Baby #2: 15 Weeks

So the little one is 15 weeks along this week, measuring about 4 inches long (head to rump) , and weighs in at about 2.5 oz., about the size of an apple. I am in my 2nd trimester now, and my energy level has definitely improved. The first several weeks, I was extremely tired, and could hardly get anything done. I'm glad I have my energy back because I really want to stay in better shape this time round. I have been pretty good about exercising and doing my yoga lately, which I think will help a lot. I was pretty good last time too, although we ended up moving about 1/2 way through and then I had no time or energy to keep it up. Anyway, there is not a whole lot to report as of yet...I am starting to show a little, and we are really excited to find out if the little one is a girl or boy in about a month.

Liam is 18 Months

Liam is now a year and 1/2!!  He continues to pick up new words all the time.  He will tell the dogs to 'down', or 'stay'. And he also has started to say 'Thank You'.  He was saying 'Dutch' for Thanks, but has started using 'Thank You' with the sign this past week.  He has also started to do a little dance when he's happy.  When he finds our shoes, he will bring them to us, and help us put them on.  He also likes to try them on himself and walk around.  Another cute thing he's been doing is making an elephant sound and putting his arm like a trunk when he sees a picture of an elephant.  He has also been getting more playtime on the main floor, and he just goes around like a little tornado (LT) getting into everything!  We still are working on getting it child proof, although we don't take our eyes off of him because he is extremely smart and creative especially when it comes to getting into trouble!

 

On the downside, it seems he has been teething.  His canine teeth have cut through, and it looks like his second set of molars are coming in too.  He has been a total grouch about getting into his highchair too.  We are not sure if this could be related to the teething, or just a phase he is going through, but it has been a little frustrating when we need to feed him.  Regardless of his grouchy moods at times, we still love him and wouldn't change him for the world!

comment by Gaylene on 07/03/2009 I love seeing kids with big shoes on, one of my favorite pictures!

comment by mom/grandma on 06/10/2009 I thought it was just me, he's been a pill about the high chair here too!

Our Big News!

We will be welcoming baby #2 on December 8th, which is a day after Liam's birthday. Although, if this one comes early too, it could be a November baby. The other day we asked Liam if he could say baby, and he pointed to my belly and said baby several times. It was sooo cute! We think the pointing to my belly was totally random, but we were still pretty impressed. Today marks the 13th week. I had a Dr's appointment yesterday, and he was able to find a strong heartbeat. So far so good. I was also able to schedule our next ultra sound for July 9th. This is when we will find out if it's a boy or girl. We are pretty excited for Liam to be a big brother! Stay tuned for more updates : )

Liam is 17.5 Months

Liam's social skills have really been blooming lately.  He has always scored the lowest in this area on the Dr's questionnaires, so we are thrilled to have him really developing these skills.  He is consistently saying bye to us when we leave, although it's more like 'Bah', it is so cute.  He also will give us kisses.  We say, can I have a kiss? And he will lean in and say 'mmmm' and give a little kiss!!  One of his new words lately has been 'phone', and he will pick up a toy or real phone and put it up to his ear and say 'hello', or what sounds like it anyway, then he will babble a conversation, and then say 'bah'.  It's really cute!  I know I've mentioned before that he LOVES ELMO, but I just have to say again that he REALLY LOVES ELMO.  He asks to watch him now, and we also found an Elmo movie on our Roku that really keeps his attention for a long time.  He also loves to splash in the water.  He kicks and splashes a ton in his bath.  We got him a water table for summer time, and he just LOVES to play, and splash until he is drenched.  At night time we will ask if he wants to go to bed, or go to sleep, and he will do part of the sign for it by putting his head to the side, and he smiles.  He just is so smart and cute, and we are so impressed with him all the time!

Liam is 17 Months

Here is a list of Liam's 17 most common words

Shoe

Kitty

Fish

Dada

Mama

Book

Bear

More

Please

Food

Elmo

Ball

Milk

Bottle

Coco

Fan

Gobble

Liam is 16.5 Months

Liam continues to surprise and amaze us.  He has really got the hang of the buttons on his toys.  He knows how to turn them on and off, turn the volume up and down, and how to switch it to Spanish.  He's also started to climb up on some of his toys, and he will stand on them and clap.  We had to take away a few of them so that he doesn't hurt himself falling.  He absolutely LOVES to be outside, and loves to explore.  He often gets bored of his play room, and wants to go explore elsewhere.  He will take our hand and lead us out of the room when he wants to leave.  He also LOVES his bath time, and even has asked for one, by saying 'bath' and doing the sign for it!!  I taught him to plug his nose if he has a stinky diaper.  So far, he will plug his nose if we ask him if he's stinky, he will do it even if he's not, but we still think it's funny!  He really seems to be picking up new words too.  His new word lately has been 'shoes'.  Our time with him is just flying by, and we just can't believe that he is nearly 1.5 years old already?!

Liam is 16 Months!

Liam is changing in leaps and bounds.  He has been a chatterbox lately and is 'talking' all the time, and starting to say new words, like 'fan'.  He likes the ceiling fans in our house, and wants them turned on most of the time.  If they are off, he will point to them, so we will turn them on.  He also likes to have cabinets and doors closed, and if they are open he will point to them and say 'uh-oh' until we close them.  He is also starting to use more signs that we have taught him.  Grandma taught him the sign for 'please' and he picked it up really quickly.  So we have been learning more signs this week, so we can teach him.

He also has started to use a spoon, although we tend to still feed him most of the time.  We also have to be careful how much food we put on his plate because he tends to stuff his mouth, and then has a hard time chewing.  For the past few months Mike has made us breakfast on Sunday mornings.  Liam loves the pancakes, hash browns and especially the veggie sausage!!  He asks for more of the sausage before he will eat anything else.  He also likes the OJ that we share with him.

He has also found his belly button, and thinks it is quite interesting.  He will also point to it if we ask him where it is.  He is just learning so quickly and we are really excited to be able to communicate better with him.....we often wish we could understand what he's saying, and know we will be able to soon.