Wow! The past month has kept us very busy. Liam is growing up so incredibly quickly. This month, we had to put him back in school full-time since he simply would not leave Taylor alone to get his work done. It's like he knows that Taylor is leaving soon (no, we haven't actually told him yet) and is trying to soak up every second of him that he can get until that point. It's really cute, though.
Liam has actually thrived with being back in school full-time. His big thing right now is potty training. He is pretty much in underwear all the time with very few accidents. The one huge caveat, though, is that we need to have him sit on the potty every hour or so. He still hasn't figured out to tell us he needs to go yet, unless it's for #2. If we forget to remind him each hour, we tend to have accidents then. We are also using pull-ups for sleeping and shopping since Liam is still terrified of the regular toilet and I haven't figured out how to handle this while we're out. Baby steps, though. The other problem that is delaying him from being totally trained is that he understands that once he's trained he will be moving up to the Orioles room at school...the class for three-year olds. He DOES NOT want to go there!!!! This is the first week that he has been pretty much accident free at school, so they'll be trying him in the new room for about two hours on Monday. We'll see how that goes. His teacher has already said that if he throws a major fit, she won't push the issue.
Over Thanksgiving, we headed down to VA Beach. Liam LOVED it because his cousin Ben was there too. This was the first time that the two boys really played a ton together. While they definitely had their moments with sharing toys, they generally had a great time and raised the noise level quite a bit. Both boys love the outdoors and had a chance to play in the park near Mimi and Tooey's house:
It was so great to have the whole family there as this really happens. We even took the opportunity for Aunt Katherine to capture everyone together:
Liam is getting really excited about Christmas. He is fascinated with both Santa Claus and God and Jesus. I've been talking to him about all these things and reading books about them so he can understand both aspects of the holiday. He really loves the Christmas tree and driving around at night to look at the Christmas lights. We just have lights up on our tree and hope to decorate it tonight. Other than that, not too much going on this week. This weekend is our last alone as a family before Taylor leaves, so we are going to try to get some good quality family time in.
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