Oh Baby

In Mid-January my parents came to visit for a short little trip.  I’m always grateful when family makes the 6 hour drive to our house.    It was especially nice of my parents to come down since they drove down on Friday and went home on Sunday.  The visit was way to short but it was wonderful to have them for even a little time!  While they were here we met up with Frank’s parents and went to have a 4D ultrasound of our littlest one. It is always so amazing to watch the baby on the screen, moving and doing all his baby stuff.  This boy definitely likes to put his hands in his mouth…I’m thinking we are going to have another binky baby!  I was 26 weeks 4 days along when we did the ultrasound.  I was so wonderful to be able to share such a special moment with all the grandparents!  Can’t wait to meet this little guy.

 

Looking down, I think that’s his foot up by his chin!

 

 

I love this one!  He looks so much like Liam!  Love to see that little nose and mouth, so kissable!

 

No more photos, please.

 

 

 

Hand up to his face…again!

Naptime Drama

Liam has been FIGHTING naps lately.  He still REALLY needs them!  He is a grumpy mess by dinner time when he skips nap and then has a horrible, fussy night from being so overly tired. It makes it really hard for me.  I have gotten to the point in this pregnancy where sleep is not that comfortable, I just can’t find many comfortable positions,  and then add a fussy kid to the mix and I get very little sleep at night!  So I need my afternoon nap too! Liam is just too smart.  I have tried everything….cuddling in the recliner together, cuddling in bed, sleeping on the couch, blankets on the floor, bribes, promises of treats and fun activities, and finally the threat of a mean, grumpy Mommy.  This week he has seen “mean Mommy” more than once.  I get so frustrated at times, this Mommy thing is really hard.  But today after we had struggled and struggled I decided, if the little booger was going to be awake then we were going to do something that I wanted to do.  I have been trying to improve my indoor, natural light photography skills.   With a new baby to take pictures of I have been scoping out the light and options in my home.  So today I made an impromptu mini studio and had my “non-napper” be my model. Ha!  Take that one kiddo!

 

 

 

Doesn’t that look say, trouble!

 

 

 

 

 

 

It’s hard to stay upset at him for too long!  But please, Liam boy,

Take. A.Nap!

Monday Morning…..

Since I have been off work, Liam and I have been spending a lot of time together.   It has been wonderful.  I have never been home so much with him, NEVER!  I feel like it is a blessing to be able to spend so much time together before the new baby joins our family.  I have to admit that days on end with a 3 year old can get challenging at times.  Some days I cherish nap time!  But this time that Liam and I get to spend together is so special.  He is my big boy, my sweet helper, my nap time cuddle bug.  Here’s just a few pictures of Liam in the morning light.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Love you, Sweet boy!

Christmas and all the trimmings

This year we went up to my parents house for Christmas.  Liam was a little concerned about how Santa would know where to find us.  He wanted to make sure that Santa knew where to deliver his “choo-choo train”.  Since Christmas was on a Sunday this year we got to wake up and go to church with Grandma and Grandpa then came home to find that Santa had visited while we were away! Liam was soooo excited when he walked in and saw all the gifts.

 

Christmas morning….still waiting for Santa to come after church

 

Home from church and Santa has visited!!!  The boys looking so handsome in their church clothes!  I’m not so sure Spencer enjoyed sitting with Liam!

Liam’s fake smile!  He was waiting so patiently for presents.

 

Just one of the many gifts!  Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Liam has new pants!  No more high waters!

While we were up visiting my parents we took an evening to go look at the lights and beautiful decorations that they put up at Gilroy Gardens.  We got there around 4pm and froze our buns off!  The boys were in so many layers of clothes they could barely put their arms down.  That cold damp air chills you to the bone!

The boys chilling!

Auntie Darshan and Uncle Kyle

 

It’s tough to hang on to your pony with big mittens on! 

Handsome boy with the pretty lights

 

 

Uncle Jay, Spencer and Auntie Marcy

That is one “cold” kid!

When we got back to Southern Cali we met up with Grandma Ruth, Grandpa Ray, Uncle Michael and Jackie and had our SoCal Christmas.  Liam scored a super cool construction set with a remote controlled dump truck from Grandma and Grandpa.  Super fun!

 

Some assembly required!  Look at the concentration. 3 generations of Ellett’s

 

This has been hours of fun!

Liam’s first trip to the Dentist

In mid-December we took Liam to the dentist for the first time.  Liam is usually  very good boy at the doctor’s office but I was a little worried how he would do with someone poking around in his mouth.  For weeks we practiced.  After brushing his teeth we would “play dentist” and Mommy would check all Liam’s teeth.  He did AWESOME!!!  He sat very still, listened to the hygienist and followed instructions.  He was such a big boy!  I hope I didn’t annoy the dental hygienist too much by taking so many photos but I was so proud of my big guy.  And the best news…..he had no cavities!  Good job Liam Boy!

All ready to start.  He got to watch as I had my teeth cleaned so he knew what to expect.

 

 

Liam loved the little sucker straw thing.  I love that you can see his big smile in the next picture after he got to use the sucker (I’m sure that’s not the name of it!)

Good job big boy!

The Hunt

Since Liam is still little we decided that we would get a short tree to put up on the table again this year.  We checked it out and found a Christmas Tree Farm not too far from our house.  It was so much fun to go out, walk through the trees and then pick one to take home.  I love having a real tree!  Sure, they are messy and you have to remember to water them, but nothing makes a house feel more like Christmas than the scent of a Christmas tree.

 

We found our tree!  Perfectly trimmed and so nice and green!

I was about 20 weeks pregnant here

The nice lady at the Farm gave Liam a pair of antlers.  He was so thrilled!

They cut the trees down for you at this farm.  The guy that cut ours was so nice and offered to let Liam help (even though it slowed him way down).