12 weeks

With every day that goes by I feel like my newborn is becoming a baby and will be a toddler before I know it.  As much as I love watching him learn new things I wish he could stay this little forever.  I just cannot get enough snuggle time and kisses to suffice. 

This week marks a full time return to work for me and lots of new friends for Liam.  We went to two events last weekend, the first being a wedding.  A former employee of Dominic's, Amber, was getting married here in town to Jarrett and we were invited.  Of course Liam tagged along and was a pretty good guest overall.  It was 90+ degrees and the ceremony and reception were outside so the little bit of fussing he did was understandable.

The following day it was off the the Bay area for Kevin's birthday party.  Kevin and Kate have a little girl, Emma who is just about 2 months older than Liam.  They will be moving to New York in August and we wanted to be sure the kiddos met before they left...what's a better excuse than a birthday party!  Please note the picture where Liam is pulling away from Emma (almost like he's saying...umm why are you touching me lady, while Emma is just being happy and nice) and the HUGE smiles he gave Jesse.  Jesse is also moving to New York this Fall, it's like a mass exodus as Dominic put it that day.

There have been a bunch of veggies popping up in the garden and Liam has a great time checking everything out, I'll let you see the progress for yourself.  We've been learning as we go and this weeks lesson involved removing the greens from the carrots so they don't go limp so quickly.

We did spend a little time just hanging around enjoying being a family too

Bath time is still Liam's favorite time of the day.  He will not cry when he's in the bath.  In fact, I even dump the water straight over his head to get the soap off and it gets in his eyes and everything but he doesn't make a peep.  We're using the tummy tub right now, like a little baby spa bucket, and I'm not sure how much longer he'll be in it unless he stops trying to stand up during the bath.  I'm afraid he's going to flip the thing over!  You can also see his finger sucking/nawing he's doing to help with the teething pain, more on that later.

And last but not least, the teeth buds growing.  We've been giving Liam Hyland's teething tablets and occassionally some Tylenol which really seems to help with the pain.  He's been sleeping up a storm, from about 8:30-6:30 then waking to eat and going back to bed until around 10am.  With the exception of last night during which he woke to eat at 1am AND 5am but slept until 8:30 after that.  I suspect a growth spurt but we won't know for sure until I do his height and weight in a few days for the 3 month stats.

And before I go, I want to say again how much we LOVE our nannny, Brooke.  It was a complete blessing to have the original plans fall through because Liam loves Brooke and so do I, in fact Eclair even loves her.  She takes them both for a walk most mornings, plays with Liam in developementally appropriate ways, cleans my house while Liam naps and is familiar with both breast feeding and cloth diapering....what more could I ask for!  I tried to get a picture of them today, she was helping me get a shot of his teeth, but she asked me not to so I'll respect that...for this week anyway ;)  I'm sure you'll see her here eventually!