Mommy's finger, the human teething ring

Lately, Liam has been drooling and chewing on his fingers a lot. I think he may be in the very begining stages of teething. Although he may not get his first tooth for another month or so he sure is showing signs of it now. This is a pictire of him earlier as he chewed on my index finger for at least 5 minutes.

Liam Pics

We took advantage of an absolutely beautiful afternoon and grabbed some pics with Liam on our back deck. We love you little man!

Thank You Sharon for my Bumbo Chair!

Liam is just now getting strong enough to hold his head up to sit in his bumbo chair. Sharon is Brandon's sister in law and she got this for Liam. I sat him in it just long enough to get these pics.
Thank you Sharon. I can tell this will be a big hit with Liam! :)

Bye Georgia. We will miss you.

Earlier this month, Bill and I decided to hire a part time nanny to care for Liam when my mom wasn't available. We loved her and more importantly, Liam loved her. We just found out that Georgia will be moving back to Jacksonville where she is from. This post is for Georgia. Thank you so much for caring for Liam and for allowing me to relax while I was at work knowing he was with you! :) It meant a LOT. Now, if we can only find another Nanny like you. Oh, and thanks for all the laundry you did too. I still can't fold his clothes like you did! :)

Liam Pics

Napping with Lola.

Liam has recently learned to start holding his toys. This rattle was a gift from Sister Rosemary. A nun and dear friend of my Mom's. She will be visiting in April along with Sister Laura.

My two favorite guys watching the Inauguration.

Just getting back from a trip and playing with his "mini me" :)

Bath Time, he looks like a baby girl here dont ya think? :)

Whats going on?

Not much actually. Bill is in Atlanta, doing his annual recurrent training. He will be home tonight. I am absolutely loving only working two days a week now. Can't tell you how much it means to be to be able to spend so much time with Liam at home. Liam is growing like a weed. I've never seen a happier baby. He wakes up, he's smiling. He goes to sleep, he's smiling. He's eating (I kid u not), he's smiling. You may not think so, but right in the middle of eating (or drinking I should say) he sometimes pauses to smile at me. So cute! My mom told me yesterday he's the happiest baby she's ever seen. She said the reason he's such a happy baby is because he is so loved. It made sense, and I believe her. Bill has recently submitted a bid to fly the bigger Jet that ASA has in their fleet. It looks identical to the one he flies now, only larger. It is a CRJ-700. We are waiting to see if it was awarded to him or not. Should find out any day now. I have a few more photos to post from my phone but for some reason they are not transferring over to my email properly. O well, I will try to get them up soon.

Here Ya Go Tita Ria. Liam Pics. :)

Bill put his glasses on Liam. Too funny.

He's like "mom, please stop making look like a fool" :)

Lola put Liam in her pile of laundry that needed folded. He liked it, he was laughing.

Game day. Go Gators!

GO GATORS!!

Two National Championship titles in the last three years,,,,,, pretty impressive!

Long time no post?

Yeah, It's been a while. Bill has had a very busy month so far, and it's only the 9th. I have also had a very busy month being a mommy. Liam is growing like a weed and now weighs almost 16 lbs! What a big boy. He recently discovered how fun it is to chew on his hands, he enjoys it to the point of gaging himself. Sounds fun huh? Poor thing doesn't know when to stop. I think he must be going thru a 12 week growth spurt right now. For the last two days he has been eating every2-3 hrs. He normally goes 4 hrs between feedings. The "book" says this is normal and temporary. We'll see. Let's see. What else? My dad is doing better and better every day. I can't tell you the feeling we all get when we hear him say a new word or sentence that he hasn't been able to say since his stroke in November. He is speaking full sentences at times and actually holding small conversations. He will continue his speech therapy for now. He's come a long way. Thank you to all who have prayed for him. It's been proven that prayer works. That's it for now. Till next time!

Past Due, Pics from Christmas Day

I know I'm a little late, but at least I'm trying to get caught up here. These pics are from Chrsitmas day at Bill's dad and Debbie's house. We literally took 362 pics that I really did not have enought time to do thru all of them. That's why It's taken me so long to post anyway, I didnt know where to begin. So, here are a few to start with.


What's Christmas day without a little Rockband huh?

The third and final celebration of the day. What a busy day that was. Fun, but very busy. First we watched Matthew open all his presents from from Santa and his mom and Dad. Then when Bill's brother Tom came over, we did Christmas again with him. Then Debbie's mom and sister and their families came over and we did Christmas again. Whew!

Mr. and Mrs. Claus. Thanks for all our great gifts! :)

Bill Sr. and his boys,
and one of his girls Troon.

Ok, that's it for now. I still have pics to come of our visit with one of Bill's dear friends David and Kelly and some to come of our Yankee Christmas with the Smith/Santos families, what a flippin riot that was. I am seriously laughing at the thought!!