Another run-in with Santa . . . and Mrs. Claus

Tuesday night was the OCY swim team Holiday Party and Liam got to meet Mrs. Claus and Santa again!

Put Me In Coach . . .

Liam was excited to play with the baseball & glove that Grandpop Murray got him for Christmas. (notice the cute sweatband on his wrist - he got mad when I took it off of him)

We call this his 'Game Face'. . .
Anyone wanna play catch?

Peekaboo

At dinner tonight Liam entertained himself (and us) with a game of Peek-A-Boo

for some reason the video on here has a lot of annoying screeching in the background - turn the volume all the way down before you play it

Merry Christmas to All . . .

Here are a few of the pictures from Liam's first Christmas. He was a happy and entertaining guy the entire day and night. He received lots of gifts and even behaved at church.

Christmas Eve Night at the Scallon's . . .

Christmas morning . . .
The Scallon cousins . . .

Merry Christmas!

My sister made this on Christmas Eve. Enjoy!

Merry Christmas!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Best Present Ever

At swim practice on Sunday we were giving out T-shirts to the swimmers and Liam decided he wanted to be in the box. It was the perfect size for him and he makes a great gift!

Murray Christmas!

Sunday night we celebrated Christmas and Liam's Great Grandpop's Birthday with the Murrays!

Here is Liam with Uncle Adam

Lauren, Aunt Cathy, & CaitlinGrandmom Murray and Liam laughing . . .
Ryan, Uncle John, and Savannah the puppy

. . . and Liam with his Great Grandpop and their Phillies World Series Santa hats. . .

In Trouble with the Law . . .

We had an interesting afternoon here on Saturday. I was running around getting ready to leave for a swim meet in South Jersey and Casey and Liam were in the basement playing. While I'm running around (not exactly fully clothed) I here banging at the front door. So I dash into the basement and tell Casey he has to get the door. So turns out it's the police. They received a 911 hang-up call from our house. . . . Yes - Liam somehow turned on the cordless phone and hit the numbers 9-1-1 in order. I'm hiding in the basement and searching for clothes to throw on because the cop needs to see that everyone is alright. Fortunately, he left after seeing Liam and I was able to wait it out downstairs in my snowpants (all I could find) . . . We're still working on waving, but we apparently have calling the police under control.

Back in the Pool

My school had a late opening today and I decided to take the day off of school so Liam came to practice at 7:45am. The girls swam hard, so their reward (and Liam's reward for being so good) was to play with Liam in the pool. I forgot my camera and had to take the photos on my cell phone, so they are kind of blurry - sorry . . .

This is the only time he looked up, he was too interested in the water. . . I think the girls had more fun than he did
Hopefully all of this female attention he's been growing up with doesn't go to his head!

8 Months Old!

Liam is now 8 months old and does not like to sit still.
See ya!

Mmmm. . . bread . . .

We went to TRCC for dinner last night with Grandpa and Grandma Scallon and Liam's Aunt Jessie and cousins . . . he loves when we let him "chew" on bread.

(still no teeth)

Gift from St. Nicholas

Liam got a package in the mail to celebrate St. Nicholas day. It was a Christmas book from Great Aunt Helen. He loved ripping the paper wrapping off (a prelude to Christmas morning). . .

he's becoming quite good at turning pages himself . . .
showing off his present . . .

Thank you Aunt Helen!

Failed attempts at a Christmas card & tree decorating

The other night my sister and I tried to take a photo of Liam for a Christmas card. Posing a dog and an infant and shooting with a camera phone is not the best combination. Here are the attempts . . .

Liam was helpful at decorating the tree. . .

. . . and was very proud of his work