce, cantaloupe, and CHEESE are favorites. You are picky with other foods but we manage to get you lots of nutrition. You are great with a spoon and using an open cup. A few spills but I think you want that food so much that you are careful. You hate getting food on your fingers. Actually, I should say you love to put your fingers in your food but hate to have it stay there. You always demand to have your fingers immediately wiped but then you’ll go in again. Aargh. You already try to jump and run. Try I say because you aren’t quite mastering it yet but you are getting there. You are very cautious. Ella runs and jumps into things but you take it slower and make sure it is okay first. I remember when you were first starting to walk you would come up to a small change on the ground like a small curb or something and you would turn around, get down on your knees, and back over that small lip instead of just trying to step down. These days you are cautious with strangers, with water (touching is okay but being immersed such as at bathtime is not), and with loud noises or anyone dressed up as anyone else. Not cool for you. You are just getting to that phase when you notify us that your diaper has a poo. Maybe we should introduce you to your own potty? You are also talking and trying to talk. Not all the time. I think you like to observe in this area also but if I ask you to say something you will try and usually get pretty close. I love the way you say “No”. You purse your lips and put on a sad face. Then you say “yes” and your face lights up. I need to record it. so cute. I love you little buddy. You are growing so quickly.

Liam's such a big boy

Liam's favorite way to hang out with us is sitting with his butt in our face.   He knotted what he is doing.

so it is evident that i fell into the usual trap of a parent and found no time to update my blog. My poor Little Liam. Has few photos to show his milestones. Well here anyhow. I have them trapped on some drive on my computer. Evidence that he is just as special and wonderful as Ella. And Ella. So many things she is doing as well. Stay posted. i will do better to write updates on their daily progress. For now i will leave you with a cute little thing Ella said last night. I was singing the line "Hello Darkness my old friend" over and over as i prepared dinner and Ella picked up on this only to sinig what she thought i was saying with "Hello Texas is my Friend". Sure. Hello, Texas.