Liam Laughs!

Liam decided to ring in the new year by showing us that he is highly capable of sharing a few laughs with us here & there... & admitting that he is one ticklish little boy! Here he is on Sunday, January 1, 2012 laughing & being ticklish! =)

Happy New Year!!

So this new year's eve things were a little more reserved than years past! We stayed home & rang in the new year as a little family of three while watching the Houston New Year Celebration on tv. Liam was a big party pooper & slept through the whole thing, but all that mattered to me was that we were at home safe & with one another. Just me & my men cuddled up & hanging out. =)

Here's Liam sleeping right at midnight! LOL

Now that I've shared how our New Year's Eve/New Year celebration went... I also should add that I am über excited for what 2012 has in store for us. There are going to be so many milestones to celebrate with Liam - crawling, talking, eating solids, walking! I can't wait to share this year with all of you.

-Amber

Liam's First Christmas!

Though this is very overdue, partly because I haven't had time, but mostly because I've been a bad/lazy mommy & haven't had the motivation to write a long spill about the MOST IMPORTANT first holiday that Liam will ever celebrate! 

Let me just start by saying that Mr. Liam had the BEST FIRST CHRISTMAS a baby could EVER ask for!!!

We had a pretty lengthy holiday weekend. Kobe & I were both off of work Friday so we took Liam in for a precautionary doctor's visit since he had been a fussy & not eating as much all week. Everything checked out fine! Liam weighed in at 10 lbs. 8 oz. (more than double his birth weight)! What a great start to the weekend!

Here he is at the doctor's office!

Saturday, Christmas Eve, was a lot of fun - we went to my dad & step-mom's house to open gifts while enjoying delicious sweet tea & homemade brownies & fudge. Next stop was Kobe's parents' house for our annual family gathering. Talk about kiddie chaos! Liam will be in that wild bunch next year. lol... Then our last stop was my grandma's house! We sat around talking-- 'twas a very low-key get-together as always. The kiddos broke tradition this year & opened gifts at 10 instead of 12 midnight... that is a 20-something year long tradition... not sure how they managed that! 

 Here we are at my dad's house... Uncle Ethan, Aunts Kate & Zoe were so excited to see baby Liam!

Liam with grandpa!

Liam sleeping through all the fun with grandma Holley!

The Nol family gathering! Liam with grandma Ky & all his cousins.

 See what I mean by kiddie chaos! Kids everywhere!!!

At my grandma's... here are the kids breaking tradition. haha

Finally, it was Sunday--Christmas--& I unfortunately had to work... booo! So we opened all of the gifts we got Liam as soon as we woke up, while he sat in his Baby Snug that Santa brought him! Then headed to my mom's for an early lunch before I went off to work at 2. 

 Up bright & early--ready to open gifts!!

 Gifts from Santa!! Mouse Soup and a Baby Snug by Mamas & Papas.

Liam testing out his new baby snug!

His first set of learning blocks!

"Brown Bear, Brown Bear. What Do You See?

Mine & Kobe's Christmas Gift! =)

Liam--excited about visiting grandma & granpda's for Christmas breakfast!

Our little family!

Holding my Liam one last time before I had to head off to work.

Well there you go. A rundown of our amazing first Christmas as a little family of 3. I couldn't have asked for a sweeter baby boy or a more supportive-amazing significant other to call my family. I love you, Liam & Kobe!!!!!!!! 

-Amber

Tennis shoes & SANTA!!!

Back in September, a few weeks before Liam arrived, I bought him some tennis shoes at Target. Since we never really went anywhere his first few months he never wore them. Being that they are newborn size shoes I was afraid that once he would have somewhere to wear them to, he wouldn't fit into them. Well, yesterday I was pleasantly surprised to find that the shoes still fit him! 

Here is Mr Liam in his cute little tennis shoes & his jeans! He looks super excited because I got him all hyped up talking about going to meet Santa.

Here he is in his very first Santa picture!

Fresh new jeans, a nice button down & his tennis shoes. 

That is one handsome little man--if I may say so myself! =)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Liam had such a great Thanksgiving!! It consisted mostly of drinking formula, wearing turkey butt pants, sleeping, & being held by anyone who could get his hands on him! Oh & we can't forget that he was compared to the size of the turkey by Kobe's hilarious aunt. hahaha... Unfortunately we didn't get to spend turkey day with EVERYONE we wanted to, but at least we spoke to everyone & this post will share pictures & the video that you might've missed out on. Here's the day in pictures!

First we started out with a bath... we usually bathe Liam at night b/c he sleeps really well after being bathed at bed time, but Turkey Day required a daytime bath. Take a look at that facial expression! haha

Then slept a little...

... started waking up...

... finally woke up...

... showed off his turkey butt pants...

 & finally, at the end of our visit, said "what do you mean I can't have any dessert?!" & cried a little about it... LOL...

Here's a video I took of Liam on Thanksgiving morning. He is always super talkative & happy in the morning!

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you enjoyed all of Liam's first Thanksgiving photos & his little video. Stop by again (preferably sooner than later) to see what else he's been up to.

-Amber

Liam loves to fly!!

This post is a little overdue, but here it goes... we have discovered that Liam loves- & I mean LOVES- to fly around the apartment. Kobe does it better than I do b/c he's a lot taller & Liam enjoys seeing things from a higher vantage point, but I can take him on a little flight every now & then too. Here's a video of Liam & Kobe having one of their many flying sessions. Check out how great Liam can hold his head up! He is so strong for having been such a tiny baby boy at birth. =)

First, a still shot: 

  
& now the video:

Video facts:

Who- Liam & Kobe

When- November 20, 2011

Location- Our apartment!


-Amber

Preparing for Liam's 1st holiday season!

So, today we had a LOOOONG day & guess how long we were gone from the house? A whole 4 hours. LOL! Kobe & I were exhausted when we got home only to realize we had only been out for a measly FOUR HOURS. Today we went on a little adventure to find the perfect decorations for Liam's FIRST CHRISTMAS & to find a few other things we needed. We started out at Target because we needed to get some more burp cloths. I never would've thought we would need SO MANY burp cloths. hahaha... Welcome to parenthood! So anywho, while we were there we checked out some of the Christmas stuff, but didn't get too excited because I was dead set on driving all the way out to Garden Ridge to check out their "huge selection" of Christmas decor. So we left Target, made a pit stop at Babies R Us, stopped & bought lunch, then made our way to GR... what a waste of time! First, the drive was long & by the time we got there I had to feed our little man in the back seat while in the parking lot. haha... Then finally we went in & their selection wasn't all too impressive & a bit overpriced. SO, we went all the way back to the wonderful world of Target & stocked up on some lovely decorations. We got a nice 6.5' pre-lit tree, some ornaments, a tree skirt, and a tree topper! 

Liam was pretty excited about the festivities too... as you can see in this picture! He is definitely NOT a friend of Ebenezer Scrooge!

Here I am with Liam leaving Target with all our Christmas goodies! 

I got a lot of stares & "oohs" & "ahhs" for wearing him. I actually wore him in all of the stores we went to today & I must say it was A LOT easier than toting him around in the car seat. We will definitely be making use of our Baby Bjorn way more often now that we have experienced how much simpler it makes things. Plus, I think Liam enjoyed it. Aside from a 2-3 short cries (because I stopped walking) he either went right to sleep or was looking around with his big beautiful eyes taking in the sights.

This pic is a little blurry, but I like the effects Kobe put on it with his Instagram iPhone app!

Altogether I'd say today was a GREAT day!

-Amber