Cooking Confession

I was so tired Monday and Tuesday evening that I did not cook dinner- I know I'm such a slacker and my husband is sweet to "snack". So I am redeeming myself with a plan for the rest of the week. Also some friends of mine started a recipe blog. It is listed under "blogs we love", it's called tummies full of love- the idea was Lindsey Barth's- so cute. You might want to check it out. Anyways our menu for the week:

W: cranberry chicken, steamed carrots and broccoli, sourdough toast

Th: Homemade Lasagna, Caesar salad

F: Sicilian Pizza and salad

S: Taco Night

Su: Pesto Tortellini and fruit

Monday: Stuffed Peppers (from tummies website)

What A Deal

Oh how I wanted these pictures. I wanted the two dragonfly ones for over a year. But for $150 a piece, I DID NOT want them. Yesterday I found these at T. J. Maxx for $25 a piece. I was so excited.

Our Week in Pictures

Liam helping me train for the 10 miler
the chaos of trying to feed a baby while packing
lots of walking to the lake
playing
lots of playing
monkey see monkey do
playing on the pirate ship at the park
the little family
ah- the ocean
group picture
look at my little model
playing in the sand with aunt ashley
eating lunch
car riding buddies
bath time buddies
Liam and momma playing
Liam enjoying the Children's Museum
Liam checking out the view
Sleepy Liam

Liam and I had a great time in South Carolina. Thanks for having us Maciaszek Family.

My sweet baby is slipping into toddler-hood. I see it in everyway. Feeding himself, saying "yeah", pushing us away when trying to help him, gliding around the house, turning off light switches, pointing to his crib to go to sleep. It is all happening so quickly.

L-O-V-E

My Valentine is the world's best husband and dad!
Liam got a few things for being such a good love bug, including new crocs and an ella the elephant night light. This month we have been working on with Liam "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your path straight."

We hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day, with extra love! Liam invited a few of his friends over for a playdate and boy did they play. Jase, Julia, Bennett, Brayden, Abigial, Eli and Amos had a great time. The mommas enjoyed each other's company as well with tea, coffee, PINK lemonade and sugar cookies.

Will got me the beautiful pink tulips pictured above- seriously Whole Foods has Nanz and Kraft beat by a long shot in the flower department :) He also got me a new Pandora Bead with little hearts on it- great job babe! I had a giftcard to J-crew so I used it and got him a new watch. We stayed in and I made chicken, pasta, squash, zucinni, fruit and sugar cookies.

We continued on with our making cards tradition and here is how they turned out:

Liam's aunt logan and cousin Jack made him a super cute shirt with a little red tie and heart with a L on it and of course he wore yesterday and got it dirty in about 10 minutes. I feel like I do more laundry now than when he was a newborn, I guess it comes with the territory of having a boy.

*** My father in law had to go to the hospital last night for his breathing, so if you think about it, please pray for them.

The First of Many...

Graduations.
Liam graduated from his first swim lessons "Diaper Dip". He got a diploma and everything... so cute. He learned to kick and depth perception, we sang silly songs and learned how to get in and out of the pool. It was extra fun to play with Tiffani and Jase. At his last lesson Will convinced me to dip him under (and he captured it on video.) I think it is so neat how God pieced the family together. Moms are just naturally more cautious and dads help us see children can handle more than we think.

10 Months Today

Liam trying to type his full name- William. He is so serious, I will be shocked if he grows up to be anything but a chemist :) *** It is a constant struggle to keep him away from cords and computers, I was sewing a project yesterday and used the computer to print off letters "mirrored" and left the computer out for a few minutes, he saw his opportunity and off he went! He typed 200 pages of AWQS. haha.

At ten months old, today, Liam is a busy- body. He brings so much joy to our home. We can hardly remember life without him. Crawling, cruising, finding new sounds his little mouth can make, making funny faces and giving kisses seem to be his favorite daytime activites. He also sprouted his second bottom tooth yesterday and the top two are right around the corner.

His sounds he tries to make are:

da-da

ma-ma

buh-buh

mmm

lots of squealing, screaming, etc.

I say he sounds like a puppy, Will is sticking with monkey :)

He moved up classes to the 12-18 month olds in the nursery at Mom's group today, because in the baby room the teachers said he was crawling all over the other babies!

In this past month Liam has celebrated both of his grandma's birthdays. And preperation for his first birthday party is underway.

He sleeps from 8:00 or 9:00pm to 8:00 or 9:00 am. And takes two naps a day.

The foods he loves:
berries, bananas, sweet potatoes, carrots, peanut butter, yogurt, cheese, avacados, whole-wheat bread, turkey, chicken and beans.

Our Big Boy- Well Average Size

Liam didn't know what to think about the snow- he wanted to grab it but didn't like that it was so cold.

Liam on his way home from the doctor. I was extra worried about him getting shots today since he is so much more aware and stronger, but he actually hardly cried at all, when he got his blood drawn. Turns out he took his band-aid off without me knowing and got blood everywhere.

One of Liam's favorite new things to do is "run" from us. meaning crawl away from us super fast on our bed, so it's difficult to get him to stay still for a picture these days.

Mom no more snuggling- let me play! :)

He is such a big helper with the laundry.

Favorite thing right now is to get all of his books out of his basket and read them.

Such a relief to hear at Liam's 9 month check up today that his weight is finally 50th percentile. That is pretty much what I have been waiting to hear since he was four pounds. We were not surprised he has gained so much as he has been eating so much! Acting like he is starving at every meal. Most babies grow extremely fast from 1-2 months and then again from 6-12 months.

His stats were:

20 pounds 2 ounces (50th percentile)

30 inches (80th percentile)
The doctor saw how Liam was moving around and told me he would be walking soon! Whew I better get ready for that, crawling is already wearing me out.