Eye Luff Uuuuu!

Sweet and Silly Liam,

I am so thankful you are a Momma's Boy! I know you may not always be but with each day you run up to me and exclaim Mom-Meeee!!! my heart overflows with joy and thankfulness. You have such a fun and silly side, you simply crack me up!

I have always said I love you  but pointing to my eye, making a heart with my hands and touching your nose. You have always loved this and this summer started making a heart with your hands (it's more like you put the tips of your fingers together but close enough). Lately you have been pointing to your eye and saying "luff" with the heart and pointing to your nose, I laugh which makes you laugh. It's the best part of my day! I call it our secret code! I lay you in your crib after story time and say "are you ready for our secret code?" and you say "YES YES YES!". Heart melted!

Lately your vocabulary is exploding, just this week you said at least three new words! Of course I can only think of one off the top of my head (you suddenly said "Go Nanna's House?"). I know you understand so much more than we realize but when you pick up on things (like realizing it's the day you go to Nanna's house while I work) it just blows my mind. You are growing up so quickly, I know I saw that each time I write you but it seems time manages to find a faster speed each day.

I can not wait for Christmas this year, I know you will so enjoy every part of it! And it's our first Christmas in our home!! I'm tempted to put up the tree early (it's our first year with a fake tree and I'm pretty excited). We'll see if I can convince your Dad!

I love you Liam. You are a special blessing in my life and I don't take one moment with you for granted! Being your Momma is the best part of my life!

Momma

Current Favorites: 2 yrs 2 months

Sweet, Funny and sometimes Wild Liam!


How I love you kiddo! You are currently in the most fun phase, but then again I think that of all you phases! I was just telling your Dadda this morning that I love that we can still only understand some of what you say, I love your chatter and how you look at us like "right?" I think I'll really miss this time, some day not too far away we'll know exactly what you mean all the time.

With that said here is a random list of things you currently love (in no particular order):

• Letters! You know a bare minimum of 12 and by that I mean you can say them correctly and point them out at random without being asked, crazy!
• Giving Hugs! It's the best feeling ever when you run through our house yelling "Momma Momma Momma!!!" and run up to hug my legs, you don't want to be hugged back you just want to give love....I melt!
• Hearts! I say "I love you" and point to my eye, make a heart with my hands and touch your belly, when you want me to say it you point to me and say "eye, eye, eye!" OR if you want to tell someone you love them you often put the tips of all your fingers together! You did it the other day as we assembled your train for the first time and I about cried!
• Counting! You aren't great at it but you are always trying to get me to count things by saying "two, two, two" it's adorable!
• Trains! Oh a boy and his trains! I got you this massive one slightly used, it's complicated to put it together but once it's there you are in heaven! I just lay there on the floor sometimes playing with you, sometimes just watching you.
• Walks! Especially if I don't make you hold my hand AND if I let you run through mud puddles which I should do more of!
• Veggie Tails! You love Bob and the songs!
• Coloring! You still just scribble and you tell me every crayon is "purple" (yes you can say it 100% correctly)
• Popsicles! Or Pop-poos as you call them, we recently switched to Fro-Yo since you are a bit addicted, but who can blame you it's HOT!
• Swimming! I can't even count how many times we've gone this summer and ya know what? I think we'll go again this weekend! I love that you love the water!
• Sleep! You still nap 2-3 hours during the day and sleep 11-13 hours at night (13 on the weekends), your like a tiny teenager and I'm ok with it! Momma loves sleep too!
• Cows! Anytime we see a cow (such as the cartoon one near the milk at the grocery store) you say "Momma!! MOO!!" We took you to the fair this weekend and we saw huge real cows up close, you were so excited! It was adorable!

Overall you are a pretty normal little boy, you might be a little smaller and a bit shy but that is what makes you Liam and I don't ever want you to be anyone else my sweet boy! There are so many things and people you love, I so enjoy watching you develop into the boy/guy/man/person you will become. There has been no greater joy in my life, no greater blessing than being your Momma! I will say it over and over until I can no longer speak, I love you and I have loved every moment (even the really frustrating ones) of being your Momma!!!

-Momma

Welcome Home

Dear Sweet Liam,

Welcome to your forever home!  We've been visiting it for the last four months while it was being built, in the last month you clapped every time we pulled up!  Yesterday I dropped you off at daycare so Dadda and I could move the bulk of our things. 

Dadda and I made it a priority to set up your things first knowing that you need consistency and routine to feel safe.  After a full day of moving items I was exhausted, I decided to pick you up 45 minutes early and spend some time at home just the two of us while G'pa and Uncle B helped Dadda with the biggest items.  I'm so glad you and I had this time for you to explore our home with the majority of your items in it...I didn't realize this would be a stressful time for you.  You had moments of frustration, at the old house I could tell you "show me what you want" but now you don't know where the things you want are....it will take us a little time to adjust and I know you will do just fine!  You stood at your window just watching it snow (welcome to Spring in MT) just happy as a clam!

This is your home sweet boy, we are going to have wonderful times here and build a lifetime of happy memories.  This place has been my dream but it's because of you, I want you to have a home, a true home that you recall with fond memories.

Momma