Kirsten, Tom, Liam and Donovan

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In early October, we went on a 2 week family vacation to Andalucia in Spain. For those of you who remember me talking about Spain, I have been wanting to go for a very long time. It was an absolutely wonderful trip and I want to share my pictures with you. Just click on the images below to see each album.

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Getting there

Getting there

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Castril

Castril

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Granada

Granada

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Ronda
Some of these pictures are a little out of order. Picasa cannot seem to keep the order I put them in.

Ronda

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Zahara

Zahara

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Sevilla

Sevilla

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Malaga
Our last stop

Malaga

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Ok, so now that I've lost my loyal following, I'm trying to be a little better at updating our blog, with my second post this month. I feel like I'm slowly gaining some time back now that Donovan is getting older. I've missed some major milestones, but unfortunately don't have the time to update through the summer, so I am going to try and be better (try being the key word.)
Donovan turned one on Tuesday and today, Saturday, he took his first steps when I was filming him dancing. He totally took me by surprise. Also, please note, that Liam is throwing a temper tantrum in the background. Don't worry, he was fine shortly after the filming stopped.
Check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W40H6DSVWU

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I am very lucky to have two happy shoppers with me at the outlets in Williamsburg.
The wrestling has begun.

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The weather has been so nice, we took advantage and went to the zoo.

Here is Liam on the train.
Liam took a picture of Donovan and Mama on the train.

Here are the zoo-goers looking at the spider monkeys.

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Here's the Halloween pumpkin, not too happy with his "strange" outfit. He already ripped it off.
Here is the unhappy Halloween crew. Liam was a scary bat. He didn't want to wear his mask though. He thought since he was a scary bat, that Mom should be a scary cave. That's where bats live, of course.

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Oh my has it been a LONG time since I have updated our blog!!! I have not forgotten about our dear blog...I have just been running after the two little ones like a crazy woman. I have a short moment now to work on it...we've got lots of good pictures from our summer, but chances are I will only get a couple up. I hope you enjoy.
Check out this funny video of Dononvan "the strong little man" pushing his big brother Liam on the Elmo car. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTTJ6qSrLh4
Donovan has been through many changes, of course, and he is very, very close to walking on his own. Yesterday, he took two steps on his own, but then collapsed. I've got my video camera close by at all times because I know its going to happen soon. He has been much more predictable with his naps (finally!) and consistently sleeping through the night, but has been wearing me down in other ways, like getting into everything. He is a very good boy though...but very energetic!

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Check out this video of Liam and Evangeline cheering (well sort of) "Let's Go Nova!" during Villanova's March Madness run. Evangeline is our friends' Robin and Nick's daughter and Nick is an alum too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2m5p58nb4U

Daddy and Donovan watching March Madness. Villanova made it to the Final Four this year.

Liam loves his new pirate bed! In March he got this bunk bed and was a superstar with his transition to a regular bed.

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So now I've got things in the correct chronilogical order. In my earlier days (pre-Donovan), I might have deleted my other posts further down of GG, Grandpa's and Brendan's visit that are not in the right order and redo them...now I'm lucky I'm doing this much!

Anyway, here is GG with her boys. Notice the shoes that Donovan is wearing. We got them to stay on , just long enough for this shot. They are the smallest shoes that Converse makes.
Cute! Grandpa H and Donovan. (D is 3 months here.)

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Lollipop brothers. Liam and his friend, Landon.

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We had a freak snow storm in early March after it had been in the 70's for three weeks or so. I was excited to get everyone bundled up and go outside for the only possibility of making a snowball for the winter. Luckily, I had Liam's snowsuit from when we lived in Nova Scotia for Donovan to wear.

I then realized, I had nothing for Liam to wear, so I thought back to my Canadian winter days and remembered to "layer." Poor Liam could barely bend his arms or legs. He did manage to make a small snowball.

Here is Ella, the snowgirl.

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Our house post Mardi Gras party...oh how my Mardi Gras parties have changed!

Liam and Vanessa on Mardi Gras with the masks that they made.

Liam's really good friend Vanessa...they laugh so hard together.

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This shot was taken the day that Donovan stopped "crying" at three months and one week. He literally cried his way through his first three months. Mama remembers, oh so well. This is probably one of the main reasons why I didn't update our blog during this time! I chose sleep over computer time.

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Cutie pie!

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I love this sleeping position. Donovan is 3 months here.

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Going for a walk all bundled up on Valentine's Day.

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Really cute pic of Donovan smiling. Notice that there are not too many picture of Liam and Donovan together when Donovan was still new on the scene. Liam did not want to be near him for a picture. Luckily, relations have improved between them and now they will actually pose together.

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Here is a really adorable pic of Liam and his Daddy playing pirates right before bed. This is when Liam was still in his toddler bed, around February. He moved over to his "big boy" pirate bed and switched rooms in March.

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OK, so I'm a little disorganized this time, and definately out of order, but here is a really cute picture of Grandpa Petersen's visit back in February. They are watching the SuperBowl here and Donovan is 2 months old here.

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Liam climbed a lot of stairs at Mt. Trashmore so he could fly his kite.

Here's the little firefighter flying his first kite.

Here is a video of Liam flying his kite.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=665p9eh3n_Y

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GG came to visit us just before St. Patrick's Day. Donovan is happy to be in her arms.
Grandpa Hanrahan was here too to meet Baby Donovan, almost 4 months.

Uncle Brendan and Liam play "pirate" and also "manhole." This is Liam's game where he like to take the cushions from the couch and rearrange them so they make a hole.

It was a really fun visit. Here is Brendan, GG, Donovan, and Grandpa.

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Donovan is two months old! We are all adjusting to our new addition and enjoying our growing family. This little chunk is a happy boy, but has lots of crying spells because he has acid reflux. That doesn't stop him from eating! He's gaining weight like a champ and he is now 13 1/2 pounds!

Here he is enjoying Obama's inaguration festivities, in particular, the show that U2 is putting on.

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Happy New Year 2009!

We spent a really fun New Year's Eve down at the Ocean Front. Looks can be deceiving, as it was really cold that New Year's morning. We rented a hotel room, just to get out of the house, and it was a lot of fun. Liam really liked the party. We all stayed up until midnight and then crashed right after. It was also so peaceful to wake up to the waves crashing on the shore.

Liam and Daddy braving the cold for an outside shot.

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Party!

Liam is a very loving older brother. He always wants to kiss "baby Donomin." It is very sweet.

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This little guy had such a blast. He was really having fun at our little party. Here he is prancing around and "partying."

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So You Tube has changed their format, and I'm not very technology savvy, so I can't figure out how to get that neat image up that you just click on yet, so until then, I just have the link...
Watch "Liam party" on New Year's Eve.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOKieIHRu28

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The day after Christmas...the little chunk in his new outfit from Nana.

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We had a really nice, quiet Christmas this year. Liam really got into the Christmas spirit for the first time and is was neat to see his excitement. Here he is with his Grandmommy and baby brother.

The joy to sleep in any position!

All gone! Santa ate all the cookies after coming down the chimney.

Yeah! Santa brought blocks! What fun!

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Watch this cute video of Donovan celebrating his first Christmas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H9hBA-TwIc

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Liam was such a great helper with making cookies for Santa this year. Santa ate all of them up! Yum!

Our little Santa

Ahhhh...the cuteness of a deeply sleeping baby!

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This year at the squadron Christmas party, Liam got to ride to the North Pole with Daddy on his plane to go see Santa. You can see the sheer joy of the thought of going to see Santa.

Here we are reunited after the trip to the North Pole.

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Baby Donovan is one month old! Liam has adjusted really well, now. At first he was not happy at all with Donovan's presence, but he has slowly warmed up to him. Now he gives him many kisses throughout the day and always want to "see baby." When D is crying, Liam tries to rub him, rock him, or tell him "Shhhh!" He is really becoming a good little brother. It is still impossible to get a picture of them together though!The heavy weight has gained 3 lbs. since birth!

He's a very good sleeper at night (oh how thankful we are!)

Here he is in one of Mama's favorite outfits, the Sweet Pea.

And here is little Liam at the same age, in the same shirt!

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We enjoyed Auntie Heather's visit. Thanks for all of your help!

Here they are in Williamsburg, VA

Auntie Heather & Liam at the pancake house.

Sleeping baby!

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Two weeks old.

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Liam is helping Grandmommy decorate the Christmas tree.

The new family adjusting to baby Donovan's arrival (Liam is not too happy here.)

Mr. Liam in the dryer! He has been quite Mama's helper lately. He has been very helpful with the laundry and keeping the house tidy.

One week old.

2008-12-17T14:56:00.001-05:00

We celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary on Dec. 6th:)

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Welcome to the world Donovan Lance Hanrahan!

This little guy blessed us with his arrival on November 17, 2008 at 11:53 a.m.

weighing 7 lbs. 12 1/2 oz. and 21" long.

So far he has been such a laid back baby treating us with lots of sleep (for a newborn that is!)

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Here is Mama ready for the laboring road ahead:)
Can you believe it? Here he is in the first momemts of life outside, born without any pain medication (OUCH!!) or tearing (YIPEE!)

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Here is the happy Grandmom with her new baby Grandson.

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Here is a cute video of Liam meeting his new baby brother and checking him out:)

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I've only got eyes for you Daddy!

Coming home day. Brrr! It is cold outside.

Ella checks out the next little troublemaker in her life.

Daddy has his hands full!

2008-07-07T15:31:00.002-04:00

Yeah!!! We are finally back after four months of a sleeping blog. Fortunately, our camera has not taken a break during this time...we have been busier than ever, enjoying the warm weather and being outdoors. We have been camping and hiking and up to lots of other fun stuff. Also, as most of you all know, we are expecting Baby Boy #2 in November! The morning sickness hit hard this time, so lots of things took a backseat and the blog was one of them. Regardless, we hope you enjoy all the updates...there are many:)

Here we are outside of the Dr's office after we just found out that the baby is healthy and "It's a Boy!" Liam was very cute in the ultrasound room because his comment was, "Hey Baby." The first ultrasound he went to in March, the nurses asked how it went and he said, "Uh oh." We assumed he that he meant "Uh oh, I'm not the only one anymore."
Here is Liam and Daddy later that day at a carnival by our house. He LOVED the ferris wheel and was waving to everyone he could see.

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Liam loves his new lawn mower.

Liam likes having his friends over to play. Here he is with his friend Ethan having a laughing fit.

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On June 17th, Pearl Jam came to the Virginia Beach Amphitheater. Tom and I really wanted to go, but were totally unprepared. Neither of us remembered the date or set up a babysitter. Luckily, the day of the show, we found out that not only were there still tickets available, but that if you were military, they were $5! (regular seats were $42). Tom and I decided right away that we would both go and bring the little buddy along since it was at an outdoor venue. That way, if he was fussy, we could just walk around or leave. Our good luck followed us that night because Liam fell asleep shortly after the concert started. (Imagine that!) and allowed us to just hang out. We couldn't believe it. I do have to mention, however, that he has been crying before every bedtime since that night:(

Here are the girls enjoying the show...Me, Mayu, Rebecca, Rell and Rebecca's niece.
Here are the boys (and me) enjoying the show...Tom, Liam, and Mike.
The poor little guy cracked a smile even though he was so tired. I think he really enjoyed the lights.
Here he is on his way to passing out for the night.

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Liam's new favorite hat is his fire chief hat. Unfortunately since this picture, it has been stepped on and is now broken. But Liam wore it every day until then.

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Happy Father's Day 2008, Da Da!!!

Liam and Daddy spent a wonderful Father's Day together. They played all day and if you notice, Liam's shirt says he is on "Daddy's Team." Liam loves to play ball and he has become quite a good little pitcher.

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Liam has developed quite a love for dancing. We caught a few moves on video, but check out the very end where he talks about having fun on his recent camping trip.

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Again, we're trying to capture his dance moves. We do get some, but we also film him dusting. What a good helper.

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Kirsten, Tom and Liam went on a camping trip to beautiful Shenandoah National Forest in Virginia. We met up with our friends Krista and Derek there which was so much fun. Our camping trip turned out to be a huge success with Liam sleeping great in his sleeping bag, and Ella liking sleeping in the Jeep. We went hiking during the day and had campfires and grilled at night. It was super relaxing. Check out some of our pics...

Here we have proof of Liam sleeping so peacefully in his sleeping bag. What a relief for Mom and Dad!
Here was our first hike down to a waterfall.
Derek and Krista met up with us in Shenandoah, which was awesome. They were in the process of doing the ultimate road trip...from Oregon to Halifax and through the South, they had so many stops. Luckily, they have their fuel efficient Prius to get them across the continent. It was great camping and hiking with them. Good luck on your trip and hope to see you all again soon!
Liam loves the shallow water.
Tom, Liam, and Krista.

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Liam is such a good helper to Daddy as they try to start a campfire.
Here is father and son enjoying the campfire.
We had a beautiful hike down to this watering hole, which was so refreshing after the hike and the heat. Liam loved the water, as long as Daddy was close by.
We're almost back from our hike to the watering hole and it was quite the grueling hike for Tom (carrying Liam) and Kirsten (carrying baby). Derek and Krista breezed right through the hike. Oh well, it was really fun and good exercise too.
We are all smiles to be almost back to the car! Ella was limping at this point. If you look closely, you can tell she is smiling too.

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A beautiful view from Chimney Rock, but smokey from a forest fire. The happy campers.
The first official Hanrahan camping trip was a success!!! We are ready for our upcoming big Rocky Mountain camping adventure.
Our grungy family stopped for lunch and a stroll in Charlottesville where the University of Virginia is. We were surprised at how cute and charming the town was in seemingly the middle of nowhere.

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Liam, Tom, and Kirsten (Ella too) have been very busy enjoying the warmer days of May. Liam is now 20 months and he enjoys each new experience more and more. See what we have been up to...

Check out funny Liam riding his horse and refusing to brush his teeth before bed.

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Here is Liam and Daddy clowning around before bed.

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Check out Liam's homemade water slide. He loves it, but scrunches his face in anticipation before he hits the water.

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Liam and Mama went strawberry picking. Liam was sort of into it, but not as much as Mama was. She was so excited to eat local strawberries (not from California). No offense Cali, but your berries are huge and tasteless! Liam wasn't so sure though, and was ready to go home right away.

Mama was prepared for some serious strawberry eating on Liam's part, but he didn't even taste one.

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We went on a day hiking trip to a State Park in North Carolina. It was really fun and Liam really enjoyed riding in his pack, looking at the animals and flowers. He would sniff all the flowers as he went by them. The temperature was nice, however, about 8 ticks jumped on Tom and Ella had who knows how many. Never again will we do that without tick medicine for Ella.

Luckily, Mama and Liam walked away without any ticks. I guess the ticks perferred hairy bodies!

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Our good friends Shawn and Daniele came for a quick visit on their move from Nova Scotia down to Florida. They were accompanied by their faithful companions Coquette and Kenji. Hope you guys are enjoying Florida!

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Liam, Mommy and Daddy enjoy quiet, cool days on the beach in May. The temperature was perfect. Liam is just getting used to the sand though. He's still not sure he likes it and he definitely does not like the ocean.

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On May 16th 2008 Daddy was promoted to Lieutenant Commander. Mommy and Liam thought this was a huge deal and got all dressed up for the occasion.

Here is Liam dressed up, although, today, he was an unhappy boy...
...and was only happy in Daddy's arms...
...which meant that Daddy had to hold him through the entire ceremony, even when he was being sworn in. Luckily the CO, Charlie "Tuna" and the rest of the witnesses understood, being parents themselves.
Congratulations Tom!
A job well done...here's your new LCDR bars.

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Here is Liam doing his morning ritual of watching Curious George while lounging.
Here is the happy boy and his Mama on Mother's Day 2008. We went to a nice brunch at the Cheesecake Factory and Daddy and Liam surprsied Mama with tickets to the Season Home Opener of the Redskins in September. The rest of the day, we were stuck indoors because of rain and later on, tornado warnings. Ick!

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Watch funny Liam as he is fascinated by his Daddy mowing the lawn. Just ignore his overly full diaper which Mommy of course changed promptly after the video:)

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Liam is 19 months old and busy as usual learning new skills and growing (sort of) all the time. He has really taken to "jus" and would prefer drinking to anything else. Mommy finally figures out that this is causing him to fill up on "jus" all the time and not eat. It takes her about a month to figure this simple fact out though. Liam still does not love to eat, but it's much better now than our "jus" month.

Here is the "sweet pickle," as Daddy calls him taking Ella for a walk like a big boy.
Here is the "bucket head." Liam thought it was hilarious to walk around with this bucket on his head and bump into things.

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On April 19th, 2008, Tom's cousin, Aimee Chevrette married Paul Bear in Stratford, CT. It was a beautiful spring day amongst cold and rainy days flanking it. Liam could not contain his excitement at his first wedding and was constantly on the go. Here is father and son in tux and suit.

On the go!
A family portrait

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Watch Liam as he dances around with the other little boy, Nikki. When the music was going, so was Liam! Also check out the new bride and groom, Paul and Aimee.

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The little dancing machine shows off his moves to Aunt Cil (mother of the bride). As the night progressed and the party was in full swing, Liam ripped his tie off and shed his coat.
Auntie Heather was great for riding around. She spoiled me rotten and would carry me wherever I wanted to go.
I certainly attracted lots of attention with all these dance moves I pulled out of my hat. People I didn't know were gathering around me to see my moves and take pictures. I danced for at least 3 hours straight with a break for dinner, and let Mommy and Daddy stay at the wedding until 10:30 at which point, I was exhausted!

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Liam's first haircut at Kirsten's Cuttery on April 15th, 2008

What are you doing Mama?
I'm not sure what is going on but, I'm curious...
This isn't so bad.
Something happened to my hair, but I think I like it!

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Check out this hilarious video of Liam laughing his head off at Daddy jumping up on the other side of the railing.

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What a good little companion to celebrate Mama's b-day with!

Happy 32nd Birthday Mama, April 13th.
Liam thought these balloons were really fun to straddle and walk around with them stuck around his body.

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Here's Liam looking at the farm animals at the farmers market. He loves looking at the sheep! Baa!

This is Liam's first pony ride. He is hanging on like a pro.

Here is Liam the morning after hanging out in his pj's.

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Watch Liam in his pj's as he tells us about the farm animals he saw the day before. He's has a little cold so he's a little groggy:)

2008-06-27T21:55:00.003-04:00

March 2008, Liam is 18 months old and spring is poking its head out as you can see by the nice cherry blossoms on the tree in our front yard.

Here is Mama and Liam enjoying some nice spring weather.

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Easter, March 23, 2008

Here's Liam celebrating his 2nd Easter with an Easter Egg Hunt at Grandmommy and PopPop's House. He had lots of fun and kept wanting to eat the "bean" (jelly beans) that were in them. After Easter this year, Liam was a "bean" addict.

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Here is the little buddy and Mama on his first trip to see the fire station! "Oush Uck" is what Liam calls the fire truck. It was nice to let us see the fire station and trucks and it was exciting to see the trucks go out on calls not one but three times.

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In early March, Liam and Mommy spent a nice, relaxing vacation in Florida visiting Papa and Great Grandma Wretha.

Here we all are, four generations.

Here's the little guy in Papa's hotrod.

Cutie pie!

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It was so nice to meet up with our friends Cheri and Palmer, even if it was just for the afternoon! Palmer and Liam are such good playmates.

Can you believe Cheri is 28 weeks pregnant here? This is what I look like normally!

Here is Palmer and Liam on the see saw.

2008-06-27T21:09:00.002-04:00

Two peas in a pod...

Best buds reunited again.

Two more peas in a pod...Liam and Papa.

You are such a good boy, Liam, I will tell you a secret.

Two buddies.

2008-03-24T21:49:00.003-04:00

Here are some updates in little Liam's life...Liam took a trip to see the circus with his Mommy & Daddy. As you can see, he is totally amazed with what he sees! The circus has come a long way since Mommy & Daddy were little. It is quite the show now...three hours long and with acts similar to Cirque du Soleil, tigers, elephants, porcupines, and dogs performing tricks.

Liam loves "BUBBLE!" and here is learning to blow them himself. He does a good job when he decides not to eat the wand.

2008-03-24T21:41:00.004-04:00

Tom, the newly accomplished airplane pilot, received the chance to skip across the pond to Spain and Sicily via Newfoundland and the Azores. From the front of the plane you have quite the view as you can see here of Sicily's volcano.

Liam hid his monkey in his Daddy's briefcase before leaving for Europe. Here he is on the ground in Sicily.

Here is the proud pilot himself, on a night out in Spain.

Here's monkey flying over Liam's first home in Nova Scotia.

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Liam appears to be unsure here, but he really does like his bike trailer. We had a couple of nice days in February and were able to take it out for a spin.

2008-02-16T23:19:00.005-05:00

Happy Valentine's Day and Happy 32nd Birthday to Daddy! We all celebrated with a Carolina BBQ dinner and ice cream cake from Carvel. Liam had no more room for dinner, but plenty of room for half of Mommy's cake.

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Lately, taking video has been unsuccessful, because every time Liam sees the camera, he wants to look at the view finder. Check out this video where I snuck up on him and filmed him dusting the furniture and picking up around the house. There's a few seconds of it until he sees me filming and takes me down.

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Here is Liam on voting day after he caught "Obama fever!" Notice that he is wearing his "I voted" sticker. He got to go into the voting booth with Mama.

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Daddy's little helper. This takes lots of concentration! Liam was using his own screwdriver to help Daddy put together his new shelves for his toys.

Forget his own screwdriver, he wants to use the real one! Here he is back at work.

2008-02-16T22:29:00.004-05:00

The little Mardi Gras partier. Liam thought the beads were great. He thought they were a bunch of balls strung together so he called them "ba ba."

The morning after, our little partier was partied out! We kept trying to wake him because he had a class to go to but he wouldn't even peep an eye open. He just kept rolling away and pushing us away.

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Mommy's little helper! Liam loves to watch Mama cook and brings out all the things he needs to make his own pot of imaginary spaghetti.

2008-01-26T00:12:00.001-05:00

Liam, the happy boy, is almost 17 months! What a fun and busy holiday season he has had! He is such a good little helper lately for MaMa and DaDa. He has learned how to turn off the light in his bedroom (it's on a cord) and then come over to Mommy in the rocker for night time rocking before bed. Now she doesn't have to do anything but get him dressed and brush his teeth. Brushing teeth, by the way, has been going over lately as well as a lead balloon! As Grandpa Lance, the dentist, says, "All the baby teeth fall out anyway!"
Mommy was spoiled again the other day by Liam when she prepared a cup with ice in it so Liam could play with the ice. Instead of playing with it, he went over to the cupboard, stuck a straw in the cup and brought it back over to Mama, so she could have a tasty beverage. Ahhh...after all this time waiting on him, he returned the favor!
Read on to see what Liam and his family have been up to the past two months.

2008-01-26T00:04:00.001-05:00

Horray! Our first snow on January 20th. It was just enough to make our lawn look a little white.

Here's Liam posing for the camera and his first snow of the season. He was so cute, because I showed him where to stand and he walked over there, posed for the camera, and then after it flashed, he came over to see what it looked like.

2008-01-25T23:55:00.001-05:00

Check out this funny video where our little man is cracking up over Mommy shaking a towel while folding laundry. Ella, on the other hand, is completely freaked out.

2008-01-25T23:48:00.001-05:00

Liam and Daddy checkin' out the new cars at the Car Show at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. Liam loved to press all of the buttons and then climb in the back seats. His favorite one with fancy buttons was the $110,000 Mercedes. Here he is in the Subaru Tribeca.

Because Liam didn't get his nap in before the car show, and he couldn't nap there with all the excitement going on, he finally passed out around 4:30, clutching his Saab business cards and sporting his Scion sweat band. A true car show junkie!

2008-01-25T23:42:00.002-05:00

"Mr. Jefferson, is that you?"

We took another great trip to close by Williamsburg and Jamestown. This time, Nana was with us. It was a beautiful day, and Nana really enjoyed seeing the history there. Here is Liam with Thomas Jefferson in the town center. Liam finds out that Mr. Jefferson has the same birthday as Mommy.

2008-01-25T23:36:00.001-05:00

What nice weather we have been having! 70 degrees and sunny. Nana, Mommy and Liam took a trip to the Norfolk Botanical Garden. Here is Nana and I in front of one of Norfolk's many mermaids that they paint and put around the city.

Whoa! Hold on tight Liam!

Afterwards, a stop at the grocery store to get some groceries and my free cookie that the bakery always gives me. This one was chocolate chip and it did not leave my mouth since the moment it was given to me until Mommy so meanly took it away.

2008-01-25T23:33:00.001-05:00

Hey, what is this? Daddy's X-Box controller? It looks like a toy!

BUBBLE!! Two of my favorite things right now...bubbles and sticks.