this sitting thing is hard work....

Liam is trying and trying and trying to master this sitting up thing. Most of the time he crashes to the floor within about a minute. With the force of his face hitting the hard wood floors you would think he would hurt himself, but he just rolls over and laughs and we try try again.

Pretending to be an independent Big Boy....

He doesnt want anyone to know that mommy actually helps him most of the time!

But when Daddy is around he isnt allowed to pretend - Daddy demands results!

Did he just say what I think he just said?

Ok so Liam is a JABBER BOX! He is always blabbering on about something - telling us stories about his day at "school" or how much he loves his big sisters. Now - of course Chris cannot understand his stories so I have to translate his jibberish in a cute little voice I have developed so I can talk for Liam. BUT - every once in awhile a sound pops out that ACTUALLY sounds like a real word. Now - Liam might not be saying "da" or "hi" or supercalafragilisticexpealadocios" like it sounds but - I'd like to think that sometimes the sounds actually are a recognition of real words. Case in point - the following video. Is it just me or does it sound like "mommy"? Whatever he is trying to say with that sound - he says it alot. Maybe mommy is too complex of a word to be hoping for but - I will take it when I get it :D

"sick" day

So - after I got Liam dressed for "school" (day care) Chris was holding him while I got ready for work. They were watching the news together and curled up under a blanket on the couch. I came down stairs and this is what they looked like.

Well as if that wasnt cute enough - Liam would look at me with that little lip pouting out as if he were saying "mommy I feel sick, I need to stay home from school today." He would then look up at Chris and smile like "I think its working dad - does mom look like she's buying it?" Then he would look back at me and pout his lip. He's only 5 months old and he already knows how to manipulate us.

tickle laugh giggle

My new favorite past time is tickling Liam. He giggles, and squirms, and squeels, and laughs his head off. Whenever I change his diaper you can tell that he's expecting to get tickled because he starts to smile and stares at me like "I am ready for you this time mommy."

please ignore the commentary

I never knew my voice sounded so annoying until I heard it on the 1000 videos we have taken thus far of our little Liam Kelly. So - ignore my voice and watch little Liam practicing his "roll over". This one wasn't completely successful as he got stuck on his side - but - the sneaky little guy only does it once mommy puts away the camera so this is the best we could do.

Big BLUE Eyes and a cute pink TONGUE

Despite the fact that Chris and I have matching hazel eyes - somehow our little Prince's eyes just keep getting bluer and bluer. Wait - is "bluer" a word? Anyway, you know what I mean. I just can't get over how beautiful my little man's eyes are.

In addition to his beautiful eyes - the next thing you see in this picture is his lovely pink tongue. We are seeing alot of this tongue lately. Liam is OBSESSED with it. He rolls it around in his mouth, chews on it with his gums, grabs at it with his fingers and loves to stick it out at us. As you can see - he even sticks it out while smiling.

I am told that once the novelty of his tongue goes away that my pictures of him will go back to normal. Until then - expect to see a lot of his cute pink tongue... and maybe the big blue eyes are here to stay.

Liam has slowly began to become mobile. It is happening way too fast and way too early for mommy's liking! What happened to my little prince that just laid around smiling at us??

Sometimes he gets stuck while he is trying to move around. It is cute but it is very frustrating for him - as you can tell my his scream!






Most of the time he just tries really hard but doesn't quite go anywhere.





And then every once in awhile he gets to scooting!