Fun pictures!!

Green beans....yummy! (not!)

Mr. Pea face

Well, this whole week, Brian has still been gone to Florida. Liam and I have done pretty well and have actually had some breakthroughs as far as sleep is concerned. I decided he can take no more naps in his swing! So, he has been doing well doing all of his sleeping in the crib. We have had such a fun week together and I think he is just changing all of the time. This week, I started making my baby food for Liam! It is a choice for economic purposes as well as just to take an active role in knowing what I am feeding Liam and also to expose him to many different foods that aren't always available in the jars. Anyway, as I said in the last posting, he LOVED carrots. No problem eating a jar (he could probably eat more!). So, I thought I'd make green beans...well, those didn't go over so well. He cried and gagged. I have the rest frozen in the freezer for later experimentation. So, the next day I made peas - I tasted them and they tasted sweet and yummy, I thought for sure he'd like them. ( I even put them through a fine strainer which took forever to get rid of all of the little bits). Wrong. He gagged and cried again. He did take a few spoonfuls (probably because I tricked him - he thought it was rice cereal) So, the rest is frozen in the freezer. I'll try those again in about a week. Today I made pears (of course those he liked) and squash. I didn't even bother trying the squash, it will be in the freezer until he is ready. It is actually fun to make this food and then just know that I have it when I need it! So far, so good.

So, today i took bunches of pictures with the new camera. I had fun just clicking away. I am posting some of my favorites. I will probably mess around with them more and crop them and enhance my favorites for printing, but I thought I'd just put up some of what I took. I love photography and hopefully I'll get better and better as I keep trying.

Mother's Day and more!

Just messin' with the camera...

If you could hear him he would be "singing" right now - that is his current sound...arhhrrhh
Peacefully sleeping - he is down to about 2 naps a day now..



Oh so interested in the jumper...and so serious!

Brian took this on our little porch on the second floor. He loves looking at this church steeple across the street.

At the zoo!!!


He even chews on Daddy's hair.

He's pointing where he wants to go at the zooooooo!

With the tall giraffs

So, my first Mother's Day was great - we had such a great weekend and it was really fun to be celebrated as a mother! I love being a mom and I am so thankful to have the opportunity to be Liam's mommy! Anyway...we went to the LA Zoo (the Orangatang (sp?) wasn't loose that weekend) and had lots of fun looking at the animals. And then Brian cooked up a yummy steak dinner on the grill. Sounds more manly, but we don't eat red meat often at all so it was a real treat! And, we purchased a new toy off of craigslist - a used digital SLR camera which I am SO excited about. I have taken so many pictures and love exploring my inner photography passion. Hopefully, awesome pics to come in the future!

Well, right now Brian is in Orlando, FL for his training to go on staff with our church. Welcome to the mission field! We are excited about this next step and are looking forward to seeing how God provides. He left Sunday night and won't be back until the 28th. That is the longest we have been apart. But so far, so good. Last night my friend Julie spent the night, and of course, Liam behaved well. She was there in case I needed a break, (and of course to hang out!) but he did well and went right to sleep. What a blessing! She is coming over again on Thursday. Her husband is out of town as well so we get a chance to catch up and get quality time.

Finally the weather today is cooler in LA. Over the weekend it was around 97-98. Wow...it gets cookin' here! But relief is here today with cloud coverage off the ocean.

Well, enjoy the new pictures! Liam is eating more and more and yesterday I gave him some carrots - he couldn't get enough of them! Yesterday was also his 8 month check up. He is finally on the curve for height - 26.5". He has come a long way. And he is close to 17lbs now. Movin' on up. He is so much fun and I love seeing him change each day. So, here are some pictures to keep you updated as well!

Much love,
Sara and Liam

Fun first feeding!

Chewing...

My pensive guys...wonder what they're thinking?

With my little guy

Just so cute after a bath!!

He does this with his tongue so he can feel his bottom teeth - so cute!

Before the food....

After the food...

So, we gave Liam a bit of rice cereal on Sunday for the first time. And when I say a bit, I mean a small bit. Of course he wasn't too into this food, but I will keep trying it each day. We have a great video of it on our video camera so maybe soon we'll get those onto this blog. Meanwhile, enjoy the pictures. Brian and I also went out yesterday for lunch a our favorite carribbean place - he got some spicey jerk pork and I got a brazilian chicken. It was yummy! Enjoy the pictures we have taken this week! He sure is growing and growing!