Our Little Man is Growing Up

The past week has been super busy and it is becoming more and more apparent that Liam is not a baby anymore. Little things have really been striking me, like how much his language has taken off. It will be so much fun for Taylor and I to come up with a list of how many words he knows for his evaluation on Thursday. Needless to say, he will not need Speech Therapy anytime in the near future.

Mr. Man has also become a lot more responsible and independent lately. Some of the things he is doing more and more is putting his dishes in the dishwasher or sink, throwing away the trash, brushing his teeth, saying "Bless You" when someone sneezes, and....his absolute favorite right now...washing his hands (which we must do several times a day).

My parents came down for my birthday this past weekend and Liam seemed to have a blast. He has decided that "Papa" is much easier to say than "Grandpa Chuck" and took to both of his grandparents instantly.

Hanging out with Papa at Clyde's:



Relaxing after a 1/2 mile walk around the neighborhood with Grandmichaele and Papa (yes, he walked the entire way himself):



Of course, Liam tells me that the only reason he was able to walk that far on his own was because of his cool new light-up firetruck shoes that Grandmichaele bought him:



It is so nice after living far away for so long to see Liam getting to know his family. He recognizes people now and will go to his quilt in his room and show me Papa, Grandmichaele, and Mimi. He will get to see Mimi and Grandpa Basye when they come up this weekend.

Liam's other big thing right now is just exploring and getting into all kinds of trouble. Part of it is his age and part is that his schedule and routine is thrown off now. Either way, it's fun and exhausting at the same time. One night, the only way I could get him to calm down and stop fussing was to put Rachel Ray's 30-Minute Meals on (and this is a kid that doesn't like to watch TV). We're thinking he may take after his Grandfather:



The other thing that Liam LOVES to do and will always calm him down (like his cousin Ben) is to go outside. Taylor and I took him to a park today and he had sooo much fun just running around in the open spaces:





Tomorow and Friday, I will finally suck it up and bring Liam to his new school to meet his new teachers and class. Taylor and I have both been dreading this, but he starts next week and know that it's better to help him transition if we visit there with him this week. He also has his evaluation on Thursday, so we should be pretty busy. Mimi and Grandpa Basye will come down this weekend and we are really looking foward to that.

Time is running out until Taylor and I start our respective jobs and we are just loving having this time with Liam (trouble and all). We are going to take the next week or two to soak up all the time we can get with him. And when times get tough, we just remember that he's only this little once.