Liam’s Birthday

We had a great time on Liam’s birthday.  We went to Disneyland and had a big breakfast at Storyteller’s Cafe.  They have a delicious breakfast buffet there and Chip and Dale and all sorts of Disney woodland creatures mingle with the guests.  Liam was not a big fan of these costumed characters, though.

Liam’s favorite part was hanging out in Downtown Disney after breakfast.  He’d just started using his feet as his main mode of transportation, insisting on making mommy and daddy run after him even faster.

  Liam REALLY liked the fountain.  He tried several times to climb inside.

The following Saturday, lots of family came over to help us celebrate Liam’s first year!

We’re happy that so many were able to come, many from far away.

We barbecued hamburgers and hot dogs.

Liam opened lots of very fun gifts from many generous people!

He even got his very own little birthday cake!

And he managed to get some of it into his mouth, believe it or not…

Footnote:  redeye fixes were not done to any photos in this post.  This is not an omission.  It is proof of redeye.

One year.....

My how time flies! I know I have said it as each month passes by, but the time just seems to go zipping by at such a pace that I often am left reeling. How did one whole year pass already? How can my sweet little baby be entering toddler-hood? Liam has been the joy of our lives. He has brought such happiness and fun into our home. We feel so blessed to have been given this perfect little one to love and raise. I am so impressed with my sweet husband. He has grown into such a good father. I'm continually amazed at his patience. Liam is so much fun right now. He is sporting 8 little teeth and eats everything. He has just about given up on crawling all together and prefers to do his crazy zombie walk. His poor little shins are so bruised! He loves to blow kisses, point out his nose, tongue and everyone else's eyes (don't want to risk poking your own eye!) and put his hands on his head when you say "oh, no!" He loves music and dances to anything. It cracks me up to catch him dancing to some random commercial on TV. He is now 31 inches tall and weighs in at 20lbs, still tall and slim. What an amazing blessing he has been!

This is one of my favorite pics that I've taken of Liam. I love that he looks like a little doll propped on a bench. He was such a good boy!

If you look close you can see that he has 4 little teeth on the bottom!

What a ham! I've got him trained to look at me when I say "look at Mommy"

...well...as trained as a one year old can be!

Can't keep the boy out of the dirt.

Happy 1st Birthday Sweet Liam

Halloween

This year was Liam's first Halloween. We ended up going with a cowboy costume since it will do double duty for his rootin' tootin' cowboy birthday party. (You know, might as well get good use out of it!) And is was just so cute!!! Liam loved handing out candy at the ward trunk-or-treat the night before Halloween. On Halloween, Grandma Ruth and Grandpa Ray came over for dinner and then we went trick or treating to a few neighbor's homes. Liam had fun walking and knocking on doors (with is little knuckles!) So here are way too many pictures.

Love this one of Frank, Liam and Grandpa!