Teeth, teeth and more teeth!

Poor Liam is getting four new teeth. He is so miserable. Tonight when he went to bed he stuffed his lovey's ear in his mouth and was chewing it like he hadn't eaten all day. He doesn't know what he wants. He wants to be held, then he wants to get down, but when I put him down he cries to be held. We gave him some motrin, a sippy with water and put him to bed. He fell asleep right away.

Tomorrow Liam and I are only eating healthy foods. This weekend he has had more junk than he had previously had in his entire life. He LOVES pizza, tried french fries, had a couple bites of cookies, tried Junior mints (his first candy) and also ate part of a donut. I am so against junk food for kids, but I have no idea what happened in the past few days.

I also just learned (compliments of Bryan) that there are two ways to spell donut. Apparently doughnut is also commonly accepted. I had no idea!

I lied...... it isn't easy being green!

Remember those Kermit pants from a post ago. I took them off of Liam to eat lunch. Jules found them and chewed two holes in them. I don't think I have enough fabric to make another pair. I'm off to cry now.......

RIP Kermit pants.

Who said it isn't easy being green?

I made this outfit while Liam was napping today. After last nights dying fiasco I needed to have some success. The pants are Kermit the Frog fleece. I ironed a transfer onto a plain t-shirt. I'm really happy with how they came out. As a former Muppets lover, there can't be a better outfit for my baby.

Daily Update

I recently bought wool interlock to make longies for Liam. Wool is a great diaper cover, if I haven't mentioned that in previous posts. I had to felt it (make it thicker) yesterday and today I decided to dye it on the stove using Wilton's icing dye. I was going for blue. Check out the pictures to see what happened.

Wool is soaking up beautiful blue color.....


Added vinegar to set dye and it turned purple.....
Purple wool drying.....
What do you think? Is purple for boys too?

On a side note.... Liam had a major temper tantrum and scratched the hell out of my face. I was going to post a pic, but I didn't look very cute. Use your imagination!

Filling a request

I had a request from one of my faithful blog readers (perhaps the only one) to update, talk less about dogs and more about Liam. I may not write less about the dogs, but I can certainly update and post a few new pics.

Liam is obsessed with airplanes right now. I swear he can hear them from 50 miles away. He will sign plane and look surprised. I have to stop and really listen to hear it. His hearing is way better than mine apparently. He is also talking more. He copies a lot of the words we say, but then never says them again. I think he is storing them away in that little brain for when he is ready to use them. He is up to about 40 signs, so I guess he doesn't need to talk at the moment.

Here are a couple new pics of my little man. He looks like a big boy in them, so consider yourself warned.

Oh Jules!

Poor Jules doesn't get the love she needs any more. She has decided that when we aren't around she will hang out in Liam's playroom. So when I couldn't find her today, I checked down there. The gate was open (yes, she opens the gate) but Jules was no where to be found. I called her and out she comes from behind one of the the recliners. She was sleeping on Liam's giant stuffed horse behind the chair. She must have been sleeping soundly because although I'm fully aware of the fact that she sleeps in the playroom, I've never actually caught her doing it. I guess the couch, two love seats, two recliners and dog bed that she has to choose from are not comfortable enough.

Weeeeeeee

I was told that I need to update my blog, so here you go.

Liam has found the swing love. He loves to swing at Grandma and Grandpa's house. As soon as we pull up to the house he starts saying, "wee wee". We decided that it was time for us to get a swing set. Bryan and I went to Walmart and bought a wooden swing set for $139 on clearance. Score! Now we just have to get the darn thing set up. Any volunteers?

Liam is getting four more teeth. I can't wait until he is done teething. He has been really cranky for the past two months, since he has been getting teeth nonstop. He should have a mouth full after these come in.

Here are a few pictures of my teething, biting, swinging monster.

Longies for Liam

I just whipped up a pair of fleece pants for Liam. Fleece is a great diaper cover, so that is what we will be using them for. I was able to make the pattern and sew them and post pics during Liam's nap. Needless to say..... he will be wearing fleece a lot this winter. Maybe I can get an action shot when he gets up from his nap.

My child the biter

Well, Liam is no longer just a cute baby. He is an independent toddler who bites when he doesn't get his way. It really is a good thing he is so cute. Grandma bought him his own chair and he kept standing on it. I told him to sit on his bum and he just laughed at me and jumped up and down on the chair. I took him off of it and he bit me. When I told him, "no biting", he repeatedly showed me his teeth and tried to bite. He laughed and did it again whenever I told him "no". Thinking about it now.... he got worse when I payed attention, he thought it was a game. I think tomorrow, I will try ignoring the unwanted behavior and see if he just stops on his own. By the way, I thought it was really funny and I had a hard time trying to discipline him because I wanted to laugh so bad!

Ok, time for bed. Got home from work about an hour ago and I need to get to bed before Liam gets up in 5 hours!