I'm stealing an idea from my friend Jenny and starting a 365 photo challenge. I should have started January 1st, but I didn't know about it then, so February 1st will be the start date. I'll just go through January 31st, 2014 instead! Still counts. Plus it's an easy weekly blog post that will also chronicle our life. I will try to include some non-Liam pictures, even though he's awesome and pretty much the focus of every picture I take.
Speaking of Liam, I'm about to write about Liam speaking. He's a chatty toddler these days. These are a few things I want to remember about how he speaks at this age (20.5 months).
Liam finally pronounces "book" correctly. He had been replacing the B with a G.
He pronounces stickers as "gahkers."
He calls chips "pips." Don't worry. He doesn't really eat chips, except the occasional veggie straw (which are probably just as bad as regular chips).
Liam loves to throw balls around, and he always says "tatch" before he throws it. That means "catch." He's getting pretty good at "tatch"-ing them himself, too. He loves to kick his soccer ball around as well. I think he would enjoy something like Soccer Tots!
Coloring is still his most favorite thing to do, and he asks to do it all the time. He usually just starts randomly yelling, "cuhyur! cuhyur!" We do, however, remind him to ask nicely. He's gotten pretty good at saying, "Peas" (please) then and doing the sign. However, he's now just decided to say please and thank you all at once...I guess to save time! So now he does the signs and says, "Peas. Dee-doo." all at once. My goodness, it's cute! He sounds so sweet.
Liam pronounces play as "pay." He also looooves to "pay," especially outside! Thankfully, the weather has been decent a lot of the time lately, so we've spent more time at the park.
I love his toddlerese language! It still amazes me that words come out of his mouth at all. His cute pronunciations and sweet, sweet voice just make it that much more awesome.
Let's see...what else is going on?
Well, he sometimes asks me, "Where?" when I tell him we're about to go somewhere. Usually whenever we put him in his carseat, he says, "church." Ha, I guess that's usually where he goes! He also asked me "Why?" one day when I asked him not to touch something.
Despite all the talking and words he knows, we still have trouble understanding him at times. Then Liam gets frustrated because we're not acting on his request...because we have no idea what he's requesting. However, he does occasionally take my hand and lead me places to show what he wants me to do or get for him.
He's also starting to occasionally let me know when he needs a new "biper" (diaper). It usually happens after he's been put down for a nap or for bedtime! Were starting to talk about going potty more, and I got him the cheapest potty Target carries. However, I really don't have plans to attempt potty training him anytime soon. I just want him to get used to these things before I do.
He's also asking me for hugs these days. Talk about sweetness!
These are just a few of the things I want to remember about this stage. :)
Recent phone pics: (Liam is usually a blur in them!)
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| Coloring. (I think daddy had been helping.) |
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| Hanging out at Whole Foods |
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| Drawing lines |
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| The curls occasionally come back! |
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| Potty head (It's clean! Never been used.) |
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| Reading |
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| Playing with a stick |
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| This happened in literally 2 seconds |
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| Playdate with a friend |
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| Big hair |
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| Coloring on himself |
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| Cool dude |
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| Post-nap hair |
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| Reading again...well, calling out letters he knows |
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| Tired after many attempts to climb up the slide the wrong way |
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| I think he looks older in this picture |
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| Grumpy Liam on the swing (He was actually pretty happy...just tired at that point!) |
A little glimpse at the silliness of Liam!
Can't wait to keep up with your daily pics! Little Liam is such a handsome young boy...we hope to come visit Texas in the near future and get to see y'all!
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