Farts

Random blurbs before I forget to jot them down (and who knows when my next REAL post will be these days?)

Double-fisting

Liam farts and laughs at himself. I'm sure he does this because we laugh out loud when he does it. What can I say? Farting is funny! Yesterday, he farted, we looked at him and he laughed, then we laughed, and then he said "fart, fart, fart" after that. More laughing. Then I made a fart sound with my mouth and he imitated me as well as adding his own exaggerated "fart-move" - a move I can try to describe as sticking his butt out behind him leading into a pelvic thrust that causes him to jump and sometimes fall over. Imagine that with his version of the fart-sound. Makes me so proud!

Liam wears a size 8 shoe. I've had him in size 6 for the longest time. He also still loves to wear his 5.5s sometimes! We took him to get some new kicks this past weekend and had the Stride Rite person measure his little fat feet. I guess when you have chunky feet and stand on them, the extra foot fat expands and adds to the shoe size! haha We tried 8s on him but they made him look like a clown. Not to mention, the shoes were really clunky. He loved them though - they were shoes with light up fire trucks! Maybe next time. We ended up getting him some 7.5s. Hopefully they'll last a while.

I will have to find some dress shoes for him this October (as well as buy a toddler tux!) -- Liam will be a ring bearer in my cousin's wedding on October 1! I'm so excited and nervous at the same time. I doubt this kid will walk down the aisle - I'm picturing him either standing like a deer in headlights, overwhelmed by all the people looking at him, or throwing a tantrum. I'm thinking it will end up being myself or Joel (probably me) holding him and walking down the aisle.

Happy 4th!

18 months

Getting together with friends - Kazia, Scarlett, Caroline and Liam

At Davis' superhero birthday party!

Sharing his milk with Bacchus

Kisses for Scarlett!

Pretending like he was about to eat the rock he was holding

In a cute fedora at Old Navy

I've neglected this blog for a while now. I've been so busy and tried from all sorts of work - not just the day job. I miss sleep.

Anyway, I guess I can go over the things I can remember over the past few weeks...

Liam had his 18-month check up a couple weeks ago. He seems to be right where he needs to be in this stage of toddler-hood. He got a shot this time and didn't cry again, but he did fuss when the nurse asked me to hold him down while she administered it. That kid just doesn't like to be held down for anything. He won't sit still or stay in one spot for longer than a minute. I can't remember what else they told me, but everything seemed normal and good. His stats were: 33.5" Height (75-85%), 29lb 14oz (95-98%) and 19" head circumference (75%). Still growing!

Some notable developmental things:

- Liam is talking up a storm these days. He is forming his own sentences now from words he has learned. Like, "Get green ball" or "Marshmallow please mama". It's really amazing. He will try to mimic long phrases that we say, but will usually end up sounding like a mumbled interpretation. He also knows and can say a ton of words. He knows just about all the animals (and animal sounds) and vehicles on his flashcard sets. He can identify a football, soccer ball, baseball, golf ball and basketball from each other. He knows blue, green, red, yellow, purple and pink... but he will initially say that everything is blue before even looking at the item.

- Liam can say his name now! Although it sounds more like "mee-um" or sometimes he will stick his tongue out to make the "L" sound, but sounds more like "luhum" (one syllable). L's are pretty tricky at this age!

- He is also getting very picky with food. He will only take a few bites of something during each meal and refuse any more. But to make up for it, he is drinking a lot of milk at least! It doesn't seem like he's starving, so I try not to worry too much.

- He is starting to wean himself off the before-bedtime milk sippy. It has been a part of his routine since we even started a bedtime routine. We offer him the cup while getting ready for bed. He used to drink the entire thing and sometimes asks for more. But recently, he's just been taking a couple sips and giving it back. Good for us, so we don't have to try to brush his teeth right before he passes out anymore!

- We broke out the potty chair for him to try. Of course we are not expecting him to start using it anytime soon, but I figure if it's there, he can try to figure it out. We keep it in the bathroom and sometimes I let him come in with me if I have to do a #1. He'll open his seat up and sit on it and say "peepee, poopoo" and then get up and flush the big toilet (before I am done). So he knows what it is for... he's just not ready to use it.

- He's still wearing some 18 month clothes, but his wardrobe consists of mainly 2T. He's wearing a size 6 shoe. I need to get him new shoes. He is also still in size 5 diapers, and size 6 overnight dipes.

Checking out the flowers with his best buddy, Uncle Mark

Getting ready for the train ride around City Island

We just got back from a fun and relaxing weekend visiting Joel's Aunt Lisa and Uncle Mark in PA (a short 2 hour drive). We chilled at their house most of the time, but we also got to visit a cool playground and a place called City Island which was a little island with a ballpark, putt-putt golf, trail around the perimeter, among other neat attractions. We got to ride a train that went all around the island. Liam seemed to enjoy it. He was also VERY well behaved for us during the whole trip. No meltdowns or anything. He even slept well through the night. He loved Uncle Mark and gladly read books and played with him, even without either Joel or I in the same room! Amazing!

I posted plenty of photos up from the past few weeks, feel free to check them out.