Last Week's Wake Up Call

"Mommy...come here...Liam's room...right now!" (Man, he's getting pushy!)

Our parrot

I can't keep up with Liam's language development. Every day he has some new phrase that I don't even know where he picked up! Here are two of my recent favorites:

A couple weeks ago we were walking through Trader Joe's and Liam was trying to point out a picture of a fish on a price tag. It took me a little bit to figure out what he was talking about - to the point where he was getting frustrated with me. When I finally figured it out I said, "I'm sorry Liam, I wasn't paying attention." Liam then looked me in the eye and said, "Mommy, pay attention." Yes sir!

Yesterday, in the last minute rush to get out the door in the morning, Geoff was trying to get Liam's shirt on. Liam fought him and yelled "Wait a minute!" That's the first time I've heard him use that phrase - too funny! Last night when I was giving him a bath, I was trying to shampoo his hair while he was playing with some toys. He grabbed my hand and said, "wait a minute, Mommy."

The Third Man

I was struck this weekend by the fact that we have a third person living in our house. A person with his own agenda, likes, dislikes and favorite TV shows. Since Liam's vocabulary is expanding and he's able to talk in (somewhat) complete sentences, it's changing the dynamics in our house. No longer is he content to sit by while Dad watches football - nope, he wants to play Wii so move on over! If he's hungry, he'll march in the kitchen, open the pantry and rummage around until he finds something interesting. He'll get his own ice and water from the fridge. He'll turn lights off and on. He's an independent little person who likes to "do myself!"

Annual birthday trip to Parky's

2009...Liam's second birthday...

From 2008...first birthday...

August Pictures

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