Trio

Every night Annika and I sing twinkle star and abcs to Liam. Tonight,
he joined us on both songs and it was adorable :)

After we closed the door and stopped singing, we smiled at each other
and heard Liam giggle in his crib.

Steve

No Problems

Liam has had a flurry of new little behaviors today.

This evening Liam was turning the lights in his room on and off. He
said "turn on, no problems!" I asked him who taught him to say "no
problems" and he said "daddy." hmmm.

I asked "what time is it?" and without hesitation, or consulting a
clock, Liam said "2 o'clock." If it had actually been 2, I would have
been really impressed!

Liam can now turn on the tv and DVD player, put in a DVD, and press
the right buttons on the remote to get the DVD playing. He uses his
step stool to access the remotes on the shelf. We are now in real
trouble.

Steve

The Negotiator

Daddy: Can I buy applejuice?
Liam: uh-huh
Daddy: How much does it cost?
Liam: 2
Daddy counts off and hands over 2 pretend dollars
Liam: One more
Daddy: What!? I thought it cost 2!
Liam: Two more.

Rough negotiation! I quickly paid the 2 more before the price went up
again!

Steve

Mess Up

After helping Mommy paint these Sesame Street characters, one of whom
was stepped on by the cat, Liam said:

"Cookie otay, Oscar otay, Elmo otay, Abby Dabby otay, Big Bird otay,
Ernie otay, Bert otay, Drover mess up."

Already an art critic. :)

Steve

Where's Liam?

Can you find Liam in each of these photos?

Tumble Bumble and the snow

A couple of weeks ago, we started "acting out" Liam's bedtime stories. One particular book he enjoys is Tumble Bumble. Soon, he was telling us that he also wanted to participate in the acting. We used to perform this with all of us acting, but it turns out he stole the whole show.



In other news, we had another Washington winter wallop. Here are some pics. Liam did not really enjoy the snow even though his Daddy made him a snow maze.

Radical Dude

Liam loves wearing these old 80's sunglasses. I think its a good look for him :)

Recently, Liam started "calling" us in the same way he "calls" the dog: "Mommy, come!" He occasionally even adds in some hand claps or clicks to hurry us along if we delay. We're slowly getting him to at least modify it to: "Mommy, come... please." He says it so cheerfully and it's hilarious (even when he's "calling" me).