Liam 1 year!

Liam is now 1 year old.  Wow, it's hard to believe.  It's so cliché to say, "where does the time go"...but man, where did our baby go??

Liam can now:
1)Walk! At least take 8-10 steps and stand up on his own in the middle of the room.  I've even seen him bend down and pick something up and start walking again.

2) Points at things that he wants and says..."da"... Of course when he isn't allowed to have the thing he wants, or if we don't quite understand what he wants, he will start saying "da" louder and louder, but he doesn't really whine so much...yet.

3) Started daycare with Margit.  It has gone amazingly well for him.  The first 2 weeks he would cry when we handed him off, but within 30 seconds he was fine again and ready to play.  The past few weeks he hasn't cried at all at dropoff and just starts playing.  He seems to enjoy his new friends and eats and sleeps well at Margit's.

4) Down to 2 naps a day...sometimes only 1.  Liam usually gets up between 5:30 and 6am and then needs a morning nap, but sometimes if we bring him into the living room when he wakes up early, he will fall asleep again until 6:45 or so, and then he has actually skipped his morning nap and then just slept from 12-2:30/3.

5) Wants to use a fork when eating,  He will point and talk at my fork for awhile, and when we give him his own, he will try and actually suceeds many times, to pick up food on his fork and put it into his mouth.

6) Liam loves to put big and small things inside boxes, shoes, containers, etc.  So for his birthday he got a big basin you can fill with balls and then in the corners there are different places you can put the balls. He loves it!

7) Tries to keep up with his big brothers more and more...wanting to be where they are, following them around and trying to get involved in their activities.

8) Turned forward facing in the car.  It's cute to look back at him and the whole line of boys in the backseat.  Liam still seems to be fine with driving in the car and doesn't fuss so much about it.

9) Like so be where people are, but also likes to explore on his own and now we will go into different rooms and look around.

10) On top of walking, Liam has learned to climb, on everything! He climbs on boxes, chairs - especially his high chair, stools etc.  He was actually able to climb up on to the kitchen table the other day...scary!

10) Measures in at 76 cm.

We are having a bigger birthday party for him during our fall break, when my Dad and Liz are here, so we are looking forward to that.  But on his actually birthday I took the day off and spent the morning playing in the living room, letting him explore and be curious.  After dinner we had birthday brownies and icecream and sang to him.  Silas and Benjamin were so excited to get to celebrate Liams birthday and they told their classmates about it all day!

We all love Liam so much and are so happy to have him in our lives!

Happy Birthday Liam

Climbing

Our boys!