Smart Fart!

Here's a cute video of Liam counting to three in order to have a piggy back ride. I have to start him out with "one" and he follows with "two" and "three". Super cute and super smart!

Visitors in the Night

When we stepped out the door to go to church this morning we noticed that we had had some visitors in our backyard over night! These footprints gave it away...

It appears deer have been by to eat the compost we have been throwing out onto our garden. I certainly never thought I'd have deer in my backyard living in town. But, I think the idea of nighttime visits from deer is charming. (Of course we'll see if they keep up this habit once my garden is planted. I might not be so amused then!)

I wish I had been awake to see them all! Deer are beautiful to see up close - all that's left of their visit are their footprints and tongue marks in the snow. There's plenty of compost to come, so I'm sure they'll be back for more as the winter goes on!

My Little Man

Liam thinks his dad is the coolest guy in the world. As soon as Nialle comes in the door from work, Liam yells "HI!" and gives his daddy a big hug.









Liam, Joel and Josiah are the Three Musketeers! Joel and Josiah teach Liam lots of important things like how to play with trucks and how to jump on grandma's couch. Today they took Liam out on the farm and showed him the calves.

In these pictures, the boys are in their Christmas pajamas...look out ladies, in 20 years these fellas are going to be the hunkiest bachelors in Leduc!






This is a picture that we will definitely have to save for Liam's wedding. (payback for all those dirty diapers I've had to change!)









Liam's latest fascination is trains. He's glued to his Thomas the Train book and takes it to bed with him most nights. Liam tries his best to say, "Choo-Choo" but it comes out sounding more like "Foo-Foo".











This isn't the greatest picture because the cat got in the way and because Liam wouldn't sit still, but we made Liam a "throne" last week out of his mega-blocks. The chair suits His Majesty! (Nialle also made a cage out of mega blocks for Liam's stuffed Panda. That proved to be a real hit as well).













Well, the cool dude is letting me know it's time to go and play! Just like his trains, Liam goes "full steam ahead" all day! Choo-Choo!

First Ultrasound of Baby#2

Here's one of the first glimpses we've had of baby#2. It looks like the baby is healthy and growing well! I'm about 3 months now and I feel wonderful now that the first trimester exhaustion is starting to wear off.

Trying to explain to my brother Joel that I'm pregnant is a little bit tricky...our conversation went something like this...

-Joel, do you know that I'm going to have a baby?

-Where is it?

-In my tummy.

-Can I see?

(I lift my shirt up and explain to Joel that it's very tiny and inside of my tummy)

-Where is it?

-In my tummy.

-WHERE? I want to see it!

-You can't see it - not yet. We have to wait until summer to see the baby. It's in my tummy.

-WHERE?!?!? I WANT TO SEE IT!

After much persuasion, I finally manage to convince Joel that he has to wait to see the baby because I need to carry it in my tummy for a while. Joel then thinks for a while, walks over to the nativity display, picks up the baby Jesus, shoves it under his shirt and says to me with much determination:

-I'm going to carry baby Jesus in my tummy.

You do that, Joel. You do that.

Mommy, I lost my pants!

Poor Liam has a pair of overalls with a broken strap. The strap that isn't broken just slips off his shoulders and the result is quite funny...for everybody but him.

Home Sweet Home

Daddy's home! Nialle has been recuperating well at home and even though he can't hold Liam, he's been getting in some quality snuggle time.

Here's Daddy and Liam reading a book together. It's early in the morning, so Nialle still has bedhead. Liam doesn't like to be read to, but he does enjoy books if you point out things in the pictures and discuss it like civilized folks.

Snow!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Nialle and I took Liam outside yesterday morning to enjoy the first snow fall of the year. Liam took one step outside, put his hand in the snow and promptly started to cry. Thankfully, it didn't take long before he was happily tromping through the yard!

...it also didn't take long before Liam had a spill ...

Papa and Liam...doesn't the hedge look so pretty with the snow on it?

...our house...both attic vent covers fell off this summer and we still haven't gotten around to putting them back up...looks like we'll be waiting until spring to do that now!


Only 50 days left until Christmas! Can't you just feel it in the air????