Progress over the 5th and 6th month

Liam is learning how to do so many new things and getting better at the things he has already learned. In the fourth month he first rolled over. He now does that like crazy always roilling to his tummy. He likes his tummy now so he can use his hands and arms to move himself. He can move himself across a room, not by crawling but by scooting himself. He does a full circle so he can grab what he wants or see what he wants. He gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth. He should be crawling soon. I put some pictures up of him doing these things and some other cute pictures of him. I got the hat for the purpose that my little boy is still very bald and I don't want his little head to burn with the approaching summer.

Six month stats

Liam is about six months and nine days so I was a little late getting him to the doctor, but he got his weight and measurements in today and of course his shots. Three shots and an oral immunization.

Weight is 17 lbs. 6.5 ounces which is right at 50th percentile
Height is 28 inches at 90th percentile
Head circumference is 16 3/4 inches at 10-25th percentile.

I never understand when they give me a range for the percentile, which is it?

Six month pictures

Just some more pictures of my little cutie pie. I just can't get enough smiling pictures of him. Everybody always says when they meet him what a happy baby he is. Here is the proof if you have not had the pleasure of meeting Liam Dunn.

Swinging good fun

Yesterday I got off work and was home by 8:00 Am. Same routine get home shower dress and kiss Paul goodbye so he can go to work. Then same as always me and Liam sleep for two to three hours then we start the day. Yes this routine gets me pretty tired seeing as I go with three hours of sleep in a two day period but oh well that is being a mom. So yesterday afternoon I was feeling the effects of my lack and sleep, but Liam did not want to sleep he wanted to be busy. So I thought going for a walk would be a fun idea. My sister who is due to have her fourth in just over a week I knew was home with her three, so I decided to give her a call and see if she wanted to walk with us. So we got all the kids together and my dog olive, with bikes and strollers and headed out. On our walk we hit two parks the second having baby swings. I decided to try Liam out in one, and turns out he loved it! Had big smiles on his face the whole time. Got it on video for Paul to see when he got home from work. Olive got tired on the way back so for a short while she hitched a ride in the bottom part of the stroller. She actually looked pretty comfortable. To bad yesterday was hotter than what I would like temps for March!

Fun and silly times

This past week Liam got to meet his first girl friend. A long time friend of Paul's had a little girl back in January and we got to hang out with them this past friday. Liam is really into other babies and little miss Leia was no exception. Liam had his eye on her pink pacifier. We also thought we would give a first try of putting a hat and sunglasses on Liam just to see how cute he would look. Liam was not a fan of either, but it was really close to bed time so that could be why he was crying. And the video is just to show, Liam is really teething, anything he can get his teeth on he will!

Liam amazing fifth month!

The past two months have been very busy for Liam in the learning and developing department. I will just focus on his fifth month because I have already talked about the fourth month. We have not yet taken him to the doctor for his six month check up, but he will be six months on the 8th of this month! Time has gone by so quick I wish the pregnancy would have done the same.
I got Paul to get on the scale with him and we are estimating his weight to be about 16lbs. 4 ounces.
He has gotten two of his middle bottom teeth and it really shows by all the drooling bitting and sucking he does twenty four seven.
He rolls constantly both from front to back and back to front. He actually prefers to sleep on his tummy now.
He has gotten up on all fours once.
He has a tendency to scoot himself backwards with his arms.
He sleeps through the night in his own bed.
He is now not only eating rice cereal but peas which he does not really care for, sweet potatoes, squash and pears.
I have also given him diluted apple juice to help work these new foods through his system.
He is still an excellent breast feeder which I love!
He is saying ba ba, da da and ma ma.
I just got him a walker and he is really good at pushing himself backwards with his toes.
He also got sick for the first time well i consider it the first real time of being sick, yesterday he got hit with the stomache bug and threw up every five min for about three hours. It was so heart breaking for me to watch him gagging and heaving into the bowl. All he wanted to do was snuggle to me and I would have to push his face over the bowl as to not get it all over. And after his little head would just hang over the bowl and he would start to fall asleep from all the work it took. I cried everytime! My sister brought me some pedialyte for him and he was all pale and clammy and he still being the sweet heart he is was giving her smiles all over the place she felt so bad too seeing how sick he looked but still smiling.

Our Valentines Day

This year me and Paul decided we wanted to go somewhere for the love holiday so a few weeks ago we asked Paul's parents if they could watch Liam for us for a day and night. So Saturday we took Liam to their house around noon and said our goodbyes and then started our holiday. We went to ihop for lunch and then just went to a couple stores to look around. I was missing Liam so much but then it was time to check into the hotel. We stayed at the Phoenix hilton. We just relaxed and watched movies and got some much needed r and r. For dinner we went to the hard rock cafe. The next day we picked up Liam again around noon and spent the day with Paul's parents. On the actual Valentines Day Me and Liam were able to go out to lunch with my sisters and brother in laws to celebrate my sisters birthday. Paul got home early and he got me flowers and I got him a card and some candy. We then made pancakes, eggs and bacon for our dinner and watched a movie. It was a nice night together. And I would not rather spend it with anyone other than the boys I love most!

The 4th month

So I am pretty behind this month on blogging because our computer decided to die on us. We went out and got a new one so now I can update. Really the only new things this month are of course about Liam, me and Paul would be so boring without him. Liam is now 5 months old! This past month Liam has really become such an active little guy. He learned how to roll over both from his back to belly which he is best at and from his belly to his back. Anytime I put him down which is usually on his back the next second I look at hime he is on his belly. Even when I am changing his clothes or diaper he tries to roll over which makes the task quite a bit more difficult. But I just love him. Sleeping he has decided if it is dad home taking care of him at work he sleeps through the night no problem usually around 8 to 9 hours but if I am home I am lucky to get 4 straight hours. He already knows how to work the system I just can't stand to hear him cry. So hopefully this next month we can get him to sleep through the night no matter who is taking care of him. And just this past week we have started Liam on rice cereal. He does not really know what to do with it but we are giving it to him every night and once he gets how to swallow it we will start offering some veggies too. Liam is becoming very vocal and loves to touch faces and is very interested in anything people are doing around him. He is getting so tall and is out growing some of his toys like his swing and bumbo seat but fitting his others much better, like his saucer and jumparoo. This Valentines weekend Me and Paul are going to be staying at the Phoenix Hilton for a relaxing 24 hours while Paul's parents are graciously going to watch our sweet little man. This will probably be my first full night of sleep since I dont know the middle of my preganancy. We cannot wait but I know I will have to stay busy otherwise I will be missing my little boy the whole time.

4 months old

So I know people always say this but seriously where has the time gone? Why does time fly when you don't want it too? My little boy is 4 months old as of this past Saturday! He is growing so fast, too fast! I took him to the doctor today for his 4 month get well, and to not much surprise he is growing like a weed still

Stats- Head circumference 16 inches 10th percentile
Height 26 1/2 inches 95th percentile
weight 15 lb 1 ounce 50th percentile

I look back at his tiny baby pictures and even though it was not so long ago I am already starting to forget what it was really like to have such a tiny baby in my arms and what it really felt like to be pregnant. I miss being pregnant not for the sickness or anything just the excitment and all that. But it is such a joy to know you always have something to look forward to each day with all things this little boy is learning. He is so active and fun. He truely is such a joy in my life and I cannot wait for the years to come to love and take care of him.

Happy New Year

So I am a little late posting about 2011 New Year but I had some cute pictures I wanted to Put on here about it. Our New Year was a pretty quiet one. Liam has been teething lately making him not quite the most fun baby to be taking places. So we decided we would just go out for a family dinner at Red Robin and then back to my sisters house who lives about a mile away. We just hung out and watched Tv. Well me Dianna and the kids that is. Paul was so tired from his busy week at work that he slept quite a bit of the time. At bath time my nieceAvery decided she wanted to join in bath fun with Liam as you will see below. Also Liam's new trick grabbing anything within his reach, Avery's hair fell victim. We finished the night back at our house with a few fireworks of our own, which Liam I found in his bassinett with big eyes, poor baby had no idea what all the noise was. New years day was also a quiet one, I had to work that night so I slept when I could. When I was not sleeping I was playing with Liam and Paul would go outside and start digging in our backyard. The digging is for a sprinkler system he is putting in for our soon to be beautiful backyard.