September 17, 2009: 13 months old!

So I'm late in posting but here is what Liam is up to at 13 months old!! After multiple ear infections and a nasty stomach bug, Liam is off dairy. Mostly to let his stomach heal, but there's also alot of belief in a dairy-free diet helping to prevent recurrent ear infections....this is not supported by research, but I thought it was worth a shot if we could spare Liam surgery for tubes in his ears. Hopefully this dairy-free diet is just temporary, but for now he's on rice milk/soy yogurt/goat cheese...you get the idea. He's okay with most of it, but I think he misses his grilled cheese sandwiches and YoBaby yogurt. Liam's new words for this month are"ank ooo" which is "thank you" and "uuh" which is "up". He is also using more baby signs and now tells us "all done" "hungry" "more" "hurt"...and he blows us kisses which is the ultimate heart melter! He understands so much and is so smart when pointing out animals and other favorite objects (like balls, babies, robots, trains, balloons, trees, sun...I could go on and on!) in his books. We still read all the time and are now going to story time at the library. Liam has just started taking steps by himself towards his toys...he was just walking to us, but it's amazing to see him get more confident in his walking. He's also practicing using his spoon..sometimes to feed himself, sometimes to feed us:)

Here's Liam in his ultimate-alpha-male-outfit...yeah it's his batman shirt and camo shorts!

We finally turned his car seat front-facing...although he really does love it, in this picture he's giving me the "Mom, puuuhlease" face.

In the morning while I was making breakfast, this is Liam watching Sesame Street while snuggling his kitty. This is the only show he watches and he LOVES Elmo. What's so funny about this picture is that so many kids have those cute, miniature chairs....Liam's just relaxin in his chair...the adult-size leather club chair :)

Here is Liam using his spoon to feed the family...

Here is a cute video of Nick and Liam playing. He laughs so hard when Nick is "chasing" him and it's so fun to see them already starting to rough-house with each other :)