Go Browns!

This is one of my proudest moments of mommyhood!

Chit chat time!

Liam is SUCH a talker. I've been trying to get video of him talking, but all I got was this short snippet.  He loves the end of this video when he steals the camera!

Sesame Street

Liam is learning to sing.  Here is my awful singing and his cute super high pitched singing.  

Halloween

Liam LOVED Halloween this year!  We went to the pumpkin patch (or two).  We went trick or treating in Hudson on Main Street and got to meet Llama Llama!  We went to Boo at the Zoo in Cleveland for the first time.  The best part was Liam meeting Buzz Lightyear!  He loved wearing his Tiger/Tigger costume - I think he would have put it on everyday if he could.  

This video is us before we went trick or treating in our own neighborhood.  He learned very quickly that our neighbors gave out lots of extra candy and he liked it!  When we went over to the very kid friendly/busy neighborhood, and they only gave 1 piece of candy out, he would just hold his Elmo bucket and say "More candy!"  He also reminded everyone to "close the door" when we left!

Come on Daddy!

Liam and I were bored waiting in the car for Daddy, so of course I got the video camera out!  Here Liam says my name and Tom's.  It's sort of cute!

Just "hosing" around!

Liam loves playing with the hose outside.  This video may not be that funny to you and I, but when Liam watches this video, he cracks up hysterically!  I almost want a video of him watching this video.

"Um" is the word

Out of nowhere, Liam started saying "um" before EVERYTHING!  It started out of the blue one day and he's been doing it since.  You can also see the constant internal struggle Liam has over which is his current favorite character - Tigger or Kermit.

Little Gym End of Semester

As I have mentioned many times, Liam LOVES going to The Little Gym!  This week we celebrated the end of the summer semester and his 3rd semester there.  I think it is so amazing to watch all the new skills he has learned, especially since starting there.  Here are a bunch of short clips from our End of Semester Awards!

Liam the Dare Devil!

Our precious Little Liam has learned how to climb on just about everything!  About a week ago I walked into his room and found him just sitting on his changing table.  Since then, we find him every so often up there, usually in the middle of the night - he knows we come running into his room when we see him up there!  We wondered if he climbed the knobs or used the tv stand as a helper.  Here, you can see him demonstrate for me how he gets down.  I blame Little Gym!!  Just kidding, I love them!

Cleveland Zoo

Tom took a day off so that the three of us could enjoy a day at the Cleveland Zoo. We didn't get there until noon and had to park all the way back by the bears! Apparently 75 degrees and no humidity brings out every Clevelander to enjoy the beautiful weather! We had a fabulous time and stayed at the zoo until closing time. The animals were all very active so Liam really got to see them! He had so much fun, he even took a nap in the middle of our day out! Our favorite parts were when Liam got a little scared about some of the animals and would say "NOPE!" when he didn't want to be around them - such as the butterflies, birds, bats and crocodile!

He loved the tigers best of all, which is why that is what he is going to be for Halloween!

True Love?

Liam's Godmother stopped over for a visit with her beautiful daughter Natalie. Liam and Natalie played near each other, and even engaged in a rousing game of peek a boo together! But when we sat them on the couch for some pictures, they were so cute together, holding hands, falling over, and more. Here is the beginning of their love story...???

Finger Paint Time

Liam has recently explored the wonders of finger painting!
The other day I wanted him to color a picture, but he kept putting his hand down and expecting to see a hand print like when we do our holiday projects. So I busted out the finger paint and he was in love! He asks to paint a lot now, but the clean up is not always so fun. Watch his progression from timid painter to truly experimenting with the medium!

Happy 4th!

We took Liam for his first fireworks on Sunday, July 3rd (our 7 year anniversary). We ended up going to the Fairlawn fireworks and it was great - easy parking, short walk, great view! Poor Liam, an 8 pm bedtime, had to stay up until after 10 to enjoy the fireworks. Luckily there was a very nice little boy who played with him for over 30 minutes and kept him entertained. You can see him in the beginning of the clip. He wasn't really scared of the fireworks, but only really like the "grand finale" type fireworks. He was bored through the middle and then realized how tired he was, so we had to take turns walking him around the park. When it was over, he was crying for "more boom boom!"

Erie Children's Museum

Liam and I headed over to PA for the afternoon to play with Ben and Eli Iszkula, (and their parents too). We went to the Erie Children's Museum, which was this great two story toy mecca for Liam. He really like the big slide, playing in the water, and the big castle too.

Man on a Movie Mission

Liam is obsessed with Disney to say the least. His favorite movies include "Guy" (Toy Story 1, 2 and 3, although 2 is his favorite), "Puppy" (Bolt), Pooh, Cars and Monsters, Inc. Now when I don't "get the hint" that he wants to watch a movie, he asks for my hand and leads me to his DVD drawer. It's cute and funny, although I don't know if I'm thrilled that the child now leads me to get what he wants.