5 months

Well, Liam is rolling again. He started in the beginning of October and then quit after a couple of days. Now he is a pro! I'll even find him on his tummy in the morning all tangled in his blanket. That does worry me. But what can I do?! On top of rolling he can scoot himself around in circles.

Sophie makes him laugh on a daily basis. It is so stinkin cute! She loves him so much. This makes me so happy cuz I was super worried that she wouldn't handle the new addition very well. Just last night she was talking through the wrapping paper roll and Liam was laughing hysterically! Oh, man. Melt my heart.

He likes to be entertained. We can't leave him in a room alone even for a few seconds without hearing about it. We borrowed my friend's bumbo and love it! He can sit on the counter while I'm cooking and on the table while we're eating. He loves being able to watch us. He is also getting really good in his bouncy seat. In fact, he is so good that we haven't realized that he has fallen asleep in it a few times :S

He always has his hands or his bib in his mouth. He is starting to find his thumb too. He looks so cute and funny with the bib in his mouth. I love babies' toothless smiles and for some reason it is even cuter when the bib outlines the gums :) He goes through several bibs each day. Between the slobber and the constant spit up, they get soaked. Last night we put him to bed and he was crying. After 20 minutes or so I went in, picked him up and he was cring so hard he started to cough. Can you guess what happened next?! He barfed all over me. It was nasty! So, we had our first shower together. Babies are slippery all soapy and wet! I don't think he liked the shower very much. He was shaking the whole time.

We sure love having Liam in our family. He brings us so much joy! I am adjusting to two kids. It is definitely difficult at times but I love them both so much!

Love when he does this!

Liam and Grandpa Moore

Auntie Jessica

Serina's gonna make me a star!

Holding his bottle, kinda. More like falling asleep while eating. 

Story time with "Aunt" Nicole. She was totally in her element!

2 month and 2 year stats just three months late

Liam and Sophie had their respective check ups a couple weeks ago. Here are their stats:

Liam
Height: 24.25 in
Weight: 13 lbs 3 oz
Head Circ: 40.1
Liam also got his two month shots. He did pretty well. Cried, but who wouldn't!

Sophia
Height: 35 in
Weight: 28 lbs
Head Circ: still big but I don't remember exactly
I wasn't expecting Sophie to get any shots. Well, she got a flu shot. I wasn't prepared for both kids to go through this and she was not a happy girl!

We made a fort. He didn't like it. 

Sophie loved it though!

"I don't want to strengthen my neck muscles!"

Go Utes!

Love my bumbo! He likes to be by momma when she cooks. 

Sophie's unofficial birthday party. Squirt guns and water balloons. 

"Cabbage patch doll, bike, helmet, what more could I ask for?!"

"Do I have everything?"

Having fun blowing out the candles. 

Gotta make sure I have doll and bear. 

4 month stats

Height: 26.25 in (85 %ile)
Weight: 16 lbs 4 oz (60 %ile)
Head circumference: 43 cm (85 %ile)

He's a big boy! He also got more shots. He was so sad but it is amazing what nursing can cure!

He's pretty much a happy kid, as long as he is fed. If he decides he's hungry he can go from this to screaming in two seconds! A bit dramatic. 

So, we've let him fall asleep in his bouncer a few times. Does that make us terrible parents?! He loves to rub his blankets against his face. We have to really watch him so he doesn't suffocate. 

Magical

There is something to be said for the magic of Christmas. As we finished dinner tonight I was reminded of the Christmas devotional put on by the First Presidency of the Church. We turned it on and sat down to listen. These men are truly inspired and the messages they give touch my heart. President Monson spoke of a book he reads each Christmas called The Mansion. He recalled the main character and relayed this man's dream. The man had died and was with several others and a guide. The guide was directing each person to their mansions. A beautiful mansion for the doctor who had lovingly served his community. Another for someone else. And the guide continued with each person as the mansions got smaller and smaller. Finally the main character's mansion arrived. It was this tiny hut in the middle of a field. The mansions were based on the good deeds they had done in their lives. The man questioned the guide and said don't you know of all these things I have done? I've built schools and hospitals, my name is on them (or something to that effect). The guide said yes but you were already praised and recognized for those on earth. You wouldn't want to be paid twice?

I can't remember everything but the jist of it was we need to serve others to help those in need and not for our own praise and adoration. We need to remember Christ during the Christmas season and the example he set for us. President Monson said that "Christmas is what you make of it". So if we teach our children it's all about the gifts then that's what Christmas will mean to them. I know I am guilty of wanting the gifts and wanting to give my children loads of stuff but I hope to teach my children that Christmas is not all about the gifts we get but about Christ, his love for us, his service to others, the example he has set to love one another. I love Jesus Christ and am grateful for his love and sacrifice for me. I hope to make each Christmas Christ centered so my children will know and love Christ too.

Ok so this post took a totally different direction than I was thinking when I started. Back to the magic of Christmas. As I sat on the couch snuggling with my husband and two beautiful kids, watching the devotional, listening to the awesome Mo Tab choir singing Silent Night, I realized that this is what Christmas, and life for that matter, is all about. Being with family and loving on them. Sophie wanting to snuggle with her brother. TJ and I witnessing the pure love that children have in their hearts. I felt peace and love and happiness. I felt blessed and overjoyed to have them in my life. It was an amazing feeling and I am grateful for the reminder!

Big sister

Sophia is such a good big sister. And to see how good she is with Liam brings tears to my eyes and a smile to my lips. She always wants to hold him (she sits on the couch, positions the pillow and yells BABY, BABY while patting her lap). When I put him on her lap she pats his head or his belly and gives him hugs and kisses. She always wants to help feed him his bottle. She will let him eat for a second then pull the bottle out and wipe his mouth. This happens a few times before I decide that he needs to actually get some food so I take over. I am so happy that she loves him so much. She also has to kiss him goodnight every night. She kisses mommy and daddy and if we take her to bed without kissing him she yells, Liam Liam. So precious! (If you know Sophia at all you know she basically yells all the time. She is a very loud talker. She will whisper if you whisper but she mostly yells. It is cute but can become very annoying ;) ) She will also make sure he gets his binky if it's near him. But she will just as soon pull it out of his mouth and put it in hers if she wants it.

Liam's 1 month stats

Liam had his one month appointment on July 27th. Here are his stats:
Height 22 inches (68%)
Weight 10 lbs 9 oz (71%)
Head circumference 39 cm (68%)

Smile

On August 11th while sitting in my bed after a feeding Liam gave me, his mama, his first real smile! Sophie gave her first smile to my mom. I wasn't very happy about that. But Liam loves his mama so much and knew that she needed to have that smile. Especially with her being so very tired waking up two to three times a night to feed him. After that five minutes of smiles he really didn't smile much til yesterday. And he was all smiles! So cute. He truly melts my heart.

Am I too open with my daughter?!

So when I am in the comfort of my home and it's time to breastfeed Liam or pump I find it easier to do so uncovered. However my curious and mischievous little girl must watch me very carefully. Within the last few weeks I have caught her doing some disturbing things. First, she found my pump and had it up to her chest over her clothes standing in the kitchen. Next, she stole my Lily pad (plastic suction cup type nursing pad) and I looked over to see it suctioned to her bare chest (she was already shirtless, she didn't purposely take off her clothes). And last night maybe the most disturbing thing. She has brought the boppy up to my lap and sat in it before so I thought nothing of it this time. But as she was climbing on my lap and sitting in the middle of the boppy leaning towards me I thought something was up. When she grabbed my shirt and started pulling it down pointing to my breasts I couldn't help but laugh and pull her away telling her those weren't for her and that they were to feed Liam. Is this normal?! Should I start covering up?! She tries to get under the hooter hider too but maybe her curiosity would fade if she didn't see me nursing all day.

All Grown Up

My little girl is getting so big! She is going to be two in 5 days! I can't believe it. I remember being in the hospital with her, going home and putting her on the bili-blanket, her first plane ride, leaving her for two days to go back to work, the first time she rolled over, her first steps, you get the picture, like it was yesterday. Now she can do so many things and say so many words, she amazes me each day. Here are some of the cute and crazy things she's been doing over the last couple of months:
-Getting in bed, under the bankets (blankets), pillows propped up, to read a book

-Taking her pants and diaper off after nap time or night time, time to potty train maybe?!

-Opening the sliding door and going outside all the time, letting as much heat and as many bugs in as possible (since she refuses to close the door)
-Wanting to throw things away in the baca or something meaning garbage
-Wanting to do laundry or make a mess with the soap
-Loving her new bubble gun that makes thousands of bubbles once it warms up

-Saying her abcs and 123s with daddy (and mommy when daddy isn't around)
-Drawing on my walls

-Pulling everything off the rocking chair in my room so she can climb on
-Watching me-mo (nemo) on the iPad, in short spurts
-Climbing on the arms of the couch to jump onto the cushions
-Wanting makeup and body spray and chap stick and headbands like mommy
-Demanding to sit on the counter while I do her hair

She is so cute! I love her so much!

Random Pics

me and my kids, plural, crazy!

 Nana and Sophia

 Nana and her grandbabies

 Liam's blessing

 Our little family of four

 Like sister like brother

 Pooped.

Papa and his grandbabies

 Papa and Liam

 Lover's Leap with my parents

 

Worst pain of my life but totally worth it!

We had quite the eventful weekend. It's amazing how quickly one can go from 0 to 60 with labor. WARNING: may be TMI!

When I woke up for church Sunday morning I had a bit of "show". At church I was having some minor contractions that weren't regular but kept coming. They slowed after sacrament so we decided to stay. After church we went to Travis and Hayley's for lunch. I started having contractions again around 3 and they were coming every 7 minutes for 2 hours. They weren't super painful but were in my back so they were definitely real. We still weren't sure if we should go to the hospital. When they started coming on stronger, but still only 5 or 6 minutes apart, I said we need to go.

Now, let me preface this next part with this: a few days prior to this I told TJ that I was worried that I wouldn't make it to the hospital in time for an epidural. He said I would be fine. I am a worrier though.

So we got to the hospital around 6. The contractions weren't really any worse and we were getting settled in our room. The nurse checked me and said I was a 5 and very thin. They asked if I wanted an epidural and I of course said yes! They had paged the anesthesiologist but he was in the next room giving someone else her epidural. 5 to 10 minutes later we heard a boom on the monitor and I felt a nice pop and gush. My water had broken. So the nurse checked me again and said I was at an 8. Then she turned to me and said, you understand what is happening, right? I said, you mean I'm not getting an epidural. She said probably not. At this point I decided I wanted to try to labor on my hands and knees on the bed. It truly "lessened" the pain of the contractions (but not by much). Within 10 minutes I was fully dilated and had this incredible urgency to push. The doctor, not mine, hadn't arrived yet but the nurses assured me they were trained to deliver if need be. TJ also thought about gowning up just in case. I pushed a couple of times before the doctor arrived but am so glad he made it so TJ could lend me his hand to bruise :) A few more pushes, strange noises/screams that I have never made before, and a couple of "I can't do this", we had a baby. All within 1, yes 1, hour. CRAZY!

Now for those of you who would like a little more info, it's not the baby coming that hurts so much. It's the stretching and preparation for baby that is the worst! And all for this:

Liam Taylor Moore, June 26, 2011, 8 lbs 6 oz, 21.5 in

38 week photo shoot

Here are some semi professional (my friend Nicole took them) pregnancy pictures at 38 weeks for baby number 2.

How do you think Sophie is going to take the change? She looks happy now...