All Liam. All Cohen. All Adria. All the time.

Facebook killed my blog

2009-05-02T22:11:00.000-07:00

Okay, I can't just blame Facebook. It might have something to do with having three babies to look after and a husband in Africa instead of Canada. But really, I put all my favorite pictures on Facebook first since not everyone reads my blog, and then I simply run out of time to keep up my blogging. No excuse, but it's the truth. It's all I can do to keep up with everyone else's blogs.
So please keep me on your blog roll. I promise to make a better effort. Photos with text. I promise.
Here are some of my favorites since I last posted.

Here is Miss Adria in her Easter dress. I love this dress. I never really thought I would like girly girl stuff, but here's the proof. I love it. Best part was that I picked it up for $15 at Winners-a place I NEVER shop at. I love her little feet in this picture. The girl has serious ghetto booty and the tiniest hands and feet. They aren't really that much bigger than when she was born!

Liam and his daddy's digger. Liam loves the dirt. He loves getting dirty and down in it. He also loves worms and eating dirt. Ah, memories of my youth. I love his bum-up pose in this picture.

Here I am in the backyard with both babies. Adria is in the Ergo and Cohen is in my arms. I normally wear Liam in the Ergo and have the twins in the stroller when we go out, but for around the home it's nice to tuck a twin back there. Notice how enormous the twins are getting. Liam still had 3 or more lbs on them at this age, but hey, he was never a little guy either!

Speaking of little guys...here he is with his read wagon. We were doing some weeding in the yard and Liam was loading up on dandelions. Probably to feed ostriches with. It's a zoo thing. I love his sense of determination. He again proves that he loves to get dirty.

And here is my smiley little man Cohen. Love the blue eyes and red hair. I think he is teething, hence all the wet drool on his chin. Cohen is our little scooter. He's much more active than Adria or Liam at this age. He gets up on his knees and lunges forward, though he mostly backs himself around the floor getting caught up on chair and table legs. Too cute!

So there they are. My babies. Bigger and bigger everyday!!

My babies....growing!

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CoDog. He love Chuck the Puppy just as much as Liam did.

Miss Lady. With the fauxhawk. I love her fuzzy wee head. And the chubby cheeks (both kind)

The two together. Oh so different.

And a token sweetheart picture of Liam, now 2!!!!

The Kitty-Foo Event.

2009-02-08T14:58:00.000-08:00

It started off so innocently with Liam "feeding" our cardboard cat Kitty-Foo some of Zephyr's dry cat food.

5 minutes later I found this.

He was pretty proud of himself. Kitty-Foo must have been hungry!

Compare these pictures....

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Twins at 5 months and Liam 1 month shy of 2 years vs....

Liam at 18.5 months and Twins a few weeks old.

Same here.

And now they play. And note the difference in the size of Adria's leg. Skinny chicken legs in the beginning and now they are pump cherub legs. I love it!

Liam's tower

2009-02-03T15:31:00.001-08:00

Merry Christmas!!

2008-12-29T15:06:00.000-08:00

All three together with Santa. Liam was so excited to see Santa that I had to hold him back when the children in front of us got to sit on his lap. Then as soon as it was our turn, he went bashful! The best we could do was to get him to "stand" in front of Santa as he held the twins. Of course Liam thought this was a good oppertunity to run towards the camera. He looks so determined!!

Here are the twins alone with Santa. Adria was actually sleeping and this was a rare shot where Cohen had his hands out of his mouth! And what a great Santa he was, too!!

Liam the Smasher

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Merry Christmas from the Teschkes

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Merry Christmas from all of us....Liam (cheeky monkey in his high chair),

Adria (blue eyed baby girl in her Jolly Jumper),

Cohen (the little man in his knitted cap)

and of course, Ian and I. This Christmas will be a bit different for us. Ian will be in Africa for work and I will be home with 3 children on my own. For those reasons, we are bumping Christmas back a few weeks so that we can all celebrate together, with my parents and Ian's parents too! So wish us Merry Chirstmas on January 3rd!

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For every person; all of you, our wonderful friends, family and avid readers, for each of you who leave a comment on this post, I will have a tree planted in your honour as a Christmas present to you! Merry Christmas!!!

Tummy tubbers

2008-11-09T15:46:00.000-08:00

Cohen in the tummy tub

Adria in the tummy tub

and Liam in the tummy tub: http://liamreid.blogspot.com/2007/04/liam-in-tummy-tub.html

A little bit of Liam

2008-11-09T15:00:00.000-08:00

Here is Liam at our toddler Halloween party. I dressed him as a male model. The soosoo is actually a male model pout trainer. His little zoo buddy is Rylan dressed up as a giraffe!

Here's the boy ready for some puddle splashing with Dada on a very rainy day!

Happy Halloween! Here are the proud Dadas Ian and Karl taking Kalina, bee, and Liam, bee keeper, out for some trick or treating!

Liam looking proud that he lined up all the magnet pieces himself for the fridge barn. His favorite thing to do is to have kitchen dance parties. He drags everyone into the kitchen, presses the song button (over and over and over) and the hoe-down begins!

And no fall season would be complete without a pile of leaves to jump in. This leave jumping session was completely unprompted. I had to run inside to get the camera!! Liam was having so much fun! And I had to re-rake the leaves.

Just like big bro.

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Compare this picture to this one: http://liamreid.blogspot.com/2007/04/welcome-home-liam.html Adria is very much like Liam!!

Twins' photo shoot

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Awe. They even have matching soosoos!

Nakey baby bums!! I love my little frog belly babies. You can really see the difference in colour of their hair in this picture. Cohen is much fairer and very gingery. Adria is more dark like Liam was.

My cute babies! Looks like Cohen is giving Adria an uppercut to the jaw!

That puppy is not my boob Cohen. Nice latch!

Pretty little lady!!

Cute outfits and a little bit of trouble

2008-11-09T14:28:00.000-08:00

Here is Cohen in Liam's old outfit. Compare by clicking this link here http://liamreid.blogspot.com/2007/04/cute-outfits-1.html

And Adria looking oh so cute in here little dress top!

And again in her little embroidered onezee. Love the squished up face look. Suits her.

And Liam in his "It's a boy" onezee our friend Melissa from Colorado made for us. Adria has a matching one saying "It's a girl". Too cute!!

Here's a bit of trouble...Liam tickling Cohen's feet! Hey wait, is that his chainsaw on the bed? What was Liam planning to do here?!!!

The twins

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A video of cuteness (would be cuter if Cohen was in it too)

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Family fun x 3

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Here is Liam sitting with Daddy and Adria. I can't tell you how many times we say "Liam, gentle" in one day. There have been some rough patches with hitting and crying all around, but we are working on it. Mostly Liam likes to give the babies kisses which is ridiculously cute.

Speaking of cute...here are Karen holding Cohen and Mike holding Adria- twins holding twins. Adorable. Now, what are the chances that either of they will also have a set of twins...hmmmm.

More cuteness of Liam with his babies. Can't believe how different each of them looks. The twins will both have blue eyes and Cohen is a blondie for now. Adria has Liam's colours otherwise...and the curls I hope!!

That's me in the background tandem feeding the twins. It saves lots of time and is actually quite enjoyable. Pretty amazing to be able to breastfeed the twins exclusively. I hope we are able to do for a long time (at least 9 months would be nice)!! The only really difficult aspect is our X factor-Liam. He is very interested in what I am doing as you can see by the picture where he is imitating me. I wonder if he remembers that he was once breastfed too?! His curiousity can be tricky at times as he wants to touch the babies and put stuff on them or just get my attention when I am nursing. Since tandem feeding is not hands free dispite the awesome twin breastfeeding pillow (best $90 I ever spent), it's difficult to control Liam's behaviours. At the worst of times he's climbing behind me on the couch and pulling on the twins' legs, the little monkey. When it's good, Liam likes to play with his toys and read books with me in the livingroom (I pen us all up inside the livingroom for safety, so Liam's roaming area is restricted to within my sight). So far, so good.

These are the shadow boxes I made of the twins' hand prints. Our favourite NICU nurse Anna made imprints of the twins' hands at 6 days old. She then made paper molds from the imprints and turned them into beautiful decorative announcement cards. I used the two left over imprints to make these shadowboxes. The photo doesn't do them justice. What a wonderful keepsake!!! I love how Cohen's hand is long and skinny and all business straight up and down like a stop sign, but Adria's is sweet and tiny and spread out in a joyfull starfish. I love my babies!!

More twin pictures

2008-10-13T22:10:00.000-07:00

Here is Adria just days old in the NICU. So tiny and light in your hands!

This is Cohen in the car leaving the hospital for the first time 12 days old.

In the bassinet. Our little baby burritos!

Here is Ian holding both of the twins. Cohen is screaming...he's got DECIBELS! The boy can scream like no other.

And here is me in the NICU family room holding both twins at the same time for the second time in my life. It was a big moment.

Liam's a big brother...twice over!

2008-10-07T17:11:00.001-07:00

If I hadn't mentioned it before on this blog...Ian and I are now the proud parents of Liam and a set of boy/girl twins: Cohen and Adria. Here I am at 35 weeks and 2 days on August 28th, 2008. I waddled my way into the OR shortly after this picture and the babies entered the world weighing 5 lbs 2 oz and 5 lbs 7 oz respectively. That's 10 lbs 9 oz of baby in there!! I was enormous and quite uncomfortable!

Here they are. Adria and Cohen. Both have blue eyes, but Cohen is a blondie unlike Adria who takes after Liam with her dark hair and LONG eyelashes! They look so different!

The babies had to spend 12 days in the NICU since they were premature. They were never sick or unhealthy, but they just had to get a bit bigger and show the doctors that they can eat and gain lots of weight...and they have!! This is the first picture of the whole Teschke clan as we left the NICU for good.

Here is Liam at home with his new brother and sister. What a size difference!!

And a tolken picture to the previous star of this blog chilling with Grandpa. What a good big brother you are, Liam. And now you get to share your blog! Looking forward to many fun times together!

The strawberry discovery

2008-07-11T21:31:00.001-07:00

This spring we planted strawberry plants in our backyard patio garden. And as Liam is about to discover in this photo...the strawberries are coming!!

Ummm!! Yummy red strawberry!!

Here is Liam picking the strawberry. And yes, that is a soo soo in his mouth. He still loves it.

But not as much as strawberries. And dirt.

Here he is point to the strawberry plant, demanding more strawberries. Sorry Liam, you have to wait for the next batch (which evidently was today. Yum.)

Ahh, the curls.

2008-06-28T21:06:00.000-07:00

Liam has been blessed with the cutest curls. He gets it from my side of the family as with the red hair. I had to get some pictures before we have a successful haircut this summer. Poor little guys sweats more and more curls as the hot days drag on!!

I love the central swooping curl.
And here he is enjoying some water from his sippy. What a cute little face! I just can't stop kissing it sometimes!!

Liam is going cloth.

2008-06-28T14:18:00.000-07:00

With three babies in diapers, we did the math and were shocked to find that we would probably be spending over $5000 more on disposable diapers until all three babies were pretty much toilet trained. Wow.

So we have decided to go cloth.

Here is a link to another cool contest where you can win BumGenius 3.0 diapers!!

http://blog.thenatureschild.com/2008/06/beat-heat-summer-contest.html

The days of Baby Wearing are soon approaching again!

2008-06-28T13:55:00.001-07:00

Remember this...

This....

And this?

We loved to baby wear Liam... not that I can do it right now with twins in utero, but I did it ALL the time before becoming pregnant again. I can't wait to wear the new babies!!

Here is a link to a cool contest where you can win a baby carrier for yourself...

http://www.alongfortheride.biz/contest-s/49.htm">Win the Essential Babywearing Stash from Along for the Ride (one Beco Butterfly, one Hotsling baby pouch, one BabyHawk Mei Tai, one Zolowear Ring Sling, and one Gypsy Mama Wrap)

Winner will receive the Essential Babywearing Stash from Along for the Ride. The essential babywearing stash includes one Gypsy Mama Wrap, one Hotslings pouch, one BabyHawk Mei Tai, one Beco Butterfly, and one ZoloWear Ring Sling - in their choice of any in-stock colors or patterns.

Victoria Day Parade

2008-05-28T16:02:00.000-07:00

We took Liam down to the Victoria Day parade on the long weekend. It was fun and Liam really enjoyed himself. I was surprised by how long he lasted!! Here he is with me sitting on the curb watching the parade go past.

Liam watching the parade, held by Grandma.

Crazy old bikes and guys doing tricks too!

Liam says. "I like parades!!"

And a tiny bus just perfect for Liam...Christmas present ideas?!! Just kidding!

Liam walks on film May 2

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At the beach

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May long weekend at the beach

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Ian and I took Liam to Esquimalt Lagoon for some beach fun this May long weekend. It was beautiful weather; warm, no wind and gorgeous sun. Liam had the best time ever!! He loved digging in the sand, playing in the water and of course, eating sand as well!! We can't wait to go back again!

My cute little beach babe!! He needs to realize that a beach shovel is not a spoon, nor a cup.

Daddy taking Liam for a dip in the ocean. There was a sea kayaker in the background. Very West Coast!!

Ummm. Evidence of sand consumption!! Looks like Daddy's stubble!!

Here I am taking Liam into the water. I am 21 weeks pregnant with the twins and letting it all hang out!!

As of May 2, 2008- Liam offically walks!!

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Them's be walkin shoes!! These are Liam's new See Kai Run shoes from Grandma and Grandpa. They make walking a lot easier for Liam when he's out and about!! Note the scuffs already!! Thank you!! We love them!!

Liam taking a stroll in downtown Victoria with Daddy and Grandpa. No need to hold hands anymore though....Liam can finally walk!!

Fun with Grandma and Grandpa

2008-05-19T22:17:00.000-07:00

Here is Liam helping Grandpa and Daddy fix the fuel pump on the Jeep. He was very helpful!!

Here Liam is walking in his Nikes with Grandma down our street. The cat is Kaia from across the street...a very friendly cat!

Liam's frist co-ed bath

2008-05-19T22:15:00.000-07:00

Here is Liam enjoying a bath over at Kalina's place!! They were SO CUTE!! Good thing Liam didn't give Kalina the usual "bubble" show he likes to put on at home. Not so sure she would be impressed!!

Liam's Little Chair

2008-05-19T22:12:00.000-07:00

Liam loves to sit in his little chair!! It is the sweetest thing. Aunt Sandy gave us her old booster high chairs for Grace and Aiden for when the twins come. Right now one is at Grandma and Grandpa's and the other is right by Liam's toys for him to play with.

Happy Easter!!

2008-05-19T22:02:00.000-07:00

Wow! I am really far behind on Liam's blog!! Sorry everyone! Here are some pictures from Easter at our home this year. Liam was very excited to be visited by the Easter Bunny. He brought him Cadbury's Creme Eggs!! YUMMY!!

And MESSY!! Liam liked the chocolate, but wasn't too fond of the sweet inside goop. Maybe next year. We didn't do an Easter egg hunt this year, which was probably for the best as Liam might find them before us, but this was only because we literally could not find the bag of foil eggs. It fully disappeared and Ian and I actually were hunting just to find the eggs to hide!! I was convinced that Ian had hid them intenetionally, but in the end we found them under the cusions of the couch. No idea how they got there...but apparently it wasn't Ian!! Must have been the Easter Bunny!!

A little bit of trouble!

2008-04-20T22:00:00.000-07:00

Here is one of Liam's many new tricks...climbing in the fridge. Ah, yet another rite of passage.

And how about the pantry. Can't climb in the fridge without inspecting the pantry as well!

This is what I used to see when Liam played in the pantry...

This is what I see now. What a smart little man!! I think he's a budding engineer or architect!!

And lo and behold...Liam has unravelled the toilet paper and yes, put it into the toilet. I love the cheeky grin!!

Check out Liam's new teeth!

2008-03-08T13:53:00.000-08:00

Can you see those little biters?!! Yep. Two bottom teeth are in! He has now also cut his first top tooth so that he can bite nice and hard!!! For whatever reason, Liam likes to bite toes. Watch out! This picture is of Liam in his ball pit with his cariboo Ickaboo. Too much fun!

Happy First Birthday Liam!!!

2008-03-08T13:43:00.000-08:00

Ummm. Cake. We let Liam have a nice big chunck of vanilla cake for his birthday treat. It went over well...though not as messy as I had expected. Maybe there was too much pressure!

We had a great party for Liam and tons of his friends were able to make it out. In this picture you can see Avry, Cadence, Maia and Liam, and lots of mommas!!

Liam's ball pit was a big hit with all the babies. Here is Rylan and Tavas having a dip and Cadence trying to join them!

This is Liam's friend Ronan playing in the pit and Liam pulling out the balls...as usual!

The many faces of Liam

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Ghetti face
Toy eating face ( one of his wooden stackers)
That look

The "why aren't you in the ball pit with us Momma?" look

Pictures from New Years Eve

2008-03-08T13:26:00.000-08:00

Here is Liam giving Isaac the loser sign as he was snapping some change table shots!

I don't know what look this is, but it's sure cute!! I think it might be his climbing face.

Bath mohawks are too cute. If I had a choice, Liam would get this first hair cut into a fauxhawk!

Liam and Daddy on New Years. Was there a Canucks game or something?!!

Play date with friends

2008-02-04T20:28:00.000-08:00

Let us out of here!! Here is Liam with Andre, Olivia and Noah having a playdate at our house. Cyan, Miikka and Tavas also came to visit. It was very fun!!

Here the babies formed a baby train all on their own! This is Noah, Cyan, Liam and Miikka.

So much fun playing with friends!!

Feeding and sleeping with Daddy.

2008-01-31T13:06:00.000-08:00

The other day, Liam woke up from an hour long evening nap when daddy got home from work. I got him up, made a bottle and Ian said he would administer it. Whoo hoo! And too cute. I got to take a shower. Ahhh. Wonderful. When I got out of the shower, I couldn't hear them playing and of course I got worried and called out. Quietly, Ian confirmed they were okay. I didn't clue in, but this is what had happened....

Liam zonked out again right on Ian. It was the sweetest thing. And there was snoring. That is one happy daddy!

When Liam was still in his 10th month...

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Daddy tought him how to play video games. The controller shakes when you play. That's fun!

He discovered how he can use the kitchen chairs to walk around the living room pushing them across the laminate floor.

He learned how to climb the stairs. Here he is with his best friend Kalina doing some exciting stair climbing. It was a race and Kalina clearly won. You'd better work on that, Liam!

He learned to rattle his gate. Which is pretty cute. I suspect he is aiming to climb it one of these days.

And finally, while Liam was still in his 10th month...he got even cuter!!

Getting caught up!

2008-01-31T12:42:00.000-08:00

I know I have been a slacker lately...but I have good excuses!! So here are some up date pictures of Liam. This first picture is of Liam in his cute outfit that uncle Mike got him for Christmas! And of course he is standing up. His favorite position now!

Something you don't often see is Liam lying down on his back while awake and not crying. Here he is bundled up in his Kushies winter outfit. We dress Liam in this when we take him for hikes in the MEC back pack, ususally around Thetis Lake, my favorite!

Look! Liam has learned to spell with blocks!! Okay, so Daddy really wrote it for him...but I feel confident it is true. See how Ian has to hold Liam back? Liam lays waste to blocks. Especally block towers.

Super power. Liam in the recycling bin. One of his many favorite toys. Especially when I push him around in it! Video to come!

And finally, the cute face while eating fruit. Liam is big into finger foods and eats everything that Ian and I eat. His favorite is certainly watermelon, though I suspect canned peaches come pretty close.

Look who Liam looks like!!

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HIS MOMMA!!! This is me when I was about a year and a half old. We totally look alike. How cute!!

More Christmas pictures from Chilliwack

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Here is Liam attacking his Grandma Teschke. He really likes her!!
What a cute baby in his reindeer antlers!! Most of his time was spent pulling these off everytime we put them on...which was quite often!! Babies are for our amusement, right?!
Here is the little guy about to dive into his stocking. See previous pictures for the outcome!
Look at all those presents. Liam sure was spoiled this year!!
Here is Liam with his Grandpa Teschke. I used to think there was just a Christie family resemblence, but this picture has me thinking twice!!

Christmas has landed

2007-12-29T16:53:00.000-08:00

Here is Liam at his Grandma Teschke's home in Chilliwack where we spent our Christmas vacation...a full 4 days!! Grandma Teschke is a bit more festive than me and had cute decorations for Liam to wear. The santa hat didn't ever stay on Liam's head for long. Maybe next year. He did like how fuzzy it was though...and the giant pompom on the end!
Christmas morning. Liam decided to wake up a full hour earlier than usual. Fun. As you can tell by the eye rubbing in this shot...it was early for him too! I guess he just wanted to see if Santa had been!
Ah, opening the stocking...a time honoured tradition. Good thing it included chocolate!! Note the bike in the background was not a new Christmas present. It was just jazzed up with Liam's new catapiller toy!
This is what happens when you give a baby chocolate. Thank goodness that's not poop.
In the aftermath of Christmas, here are Liam and I by the Christmas tree. We look either like pirates or jailbirds with our stripes. RRR.

Merry Christmas!!

2007-12-21T16:25:00.000-08:00

Here is Liam wearing a bow. What could be a better gift at the holidays than the love of your child? Liam has learned how to hug and kiss mommy and I adore it!! He has also learned how to grip and pinch painfully as well as honing his glasses-removal skills. Fantastic!
Liam would like to know who this Santa guy is that everyone keeps talking about. Oh, you'll see, Liam. You'll see!!
Ah, now he is frightened!! Or else he thinks Santa is going to pass him by this year. Shouldn't have done all that pinching, Liam, you naughty boy!! Or eaten that big lump of mud from the stroller wheel, or stollen toys from you friends only to not share them back, or eaten mommy's toy patterns!!!
Speaking of funny Liam faces, here is a classic!! Ah, gotta love Sunday mornings!!

Liam and Ian

2007-12-21T16:23:00.000-08:00

Here come my boys!! This is Liam decked out in his warm gear. The toque is bamboo and the hoodie is dinosaur camo. Too cute!!

Liam eats an Oreo

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Looks like tribal war paint.

I am not a big stickler on keeping Liam away from sugar. My parents did with me...and I turned out to be a sugar-hog anyways....mmmmmm, candy. I am trying to restrict the amount and the frequency of such treats, but still allowing him to try stuff out. Things with artifical colouring on the other hand are a completely different story. Those I am certainly trying to stay away from. All in all, I think it is most important to teach Liam how to achieve a balanced diet of a variety of healthy foods and to ENJOY himself. Food is not guilt, nor is it a reward or bandaid. Momma's love should not be equivelent to a tastey treat.

November trip to Chilliwack

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Here is Liam playing on the cool scooter bike Grandma Teschke bought. So much fun!!
This is Liam having a taste of delicious leaf. Very tastey.
Grandma Teschke and Liam at cousin Allison's wedding.
Liam dancing pantless to "Celebration" at Allison's reception. He was pantless due to the "Rum Incident" where he pulled an entire rum and ginger into his lap and my own. Nice. He was so well behaved at the wedding. Couldn't ask for a better baby!!

Halloween baby party!!

2007-10-31T19:10:00.000-07:00

Liam and Cyan
A baby minefield!!
12 little cuties!! Mateo the pig, Jesse the monster, Noah the bunny, Erika the mermaid, Rylan the dalmation, Cadence the pumpkin, Eli the Pea in the Pod, Andre the monster, Avry the chicken, Liam the tiger, Cyan the lion and Olivia, Dorothy from Wizard of Oz.
Liam as a tiger!
Babes in costume! Ashlyn in pumpkin booties, Jesse, Noah, Mateo, Eli, Erika, Liam, Cyan and Olivia standing up.

babies at the pumpkin patch

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Liam with Jesse, Olivia and Zack.

The joys of eating.

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Eating strawberries from the mesh feeder.
Strawberry face!
Rice puffs up the nose!!
Eating yogurt with a spoon.
More yogurt on the face!

How we love our little guy.

2007-10-03T21:29:00.000-07:00

I kiss Liam probably at least 10000 times a day, if not more.
Male bonding. Note the remote controls. Ironic that we don't have cable television, isn't it?

Liam likes to stand...

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In his crib....
With his toys.....
With his daddy and in his new Halloween PJs thanks to Grandma Heather....
And NAKED, of course, before his big boy bath!! Look at those chubby legs!! Liam now weighs 21 lbs and 6 oz at 7 and a half months old!

Just some cute pictures..

2007-10-03T20:54:00.000-07:00

Liam in the clean laundry. So much work for one mommy!
Liam in his styling new organic cotton hat.
My favorite picture of Liam and Daddy. And the first time Liam has ever fallen asleep with either one of us like this.
Grandpa Christie feeding Liam a bottle. Awe. Too cute!

Liam in his big boy PJs. They are covered in helicopters and are two piece without feet!

On the potty.

2007-10-03T20:50:00.001-07:00

There has been poop. There has been pee. There have been amusing toots. And there has been a whole lot of cute.

Here is our happy little home...

2007-09-17T15:23:00.000-07:00

Here is Liam in the hub of our house: the kitchen. Think of our home as rooms raditating out from the kitchen. It's great for parties! Very open and a good use of space.
This is the hall. If you can call it that. This is where we have the main bathroom, the laundry/backdoor, Liam's nursery and the master bedroom.
Here is Liam sitting on our bed...one of his favorite places to play, especially on Sunday mornings!
Here he is sitting in my reading chair by the bay windows. There is not a very good closet in our master bedroom, so we bought an armoire on the left.

Ah, the nursery! A little crowded with the two extra toy chests that we just got from my mom and dad (full of all my old toys!), but we still have all the space we need!
Just to show a little bit more of the wall decorations. We did a zoo theme!
"What's this crazy place?" Not a room Liam frequents too often...the laundry room. We also have the deep freeze and hot water tank in this room that has a big window and a back door. This room needs some serious work!!
Here is Liam on his potty in our main bathroom. If there were one thing I would really love, it would be an ensuite in the master bedroom, but for now we share the one. This room ALSO needs some serious work!
The livingroom as seen from standing in the kitchen. All new furniture...well...second hand from my parents. THANK YOU!!! We love it so much in here now! Liam has his little play space with all his toys stored nice and neat (we'll see how long that lasts!). Thats a gas fireplace which provides us with most of our heat during the winter.

This is from standing at the end of the livingroom. The kitchen is on the left. All this furniture and the TV are also from my parents.
Back in the kitchen looking from the entrance to the livingroom. We really need to replace the linolium. Sigh. A girl can dream.
Here is our office where I waste time on Babyfit and Liam's blog. We love our desk. It is made in BC and is really great quality. Solid! On the right are the stairs to the "finished" attic room.
Here is my craft and storage center under the stairs. The purple cloth is usually pulled down to cover it up.
This is the other side of the office with our bookshelf and Liam's hiking back pack.

Here is Liam in the front part of the "finished" attic room. I can stand in the middle, but not many other people can! We use it mainly for storage, but we also have a spare bedroom set up in the back...
here! Liam is checking out the bed and wondering when we are going to make the upstairs into his playroom and big boy room. One day, Liam. One day.
Here we are in the front enterance looking out from the kitchen. Its a lot bigger without the stroller!!
And here is Liam in the half bathroom and pantry storage. Nice.

Ah! The patio!! Our labour of love this summer. Each stone was hand laid by my husband as Liam and I watched!! Liam is sitting by the kid sized picnic table we got for him.

Lounging in the big chairs!!
This is along the side of our house just outside the front entrance and porch.
Big front yard!!

And here it is...our house from the outside. I love it!!

GOATS!!

2007-09-14T22:15:00.000-07:00

Liam and I went down to James Bay to visit Grandma and Grandpa Christie. They are renting a cute little furnished place there until they find their dream retirement home here in Victoria. Boy, is Liam excited!! While we were visiting, we decided to all take a walk down to see the goats at the Beacon Hill Park petting zoo. The goats kept snorting and sneezing on Liam and me!! Ewe!

Here we are being attacked by two adorable goats! PS. I love my sling!

Bathtime!!

2007-09-14T22:11:00.000-07:00

What a big boy in the bath tub!! Liam loved having bubbles...I think it will be in top demand from now on!! He looks so big!! And he is...at nearly 7 months old, Liam already weighs more than 20 lbs, 11 oz. Yikes! You should see my biceps!

Music class!!

2007-09-14T22:08:00.000-07:00

What an exciting life Liam leads already! Here he is at music class. He is learning about making noise, er, music with a tambourine and bell rattle. The class was so much fun!!

Release the beast

2007-09-14T22:03:00.000-07:00

Check out Liam's belly. Wowza!

Swimming lessons with friends!

2007-09-14T21:53:00.000-07:00

Here is Liam in the pool with some of his friends...that's Cyan and Zach!

Here he is in a PFD. I even let go of him so that he could float on his own!! The lessons were lots of fun!

Down comes the breastfeeding ticker...

2007-09-14T21:44:00.000-07:00

We made it 6 months, 2 weeks and 3 days...but we are now offically finished breastfeeding. These are some pictures of our final feeding. It was a very touching moment for me...

And very sad as well, but mixed with hopefulness! Liam has taken to formula very well and is much more satisfied. He is sleeping better again as well. Yippee! What a fantastic experience that was. I am so pleased that I had such a fulfilling oppertunity.

Hiking at Mt.Doug

2007-09-14T21:29:00.000-07:00

Here is Liam riding in his new MEC baby backpack with Ian. We hiked up Mt. Doug with Steve and Jenn. What a beautiful view!

Ian carried Liam up and Steve carried him down. It was so cute...Liam fell asleep before we made it back to the cars! Can't wait to take him out on more trips...and maybe I will get a chance to carry him!

In the poop machine

2007-09-04T16:47:00.001-07:00

Riding the big toys

2007-09-03T21:37:00.000-07:00

Here are Liam and I riding on a bouncy 4 wheeler at Mt. Doug park. What a cutie!! He was having so much fun! After we played on the park toys, we went for Liam's very first hike! What a fun day!

Wow. Is he ever my son or what?!!

2007-08-31T14:03:00.000-07:00

Here's my little guy wearing my glasses! He looks so much like me!!

Ummmm. Yogurt.

2007-08-26T09:49:00.000-07:00

On our list of new foods to try, yogurt has so far been a success! Here is Liam sampling the vanilla flavoured yogurt. The nice thing about this kid oriented yogurt is that it is made with whole milk and mildly sweetened with fruit juices only.

Liam's first beer

2007-08-26T09:43:00.000-07:00

I don't know what it is...but Liam is enthrawled by beer bottles, especially when they contain frosty brew! Here is Ian letting Liam grab on to his beer. Liam was even allowed to taste a drop off Daddy's finger. Believe it or not, Liam didn't even pull a face! Apparently, Liam likes beer better than apples, bananas, strawberry, peach, sweet potato...you name it! I guess it is a bit young to be starting, but at least we wont have to worry about him drinking and driving or staying out past his curfew!!

Wholly cats! Liam is 6 months old!

2007-08-20T19:10:00.000-07:00

It's true...Liam is now offically 6 months old! Hard for me to believe. Here he is doing a 6 month photo shoot with Momma. What a Cutie McCutertons!! The picture above was Ian's favorite and below, my favorite. He's like a little doll at times! Sometimes he seems so big and at other times still so small! We love him so much!

Liam...like clockwork!

2007-08-20T14:37:00.001-07:00

Burrito baby, Part 2

2007-08-17T11:22:00.001-07:00

Burrito baby, Part 1

2007-08-17T11:21:00.001-07:00

Daddy's cool watch

2007-08-17T09:41:00.000-07:00

Sometimes when Liam really lets loose with the crying, Ian shows him his watch and all goes silent. Liam thinks the watch is the coolest thing ever!! When he is REALLY lucky, Ian will take off the watch and put it on him! This is the result...

complete facination! Note the sitting, of course!

A visit from Uncle Mike

2007-08-17T09:29:00.000-07:00

Uncle Mike was in the neighbourhood and stopped by for a visit. Liam was psyched to show off his new sitting skills. Here are the boys playing with Liam's cool toys.

Tall Tree Photography

2007-08-10T20:08:00.000-07:00

Here is the free picture of Liam and I at the Government House. The Mama Mingle we went to for July featured Tall Tree Photography and we each got to do a personal photo shoot. It looks a lot better when its not a crappy picture of an actual photograph! Aren't we cute?!

Liam.

2007-08-10T20:06:00.000-07:00

Cute outfits 13

2007-08-08T16:17:00.000-07:00

He may not look too happy, but he sure does look cute!! Here is Liam in the outfit the Delaloye's gave him when he was just small. I love when he grows into things! This is it without the knitted vest....

And here he is with the knitted vest. Too cute! He looks like he should be at an Ivy league university! What I love best about this outfit is that dispite looking dressy, everything about this outfit is comfortable. It is all soft cotton materials...nothing stiff!

This is Liam after my boob leaked all over him when I was feeding from the other side. Gotcha!!! I love this little sweatpant material onesie. Too bad I think this is the last time Liam will be wearing it! Offically out grown!

Liam has been Simpsonized!!

2007-08-07T11:19:00.001-07:00

If you go to the website www.simpsonizeme.com you can enter in a picture and become simpsonized! Here is the picture we submitted for Liam...

And here he is as a Simpson's character!! Too cute!

Grandma Teschke's pictures

2007-08-07T11:10:00.000-07:00

Here are the pictures that Heather sent me from her visit with us last week. We had such a blast! And to think the last time Heather got to hold Liam he was only 6 weeks old! BIG change!! Here is Liam inspecting a big yellow sunflower at Mattix Farm where we had french toast at Adrienne's Tea Garden! Yum yum!

Here is Liam bouncing away in this Jolly Jumper!

What a lovely picture of Liam and Grandma Teschke!

More sunflowers!!

This is where the french toast magic happens.

Here is Liam in a shoe store checking himself out in the mirror! What a great friend to play with!! I love the expression on his face! And of course, the Rocawear hat!! And don't forget the overalls!!

What a happy baby boy!

Asleep in this car seat. What a busy visit!! Thanks for coming out, Grandma!!

If home were a nudist colony...

2007-07-31T10:47:00.000-07:00

....this would be daily life for Liam. It was quite warm out, so I decided to let Liam go free. I put him on a plasticized pad, but totally underestimated how far his pee stream could really go. Needless to say, I was mopping up urine off the floor!! I think he liked it! (And yes, I intentionally drapped Ickaboo's antlers to tastefully cover Liam's bits!) What a big baby!!

Liam's cute new overalls from Gap

2007-07-31T10:21:00.000-07:00

Liam is now in his new 6-12 month clothes. Liam loves to spend time playing with Daddy on weekends and after work before bedtime. Look at my handsome men!! I still think Liam looks like me though!
Attack of the flying baby. This is how Ian thinks one should pick up a baby who is wearing cute overalls. Liam didn't seem to mind!

Ah, yes. Another close up of my cute baby! He is wrestling with his cariboo, Ickaboo pictured underneath him!

Look at me...I can stand like a big boy!!

Baby in a wheelbarrow

2007-07-29T14:59:00.001-07:00

Kitty time

2007-07-29T13:20:00.000-07:00

Here is Zephyr sitting beside Liam on his play mat. Although she is still wary of his waving arms, Zephyr has begun allowing Liam to pet her and play with her. She likes to sniff him and occationally licks his face. He is completely enthrawled by her, although not so much in this picture!

Fun times with friends

2007-07-29T12:57:00.000-07:00

Karl and Melissa came over with their baby girl, Kalina for a BBQ the other day. We had such a good time and the babies are such good friends already! Liam absolutely adores Melissa! Here he is putting his hand in her mouth. He only does that for people he REALLY likes!!

This is a cool picture of everybody looking a Kalina's big blue eyes. What a gorgeous baby!! Thanks for coming over guys!!

Tummy time friends

2007-07-28T11:02:00.000-07:00

If Liam could talk, he'd be saying (in an Australian accent for some reason), "Come on, chin up, Girl" ! Liam and Cyan are so cute!! This picture was taken at Government House during the July Mama Mingle by Wee Welcome! Lots of fun!!

Cute close-ups of Liam

2007-07-28T10:40:00.001-07:00

Liam is cute. Especially in a close up with food on his face.

This is what happens when Ian feeds him.

Check out Liam's rolling skills!

2007-07-22T10:33:00.001-07:00

Somebody get a fly swatter!

2007-07-21T22:40:00.000-07:00

Here is one of my new favorite outfits for Liam. It is a 6-12 month outfit, so hopefully it will last a long time! I love the colour and the huge bug climbing up the side!

If you could see his eyes, the blue outfit really brings out the blue in Liam's eyes. I try to describe the colour of his eyes, but generally I call it a bluey-greeny-greyish-brown. That's helpful, eh? Dark. They are dark. Darkish, at least!

Liam tries some rice cereal.

2007-07-21T22:31:00.000-07:00

"Look, Mom! I ate the whole bowl full!"

Although Liam is only 5 months old, we decided to go ahead with introducing the solid foods since he had done so well with the pears, nectarines and apples that we had tried first. Today we served rice cereal in breastmilk. Yummy! Liam ate it all up! I think the mild, sweet flavour suited his palette better than the fruit, which I believe he found a bit tart in comparison to breastmilk! It seems as though Liam really enjoys sitting in his high chair and being a part of a family dinner! He's growing up so fast!!

Sitting and...

2007-07-20T17:45:00.001-07:00

Liam at 5 months

2007-07-20T17:07:00.000-07:00

Here is Liam at 5 months old! Wholly cats the time is flying!! What is Liam up to now that he is 5 months old? Well...as you can see, Liam is almost mastered the art of sitting, not quite yet though (see next post of the outcome of this sitting session). He has started trying solid foods, well, tasting at least, which has already lead to a change in his digestive system. Yes, we have gas, yes , it is stinky now, yes, the poos are thicker and apparently a little less "eager" to come out. This apparently is just the beginning. There is a diaper genie in our future!! Liam looks at himself in the mirror and laughs. He loves riding in his Baby Bjorn carrier facing out to see the world. Just today, Liam rolled over from back to front and has gone front to back many times in the past. Our favorite toy is the crinkly pooh book, anything that goes in the mouth and especialy his turtle and elephant stuffies. Liam really engages with people now. He reaches out to touch faces and loves to pull of glasses and pull hair. He is facinated with everything he comes across and want to touch and inspect everything he finds. Everything goes in his mouth. They weren't kidding! Liam has outgrown so much of his clothing. We are really into our 6 month stuff now!! It is sad, but exciting at the same time. I love discovering the little boy he is becoming in small steps. It's hard to believe that soon one day I will turn around and there he will be...crawling, walking, talking, running, falling, singing, dancing, horsing around with Daddy...I can't wait to meet him!! Boy, do I love him!!!

No more pandas, please!

2007-07-20T17:04:00.000-07:00

"I'm so sick of these F-ing pandas"

Liam's first taste of pears

2007-07-17T20:07:00.001-07:00

Thank you, Domo!

2007-07-17T16:59:00.000-07:00

Here is Liam being mauled by tiny little Domo who is only 10 weeks old in this picture! Domo is my good friend Leanne's new baby. What a fantastic dog! He is like a little hyper active puff. We love him!! The look on Liam's face is pure joy!

So this is Uncle Joe.

2007-07-17T16:50:00.000-07:00

And first they meet...
This is Liam and my brother, Joseph, meeting for the very first time. The last time I saw my brother I was 10 weeks pregnant before he went off to Guatemala. Liam has grown a lot since then!! What's that crazy red stuff all over Uncle Joe's face, Liam?? Don't you worry...you'll be shaving before you know it (sigh. growing up already)!

Here is Liam with the turtle Uncle Joe brought him from Costa Rica. He loves "turtie"

Heres a nice family picture. Too bad Liam was fussy! I wonder if Liam will get the red hair, too?

Sucking on veggies

2007-07-17T16:44:00.000-07:00

Ian let Liam suck on a piece of celery the other day. I think he liked the coolness and hard texture, but the look on his face indicated that the taste wasn't too fabulous. One day he will appreciate crunchy celery, especially when accompanied by peanutbutter and rasins for his "ants on a log" treats!! Yum, yum!

Little friends

2007-07-14T17:17:00.000-07:00

Here is Liam and his friend Cyan having a BBQ. How cute are they reaching for each other?!! We had a great time with Neil and Ladena. Thanks for coming over!!

Trying pears

2007-07-14T17:04:00.000-07:00

We got a high chair for Liam and have been practicing eating just with breastmilk and water. Since Liam seemed to be doing well, we decided to try some solid food, just for kicks.

The pears didn't really go over that well in taste. Liam just let them touch his tounge, but didn't really "eat" them. We still have a month to go until the suggest time of 6 months for introducing solids. I hope we can build up from these preliminary experiences!! Next food: rice cereal!

Is this for showering?

2007-07-14T16:58:00.000-07:00

Liam: I think I'd like to stand for my bath now, Momma. And maybe I'll pee standing up, too!

Playing building crashers

2007-07-11T08:51:00.001-07:00

Brush your teeth!

2007-07-10T16:39:00.000-07:00

Here is Liam with his new toothbrush. He is learning how to brush twice a day, even though he doesn't have teeth yet!! Look mom! No cavities!!