Video of Liam Walking

Millie and Luc

Liam and Jen
Luc and Millie hanging out
We're lucky that we have neighbors such as Millie and Luc, they are both such sweet kids! And as a bonus, their moms are really cool too!
Liam's napping has been up in the air lately - depending on when he wakes up in the morning he'll need either one or two naps during the day. This forces me to be quite flexible when it comes to planning our days. Also, he's been uncharacteristically cranky at 4.45 every day, but now I've discovered that he's starving at that time regardless of when he had his last snack. I presume that it's because 5 p.m has been his suppertime since he was 4 months old.

Liam has been walking a lot lately, he's starting to really master the skill now and just takes off on his own. Also, he has learned to pat Harry nicely (he looks at me at the same time to make sure I'm noticing how good he is).

TY water park

Today we went to TY waterpark and had a blast in the enormous babypool! By the way, the cloth diapers are working out great! My only regret is that we didn't start earlier - we could have saved a bunch of money and reduced trash. In addition - they are sooo cute.

Tittut! (Peekabo)

Here's a video of Liam playing peekabo.

Midsummer and bridal shower

The old gang from Baudhuin
Midsummer at IKEA
This past weekend, we went to IKEA to celebrate Swedish midsummer (a big holiday in Sweden). We actually missed the dancing around the maypole though, bummer. Sunday I went to my friend Melissa's bridal shower. Several of the teachers from Baudhuin preschool were there and it was great seeing everyone!

Push Cart

Here are some videos of Liam in his tenth month of life

Tug of War

Shooting hoops

Dääää....

"Däää är fågeln" (there's the bird)

"Däää är blomman" (there's the flower)

Interesting book
Man, I wish I thought the world was as fascinating as Liam perceives it! Everytime we're out walking, he points at stuff and says "Dääää..." (there). He makes me notice things that would have passed me by - birds, cars, flowers etc. Today he pointed out a beautiful bright red cardinal. He truly makes our walks entertaining.

Another nice thing is that he really enjoys books. Right now his favorite is "Knacka på" (knock on the door) which mormor sent him. He actually knocks on the doors himself.

Father's day

We're so happy we have Jason! He's a wonderful husband and father and we're very proud of him!

Goodbye to Philip and Anna

Today we went up to Boca to see Anna and Philip probably for the last time before they go to Sweden. Very sad, since we won't see them until August. We'll definitely miss them!

On a different note, we're trying out cloth diapers. Liam mostly poops on the potty so I thought we'd give cloth a chance. If nothing else they are very cute.

Luc- Luis' First Birthday

The Birthday Prince

Aidan and Liam had a fun time while Jen pushed them around

But suddenly it all went south

Yesterday we went to Luc- Luis' first birthday party! We had a great time with Luc and Aidan and Luc's family. I get kind of sentimental when I think about how quickly Liam and his friends grow up. They're all already special in their own way, and they're all beautiful.

Wednesday

Liam hasn't been walking much the last week. Perhaps it's like Anna said, he just wanted to show me that he COULD do it. He walks between me and Jason, but rarely on his own initiative. Luckily, he has his push cart to get him around when he doesn't feel like crawling.