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Weekends (and in between!)

I am FINALLY getting around to uploading photos and video from the past 3 weeks!

Two weekends ago (3 weeks ago) we took Liam to the Santa Barbara Zoo after a week of fighting the stomach flu. We all really needed to get out and had so much fun!


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Pointing at the elephant

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Liam says "uuuwww"

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Feeding goats

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Last week, Liam joined Dada on the floor for the Steelers game. He was so cute. Kevin would say "FOOTBALL" and Liam would throw his arms up in the air. Kev is loving this... his son LOVES football (especially Steelers football!).



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Last weekend, Liam showed us just how much of a water baby he is. He started off by playing in the dog dish we have out back, which reminded me of his pool we stored away. Kevin got it out and here is what the fun looked like. The next day, we added his little slide, he loved sliding into his pool!
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And here is our water baby fully clothed getting into the sprinkler I had set to water the lawn (which you can tell it desperately needed). We just couldn't tell him no!


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And here are some photos of my handsome lil' Liam last week. He's just SO BIG, I can hardly believe he's the same 5lb, 12oz baby we brought home 14 months ago.
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His new trick (trying to open doors!).

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Going for his belly button (bee-bo). HA! He LOVES belly buttons (yours, his, everyone's!)

Speaking of the Steelers, this has GOT to be the cutest fan I've ever seen!
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Put me in coach!

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Yesterday, Dada participated in a triathlon and finished in under 2 hours. WAY TO GO Dada! We didn't get to see the entire thing because Liam started swim lessons again (mama took him, since dada was unavailable!). But we got back in time to see Dada finish the triathlon!


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After registering, #81

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Before they started (Kevin's coworker to the right)

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Finishing the triathlon

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Just completed a triathlon! A MAJOR goal for him since finding out he was cancer free last year!

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Caught his breath... we are SO PROUD of him!

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CONGRATS guys!

Liam's newest fascination... the shower! We find him in there all the time. Here he is this morning!


Today we fed ducks at the park, enjoyed a bike ride, played and had a picnic. Lots of fun and exhausting too!


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Liam's snapshot of himself on the way home from a fun day at the park!

And some things I don't want to forget:
-Liam LOVES the Tiny Tim chant he learned in music class (I've mentioned this before). Now he laughs hysterically when I make a fake burping sound at the end and say "oops, excuse me!" He laughs and laughs, then motions Tiny Tim again. Ha!

-He loves to dance. His moves include spinning circles, slapping his thighs and clapping. The spinning is by far the funniest, he spins himself until he falls, laughs and repeats!

-His newest trick is sticking out his tongue. Not sure where he learned it, but I do it back at him for fun, which seems to be encouraging it. Yesterday when trying to get him out of the backseat of the truck (he runs from one side to the other as you try to catch him) he looked at me and stuck his tongue out! Little stink!

-He's still doing the "boom" tackling. He comes up behind me (when I'm sitting on the floor) and pushes my back down (and I must fall or he will get upset). Then he proceeds to "boom" you by dropping himself (I'm talking full body slam) into your back or stomach. Then you say "boom" and he laughs, then repeats. He is such a BOY (and Kevin's hopeful he'll want to be a wrestler, like dada).

-And my FAVORITE (besides his kisses, which he gives out so willingly these days!)... he pats my back (like I do his when he's upset). If I am holding him, he'll lightly pat my back like "it's okay mama!" Ha! I have no idea why he chooses to do it sometimes, but it's so sweet. Light lil' taps that somehow make my heart burst!

-He has recently started copying Kevin when he roars at Liam. It's so funny. He has this little stance (hands in a fist, arms locked straight out to his sides and butt sticking out) and he says RAAA. Ha! Gives me some Halloween ideas...

I am SO in love with this kid! Can you blame me?!

Comments

Mom/A-Va said…
Congratulations Kevin. Way to go, I'm so proud of you for finishing that Marathon. They would have picked me up after the first mile and taken me straight to E.R. So proud of you.

Shannah, to answer your question here, can't blame you at all. He's one awesome little man.

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