Mr. Talkative

Liam has really taken off with his verbal skills. He picks up new words everyday. Unfortunately, they do not always come out the same as how we tell him. For example, Jonas is "Dory." And the newest one is Uncle Bryan, who has been named "the Bunny". For whatever reason, Liam hears "Bryan", but says "Bunny." It's pretty cute, actually.

The past two weekends have been spent visiting with family which is AWESOME. He seems to love getting to know everyone and knows most names, even if he can't say them exactly right. The one member he still hasn't shown much interest in is his cousin Ben. He knows Ben is a baby, and will point at him and say "baby" every now and then, but mostly just ignores him. He will, however, take the opportunity to utilize all of Ben's cool toys:






We were able to go visit with everyone and have a barbeque at Aunt Katherine and Uncle Judd's house last weekend. Unfortunately for Liam, this visit resulted in a swim in their fish pond in the backyard. While patting the water, he fell head-first into the water and made it in waist deep until Taylor grabbed him by the shirt and pulled him out. At this point, Liam seemed surprised, but happy (he LOVES water) and just kept saying "I sorry."

This past weekend, we took a drive up to NJ and visited with everyone there. As mentioned earlier, we were able to go visit Bryan's house, which was a lot of fun. Liam had a blast watching Mama, Daddy, Jason, Mike, and Alex play horseshoes in the backyard and cracked up with every throw. Who know horseshoes was so hilarious?! Most of the rest of the weekend was used for some much needed relaxing. Liam spent much of his time rocking and coercing anyone and everyone to take him "outside."



I am back to work this week, so Liam has started at a new preschool. While we've had a bit of a rough start with the school, the principal is awesome and is quickly getting things in hand. She is new and also not happy with all of the staff and is replacing those who do not have degrees with teachers that do. Liam, of course, is having a bit of a sad time being dropped off, but overall seems happy. He is in the two-year old room already so he doesn't need to be moved again in two months and keeps up fairly well. When we went to pick him up today, he was sitting happily on the carpet with the other children listening to his teacher read a book. I think in the end we will love the school as we do the principal, but is both sad and exciting to see my baby in an actual preschool. They are even switching to uniforms in a couple of weeks!

The other big thing that we've learned is that Liam did, in fact, qualify for therapy. We have been told that he has a sensory integration disorder which accounts for many of his delays (most of which are becoming minor). He will start therapy next month with an OT and we are excited to be getting help. Our little boy is so sweet and it is so nice to see him get the services that will make his life easier.