Here’s another pictorial roundup:
Some good shots in the kitchen with Mo:
His new move:
An ad for Coke if I’ve ever seen one:
Happy boy:
Talking with his Gran:
Liam’s new favorite place to try pulling up:
I swear, he does have other shirts…
Author: Shannon
Liam Makes A New Friend
Yesterday morning, Liam made a new friend. The story of this meeting goes something like this…
Liam crawls under the breakfast table where his mother and grandfather are eating breakfast.
Liam reaches the other side of the table where there is a game of Scrabble and a dictionary in a pile on the floor.
Liam’s mother knows that these are the only things on the floor on the other side of the table, but decides to stand up and make absolutely sure there’s nothing Liam can eat.
Liam’s mother stands up and sees Liam playing with his new friend and screams and jumps around like a little girl.
Liam’s grandfather nearly knocks down two chairs trying to get to Liam as his mother is too busy screaming and hopping up and down.
Liam’s grandfather gets Liam but fails to reach Liam’s new friend.
Liam’s new friend changes course and goes towards Liam’s mother, which only makes her scream more shrilly and jump higher.
Liam’s grandfather nearly throws Liam at his mother as he chases Liam’s new friend.
Liam learns a hard life lesson from his new friend as Liam’s grandfather smashes his friend to bits.
Liam’s mother stops screaming and decides that a reenactment is just the thing:
More Pictures
Here are some more pictures from yesterday. I think they’re pretty self-explantory:
Roundup
Here’s a general pictorial roundup of the things we’ve captured so far.
A rare shot of Liam sleeping on the ride down:
A rare shot of Liam in a good mood on the ride down:
Just after being released from his car seat prison:
Trying on his new hat:
Eating like a champ (during the time we’ve been here he’s gone from eating a little bit at one meal regularly to eating a lot at three meals…I just hope all the clothes we just bought him will fit!):
Exhibiting his newfound crawling prowess:
Just being cute in general (and showing off what happens to very sensitive skin when sunscreen is applied over and over…):
My favorite close-up since getting the new camera:
Another cute close-up:
First ice cream experience (you can’t tell from the picture, but he really enjoyed it):
With Mo, Mom, & Dad outside Big Olaf’s (Granny would be proud!):
With Granddaddy outside the Beach Bazaar:
Oh, no! Are they putting me in this thing again?
Roughhousing with Daddy and Mama:
Little baby, big balloon:
Happy 85th birthday, Mo!
First haircut (he hated it):
Well–I think that’s it for now. I probably won’t have time to post again until we’re home and Matt can help with Liam, but we’ll see!
The Poop
I’m a little concerned that I’m being followed. You see, when I used to go running in Morningside, there was this dog. I never actually saw this dog, but I did see the ‘results’ of his presence quite regularly in the middle of the sidewalk. I just couldn’t understand how anyone could let their dog lay a load in the middle of the sidewalk and then not clean it up. I finally came to the conclusion that this was an ownerless dog and that he roamed the neighborhood freely relieving him(or her)self all over the place. I regret to report that this phantom wandering neighborhood dog has followed us to our new house. I’m sure he (let’s just go with that pronoun since we know that no self-respecting woman would do that) has been letting loose out on the streets since we moved, but I was very pregnant for a very long time and then I was completely exhausted from the process of becoming unpregnant for a very long time so I didn’t have the energy to roam the neighborhood. Because I have been convinced to run the half-marathon on Thanksgiving I am roaming the neighborhood streets quite regularly and I’m here to tell you that our friend has returned. Every day he leaves a new gift and I spend the first full loop of each run looking to see what he’s marked since the previous run. There’s always evidence of his presence and unfortunately it never rains anymore. Forget the plants and Lake Lanier, the real crisis is the poop buildup on our streets.
Do phantom dogs respond to restraining orders?
6 Minutes:
That’s as long as I could watch the Atlanta Press Club Debate that was on tonight before we had to turn it off because Matt was afraid my head might explode.
Dear UPS,
I find it extremely helpful that you just called me to let me know that I would be receiving a package tomorrow for which I will need to sign. I also find it helpful that I can’t change the delivery options until there have been several attempts to deliver the package. What I find the most helpful, however, is the fact that you gave me a time frame in which to expect said package. In case you have forgotten that time frame is 8am-7pm. This will work well for me because I simply don’t have anything else to do during those hours. Lastly, when you come it would make my day if you’d ring the doorbell and wake my sleeping son. I love that.
Thanks so much.
Love,
Shannon
Dear Liam,
I am impressed with your newfound ability to move freely about on your own terms. I am also (and have always been) impressed with your ability to vomit large quantities of anything that might be in your stomach without any warning (and more often than not, with a smile). More impressive still is your ability to pull a vomit sneak attack and do it on the fly, leaving a puddle for us to find later in (sometimes very unpleasant) different ways. So it would stand to reason that I am most impressed with your ability to combine your talents and pull a vomit sneak attack while crawling leaving an impressive trail of vomit throughout the living room. Now I know for sure that you are destined for genius.
Love,
Mama
Congratulations Are In Order!
My brilliant husband just called to say that he passed the first test that’s necessary to get the certification he’s going for. There are two required tests for the first level of certification and the test he just took was the one that he felt would be the hardest, mainly because the applications he was being tested on weren’t things he uses very often. His plan is to take the second test required for certification as soon as he can, take a break for a while and then move on to the second level of certification. If this is hard to understand, I apologize. I have had to ask Matt no fewer than 3 times in the last couple of weeks to explain it to me, so at least you’re not alone if you don’t quite get it. If you do get it, congratulations to you, you’re smarter than I am (this is not as big a deal as I wish it were) but the real congratulations should go to Matt!
He’s Slowly Remembering
Liam is getting better at the crawling thing. Last night Matt and I watched as he crawled about 6 feet to get to the vacuum cleaner cord across the room. It appears that all we need to do to get him crawling regularly is cover the house in potential hazards and he’ll get the hang of it right away!