At the Children's Museum...
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| Your favorite station, Water Works! |
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| Not a big fan of dino digging and being barefoot in all this stuff! |
The Carousel...
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| First Ride |
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Monday, February 11, 2013
Play Day
Yesterday we took you to the Children's Museum and the Carousel. You haven't been to either of these places yet so it was fun watching your reactions to everything. Grandma Pam came along too and we all had a blast playing with you!
At the Children's Museum...
The Carousel...
At the Children's Museum...
The Carousel...
Friday, February 8, 2013
Pizza Party
We had the Erickson clan over for pizza when Uncle Keith & Aunt Cari were in town. Minus Uncle Ryan though, he couldn't make it over. You had a ball playing with everyone!
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| Wrestling with Grandpa Dave |
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| Reading your favorite book, Frosty the Snowman, with Uncle Keith |
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| Cousins! |
Thursday, February 7, 2013
The Train
A couple weekends ago Uncle Keith, Aunt Cari, and cousins Ridge & Sage were in town. So we got to do a lot of fun things while they were here including going to the train at the mall. You've never been to the train before and were a little timid at first but after you saw Ridge climbing all over the train and going down the slides you soon followed. Uncle Keith helped you a lot too! Once you got comfortable you had NO FEAR!! We had to keep a close eye on you especially when you were on the top of the train. You'd stand at the edge and then take a step almost like you were jumping off. Luckily we caught you every time. You and Ridge had a great time and I loved watching you two play together!
Friday, February 1, 2013
Month Sixteen
Liam,
You are sixteen months old now! Just a few more months and you'll be a year and half old!! Wow, where has the time gone! You have become quite the little man and toddler! It's not so easy getting you to sit still as you can tell from this photo but you are so much fun to be around and keep us entertained all the time.
Early this month you had to go in for your fifteen month checkup. You're not as easy to deal with as you used to be. But I think it's because you're starting to realize there's a good chance you'll be getting shots and don't want the doctor to touch you no matter what it's for. When the doctor tried to check your ears I had to hold you down just so he could get a clear look and make sure everything was okay. You didn't even like him checking your breathing and heart beat and would push his hands away. But we got through it and you even survived your shots for measles, mumps, and chicken pox. You only cried for a second and then as soon as I picked you up you were fine. The doctor said everything looks great and you're right on track on the growth chart. You weigh 22lbs now!
At daycare, a spot hasn't opened up in the next room so you're still in the infant room. You're more than ready to move to the next room but until a spot opens up you can't move over. In the meantime, you just get to play over in the next room here and there when they know you're getting really bored. Which is becoming more and more often! And when you get bored you become a little more creative!! When daddy picked you up the other night, the ladies at daycare said they had to take your shoes away from you because you were using them as weapons. Apparently taking your shoes off and throwing them at people is frowned upon!! I laughed when daddy told me about it. We did get confirmation that they'd try to move you over as soon as they can and it will definitely be no later than March 1st. So only one more month!
You're getting really good at using utensils now. You're better at using a fork and can pick up most of your food with it. The spoon on the other hand is a little trickier. It takes you couple tries before you get the food in your mouth. Darn spoon! It's so easy for food to fall off it!! You're a little picky when it comes to what food you'll eat. You love fruits and vegetables though I think you like fruit the best. You say "nana" anytime you want a banana and that seems to be all the time. Even when we're in the produce section of the grocery store we won't even be close to the bananas and you'll start saying "nana, nana" so needless to say we always have bananas around! You don't really care for meat. We've tried everything we can think of from cutting it up into tiny pieces, mixing it in with other food, but you always figure out it's meat and spit it back out. I think it's just too tough right now and you only have one molar to really chew it up with.
This month we've had to change your schedule around just a little bit. I've switched to working four 10 hr days so we've started dropping you off at daycare at 6:45 am instead of 7:15 am. So we have to wake you up around 6:15/6:20 am. Since you're getting up earlier we've changed your bedtime to 7:15/7:30 pm to compensate for it. I used to pick you up and drop you off at daycare but now I just drop you off and daddy picks you up. We had to get another car seat for daddy's truck so we didn't have to keep switching out the one car seat we had. Daddy's also getting used to new schedule. After he picks you up from daycare he cooks dinner and has it ready when I get home. Though sometimes you make it more difficult on him and sometimes want to help or be picked up so you can watch! You're used to eating at 5 pm so a lot of the time daddy will feed you before I get home because you're not a happy camper when you're hungry.
Happy sixteen month birthday sweet little boy!! You make me laugh every day and I look forward to coming home each night after work so I can see your smiling face. You are an amazing little boy!
Love,
Momma
You are sixteen months old now! Just a few more months and you'll be a year and half old!! Wow, where has the time gone! You have become quite the little man and toddler! It's not so easy getting you to sit still as you can tell from this photo but you are so much fun to be around and keep us entertained all the time.
Early this month you had to go in for your fifteen month checkup. You're not as easy to deal with as you used to be. But I think it's because you're starting to realize there's a good chance you'll be getting shots and don't want the doctor to touch you no matter what it's for. When the doctor tried to check your ears I had to hold you down just so he could get a clear look and make sure everything was okay. You didn't even like him checking your breathing and heart beat and would push his hands away. But we got through it and you even survived your shots for measles, mumps, and chicken pox. You only cried for a second and then as soon as I picked you up you were fine. The doctor said everything looks great and you're right on track on the growth chart. You weigh 22lbs now!
At daycare, a spot hasn't opened up in the next room so you're still in the infant room. You're more than ready to move to the next room but until a spot opens up you can't move over. In the meantime, you just get to play over in the next room here and there when they know you're getting really bored. Which is becoming more and more often! And when you get bored you become a little more creative!! When daddy picked you up the other night, the ladies at daycare said they had to take your shoes away from you because you were using them as weapons. Apparently taking your shoes off and throwing them at people is frowned upon!! I laughed when daddy told me about it. We did get confirmation that they'd try to move you over as soon as they can and it will definitely be no later than March 1st. So only one more month!
You're getting really good at using utensils now. You're better at using a fork and can pick up most of your food with it. The spoon on the other hand is a little trickier. It takes you couple tries before you get the food in your mouth. Darn spoon! It's so easy for food to fall off it!! You're a little picky when it comes to what food you'll eat. You love fruits and vegetables though I think you like fruit the best. You say "nana" anytime you want a banana and that seems to be all the time. Even when we're in the produce section of the grocery store we won't even be close to the bananas and you'll start saying "nana, nana" so needless to say we always have bananas around! You don't really care for meat. We've tried everything we can think of from cutting it up into tiny pieces, mixing it in with other food, but you always figure out it's meat and spit it back out. I think it's just too tough right now and you only have one molar to really chew it up with.
This month we've had to change your schedule around just a little bit. I've switched to working four 10 hr days so we've started dropping you off at daycare at 6:45 am instead of 7:15 am. So we have to wake you up around 6:15/6:20 am. Since you're getting up earlier we've changed your bedtime to 7:15/7:30 pm to compensate for it. I used to pick you up and drop you off at daycare but now I just drop you off and daddy picks you up. We had to get another car seat for daddy's truck so we didn't have to keep switching out the one car seat we had. Daddy's also getting used to new schedule. After he picks you up from daycare he cooks dinner and has it ready when I get home. Though sometimes you make it more difficult on him and sometimes want to help or be picked up so you can watch! You're used to eating at 5 pm so a lot of the time daddy will feed you before I get home because you're not a happy camper when you're hungry.
Happy sixteen month birthday sweet little boy!! You make me laugh every day and I look forward to coming home each night after work so I can see your smiling face. You are an amazing little boy!
Love,
Momma
Monday, January 28, 2013
Friday Fun
I get to spend Friday's with you now that I've switched to working 4 10-hr days. It took me a little bit to get used to the new schedule but I'm SO glad I get to hangout with you on Fridays. Grandma & Grandpa Erickson were a little sad to hear they didn't need to watch you on Fridays anymore. So we'll just have to go visit them or better yet they can watch you for a couple hours here and there while I go have some "mommy time".
My first Friday off with you was a lot of fun! We got to play in the snow!! We shoveled the driveway and even did some sledding around the neighborhood.
My first Friday off with you was a lot of fun! We got to play in the snow!! We shoveled the driveway and even did some sledding around the neighborhood.
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| Such a great helper! |
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| Ready to go! |
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Month Fifteen
Liam,
Whew, this has been one busy month! It literally flew right on by. The holidays were a big part in this but we also had something going on almost every weekend. We took you Christmas tree hunting and this year you actually got to participate. Last year you were only a few months old so you mostly stayed in the car but this year we got you all bundled up and took you out into the woods. We had just gotten fresh snow so you really got to experience snow for the first time. When we put you on the ground in the snow you didn't know what to think of it at first so we all started throwing snow up in the air and laughing. You thought it was funny and started to do the same thing or close to it anyways. Walking through the snow was a different story. It was too deep so you'd always lose your balance and fall into it. So we mostly carried you but put you down whenever we stopped. Daycare also took you out in the snow and even brought buckets of snow inside. It was funny because one afternoon when I was picking you up one of the ladies told me you guys had a snowball fight inside. So she said if you threw any snow that's where you learned it from. Luckily you haven't really thrown any snow since then but you like to throw other stuff. You love throwing balls especially your little football and the little balls that go with your helicopter. They're light and the size of ping pong balls so perfect for throwing. You can say "ball" now so you'll say ball as you're throwing it. You also like to throw your books at us when you want us to read it to you so to say the least you definitely keep us on our toes.
This month you've also gotten to do sleepovers with each of the grandparents and each time you did great. You slept through the night for each of them and on your most recent sleepover at Grandpa Mike and Nana B's house you actually slept in and didn't wake-up until 8 am. Each of them always gave us a great report back saying how well you did and how easy you were. So I don't think we'll ever have a problem finding a babysitter to watch you for the whole night or just the evening because they all LOVE to watch you.
We took you to see Santa Claus a couple weekends ago and you're going through a shy stage in general so you weren't to eager to see him. At first you didn't even want to go to him and wouldn't let go of daddy. So daddy had to hand you to Santa real quick just so we could get a few pictures. You didn't cry but you also weren't very happy. But it's not just Santa you're shy around. When we go to visit cousin Justin there are usually other family members and friends there. The people you don't see as often it takes you a little bit to warm up to them which is normally 5 or 10 minutes. You'll cling to me and won't let me put you down until you get a little more comfortable. But there is a water fountain and if anyone helps you get a drink or play in the water they are your new best friend. So we've used this trick to help people win you over. By the end of the visit you're running around the waiting room playing with everyone and will even ask to be held by people you were first shy around. You did this to Uncle Jay last weekend. You were super shy and would not give him the time of day. But as we were walking out you decided you wanted to go to him and reached out for him. He even got to put your coat on for you. I have a feeling this shy stage isn't going to last too much longer!
You have officially become the "human sponge" now! You mimic everything we do especially facial expressions and noises/sound effects. I need to get more of them on video because it's so hard to explain everything you do. The other day daddy was pretending his hands were guns and was making little "bang-bang" noises and you put your hands up and scrunched up your nose and tried to do the same thing. We all started laughing. It was so cute! We'll also say "Caw, Caw" and you'll follow saying it exactly how we said it. But there is so many I could keep going on and on...
Tonight we realized you have more teeth coming in. When you were playing in the bathtub you opened your mouth wide enough that I could see a couple more were coming in. You have two bottom premolars coming in, one on each side of the incisors. I had no idea they were coming in because you haven't really been fussy at all. But I'm glad more teeth are coming in so you'll be able to chew food a little better.
Well nothing else has really changed. We're still working on getting rid of your night time bottle and are hoping to get rid of it next month. You are also still in the infant room at daycare. They thought you'd be moving to the waddler room by January 1st but you're one of the last kids to go and there are still a couple kids in front of you. So it may not be until February or March. You do get to play in the waddler room here and there when they can tell you're getting bored and need a change. So they definitely know you're ready!
Happy fifteen month birthday sweet little boy! You bring so much joy to our lives!!
Love,
Momma
Whew, this has been one busy month! It literally flew right on by. The holidays were a big part in this but we also had something going on almost every weekend. We took you Christmas tree hunting and this year you actually got to participate. Last year you were only a few months old so you mostly stayed in the car but this year we got you all bundled up and took you out into the woods. We had just gotten fresh snow so you really got to experience snow for the first time. When we put you on the ground in the snow you didn't know what to think of it at first so we all started throwing snow up in the air and laughing. You thought it was funny and started to do the same thing or close to it anyways. Walking through the snow was a different story. It was too deep so you'd always lose your balance and fall into it. So we mostly carried you but put you down whenever we stopped. Daycare also took you out in the snow and even brought buckets of snow inside. It was funny because one afternoon when I was picking you up one of the ladies told me you guys had a snowball fight inside. So she said if you threw any snow that's where you learned it from. Luckily you haven't really thrown any snow since then but you like to throw other stuff. You love throwing balls especially your little football and the little balls that go with your helicopter. They're light and the size of ping pong balls so perfect for throwing. You can say "ball" now so you'll say ball as you're throwing it. You also like to throw your books at us when you want us to read it to you so to say the least you definitely keep us on our toes.
This month you've also gotten to do sleepovers with each of the grandparents and each time you did great. You slept through the night for each of them and on your most recent sleepover at Grandpa Mike and Nana B's house you actually slept in and didn't wake-up until 8 am. Each of them always gave us a great report back saying how well you did and how easy you were. So I don't think we'll ever have a problem finding a babysitter to watch you for the whole night or just the evening because they all LOVE to watch you.
We took you to see Santa Claus a couple weekends ago and you're going through a shy stage in general so you weren't to eager to see him. At first you didn't even want to go to him and wouldn't let go of daddy. So daddy had to hand you to Santa real quick just so we could get a few pictures. You didn't cry but you also weren't very happy. But it's not just Santa you're shy around. When we go to visit cousin Justin there are usually other family members and friends there. The people you don't see as often it takes you a little bit to warm up to them which is normally 5 or 10 minutes. You'll cling to me and won't let me put you down until you get a little more comfortable. But there is a water fountain and if anyone helps you get a drink or play in the water they are your new best friend. So we've used this trick to help people win you over. By the end of the visit you're running around the waiting room playing with everyone and will even ask to be held by people you were first shy around. You did this to Uncle Jay last weekend. You were super shy and would not give him the time of day. But as we were walking out you decided you wanted to go to him and reached out for him. He even got to put your coat on for you. I have a feeling this shy stage isn't going to last too much longer!
You have officially become the "human sponge" now! You mimic everything we do especially facial expressions and noises/sound effects. I need to get more of them on video because it's so hard to explain everything you do. The other day daddy was pretending his hands were guns and was making little "bang-bang" noises and you put your hands up and scrunched up your nose and tried to do the same thing. We all started laughing. It was so cute! We'll also say "Caw, Caw" and you'll follow saying it exactly how we said it. But there is so many I could keep going on and on...
Tonight we realized you have more teeth coming in. When you were playing in the bathtub you opened your mouth wide enough that I could see a couple more were coming in. You have two bottom premolars coming in, one on each side of the incisors. I had no idea they were coming in because you haven't really been fussy at all. But I'm glad more teeth are coming in so you'll be able to chew food a little better.
Well nothing else has really changed. We're still working on getting rid of your night time bottle and are hoping to get rid of it next month. You are also still in the infant room at daycare. They thought you'd be moving to the waddler room by January 1st but you're one of the last kids to go and there are still a couple kids in front of you. So it may not be until February or March. You do get to play in the waddler room here and there when they can tell you're getting bored and need a change. So they definitely know you're ready!
Happy fifteen month birthday sweet little boy! You bring so much joy to our lives!!
Love,
Momma
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