Who is that Handsome BOY?!?!

We took in a cute shaggy boy to KidsCuts and we took home a handsome young man! Today Liam got his first haircut. He sat on a Pooh/Tigger toy and that entertained him for about one minute. Then he noticed himself in the mirror and that entertained him for one more minute. The rest of the time he went through two lollipops and whatever other type of distraction mom and dad could come up with to divert his attention and get him to be still. The gal cutting his hair was a complete moron and took forever. While she was nice and agreeable enough I don't think she spoke a lick of English because she didn't cut the hair the way we explained. Thank goodness there was another stylist on hand who came by with the clippers to even things out and blend the haircut to save the day in the end. What a handsome little boy!

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Liam's FIRST Birthday!

Happy Birthday to Liam...what a BIG BOY!
Well, we have this tradition to give our babies their first taste of REAL dairy on their first birthday.

Uhhhheeemmm, now that I think of it, I think Liam has had a taste or two of the forbidden substance courtesy of my dad, Grandpa Cook. For some reason he thinks babies are deprived and feels the need to give them tastes of all sorts of goodies including caramel, frosting, soda, etc. So I'm sure this is not Liams real first taste of ice cream, but it is the first cone he got all to himeslf and he knew just what to do with it!

There are some things in life where a lesson on "how to" is just not required. Eating an ice cream cone is one of them!

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My baby is growing up!

My little Liam is growing up right before my eyes. He's almost 9 months old. I couldn't resist taking a picture of my little cherub before church today because I think he suddenly looks so grown up in his white shirt and tie.
He is scooting all over the place in his walker. He loves the freedom of following his sisters all over the place. He zooms to the back door to watch them through the glass door, down the hall to the front door, zooms to the bathroom to follow them and occasionally we hear a yelp, "Ouch, Liam keeps running over my toes!". If the sisters are feeling particularly mean, they dock his scooter up on the carpet which has a fairly thick pile and he can't move.
He has been getting up on his haunches lately and it's only a matter of time before he is completely mobile without the walker. Watch out mama!

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