THANKSGIVING DINNER

Liam had a seat next to his soon-to-be cousin after Thanksgiving Dinner. The baby shower for Caitlin is coming up in early December.

FRONT TO BACK

Liam had his first rollover this week. Nothing too special about it but he did rollover 4 or 5 more times that night. I guess once you start rolling it's hard to stop.

He went from his belly to his back each time and came close to going to other way but couldn't quite make it.

The best part about all of this is that he is now very capable of rolling off his changing table if we forget to buckle him in. Can't wait for the massive guilt I'll be able to carry the first time I let him roll his way into danger!

MOUSE EARS

At Disneyland the smallest size ears, called INFANT, would fit around Liam's head twice. They must assume you wouldn't really be carrying an infant around the park. He still likes them.

ELECTION DAY

No mandatory naptime!

Two pacifiers in every room!

No bathtub peeing restrictions!

More breastmilk for everyone!

BREAKFAST

Unfortunately Liam's cute habit of sticking out his tongue is just not that helpful when it comes to eating breakfast. There is a constant duel between the tongue and spoon that really does remind me of a sword fight.

BEARS ON HALLOWEEN

I thought I had read somewhere that the male polar bear never goes into hibernation but Liam didn't get that message in time for Halloween. He spent a good portion of our time visiting friends asleep. One highlight of the night was meeting up with our friend Krystal who was also a polar bear and she held the sleeping bear for a nice photo.

4 MONTH CHECKUP

Status Report: Liam went in for his four month visit yesterday and weighed in at 16 lbs 10 ounces with diaper on. Length, not height, was just shy of 25 inches and head circumference was 43 cm. Why we switch to the metric system when measuring the skull, I do not know buy I will research that today. Liam must have been looking very cute yesterday because he was referred to as 'she' by three different people. Of course at the end of the visit it was time for immunizations. The first was given orally and may have been actually been the worst for him. The look on his face was the same one that Mom gives after she opens up a full diaper. Next up were three shots in a row. First shot... no reaction! Second shot... a slight squirm. Third shot... OK, we are crying now, however that only lasted for about 15 seconds. Quite a tough showing and it was rewarded with silver sparkly band-aid. After all of those injections he got home and went directly to sleep for two hours, which got me to thinking, can't we give these shots at about 9pm when it's bedtime?

MY MORNING

"Now that I can eat real cereal my mornings are changing a bit. Here is my new schedule." - Liam

5:45 "I can't take it anymore, I need some food now! BREEEAASSSTTTT MIIIILLLLLKKKKK!!! YEEEEOOOOOOOWWWWWW!!!!"

5:55 "Mom, you look tired. I never understand why you and Dad try to sleep through the entire night. It's so boring."

6:10 "Mom offloads me onto Dad. She's always held a grudge that he gets to sleep in longer than she does so lately I've been helping her out by getting into her side of the bed to squirm around until he wakes up."

6:25 "Dad appears to be alive but I can't understand what he is grunting. No, I don't want that pacifier in my mouwwww...." *Spit "WAKE UP!!"

6:35 "I get to start eating cereal for breakfast now. I'm a rice man so far but I was hoping to try a banana soon. I've also been eyeing the left over chocolate cake lately."

6:50 "A kiss goodbye from momma even though Dad has me covered in rice cereal. Go bring home the bacon momma! Preferably in a processed mush that I can eat?"

7:00 "Dad is in the bathroom and I like to take this time out of the day to laugh uncontrollably to myself."

7:15 "Dad smells better and is dressed, which means it's time to play Bear Attack! I'm the victim and the bear always wins by TKO after a series of raspberries."

7:25 "Don't put those clothes on me yet Dad, you might want to check my... yeah, you can smell it."

7:35 "Dad, you realize I'm sitting on the floor between two bags? WHAT AM I?? YEEOOOWWWWWWWW!! HURRY!!!!"

7:35 "What hat am I going to wear today? Teddy bear with flaps, check! Let's roll!"

7:55 "OK, in the car, time to take a quick..." *snore

8:05 "Arriving at Julie's house. Time to start giggling. What are we going to do today?"

LITTLE PUMPKIN

I'm glad they had a pumpkin that was Liam size. It made him a very happy baby.

MORNINGS

"Mom is great about bringing me my paper in the morning but she still won't let me drink coffee."