Party Time!

It was our little friend Ava's first birthday on Saturday and although Liam wasn't really into the hat, he had a great time eating mini hotdogs in blankets and cake. Lots of cake. I am pretty sure at one point he licked someone else's cake because after dissapearing for a few minutes, he re-appeared with frosting on his check. I wonder if anyone noticed tiny little fingerprints on their piece. Or perhaps one big lick mark? Anyway, there were lots of kids there including 10-year old Joe who was super nice to Liam and 6 year old Anna who Liam tried to kiss several times. Of course she wanted nothing to do with that. Best of all, Liam got to play with Ava and her cool toys when all the other kids went home.

The Easter Bunny Gets Around

This being the first Easter Liam could really enjoy, we did it up big. On Saturday morning, I took him to an Easter egg hunt in the Navy Yard for all the kids in town. We got there 10 minutes late to discover that all the eggs had already been picked up by a stampede of kids. Liam had no idea that there were supposed to be eggs in the first place so he didn't mind a bit. He was just happy to be carrying his basket and running around outside with it. Later, while we were waiting in line to get a balloon, a little girl gave him one of her eggs and Liam tried to kiss her. Ladies man!



Easter morning Liam was up at an ungodly hour so by 6 am he was already looking for Easter eggs...




Later on we went to visit cousins in Worcester and Chelmsford for two more Easter egg hunts. Liam and Luke both wore their new madras pants. Liam got a toy remote control dog that barks and walks - he thinks it is the greatest thing ever invented!

3 months

Yesterday was Luke's 3-month birthday. I don't know precisely how big he is but I can tell you he is way too big for the stupid 1-2 diapers I bought at Costco. They are supposed to be good up to 15 lbs but either they lie or Luke is ginormous. (He's wearing some 6-9 month clothes.) The damn diapers won't even stay closed around his tummy. I had to give 2/3 of the box away and bought a giant box of Huggies today. The Huggies are supposed to be good up to 18 lbs so I'm crossing my fingers we can finish this box before he outgrows them as well.


Luke is the easiest baby ever. He rarely cries and when he does its only to say he is hungry and then his lower lip comes up - its wicked cute. Is it wrong to laugh at one's baby when they are crying? Seriously though, he's so good. Last night I fed him at 9:30 pm and he woke up at 5:30 this morning and only because Liam was making a racket. The last few days he has been absolutely ravenous, so much so that if he continues like that, I may have to put him on the bottle. It's pretty draining to nurse him for an entire hour and then have him starving again an hour and a half later. Hopefully its only a growth spurt.

Luke is defintely the sucker of the two boys. Liam was not into a pacifier after the first month or so. Luke LOVES his pacifier and recently found that his hand works well too.

Ringo!

Forget the piano - drums are way cooler!

The drums are actually Liam's bath toys (they float) but somehow they have made their way to the living room. Speaking of baths, the week of crying in them has passed. Still much sobbing at the gym nursery though but with a laugh or two through the tears. This is progress!

Liam was 18 months old yesterday and had his check-up today. He's 26 lbs and 32 inches tall. I think at 2 years old, you can double their height and get a rough estimate of adult height. I suspect Liam might not be a 6-footer.