Kevin, Shannah, Liam, Lorelei & Delaney

I shed a little tear this weekend while feeding Liam. He was INSISTING on feeding himself his cereal puffs, which made me feel so proud and so heartbroken all at the same time. Where did my little baby go? When did this little guy who was so dependent on me for everything start finding his own independence? *tear* Congratulations on yet another accomplishment lil' man... I am so proud of you *smile* Liam spent the weekend showing daddy just how active he truly is. I cannot tell you how many times Kevin paused this weekend to say "I cannot believe how fast he is" or "I cannot believe all the things he gets into" or "I feel like I cannot take my eyes off of him for even a second." Did Daddy actually think I was making this up? Maybe now he truly understands why I am so exhausted by the end of our 10-12 (and sometimes 14) hour days?! Liam is NOT sleeping well. His gums are so swollen, but still no teeth. We're hoping one (or two) will pop throug...

Apparently Liam can do this w/o the assistance I've been providing him. Kevin and I sat last night asking each other one question... "where did the time go?" I walked around 9 months, Kevin around 10 months... will Liam be walking here soon?!

Here's my lil' Valentine on his first Heart's Day! Yes Ladies, he's single! Sure hoping there are happier Valentine's Days in his future. Took him to the doctor--clean bill of health, except she said his gums are super swollen! Poor little guy. They have been super swollen for months now. Doc says hopefully something will pop through soon.  And as far as not getting enough food, she said feed Liam as much solids as he would like to have now that he's 8 months old, more food and less milk is fine! Also, she charted him as growing a pound since his 6 month check up and says that's fine (he's just an itty bitty guy). We are to monitor to make sure he doesn't lose weight, other than that, he's just in a lot of pain and therefore fussy and sleeping very little. She confirmed I am doing the right thing with lots of snuggles, TLC and pain reliever!  My poor lil' Valentine!

Liam you are 8 months old today! You have changed so much over the past few weeks. You are crawling everywhere, into everything, pulling up, standing and you even let go of mommy Friday night and stood for a few seconds (with Ava, Grandpa & Daddy watching). It's amazing how much you're growing. We are so incredibly proud of you. You are so much fun to watch and interact with. You weigh 16lbs (and haven't gained anything in the past few weeks--we're thinking because you've become so active) but mama is going to schedule a doctor's appointment just to confirm you're getting all the nutrients you need from me! We haven't measured your height in a while (we really need to do that) but we can tell from your jumperoo and walker that you are definitely getting taller (maybe you're working on growing up, instead of out?). You're still in size 3 diapers (and will be for a while I suspect, since the weight limit is so high!). You wear 6 month clothe...

Liam decided to grow up A LOT over the past weekend. Friday daddy got off of work early, so he joined us for our afternoon outing. We went to the park to show daddy how much fun Liam has on the swings (and of course to drive his car). Saturday we went to see elephant seals in San Simeon, so he was in the car seat, Ergo, stroller or someone's arms for most of the day. Liam was not too enthusiastic about the seals... he watched them a minute or two and then began his normal people/electronic watching. Ha! Daddy, Mama & Liam Upon our return, we set Liam on the floor and were shocked to see him crawl away (he didn't take two crawls and fall or just lunge and fall). He was actually crawling! So very amazing. Here's proof in a couple of videos I took Monday: Over the weekend, I told Kevin I really thought Liam might be trying to pull up in his crib. On Monday, I went into his room after his morning nap (or lack thereof, mama tried cry-it-out when Liam w...