Liam Turned 2!

Okay I am not a completely horrible mother but feel pretty bad. I have like no pictures of Liam from his birthday. It was a pretty tame day. I decided not to do a party seeing as we were trying to save up for the arrival of little brother and me taking 12 weeks off of work to be home with the boys. So me and Paul decided we would take him to a scottsdale train park. Liam loves trucks and trains so we figured it would be perfect. We first had to make a stop at Liam's cousin's baptism. After the baptism Paul's mom gave Liam his gift she made for him. It is tradition in Paul's family that on the granchild's second birthday the child receives an animal blanket, for boys a bear. Liam sleeps with his bear blanket every night and has to fall asleep holding the eyes of the bear,so sweet. After that we headed out for the days festivities. Liam had a great time looking at the trains, riding a train that circled the park, riding the carousel and running all over the park. It was pretty warm but overcast so that helped. Paul had to do a lot of the chasing that day. Contractions were happening a lot for me. We then made him a cake the next day that had thomas the train on top and my homemade train tracks. Lol I tried right. At the end of September we did a triple birthday that included Avery, Liam and myself that my sister Dianna hosted at her house. I was greatful Liam was able to have a little more celebration of his birth and he most certainly enjoyed the gifts he was given by the family. Liam I promise next year I will make it better. Thank goodness he will not remembr this year. But Liam we love you so much and will remember this birthday as our last with you as our one and only child our whole world at that point!

Rylan will soon be arriving

Yup, again I fail. I only took one pregnancy picture! Well I guess that is not true I took pictures of me on the night I was induced but for whatever reason it never saved to the camera! Ya I was pissed. But The pictures I have posted are of Rylan's room and me pregnant with him at almost 27 weeks. The ultrasound picture is Rylan at 18 weeks, which also at that ultrasound I was told I had a partial placenta previa. Placenta covering part of the cervix. I was put on pelvic rest for 10 weeks and had another ultrasound performed at 28 weeks where I was told things had resolved and everything looked great. During this pregnancy I did not throw up as much as I did with Liam. I was put on a higher dose of Zofran which helped the puking but I was a lot more nauseated I think due to not puking. I gained 36lbs. verses the 30 I gained with Liam. Liam, poor Liam was probably so bored because he is a large toddler and I had the hardest time chasing him and playing with him but he was a trooper and we both survived.

Playing Catch Up

Ya, okay I have done a horrible job keeping updated on my blog. I guess working full time with a toddler and being pregnant does not give a person much time to sit on here and update. Honestly I don't know why I am attempting to do it now because things are still very crazy around here. But I want the boys lives documented at least pictures put in a place for them and I to see. So this post is of Liam over this past summer. He loved going to the pool and running around outside before it got to hot. Me and Paul took him out to eat alot since it was inside and air conditioned, 9 months pregnant and the heat of Arizona, only others could guess how miserable I was.

Easter

For Easter this year wesplit the holiday over the course of two days so that both sides of the family could be visited. Saturday was spent celebrating with the Harris side of the family. We met at my parents and did an Easter egg hunt at a park close by. I had bought Liam his own special eggs with animal crackers inside instead of candy just cause he is so young i thougt it would be a better choice for him. I lined them up and he had a good time slam dunking them into his bucket. After the egg hunt we had a very yummy dinner. Liam was a wild man that night and sure had my family laughing running around the family room being crazy.

On Easter Sunday we let Liam sleep in as late as we could woke him up and got him dressed in his sunday best. He looked so darn handsome. I bought this little vest and pants especially for the holiday. This sunday was also extra fun for me because it was the first time I got to see Liam go to nursery since I work weekends so much. He just sat in his little chair looking at the other kids crying. He was so brave. When we picked him up he was having so much fun with bubbles. When we got home we let him get his special Easter goodies since we were in a hurry before church. After his nap we headed out to Paul's parents in Phoenix for the Dunn side of the family. We ate first then had another Easter egg hunt that Lam had more fun running at then finding eggs. It was a fun weekend that was great spending time together as a family.

News

Well So I am gonna put it out in the open, Me and Paul are expecting baby number 2. I am in my tenth week. Baby is due around October 23, 2012. We have had one ultrasound and baby was measuring just a few days small but had a beating heart. I would put the picture on here but you can't really see anything. I tried to put the picture on here of Liam wearing his big brother shirt, that was how I told Paul, but I can't get it to work.
Liam is growing fast and has alot of energy these days. He is down to one nap about an hour in a half to two hours but sleeps eleven hours straight at night. He loves his crib and his pacifier so that will be two challenges we are gonna have to break him of hopefully before the arrival of his sibling. This child loves food! I don't know if i have ever seen such a great eater, but because he is so tall and filled with energy it keeps him quite lean and strong.

Liam's first haircut

Liam is just about seventeen months and had never had any of his hair cut, EVER! Well I was giving him a bath this past Saturday night and noticed he had some quite long pieces of hair not only on the sides by his ears but on top as well. I thought he could definently use a trim. The thing is Paul has been bugging my to shave his head for months! Paul has this thing about his boy getting his head shaved and how cool he will look. So I asked Paul to come upstairs and talk to me about this hair dilemma. I told him I would be okay with him shaving Liam's hair this once to see how it will look. I thought we would shave it longer not anything to crazy extreme. Come to find out Paul only had a 1 guard. He said it would be fine and he would look great. I said okay and we then started. Liam did great at first, I welled up immediantly seeing that precious baby hair fall to the ground. After a few min. of the shaving Liam started freaking out and to finish was more than difficult. As you will see I don't know if Liam liked the hair cut either. For me most definently NOT! Next time it will be a trim.

Pictures of Liam in the past month

Liam is approaching his seventeenth month, coming up on February 8th. This boy is very active. He loves to run and be out of the house. He loves to play pick a boo, kick balls, throw things, baby einstein, eat!, and play with other kids. He is starting to be mom's little helper and loves to be allowed to help with everything I am doing.

Only a month late for Christmas

Christmas was lots of fun and both Christmas eve and Christmas day were busy and full of family. Since it was on a Saturday Sunday this year both me and Paul got it off from work, so glad for that.
Christmas Eve was spent with my side of the family as usual. We had chrsitmas eve activities and dinner at Caroline's fiance Adam's house.
The kids made ginger bread houses. Liam did not participate cause he is a little young for that. The older kids put on a play. We had an array a pasta dishes for dinner. We watched the birth of Christ. And then had the traditional one present opening.
Christmas morning we had at our house. We let Liam open all of his gifts, which I did more of the opening then he did. He just kept playing with whatever got opened, had no interest in what was still hidden in paper. Had breakfast then a nap and off we headed to Paul's parents house for dinner. Did a little family photo shoot when we got there. Had mexican food for dinner. Liam was really picky that night and did not eat much. His favorite part was when we had a bon fire out in the backyard. He was happy to run free for more than an hour. I gave him a bath got him all ready for bed and we then started the trek home more than 60 miles. It was a good Christmas liam got lots of toys and it all keeps him busy.














So I am super late with this post. I blame it on the fact that I got an iphone just after new years. I am never on the computer now.