Memorial Day Weekend

We had a nice relaxing weekend--we did absolutely nothing for once, which was so nice. Figured we better take advantage of a low-key weekend since we have swim lessons, Liam's birthday and our vacation coming up. We did manage to go to a friend's BBQ on Saturday night, which was fun. The Cisnero's family always shows us a good time. They are such wonderful friends, we sure are going to miss them when they move to San Diego this fall. They won't be getting rid of us for too long though--we plan to try for orders there next!

Monday we had quite a few visitors. Michelle, David, Natalie and Baby #2 came over for a visit. We had a lot of fun chatting and watching the kids play. Sure is an entirely different world now that Liam can walk and is more toddler-like than baby. The two cousins played very well together and I really enjoyed watching them interact with one another.






















After our family left, Liam caught a short nap and then his friend Caden came over to play. We were going to go bike riding, but the wind kept us indoors. So, we sat around chatting and watching the boys play. Caden is really starting to come out of his shell. Really makes me/us feel so special that he feels comfortable here. A couple of times he even gave Liam a run for his money (as you'll see in the photos!). He definitely didn't let Liam push him around (as he is too accustomed to doing with all of his little friends!). Caden sure is a sweetie.


















On another note (or two)... Liam is literally climbing everything or walking everywhere these days. MOST days he walks more than he crawls, but then there are times (when he is getting tired, for example) that he reverts back to crawling as his main mode of transportation!

Thought we outsmarted him by moving the rocking chair to the center of the room (nothing to climb up to). Nope! Certainly does not take the fun out of it.




Walking... (we NEVER get a good video of him walking, he ALWAYS falls after a few steps, although that is becoming really rare now--these videos are from last week, maybe we should try again). The turns/twists always take him down, although while Auntie, Uncle & cousin Natalie were over he actually did the footing correctly and turned without falling (but we haven't seen him do it again since!).





And he's officially lost the bumper in his crib due to climbing. Not only was he starting to ruin it, but it's also a safety issue. Guess our lil' guy really is growing up!

Finally, not the greatest photo, but Liam was being such a little ham at dinner the other night... just had to share! He wanted to feed dada...