Liam: 2 yrs 4 months

Liam is turning into such a cute little boy.  I look at him all the time now, and am a little sad that he isn't our little baby boy anymore.  He has really caught onto reading other people's emotions, and displaying some of his own.  He not only will tell me that 'the baby Rowan' is crying, he has concern for her too.  Liam has gone from cold, to luke warm to fully warmed up to his little sister.  He just adores her, and loves to play with her.  He hugs and kisses her, and always is talking about her.  He has met and gone beyond our expectations of what a great older brother he would be!  One thing that he has been lacking, and we have been concerned about is he doesn't get a whole lot of socializing with other kids.  His only contact with other kids has been with his cousins.  When he gets around other people or kids, he just wants to run wild!  So we have taken him to a couple of gym classes to see how he liked it.  The first week we went to Gymcats, and he loved it!  He got to try a bunch of new stuff like walk on a balance beam, and slide into a foam pit, and climb a rock wall!  Then we went into the larger gym area and he got to hang from some rings, and a rope and jump on a trampoline.  The second week we took him to Little Gym.  He ran wild there too, but had a great time as well.  We ended up signing up with Gymcats because they are closer, and they also offer a shorter 7-week class commitment, which we like because summer is coming, and we'd like to do other things on that day.  Another big thing we did is sign him up for preschool in the fall.  The place is called Kids Village and it's very close to my work.  He will be in the Little Sprouts class, on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  One new thing that dad taught him to do this past month is to catch a ball.  He loves to toss a ball back and forth now.  He has also discovered that he likes to take a shower, and have dips with his food, like ketchup, bbq sauce and ranch dressing.  He also likes a bit of heat and/or flavor with his food. He likes the veggie buffalo wings now which are a bit on the hot side...we were pretty surprised! He constantly is amazing us with all the new things he is doing and learning!