Liam: Six Months Old

Liam is a half year old.  I'm in denial.  Here are his pics - his checkup is next Tuesday so I'll have some stats after that.  He really does smile more, these pictures are taken when he got home from daycare.  He is crabby, crabby because he only sleeps for a little over an hour while he is there.  Lovely, right?  I'm so excited to hang out with him and he is cranky and needs to nap right away.  :( 

Anyway, here's our six-month-old!

Liam's Baptism

Liam was baptized this morning at a nice outdoor service at Lands Lutheran.  He was so good the entire service and the water on his head didn't faze him in the least.  What a sweetie!  And Beckett was a well-behaved big brother during the service.  We are so blessed with our two wonderful boys. 

Pastor Nate baptizing Liam.

Instead of drawing on the sidewalk Beckett chalked himself.

The creation of Kaden, Brooklynn, Mateo and Beckett.

Liam in love with Brooklynn.

Apparently we are too much fun for Papa.

Liam with his sponsors, Greg and Rissa.

Back At It

Time to catch up.  The Paulson family is back at it - back to work for me (sigh) and back to daycare for Beckett and Liam (sniff).  Our summer went way too fast and it was a big change for us, especially since the boys are at a new daycare.  We were spoiled with Angela!  The boys now go to a center, which has its pros and cons.  We had 2 practice days before I went back to work on the 9th and I was openly bawling before I could sneak out the door their first day.  It didn't help that Beckett started off saying he didn't like "school."  I'm fairly certain he pictured me at home hanging out with Rissa, Mateo and Kaden.  Now that he realizes I'm at work and he's had a chance to get settled, he likes it.  And, I'm proud to say that his teachers think he's doing so well in the 2-year-old room that they would like him visit the preschool room for awhile during the day! 

Beckett and his teacher Miss Lydia. Clearly embarassed that I'm taking his picture!

Liam totally fine with my picture taking, but not quite sure what's going on.

But before it was time to go back we spent some time in Iowa and were able to spend time with my grandmas.  We were trying to get Liam comfortable with drinking out of a bottle and Grandma Ardis and Grandma Marilyn were willing to help!

What a show off! Apparently he can hold his own bottle now.

Beckett tells me that Prince is not ready for a bottle yet.

And while we are exhausted getting used to our new routine and trying to make the most of our time together, Grandpa puts 2,500 miles on his motorcycle without batting an eye! 

Grandpa and Grandma went to the Sturgis Rally and brought back souvenirs for the boys.

And that should bring us to today, when Liam showed us he could sit by himself!

Look at that smiling cutie-pie!

Beckett's Musings

Beckett is quite the character, and never ceases to amaze and amuse me with what he says.  If I had a better memory I could probably share a bunch of his comments, but these will have to do for now. 

Much to the horror of my sister, Rissa, my family frequents Wal-Mart.  Why?  Because they always have low prices.  Always.  Because I can get my groceries and household items in one spot.  Because their apparel for my age is not cute so I don't have to worry about making impulse purchases like I do at Target.  Because their carts hold Liam's carseat carrier better than HyVee's.  Several months ago I took Beckett with me to run a few errands.  When we pulled in to the parking lot Beckett yelled "Yay Wal-Mart!"  As much as I like Wal-Mart I failed as a parent because my two-year-old child 1) could recognize Wal-Mart and 2) was so darn excited about it.  And earlier this week as we were returning books and DVDs to the library Beckett suggested that we "go to Wal-Mart and buy some Pull-Ups."  *sigh*

Beckett redeemed himself on Sunday. We were in Tea checking out his new school (daycare) and decided to have dinner at Pizza Ranch.  In the middle of eating Beckett put down his pizza, looked around adoringly and proclaimed to us "I love this place!"  Me too, bud.  Me too. 

Last Friday morning we received a substantial amount of rain in a short amount of time.  When we woke up and looked in our backyard this is what we saw:

Beckett stated the obvious.  "Mommy, we need a boat." 

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Sometimes I'm not sure if Beckett comes up with these things on his own, or mimics them from someone else.  I was sitting with him in the bathroom while he tried to poop before going to bed.  Our conversation went something like this:

Me:  Tell me when you're finished trying, OK?

Beckett:  OK.  When I go, I go 3....2.....1..... poop!

Me:  Who told you to say that?

Beckett:   That was just me.

While that line may have been his, Beckett's latest are definitely not his own creation, rather lines from his favorite movie Cars.  When Beckett is upset with me he will use lines that Lightning McQueen uses when he is mad.  "OK Mr. One Man Show!" and "I'm SO not taking you to dinner" are two of his favorites.  I have to turn away when he says these because they still make me laugh!  And he's so smart venting his anger like that!  Beckett Russell, I am so lucky to be your mommy!