Thursday, December 13, 2007

Much to share...






Wearing some of the gifts from Miss Lisa and Aunt Amy! Thanks Ladies!








Griffith Park and the Getty Villa













At the Getty Villa in Malibu with Beth and Jason

























Hello everyone!




I know it has been a little while since posted, but we have been busy! Our friends from Columbus Beth and Jason came and visited over the weekend. It was supposed to be rainy much of the time, but it ended up being just a spectacularly clear and beautiful (yet quite chilly too!) weekend. What a blessing. On Friday we just hung out in the afternoon, and then met them up in Pasadena for some yummy dinner (Liam behaved so well!). Saturday we went to the beach and all of the way up to Malibu and later in the evening went to a Christmas party. On Sunday it was Sunset Blvd and Griffith Park with fabulous views. We had a great time just reconnecting and laughing and exploring LA. It had been awhile since Brian and I got out so much, but it felt good and Liam did great. The car sure does lull him to sleep :)

Sunday night was also a special night. We had Liam dedicated at church. There were three other little ones being dedicated. Our pastor prayed over each of the kids a prayer that reflected the meaning of each name. It was beautiful and very good. Dedication is just an open acknowledgement that we are going to raise Liam in a godly way in the church and those that are close to us and in our lives in the church committ to helping him along the way as well. It was a nice time.


Liam once again has a little cold, but so does Mommy! I usually don't get sick, but I think that the persistant lack of sleep has finally taken a noticeable toll on my body. However, just this week, Liam has been sleeping 5 1/2 - 6 hours at a stretch at night! Yay!!!!!! I have had about 7 hours of sleep each night this week. It has been wonderful. He still sleeps a bunch during the day, but is slowly spending more time awake. He had a doctor's appointment on Friday and he weighed 11lbs 9oz. I am sure he is now just about 12lbs. Catching up, for sure! He gained about 3lbs in one month.


On Monday, two little fun gifts found there way to our home for Liam!! I finally got out to pick up the package from Miss Lisa at the post office. May I say, Lisa, that I LOVED the card (I read it to him) and loved the fun gifts. He definitely needed a Christmassy colored blanket, warm too since our apartment is freezing. And the hat looks really really cute on him. And the burp cloth, bib and booties....so cute! I tried so hard to get some good pictures and even a video that day, but I will post only one picture right now, since he didn't really cooperate. Look for more, especially a video in the coming days of him in his garb. Also, Aunt Amy sent a little onesie that he wore for about 2 hours (before he peed on it) of which a picture is posted too. Very timely for me, I must say! What thoughtfullness from both of you ladies! He is ready for the holidays, thanks to you both.


Well it is pretty chilly out here still and the apartment doesn't warm up very easily. Lows still in around 42-44 each night which is chilly in a drafty apartment. But we keep the bedroom nice and warm. We are busy shopping and even got out to the Grove shopping area on Tuesday night which was really fun for us. That is my favorite place to shop. Plus they were blowing snow off the roof (fake snow that still "melted") and it was so fun to walk through. I loved it, and will need to go back for sure. We are hanging in there and are enjoying our family at this time. Our tree is already pretty brittle (oops!) so we will be leaving half of it on the floor by the time Christmas comes around. Oh well. Last year we lucked out, but apparently not this year.



Hope everyone is well. I will be hopefully posting more videos soon since everyone commented that they liked the video. Look for one shortly, hopefully by tomorrow.

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