Getting Settled

Well, it has been awhile since the last post and we're feeling a bit more at home now. Liam seems to be LOVING his new house. The past few weeks have been spent trying to run around and get everything set up. We found a school for Liam and think he'll be pretty happy there. Taylor and I will be going to the school with Liam for a couple of hours for a few days just to hang out with him there and play with him so he can get acquainted with everyone and have a fairly smooth transition (we hope). He will be starting to attend on a regular basis the week of August 14th. Taylor will start school soon (although he has two night classes and one class Wed. afternoon) and I have found a job teaching kindergarten at a school right around the corner from our house. My principal is going to be tough, but I think I'm going to love it. I really enjoy being challenged.

Anyway, back to Liam. He is doing really well with the stairs and LOVES having a ton of room to run around in. If you have a chance, you should check out his recent videos. He loves to play "three" with Molly, which is just a tossing game that allows both Molly and Liam to run around like crazy and enjoy all the space. Too funny!

Mr. Man had his shots yesterday and we got a referral for an audiologist and an allergist. He is also having a full evaluation by early intervention here to determine if we want to continue services. All in all, he seems to be doing really well and his language is really picking up. He's saying a ton of words now and has decided to call Jonas (our cat) "Dory."

One of Liam's favorite things to do now is pretend play. Some of the activities he likes to pretend are:

vacuuming (both with the real vacuum and a hose that looks like a vacuum hose and is really a cover for wires:



shaving (he uses a toy car for this)

blowing up balloons:



and working at Home Depot:



Other fun (but real) activities, he has been enjoying the past couple of weeks have been:

relaxing in his new playroom:



walking to the local park to swing:



playing in the ball pit at IKEA (which is just 2 miles away!):



and going walking and running with Mama in our new Mountain Buggy:



Uncle Bryan came to visit for a night and helped switch mattresses and beds around, which was awesome and he's returning again tomorrow along with Grandmichaele and Grandpa Chuck for a weekend visit. I think it should be a blast and Liam will enjoy showing everyone around his new home. :)