Panettone?!

We just got back from Cabo, and I thought I would post a quick update on our little guy.

We've been trying to teach Liam his colours, and he's known blue for a while, but will often say "blue" to any colour that I ask of him. But in Mexico Mike found a small pink shell for him, and without prompting him he said "pink". We thought it was a fluke, but today I asked him the colour for a flower in a book, and sure enough, he said "pink". What a crazy kid! Of all the colours to say after blue, I can't even remember the last time I told him something was pink. It just reminds us that kids are a lot smarter than we give them credit for.

I mentioned in the last post that we can't keep up with all his new words, I swear he's up to 100 by now. But his latest as of tonight is "tone". As in panettone. Hah! He asks for tone now when he wants some of our panettone. Is this kid cute or what.

Quick update!

Sorry for the long delay, but our computer had a virus that prevented me from accessing anything google-related (including my blog!). All is well now, computer is wiped clean though so no pics this time.

Liam is a little chatter box which is awesome. I've stopped keeping track of all his new words, there's just too many! He's even starting to string two words together occasionally, so cute! He's learned how to walk upstairs and is currently working on going down, but he's very cautious which is good! He loves the park, and can do the slide by himself if it's short. Well, he could probably handle bigger ones but Mama is too nervous to let him try. :)

He's also a total whiz at his wooden puzzles. We buy him a new one and he has it down in a couple days! Such a little smartie!

As you probably know, Liam is going to be a big brother this March! We're having a girl, which we're thrilled about. I bought a cute little pink dress for her and asked Liam if he thought it was pretty, he said 'no no no'. Haha.

Oops?

Okay, so it's been a while, but we're busy busy busy as usual.

Liam had a great visit with his family in Canada, and enjoyed our road trip down the Oregon coast (for the most part). He was just great in the car, despite what many a horrified friend had to say about it. What can I say, my kid is an angel. He got to see his Uncle Steve and Aunt Emily get married, and was baptised at Oma and Opa's church in Kelowna. He was spoiled rotten as usual (seriously, this kid has so many cars already! And loves them all of course) and had a great time at the beach.

Oregon was a blast, he loved running up and down the long beaches and would just laugh and squeal with delight. It is just beautiful there and we plan on going back someday soon.

Hmmm, what else is new? New words or signs are added to Liam's repertoire every few days, and it seems to be speeding up. His current favourites are: 'no', 'don't', 'up', 'down', 'fish', 'bird', 'owl', 'uh-oh', 'go', 'dada', 'mama', 'dong dong', 'bum', 'ball', 'book', 'hi', 'wawa' for waffle, 'wowo' for walrus, and our personal favourite is 'gogen gogen' for moon.

He also makes a lot of sounds like 'brum brum' for car, 'baa' for sheep, and 'woowoo' for dog.

He said 'Opa' the other day, although now it's just 'pa', and tries to say 'Echo', the name of one of his little friends.

What a smart boy!

He is a pro at his shape sorter, and claps for himself (and of course expects you to as well) when he completes it. He likes his magnadoodle for scribbling, and loves to throw balls at the cat.

One of the cutest things he does lately is try to feed his stuffed animals, adorable!

New Words Update

Quick update before I forget Liam's new words: he says bug, but only in reference to ladybug. He also says "go", I guess from me repeatedly saying "Liam let GO of Luna's tail!". Haha.

A couple other cute things: he does the actions to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, If You're Happy and You Know It, and The Wheels on the Bus. So cute!

Quick Liam Update

We're busy busy busy as usual, Liam is always on the go these days! I thought I would post a quick update on what the little man is up to.

He understands so much, if you tell him we're going out and to get his shoes he finds them, brings them to you, and sits down. He also tries to get them off himself when we come home. It's beyond cute!

New words include: done, bird, bubbles, clock, bunny, book, and car. He also signs music, airplane, and lion. It's so fun to have him communicate with us.

He loves going to pool almost every day, and we took him to the water park recently which he loves as long as there aren't too many big kids around.

That's it for now!

Liam in Vancouver

Liam and I are in Vancouver for the week, visiting his Tante Moni, Oma, Opa, and Cousin Caitlin. Liam is having a lovely trip, and I thought I would do a quick update on the little man before I forget all the new things he has been up to these past few weeks.

First and foremost, Liam walks! For about two weeks now he has been toddling around on his own, and he gets better each and every day. It's the cutest thing, he walks with both hands in the air for balance, and is so proud of himself. He also loves to carry toys around with him, but God help you if you try and take it away.

Speaking of which, his latest development is his strong will. He was always a bit on the stubborn side (where on earth could he have gotten that from I wonder??) but this past week he has gotten extremely demanding, and will let you know loud and clear his likes and dislikes. He also loves to grumble when things don't go his way.

Liam's vocabulary is also expanding leaps and bounds this week. It's actually really amazing! He says 'bye', 'cat', 'dog', 'duck', 'dirt', 'bum', 'ding' (for when we get into the elevator), 'door', 'knock', 'rock' and I'm sure I'm forgetting some and will update when I remember. He also loves to imitate sounds like 'quack' and 'crackle'.

Tante Moni has been teaching Liam plenty of songs and actions this week. He can now touch his head and tummy when asked. He also loves the songs she made up for him, especially the troll song (which ends with him saying 'dirt'). The above picture is courtesy of Tante Moni, she's quite the photog don't you think!

This is such a fun age, watching him make his way around Tante Moni's apartment and give hugs and kisses to his family is so adorable and sweet.

Tomorrow we head home, back to Liam's Daddy who is missing him terribly. I gave Liam his Dad's picture last night and he hung onto it for dear life.

Liam's First "Real" Word!

I have lot's of updates but no time, this kid is running me ragged (and I love it).

But, other than Mama and Dada, Liam has announced to the world his first word. Ball! It's so cute, I ask him all day 'what is this Liam' just to hear it. The 'L' isn't very pronounced, but you can understand him loud and clear.

We're headed to NYC on Friday, so don't expect any updates for a while!