Recent Stories

Liam is learning to do more and more every day. Today during some tummy time on his sheep blanket he did really well holding his whole upper body off of the ground for quite a bit of time. I call it cobra! He has also been smiling big gummy smiles at us for over two weeks now and they are truly enough to melt our hearts.

Last Tuesday we had his one month doctor's appointment. (Well he was just 2 days short of the one month!) His pediatrician, Dr Bucher, is a friendly guy with a sense of humor and a gentle nature with babies. We were hardly surprised at Liam's healthy weight gain given the clothes he's already outgrown, but the doctor was definitely adequately impressed. He weighed in at 4,930g which is a 700g gain since day 4! He also grew 4.5 cm and is now (or was as of last week) 53.5cm.

We have taken him out a fair amount - and sometimes to louder venues - and he always seems to do fairly well at the time. I think he saves the painful crying sessions for his alone time with mom and dad. But in the meantime he's been to campus on numerous occasions, meeting faculty and students. He attended a school assembly with a loud live band performing, made it through international food night and the mayhem that was, and even came out to cheer on the boys basketball teams at a tournament not too long ago. We're just making sure he can handle all sorts of situations!

Here are some random photos that were just too cute not to post:

This little outfit is from his Aunt Shirin and the rabbit was a gift from two of James' students

This is him in his first non-pajama outfit - how cute is that? One with Mom and one with Dad

Though he's not a huge fan of the moses basket, we have managed to get him to sleep in it here and there!