Saturday, July 14, 2012

He's 1: In Photos

We had a great little party at Liam's Oma and Gomer's house.  How can you not have a party at the pool in July, in Texas?!

Liam's one.
He is full of personality.  He smiles a lot.  But he "screams" even more.  Hard to believe.
He loves food.  He loves his milk.  Sadly, we will run out of pumped milk in only a couple days.
He loved his party.  Loved the cake.  Loved the ball pit.
He got a kick out of his presents, but not opening them.  He had no interest.
He is walking.  He pulls on your clothes to tell you he wants you to pick him up.  He crawls super fast.  He loves the pool.

He's such a cool kid.









Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Don't Be Sad

Five nights ago I picked up my son right before I went to bed.  I've done it before, picked him up, that is.

I used to bring him out to the couch and sit with him, all snuggly and warm, just sleeping on my chest.  Bliss.
I can't bring him to the couch anymore since he doesn't stay asleep.
He sits up.
He looks around.
He looks at me.
He looks around again.
And then he smiles and buries his head in his blanket on my chest.

Back to five nights ago.
So I pick him up and sway back and forth.
I kiss his forehead.  I kiss his nose.
Sometimes he squirms.  Sometimes he snores.
This night, he snored.
Me?  I cried.

I'm about to have a 1 year old.  I promised I wouldn't "tell the story of his birth" when he turned 1.  Although, I probably will, in some way or another.  Maybe I'll revise my promise to say that I won't do it each year.
Anyways, yeah, I cried.

He's my baby.  We've come so far.
Through tears, screaming, sleepless nights, feeding struggles.  Days and weeks of what felt like torture.
All the way to smiles.  Giggles.  Laughs.  Belly laughs.  Growing into a chunky monkey.  Finally crawling.  Walking and almost running!

The tough times.  The joyous times.
His birth.  And now his birthday.

I wouldn't trade any of it for anything.  And yes, I will admit, the sleepless nights, I know they happened, I could search out my written reminders, but the joy we live through Liam, far outweighs those sleepless nights.

That's not to say that we're ready again.  Nope...
But we are ready to celebrate!!
Happy *almost* first birthday to our little guy.


Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

What?

What a boring blog design this month of July.

I'm totally uninspired.  It could have something to do with it being summer.  And being exhausted.  And just wanting to read fellow bloggers blog posts and wishing I was as creative with words as said fellow bloggers.

I digress.

Exciting things this month.
Liam turns 1 this month.  In 10 days.
Wonder if I will be inspired to write about his birth...one year later.

Stay tuned.