Christmas Time

So for the past several years, I have not put the Christmas tree up. Partly because we had purchased a chest of drawers that was in the place where we put the tree, and there wasn't another good spot for it at the townhouse. Partly, I admit it was laziness. It takes about 4-5 hrs. to get our artificial tree up and decorated. Last year was our first year at the new house, but Liam was just born and we didn't have the time nor the energy to put it up. I wasn't sure if I really wanted to this year either. Liam is one, and really wouldn't get it...I know I'm a bit of a scrooge. But, about a week before Christmas, it was snowing, and I put some holiday music on and I got in the mood and decided to put it up! We wanted to get a few pictures of Liam in front of the tree, but somehow when I finally downloaded the pictures we didn't get any :( The best we have is Liam off to the side, or facing the tree. Oh well....So, here are a few pictures from 2008, Liam's 2nd Christmas. Plus a cute picture of him last year, his first Christmas.

Silly Liam

Liam was eating lunch, and started to blow raspberries. When mom said 'No', he thought it was a game and started laughing, and doing it more. He was being so silly, I had to get a video of him!! This was taken on 12-19-08, he's just over one years old.



Silly Liam from Mike and April on Vimeo.

Work-Out Update

So I've done pretty well getting into the habit of working out over the last 8 weeks. I missed some days at the first of this month when I was getting ready for Liam's birthday party, but thankfully was able to get back into my routine. I have also decided to alternate yoga more during the week. I stopped pumping, so that has opened up some more time in my day, especially in the morning before work. So for the past 2 days, I decided to get up before work and do my workout. Now, I am not a morning person mind you, and my inner monologue usually goes something like this; 'If you get up and do the workout now, you won't have to do it late tonight', 'Oh, but the bed is so comfy and warm', 'But if you workout now, you will have more time to be with Liam tonight.' Even though it's soo hard to get out of bed, it actually is really nice to get it done first thing in the morning, and not have to think about it after a long day at work. As far as losing weight, I think that I have lost about 2 lbs since the last update. The scale we have is a bit unreliable, but I do know that my pants are getting loser, so I must be doing something right! I bought myself 2 new workout DVDs for Christmas, so we will see how that goes.

Watch Liam Grow!

Since Liam was born we try to take a picture of me and him on the fire place every week to see how much he grows and changes. The bigger he got, the harder it was to take the picture, so there are a few missing weeks in between, but here is the first picture we took on 12-22-07, when he was about 2 weeks old and the most recent one taken on his first birthday 12-7-08. It just amazes us how much they change in the first year!! Below there is a link to see all the pictures taken so far.



WATCH LIAM GROW ALBUM:

Happy 1st Birthday Liam!!

On Saturday the 6th, we had a Birthday party for Liam with our family. We had some good food, and Grandma P. made a Winnie the Pooh cake that was like Mike's when he was a kid. He got some new toys (thanks everyone!), and then we sang to him and enjoyed some cake and ice cream. He held up pretty good, although toward the end he was pretty overwhelmed with all the attention and tired too.

On the 7th, which was his actual Birthday, we gave him birthday hugs and kisses at his birth time at 10:27 am. He enjoyed playing with all his new toys. He tried some salmon and cow's milk, both foods that our Dr. recommended waiting till he was one.

We reminisced about the day he was born, which was one month early. Even though it was pretty scary being a month early, and a little frustrating getting him to eat in the hospital, we both have fond memories of that time. We also can not believe that an entire year has flown by already. Although at the same time it's hard to remember life without him. He is such a joy in our lives and we are so grateful he is in it.

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Cute Pic!