Things are changing...

And I don't like it!!!!  Not one bit.  The first year of Liams' life was pretty laid back once we got past the first 6 weeks of the breast milk crisis.  Everyone commented often on just how laid back Liam was.  I would smile and say, "I know, God gives you what you can handle and I can't handle much so I prayed for both my boys to have their Father's disposition."

Well, that was then and this is now.  Liam has decided that he has an opinion about pretty much everything.  And in his world, that encompasses food, play time and sleep.  The sleep is managed pretty well for the most part.  But, the food thing and play thing is getting a little crazy.  If he doesn't want something he lets me know about it by screaming, pointing at what he DOES want, pushing things out of his way or spitting it out of his mouth.  Lovely.  Yesterday Jude tried to take something away from him and Liam tried to bite Jude.  What?

I think he is going through some type of new developmental stage or something.  He desperately wants to walk and can't, and he wants to talk so badly.  Poor guy, he just doesn't realize that he can't do the things that everyone else in his world is already doing!   How frustrating is that?  But I have to be honest, if he screams or pushes my hand away while I'm feeding him just one more time, I may officially lose my mind!

Getting Old

There are no pics for this post, just a quick little something from Jude.  Yesterday we were sitting down eating (something I have decided we do WAY too much of lately - 7-10 times a day? Come on!) and I asked Jude if I was old because I was feeling a little out of it mentally and very tired. He said, "no."  I asked, "Really?  I don't act old or look old?" His reply, "Really.  You don't.  No. No. No." I was feeling pretty good about this so I asked him, "Do we know anyone that is old?" His quick response was, "God!"  Tee hee hee.  I love it!  I was laughing so hard I forgot all about being old.  I thank God for kids and their honesty; it keeps me on my toes.

Random

Really?  Does it get any sweeter than this?  I had to wake Liam up yesterday morning to keep him on his schedule and this is what I found upon opening the door.  I love this little guy.  He's so cute with his paci and all snuggled up with his lovies.
We had community dinner at a friend's Dad's house the other night and his garden was full of beautiful flowers.  Above is a small sampling.  Lucky me, I got to take some home!
Jude is officially going pro!  He has the jersey, NBA cuffs and headband and an official ball.  Now if he could just get his lay up down and grow 4 feet or so!
Walking to the park on Monday turned out to be more adventurous than we planned.  Jude wanted to take us to the "new" park and on the way he was playing with a chain link fence rather than watching where he was going and tripped over a big rock.  I was ahead of him with Liam, but when I heard the hollow thud, I locked Liam's wheels and ran to get my big baby!  It was so scary.  I thought for sure he had split his head open.  Thankfully, the Lord has blessed him with one seriously hard noggin!  He came away with lots of tears, a scraped nose and big lump and raspberry on his forehead.  My poor guy.  I can still hear the noise in my head and it makes me sick to my stomach!  I guess when you're four it doesn't occur to you to put your hands in front of you rather than falling directly onto your face!

Texas Summer = HOT

As the heat index rises and it becomes increasingly more miserable to be outside, the pool at Gramma's club is the only place that really provides relief.  Liam loves the water and Jude loves it too as long as he stays in the little pool!
It's fun to watch the boys play together and have so much fun with one another.  For Jude's birthday we all went to the pool.  Jude and Daddy tried to attack Mommy and Gramma with water guns but with some quick thinkin' on Gramma's part we drenched them!  It was awesome!  Once the boys figured out that Girls really do RULE and boys drool, they decided to play some water football.
"Bird."  One of Liam's favorite things to do while eating lunch at the club is to point out all of the birds.  It's so cute.

Funny Memories...

Tee hee hee. I came across these photos while looking for some others and just laughed.  Hope you enjoy them too.

Grandma Pat celebrating her birthday years ago.  Looking good!  I love the hat.  Too bad we didn't get to keep it.

The direction from the photographer was "make funny faces."  I love the end result.  We took this in October while staying at Heather's lakehouse.  Liam was sleeping, finally.  It was a rough weekend for the poor little guy.  Thanks to Julia for rocking him for 2 hours and GG for singing him a song.

Brotherly Love

Splish Splash at the waterpark with Community Group girls. The water was super cold and it was a breezy 74 degrees.  There was a lot of teeth chattering going on!
Look what Gramma did to us.  I swore I would never put my kids in the same stuff, but Jude loves it.  What's a Mommy to do?
Ma followed suit with matching basketball uniforms.  Again, Jude loves it. Can you feel the love here?  These boys are so smitten with one another and I am smitten with them. I love, love, love my boys. Is it just me, or do their feet look enormously out of proportion here?  They are HUGE!

Happy Birthday Liam!

Liam's birthday was a total blast.  The cupcake didn't go over so well at first.  I think he thought it was a toy. Then once he got a taste is was all over - a face plant right into the cupcake, eat your way out kind of bliss!  Following was a quick scrub down in the kitchen sink.  

I thought I would do a little first year of life run down... Liam has 6 teeth, can crawl, pull himself up to a standing position, say "Mama", "Dada", "Bubba" for brother, "nigh nigh" for night night, "moah" for more and "ball."  Ball these days pretty much means anything that is round from grapes to lights to actual balls, including Bakugan balls much to my dismay.

The best thing is that he and his brother love each other VERY much.  Yesterday we spent that latter portion of the afternoon playing in Liam's room laughing, hugging, reading and lots of other stuff.  He and Jude just look at each other and laugh.  They make faces at one another all the time and Jude just dotes on his baby.  I am the most blessed woman in the world.