Here's pictures of us getting the ice cream but I of course didn't get a picture of your messy face after eating the ice cream. Darn it!! Maybe next time!
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Ice Cream
A couple Sundays ago, we heard music playing down the street. It was getting louder and louder so we went out to the street to check it out. To our surprise, it was an ice cream truck driving through our neighborhood. We couldn't just let it go by without stopping it so we flagged it down and got ice cream for all us. We got you a fudge a bar and daddy and I got orange dream bars. You tried my dream bar first and didn't really care for it so I gave you your fudge bar. You've had a fudge bar before so you recognized it as soon as I gave it to you. You got all excited and tried to shove the whole thing in your mouth. Once you realized you couldn't do that, you just started sucking on it which in turn caused your mouth and face to get covered in chocolate. It wouldn't be any fun if you didn't make a mess and get covered in chocolate. That's the best part, right!?!
Here's pictures of us getting the ice cream but I of course didn't get a picture of your messy face after eating the ice cream. Darn it!! Maybe next time!
Here's pictures of us getting the ice cream but I of course didn't get a picture of your messy face after eating the ice cream. Darn it!! Maybe next time!
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Monday, August 6, 2012
Creamery Picnic
On Saturday, Jenn and I took you down to Stevensville to Creamery Picnic. We made sure to get there extra early so we could get you front row seats at the parade. Aunt Staci and cousins Dani, Sydney, and Cameron met us at the parade too. You had a lot of fun at the parade hanging out mostly with Dani, Sydney, and Cameron in the front row. You loved the horses that walked by and the lights & sirens the fire engines and ambulances made. You even got sprayed by one of the fire engines as they were going by. One float was handing out fudge bars and Dani shared hers with you. I looked over at you and you had a big chocolate mustache! I think you like chocolate a lot already!! After the parade we headed to the food court to get some lunch and then walked around downtown Stevensville going through a couple antique stores.
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| Hanging out with Dani before the parade |
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| You spotted Smokey the bear and couldn't stop pointing at him |
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| Having fun with Aunt Jenn |
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Gates of the Mountain
Last Sunday we floated the "Gates of the Mountain" near Helena. We went with Kate's family on their boat and also the Scott's. It was a lot of fun but ended up being a 8 hour float. You did awesome!! We got you a life jacket just for this trip and you didn't mind it at all. You wore it the whole time not crying once or trying to pull it off. You just hung out in the back of the boat with daddy and I & Heather and Mike. Halfway through the trip I did get you to fall asleep in my arms so we put you under the steering wheel to nap for a couple hours. We thought you'd be safe but we were wrong. Another boat in our party came up to us and started a water fight. They were going for Robby and daddy and didn't realize you were asleep on the floor. You got dowsed with water and woke up but you just laid there and looked around. We got you up and you just played in the back of the boat for the rest of the float. We had a lot fun taking lots of breaks to swim and I even tubed with all the girls. We are so lucky to have an easy going baby like you so we can do all these fun things!
Month Ten
Liam,
You are now ten months old and actually you turned ten months last week but I haven't had a chance to post it. So sorry this is a little late. It's been a very busy month and a month full of firsts. You've had your first real haircut, your first camping trip, first hiking trip, and even your first steps. So it's been a very fun and exciting month!
Two weeks ago you took your first steps! You were playing in the kitchen with daddy and got so excited and didn't realize you were standing with no help and took three steps forward. I was busy getting your bath ready and daddy yelled for me to watch because you were starting to take another couple steps forward. I missed it though because by the time I looked up you had already fallen. I've been trying to get it on video but we can't get you to take more steps on your own. It will be soon enough though but I'm still bummed I missed your very first steps. In the meantime, you're cruising around the house like crazy with your walker and even go up and down the sidewalk with it.
We are in the process of transitioning you off of baby food and eating more regular food. You didn't like the chunky baby food so we thought we'd just skip that and go straight to "grown-up" food. We even put you on the daycare food schedule where you get breakfast, morning snack, lunch, and an afternoon snack. Breakfast is usually oatmeal with fruit, cereal with fruit, toast, etc. For lunch you've had spaghetti and meatballs, turkey and potatoes & gravy, chili, chicken and rice, etc. The ladies at daycare said you've been doing really well and eating really good. There have been a couple times where you don't eat what's on the menu so they give you some baby food on top of it. Usually it's breakfast where you don't eat very much cereal. But you're doing great and always try everything at least once. We still give you formula but normally in the morning before a nap or in the evening before bed. We've also started to give you juice and have been working on the sippy cup. You're getting better grabbing it yourself but don't lift the cup high enough to get the juice out. When I lift it up to show you how you let go and want me to do it for you. So I'll do it a couple times and then walk away so you'll try and lift it yourself. You've figured it a couple times so you definitely know what you need to do to get the juice. So far we've just given you apple juice but also have some pear juice for you to try. You've just started to hold the bottle on your own too. It's nice when we're in the car and I can give you a bottle and you'll drink it yourself. You make more of a mess because you turn the bottle upside down and get it all over you, the seat, and the door. But oh well, that's what you're supposed to do, right?
You're sleeping through the night pretty consistently now. We usually put you to bed around 8pm and you don't wake up until 6:30/7am. I've even had to wake you up a couple time so we can leave on time. We have a pretty good routine now where we'll give you a bath, brush your teeth, and then put you to bed. We try to read you a story but you're more into grabbing the book and trying to rip it. So we're skipping the story time before bed for now and will try to do it when you get a little older. You love bath time still and can't wait to get in the water as soon as I start the bath. It's so cute! Just last night all of a sudden I see a naked baby crawling as fast as he can to the bath. Wish I would've gotten a picture of it! I do have this one though...you just waiting to get into the tub.
You are now ten months old and actually you turned ten months last week but I haven't had a chance to post it. So sorry this is a little late. It's been a very busy month and a month full of firsts. You've had your first real haircut, your first camping trip, first hiking trip, and even your first steps. So it's been a very fun and exciting month!
Two weeks ago you took your first steps! You were playing in the kitchen with daddy and got so excited and didn't realize you were standing with no help and took three steps forward. I was busy getting your bath ready and daddy yelled for me to watch because you were starting to take another couple steps forward. I missed it though because by the time I looked up you had already fallen. I've been trying to get it on video but we can't get you to take more steps on your own. It will be soon enough though but I'm still bummed I missed your very first steps. In the meantime, you're cruising around the house like crazy with your walker and even go up and down the sidewalk with it.
We are in the process of transitioning you off of baby food and eating more regular food. You didn't like the chunky baby food so we thought we'd just skip that and go straight to "grown-up" food. We even put you on the daycare food schedule where you get breakfast, morning snack, lunch, and an afternoon snack. Breakfast is usually oatmeal with fruit, cereal with fruit, toast, etc. For lunch you've had spaghetti and meatballs, turkey and potatoes & gravy, chili, chicken and rice, etc. The ladies at daycare said you've been doing really well and eating really good. There have been a couple times where you don't eat what's on the menu so they give you some baby food on top of it. Usually it's breakfast where you don't eat very much cereal. But you're doing great and always try everything at least once. We still give you formula but normally in the morning before a nap or in the evening before bed. We've also started to give you juice and have been working on the sippy cup. You're getting better grabbing it yourself but don't lift the cup high enough to get the juice out. When I lift it up to show you how you let go and want me to do it for you. So I'll do it a couple times and then walk away so you'll try and lift it yourself. You've figured it a couple times so you definitely know what you need to do to get the juice. So far we've just given you apple juice but also have some pear juice for you to try. You've just started to hold the bottle on your own too. It's nice when we're in the car and I can give you a bottle and you'll drink it yourself. You make more of a mess because you turn the bottle upside down and get it all over you, the seat, and the door. But oh well, that's what you're supposed to do, right?
You're sleeping through the night pretty consistently now. We usually put you to bed around 8pm and you don't wake up until 6:30/7am. I've even had to wake you up a couple time so we can leave on time. We have a pretty good routine now where we'll give you a bath, brush your teeth, and then put you to bed. We try to read you a story but you're more into grabbing the book and trying to rip it. So we're skipping the story time before bed for now and will try to do it when you get a little older. You love bath time still and can't wait to get in the water as soon as I start the bath. It's so cute! Just last night all of a sudden I see a naked baby crawling as fast as he can to the bath. Wish I would've gotten a picture of it! I do have this one though...you just waiting to get into the tub.
Happy ten month birthday sweet little boy!! You are an amazing little boy and are so much fun. We look forward to more firsts and other exciting milestones.
Love,
Momma
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