Liam is 2 years!

This last month has been quite eventful for the whole family...it started off with Liam's early birthday party in November.  Then shortly after that we had to say goodbye to our dear friend, Sequoia.  He calls her 'Carsi', and he surprised us with how aware he was that she was gone.  When we got back from the vets, he pointed to the car and said 'Carsi gone'. The next several times he was in the car he would say that too.  He recognizes her in her pictures, and we hope that he will always have a good memory of her.  The next big event in November was the arrival of Liam's little sister Rowan Kendall.  She was born on the 26th, Thanksgiving Day.  He's not quite sure what he thinks of her yet, but he has been slowly warming up to her.  His first reaction was kinda funny.  He was not allowed to visit her in the hospital because of the H1N1 flu this year, so the first time he saw her was at our house.  I was sitting on our bed, and he opened the door excited to see me...he saw her, and promptly shut the door.  It took him several days to touch her foot.  After a few weeks, he has comforted her, and pointed and touched her eyes, nose, mouth etc., but overall he really is rather ambivalent about her.  I'm sure with time, and her growing and becoming more playful, he will be more interested in her.  This month he has really decided he is not really interested in Elmo anymore, and he really likes Curious George and Thomas the Tank Engine.  He can't get enough of 'Georgie', and always asks to watch him.  One cute word that he's been saying lately is 'Begeena'.  It is his word for blanket, and we have no idea where the word came from, but we thought it was cute.  He likes to have his 'Begeena' on him in the car.  He has also started to like to be tucked in with his blanket at nap time, and bed time.  A couple of frustrating habits he has acquired as of late has been ignoring us.  It is as if he is completely deaf.  He also has been spitting, which is a habit we'd like to kick real fast. Since I've been on maternity leave, I have been home with him all day, so I have started to give him 'time out'.  I am not sure he quite gets it yet, and I have to 'hold' him in place, but we are hopeful with time and consistency that it will start to work.  We froze some of Liam's birthday cake from his party, so today, his actual birthday he got some cake to enjoy.  He is growing into such a cute and smart little boy, and we hope to enjoy many more birthdays with him!  Happy 2 years 'Little Man'!