Party Planning

Planning for Liam's second birthday party is officially underway. How is it possible that he is almost two?!?! My thoughts are filled with Thomas invitations, party favors and cupcake toppers.

My biggest worry about this party..........I have to bake the cupcakes. Not only do I have to bake them, but I also have to decorate them. Ahhhhhhhhh!!! It's the only way we can guarantee the cupcakes are peanut free.....anything for my baby boy, right?

YGG Live

We had so much fun at Yo Gabba Gabba Live! I was really worried at first, because Liam was scared. Really scared. He covered his ears and hid his head in his daddy's shoulder. And then Nana took over and saved the day. He ended up dancing, clapping, singing and just having a blast! Here are several pictures from the night.....

Papa and Liam waiting for the show to begin....


Everyone who came in the door was given a pair of DJ Lance Rock glasses. Doesn't Nana look adorable in them?!?! (She may kill me for posting this!)

This is how Liam spent the first 10 minutes of the show. I seriously thought we were going to have to leave.

Once he gave Nana a try, he started to relax a little.
And then the fun began!
"Balloons, balloons make me happy. Balloons, balloons I love you!"

Liam loved the balloon drop! The balloons (and confetti) landed right on top of us!

After the intermission, the characters walked down the aisles. Liam was shocked to see them a few seats away.
Hugs are fun....."You put your arms out wide."
"You wrap 'em around, squeeze tight. Hugs are fun, hugs are fun, hugs are fun!"
Liam sang almost the entire "Good-bye" song.
YGG Live was such a great experience! It was well worth the money....or should I say Nana's money?!?! Thanks, Nana! We had so much fun!!!!!!

Happy Halloween

I'm a few days late, don't ya think? We had such a fun and busy weekend that I have just now recovered from the lack of sleep and non-stop going that we did. We were up and at 'em early Saturday. Well, I guess I should say that Liam and I were up and at 'em. David was sick all weekend. Poor daddy missed out on so much! Back to Saturday morning.....Liam and I started the day with some serious house cleaning. He loves to help sweep! When Liam finally went down for a nap, I ran to do some fast grocery shopping so that I could get home to get ready for our company.

As soon as Devin, Aspen and Ayla arrived at our house, we were off to the Pumpkin Patch. We had so much fun! I was really worried it would be crowded since it was the day before Halloween, but it wasn't at all. Liam and Aspen could pretty much run everywhere and we didn't have to worry about them. Liam was enamored with Ayla. He has even begun to ask his daddy for a baby! (He's going to have to wait!)

These two loved the slides at the Pumpkin Patch. They were so fast and shot them off the bottom about three feet. It was so funny to watch!

Everywhere they went, Liam and Aspen held hands. It was so cute! Look at Liam's dirty bottom from landing in the dirt at the bottom of the slide.
This is the first time Liam has ever been on a big boy swing. He wasn't too sure about it and neither was I!

Liam thought the tractor pulling the hay ride was a choo-choo. He kept pointing and saying, "Choo-choo!"

After the hay ride, we decided to pick out our pumpkins. Liam picked up the very first pumpkin he came to and it was the one! He carried it all over the place!
Baby Ayla had a blow-out while we were at the Pumpkin Patch, so Liam, Aspen and I hung out for a bit on our own. Again, Liam loved to hug the big pumpkins.
He also figured out how to throw the hay, which was fine.....until he threw the hay in my face. It only took one warning about throwing the hay before he quit. He's slowly learning to listen!
When I asked Aspen to hug Liam, he crinkled his nose. It's like he was thinking, "Ewwww! Girl cooties!"
On Halloween morning, we met up with Casey and Owen for breakfast at Cracker Barrel. Yum! Then, we spent a couple of hours shopping around Target. Liam, Aspen and Ayla were wonderful while we shopped! I think we wore them out, because they slept for a couple of hours and woke up at the perfect time to get ready for the carnival we were going to, The Monster Mash.

Liam was a Marine for Halloween this year. I wasn't too excited about his costume. Until I saw him in it. He made the cutest Marine ever!!!! And he loved wearing the costume! He actually cried every time I would take it off of him!!!
Aspen and Ayla were both flowers. We had the Marine escort for the flowers Haha!!!
Liam was pretty shy at the carnival at first. But, he finally opened up and had so much fun! They had all of the classrooms set up with different games, some with crafts and one set up with a photo booth.
See the cup in Liam's hand? It was full of popcorn and he refused to let go of it. He didn't even care about the candy in his bucket. He just wanted the popcorn!
Casey works at the Methodist church where the carnival was held. I was excited that we ran into her and Owie!
Liam's favorite game was picking out duck-ducks! It was a fight to get him out of this room!
After we left the carnival, we stopped at McDonald's drive-thru to pick up a quick dinner so we could began trick or treating. Aspen went into the first house we went to as soon as the man opened the door. It was soooo funny! Thankfully, the man didn't mind and thought it was pretty funny too. Liam got really excited every time I took him out of the wagon, but when we got to the door he'd just say, "Treat" in his super soft voice. We stayed out until about 8:30 trick or treating. At that point we were all tired and ready for some sleep!!!

Sad day

Yesterday was a very sad day for our family. Maudie went to a new home. We hated doing it, but we didn't have a choice. A few months ago, Liam started having mild reactions anytime he would touch her. As time passed, the reactions worsened to the point that his entire face was red and blotchy. Last Friday, he had a horrible reaction. So, we knew it was time. We love Maudie, but Liam's health is much more important. A sweet couple came last night to meet her and they took her to her new home.

Our house seems so empty to me without a 55 pound dog on my heels. Liam hasn't noticed that she's gone yet. I dread the moment when it hits him. He loved her so much!

I was having a really hard time with giving Maudie away, and we didn't want Liam to see her go. Thankfully, Casey let us come over and play while the couple came over to meet Maudie.

Liam had so much fun playing with Owen! The boys worked really hard at painting their pumpkins!

After they finished painting, a bath was a must. Liam is going through a phase and doesn't like to bathe. I hoped that seeing Owen enjoy his bath would help. No such luck. He splashed around for about 30 seconds and wanted out.

Thank you, Casey, for letting us come over to play!!!!

On a positive note, Liam's sitter had to be in court today, so I had to take a personal day to stay home with him. We have big plans of meeting David for lunch and playing all day long! I love personal days!!!!!!!!

Orr Family Farm Fun

Warning....this post has way too many pictures!

Yesterday my mom and I took Liam to Orr Family Farm. It was crazy busy. We had to wait in line for 40 minutes to even get in the gate. We ended up having so much fun, even though there were tons of people. Here are the highlights from our trip....

We started out at the pony rides. I just knew Liam would be so excited to ride a pony. I was wrong. We tried twice. Both times, the sweet girl working the pony rides ended up giving us our $3 back.

After the pony ride failure, it was off to pet the animals, which Liam loved.


The farm had several areas set up just for picture taking.
Liam thought the horses were pretty cool until one reached over the fence and gave him a kiss.
It was at this point in our trip that Liam first noticed the choo-choo. He didn't care about anything else. All he wanted to do was ride the choo-choo. He wouldn't even go down the slide at the hay mountain. It took a lot of convincing, but he did walk through the tunnel.
Look at that serious face! I'm sure he was thinking, "Take me to the choo-choo!"

He wasn't even distracted by the play ground. He was on a mission to get to the choo-choo!
Once we go in line for the choo-choo, he got scared because it was so loud!
Finally on the choo-choo! He was such a happy boy! He wouldn't sit on either of our laps. He wanted to sit all by himself.


After the choo-choo ride, Mom took Liam on the carousel. He didn't like it. At all. Mom asked him if he was having fun, and he responded very grumpily, "No."
Can't you just see the misery in his face?!?! (Or was it exhaustion?)
Since he loved it so much the first time, we decided to go back to pet the animals again before we left. Liam was braver this time and had a lot more fun.
At one point, we were the only ones in the barn, so the nice boy working gave us food to feed the animals and let us go in the cage with the pig.

On the way out, we stopped for a photo op!


Liam wanted to hug the pumpkin.
This picture cracks me up! Does he not look so ornery?
Liam was asleep before we got out of the parking lot. All of the fun wore him out! He slept through some errands I needed to run and was in bed 30 minutes early last night. He was awake this morning for a couple of hours, but is already down for his daily nap. Hopefully he'll be caught up on sleep when he wakes up because there is more fun to be had today!!!!!