Future marine biologist

One of Liam's favorite things to do is to search for pictures on Google. He usually asks to see worms, moose or bucks. Today he asked Aaron to look for "gray whales".

Weekend Up North!

Bundled up to rake outside!

Wearing the infamous London "Jimmy Hat"!

Fun noodle on the four wheeler! The best of summer and fall!

" Spring Training" (fishing season is right around the corner!)

A cloudy day...

His favorite truck at Grandma's!



Showing Grandma Karen his whale book!


"Is that a crappie?" he asked Grandpa Richie (whilst pointing to a whale)!

Off to kindergarten...

Well, that's what it feels like anyway! Liam is growing up so fast! I got to daycare yesterday and he came running over to tell me that he "pooped in the potty!" His teacher said, no, he didn't poop, but he DID pee in the potty! His friend Lily is potty trained now, and he saw her using the bathroom and wanted to go, too. He usually just sits on the potty happily and then jumps down, but this time he actually went! "I pushed the pee out!" he said. He was super excited and got a treat for being such a big kid! He was anxious to tell Daddy his news when he got home, and Daddy was very proud of him, too!

We might start potty training slowly now that he's really showing an interest in it, but I'm not in a hurry. He only just got rid of his nuks last week! One thing at a time!

Goodbye Nuks! (3/19/09)

Auntie Sarah got to see the big kid throw his nuks away, too! It started with mom forgetting to leave a nuk at daycare, Liam napping without it, and deciding that this was a good opportunity to get rid of them. He'd only been using them while sleeping anyway, so the transition was probably easier than most kids experience. He threw them away, got some stickers for being such a big kid, and forgot about them...until bedtime. He didn't cry and he didn't even say much about them, but he made his feelings known by throwing all his animals and his pillow out of bed 7 or 8 times. He also came out of his room on his own, something he's never done before. Aaron and I remained calm and he eventually fell asleep. He woke up only once asking for his nuk, but went back to bed after being reminded that they were all gone. He's done so well, and we're now on day 7 with no nuks!

Crazy pregnancy dreams

The crazy dreams continue. I had super vivid dreams in my last trimester with Liam, and the same seems to be true with Max! I had a dream over the weekend that I was traveling to Asia to adopt a little girl. I got there and realized that I was with a group of people I went to high school with, all of whom were also adopting children. Just to prove that my extreme organizational skills haunt me even while asleep, I realized that I didn't have the proper documentation to bring the kid back with me. What might the required documentation have been? A visa? A passport? Nope. Not in this dream. Apparently all you have to do to adopt a child in my dreams is to bring along a canceled check and a map of Florida. I'm not kidding. Hey, it made perfect sense in my dream...

I spy...

Liam and I play "I Spy" in the car on our way to and from daycare most days. I'll say, "I spy, with my tiny little eye, something that is..." and then I'll say a color. Liam will usually guess correctly the first time, and gets so excited when he is right. I was playing with him while Aaron changed his diaper last night and I said, "I spy, with my tiny little eye, something that is blue!" I was thinking he'd notice the giant blue laundry basket right next to him. He looked around for a minute, and then looked right at me and said, "Your eyes, Mommy!"