Baby no. 2

It has been a while since our last post. Things have been busy around our house preparing for the arrival of baby no. 2

He arrived yesterday at 1:52pm weighing in at 6 pounds 8 ounces and 19 inches long. We are so excited to have him in our family. 

  

Motor Skills

Liam had a cast on for 6 weeks and it didn't slow him down one bit! Here are some action shots of him running around the house.

Finally, I had to put him on the floor and snap a few shots while he was still (for a split second). Love this grin!

Liam's cast is now off and he is running and climbing on everything. Oh dear ... needless to stay I'm pretty exhausted. But we wouldn't have it any other way and LOVE our extremely active, playful, curious, determined Liam!

The Cake Off

Liam turned one in January and we celebrated with a Cake Off with some friends in our ward. Liam's FAVORITE thing to do is take a bath, so Don made a bath themed cake in honor of Liam's big day, complete with a mini rubber ducky and bubble cake for him to destroy.

It was a fierce competition, with two other delicious cakes entered in the mix by the Brodegards and Pearsons.

Liam really didn't know what was going on, but loved playing with the balloons.

Then it was time to destroy his cake ... but he was more interested in the rubber ducky.

After we took away the duck, he slowly touched his cake.

And this is about as much as he destroyed it... the stinker! I know if he was all alone in a room and found that cake on the floor that it would be in a million little pieces everywhere. Guess he was just a little shy that night.

Happy birthday, sweet Liam!

Oops!

Yesterday I slipped on some ice and Liam and I both fell very hard. I was holding him in front of me (facing me) and I fell face forward (with him falling backwards). Liam ended up with a broken leg (double tib-fib fracture), most likely from my body weight landing on him.

Close-up of one of the fractures (the squiggly grey line in the bone. OUCH!)

I have never felt more horrible in all my life! But I also feel incredibly blessed, as it could have been much, much worse. Liam hit his head extremely hard on the ice/cement, and didn't sustain any other injuries aside from his leg. Also, baby #2 and I are just fine, even though I landed on my stomach. I ended up with just a few sore, bruised knees. 

Liam was such a champ during the whole ordeal, bless his little heart. We were shuffled from pediatricians and radiologists at our local hospital to a specialty children's hospital in St. Paul to see a pediatric orthopedic surgeon. Luckily, he didn't need surgery and he is now sporting a bright blue full-leg cast for the next month.

Waiting for the doctor

What color will he choose for his cast?

Excellent color choice, Liam!

I'm so thankful Don was able to leave work to be with me. Let's face it ... I was an emotional DISASTER! 

Wish us luck as we embark on a month of trying to keep a very busy toddler immobile! 

Boy, oh boy...

... are we going to have our hands full!

July 8, 2012

Mr. Piano Man

Ok, these pictures are from back in November, but they were just too cute not to post. Liam LOVES the piano and all the noise he can make. Hoping he still likes it when he takes piano lessons one day :)

Trouble Maker

Look who found my makeup...

I can't believe it's been more than two months since I last posted to our blog. Sorry -- I'll try to catch up soon!