Golf? Golf? Golf!

Have I mentioned before how OBSESSED Liam is with golf?  Josh is loving that Liam has fun going to the putting green with him and always gets his clubs, waits by the door, and says "golf? golf?".

My Grandpa Giauque, Liam's great grandpa made him some golf clubs a few months ago and ever since we have been "golfing" at least four times a week.  Now that the weather is warmer you can usually find Liam in our courtyard hitting balls.  Literally hitting.  He hasn't quite got the swing down yet, it's more of a hack.  He is so short and the clubs are so heavy that they kind of take over him but he refuses to play with plastic clubs or foam balls.

The first time Liam went golfing

Baby #2

We are SO excited to announce we are having baby number 2!  I am so behind in blogging that I feel like I've left this little guys debut out too long.  When I was pregnant with Liam I documented everything!  I'm sure my life will get busier and I will try my hardest to keep up on blogging.  Right now I am 19 weeks along, due October 22nd!  This picture was taken at 14 weeks when this little stinker decided not to let us hear his heartbeat we got a surprise ultrasound!

Just like my pregnancy with Liam I was very sick until about 12 weeks.  Being pregnant and still having to chase around a busy one year old and not being able to sleep in til ten is definitely a challenge but I am so thrilled to be expanding our family.

We found out it is a boy, but I knew all along.  The nurse asked me before the ultrasound if we had any guesses and I said "we already know it's a boy, I don't know why I am paying you, I already know."  Sure enough as soon as she waved the wand on this little guys behind I saw it before she did.  He is all boy!  We are so excited to have a little friend for Liam.  I think he will be a great big brother, even though he has no clue how much his world is about to be rocked!

This past week when I went to see my Dr. she told me she had some bad news for me, my heart sunk and I was terrified for what she had to say.  She said she wouldn't be here for the birth.  Relieved that it had nothing to do with the baby I asked her where she was going out of town to, she's not.  She is moving to Colorado and so I need to find a new doctor.  It's funny how easily I chose her with no recommendations and I felt so good about it and now I am having the hardest time choosing between three of her partners.  Luckily this time I found out at 18 weeks and not 38!   

18 Months

My not so baby Liam turned 18 months in April.

Every stage has been so fun, and this is too, but he is SO busy!

This kid does not slow down.  He is very social and very talkative (mostly in a language that we don't understand).

My awesome Friend/Neighbor Annie was so nice to snap a few pictures of Liam for me a couple weeks ago.  I think she caught all of his personality in just a few pictures.

 His Likes:

Bananas

Apples (ball)

Broccoli

Being chased

 Golf

Caillou

Any animal (living, picture, sound)

Showing us where things are 

(Belly button, feet, hands, nose, ears, eyes, tongue)

Chap stick and Lotion(*)

Basketball

Keys and or any button he can press

Binky and Blankie

Waving bye bye and blowing kisses

His dog (and giving him treats)

Talking on the phone

Words he says:

 Dad

Mom

Hey

Dog

Ball

Golf

See Ya

Uh-oh

No

Oh-ya

ta-da

 MMMMM

And Sounds:

Monkey

Dog

Duck

Horse

Growl

Shhh

Muah

*If he gets a hold of a chap stick or lotion he will hide and secretly eat it.  If I don't see him in sight and can hear "mmmm" I know he has one of these two.

When we say a prayer we say "fold your arms", he does and then immediately puts his finger to his nose and shhhs everyone.  Its adorable.

This last week he went to nursery for the first time.  He did GREAT.  We went to pick him up at the end of the second hour and he was having so much fun playing he didn't even notice me standing there calling his name.  When I told him to say bye he blew his nursery leaders a kiss!

He has pretty much mastered the art of the tantrum.  Last week I was sitting on the bed folding laundry and when he couldn't have something he wanted he threw him self on the floor in the hallway fake crying and whining.  When he realized it wasn't budging me he walked away.  A few minutes past and he was back.  Staring at me til I looked up, then he lashed out another tantrum.  This went on for about ten minutes.  Then he was on to bigger and better things.  Tantrums are hard.  Luckily none have been in public, yet. 

I am so happy that Liam is not attatched to me, it makes life easier going to work.  But lately when I get home he jumps into my arms and rests his head on my shoulder and lets me snuggle him for a minute (which is pretty rare for Liam).  Some days while we sit watching a show I ask to hold his hand and he is quick to grasp my hand so tight and not let go.  I can't get enough of this little boy.  I love his smell, I love his chubby soft skin, I love his kisses.  He has me wrapped around his finger.  I don't know what it will be like when we have more kids but I hope I can still get these few precious moments with him.

 

Gotta send my love down to Baton Rouge...

We were able to go to Louisiana for a week to visit the Hash's.

 We had the time of our ives!  We can't wait to go back!

Flying there was a little rough, Liam was not happy about having to sit still on our laps.  After about an hour of screaming he screamed himself to sleep in my arms.

We took a tiny plane from Houston to Lafayette and Liam loved that short 30 minute flight!

On our Second day in Baton Rouge we went to church then to the LSU campus to see "mike the tiger" their mascot, and went to the park!  The weather the whole time we were there was perfect!

Seconds before a couple collisions

Of course Liam spotted out the Dogs and couldn't get enough of them

Liam loves playing football with Uncle Matt

On our third day in LA we went to New Orleans, it was quite an adventure, we got to see so many cool streets and sites.  One of my favorite places was a huge cemetery.  Since flooding is so often in LA no one can be burried underground (and most of the homes are lifted on cinderblocks).  The cemetery we visited had little concrete buildings like the one I'm standing in front of here.  Most of them could hold 6 tombs.  Some of them have doors so the families can access the building to visit and leave flowers.  The second picture is looking inside of this one.  Of one of the tombs it was inscribed "Never to be opened".  I don't know why but I LOVE things like this.  I was in heaven...

We ate at a yummy po-boy shop on magazine street called Mahoney's.  These are the most deadliest, skinniest, yummiest onion rings.  We also ate some delicious fried shrimp po-boys. 

At first we didn't understand why the boys were so persistant on taking our picture by this sign...until it was their turn.

  

 Jackson Square

 Beignets at Cafe Du Monde...AMAZING

Day four we went to the state capital and got to see a lot of Louisiana history.  We called it the mini empire state building because we got to ride an elevator to the tippy top and look down over Baton Rouge.

 For some weird reason every time Liam was in his stroller
he held his left leg up. 

 

Day Five

We went to Oak Alley Plantation.  It was so beautiful!

 Uncle Matt took one for the team and played with "Billy" outside while we took a tour.  Liam loves his goofy Unlce Matt so much!

We ate at the Fat Cow for lunch.  It was sooo good.  We ate french fries fried in duck fat with fresh parmesean cheese on top.  Seriously...deadly.

 Throwing pennies in the pond with Aunty Avery.  These two are in LOVE.

Day Six was one for the records.  We really wanted to take Liam to a baby alligator farm.  Ave found one and called to see if they were open.  Their hours said they were but we couldn't get a hold of anyone but took our chances.  After a 2 hour drive ,to the middle of what could have been the scariest horror movie ever made, was a big alligator farm, but it was closed.  Frustrated we decided to get lunch at Raising canes...We joked that we had to make the drive just for fried chicken, even though there was one two minutes away from Ave's house.

Later that day we went to a swamp and saw baby alligators, snakes, turtles, owls, and a ton of other creepy crawlies.

Other Misc Pics from our trip