Happy New Year

I decided that Liam could pull off the faux-hawk since it's New Year's Eve and people can get away with a lot of questionable fashion choices on this night. . .

We went to dinner at Hemingways wth the Scallon clan and had a delicious meal.

Aunt Jessie and Emma . . .

Liam waiting for his food . . .

They had music playing on the dance floor so the kids thought they would start the dance party early . . .

. . . Bustin' a move
and dancing with his cousins . . .

Merry Christmas

Liam had a great Christmas! He woke up and found that Santa had left him a basketball hoop. He would have been happy with just that, since he wouldn't give up the ball and open anything else. He just kept practicing shooting and saying "nice shot". . .

. . .when we finally got him to open some gifts, he came across the sit and spin, and Mommy thought she'd see if she could push the weight limit on it. The whole time I was on it, Liam was saying to me "Share, Share!" . . .
. . . after opening lots of presents at our house, we headed over to The Murray's for more Christmas and a yummy brunch. We came home with , among many other things, a drum set for Liam. Apparently Santa has a sense of humor . . . Liam does love them, and he's actually not bad, and I set them up in the basement so they have no chance of coming upstairs . . .
. . .inspecting his stocking . . .

After a nap and some more playing at home, we went to the Scallon's for even more Christmas including presents with cousins, dinner, and dessert. (more pictures to come - I took them on a different camera)

video of the morning. . .

It was a perfect day from morning to night and Liam is tucked in his crib and will hopefully sleep through the night. Merry Christmas everyone!

Christmas Eve

We had a wonderful Christmas Eve. We all went to church in Island Heights and when Nana had all of the children come to the altar to sing "Away in the Manger", Liam went up and halfway through the song decided to jump off the altar, then he stepped back up and jumped again, and then a third time and then ran down the main aisle of the church. Too bad I couldn't ge the video camera out in time, we'd be rich! It is definitely something we will always remember.

Then everyone came back to our house for dinner and drinks.

Here is Maggie enjoying the spread . . .

. . . and Liam and Grandpa
Rachel and Aunt Carly
. . . Mommy and her little elf

Sleep well . . .

Delivering Cookies

Aunt Jaclyn and I spent an entire day baking, since we had off of school due to the snow, and Liam was our taste tester . . . (this was before his haircut, obviously)

After baking, we had to deliver our cookies to the neighbors, Liam was my helper. I put him and the cookies on the sled and we visited 3 houses with the goods . . .

First Haircut

Liam was in desperate need of a haircut and since I've unsuccessfully tried to trim the hair over his ears in the past I thought I should turn to the professionals. . .

He did not want that cape on, but he did sit for the beginning of it and the whole time he said "All done, all done" . . .

At the end he was all smiles and looked a whole lot older. . .

Boys in the Snow

A shot of our house in the snow . . .

Daddy and Liam looking at the bulldozers trying to plow the street . . .

Snowed In . . .

I apologize for the lack of updates. Hopefully these pictures of Liam being homebound for a few days make up for it. Saturday night we headed over to our neighbors for a little Christmas party. The boots I had for Liam are too small, so he thought he'd try on Mommy's . . .

When we woke up Sunday morning there was even more snow on the ground. We couldn't even open the door without snow falling inside. So what do you do when you can't get out of the house . . .

- Make French Toast and get as much syrup as possible in your hair . . .

- Make a fort- See if you are taller than the snow (it's close, I think we'd only see the top of his head if we let him try to play in it)

NO SCHOOL TOMORROW!!!

Please Touch Museum

I had off of school today so Liam skipped his school and we headed out to Philly with Nana to go to the Please Touch Museum.

We all had a great time. The longest Liam sat for was when we were on the carousel . . .

He dressed up as a pediatrician. . . .

. . .but he didn't fully comprehend that this is a nest with eggs, he picked up a stick and started beating the eggs. . .

. . . He played with boats and ducks in the water while wearing his adorable smock . . .

After 4 hours of fun we met up with Uncle Adam and his girlfriend Erin and went to dinner . . .

It was a very fun and tiring day and definitely worth the trip. I bought a year pass for 4 people, so we plan on going as much as possible!

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Merry Christmas!

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