Back to Iowa

Clay told me last night that they are switching him from his current team back to his old team at Rockwell Collins. In doing so, Clay will have to go to Cedar Rapids, Iowa for a week. Now I'll really won't see him. At least this time I'm not pregnant. They did say however, that they would give him a day off. I'll believe it when I see it.

First Hair Cut

Liam's hair has gotten so long, so today I gave him his first hair cut. I took off at least two inches off the top and he still has an inch left. I still can't believe how red his hair is turning. I guess if you have an Irish name like Liam then its bound to happen.

Runny Noses

Liam and I have had the flu all week. Clay stayed home on Monday to take care of Liam since I was running a high fever. Thankfully we are both getting better. We have now entered the runny noses and coughing stage. Liam has been so cute, after I blow my nose he wants me to help him with his. He can't obviously blow his own nose yet, but I hold the tissue to his nose and he shakes his head and laughs. Boys are so silly.

Carrots

Liam tried carrots for the first time yesterday. I was cracking up. At first he liked them and then, well you'll see. Blogger was having trouble uploading this video, so it's linked to my Flickr Account.
Carrots Video

4mth checkup

Today was Liam's 4mth checkup. I went to the office to find out that they had moved since his last visit. So I quickly called Clay and he gave me the new directions to the doctors office. Apparently I'm the second mom that didn't receive a notice about the move. Needless to say, I was late. As for his appt., Liam is now 26in and 14.5 lbs. He is in the 88% for length and 40% for his weight. Basically, he will always be long and skinny like his daddy.

Liam can now start cereals as well as fruits and veggies, one new food per week. She said do two meals a day, a cereal with a fruit or veggie, since he's such a healthy eater. She would like all veggies first since fruits are sweeter and easier to get babies to eat. She gave me a handout for when to start what, such as meats or food with iron. Also if the rice makes him gassy or stops him up to give him 1oz of prune juice with 1oz of water. I told her I wanted to make my own veggies and fruits. So she told be to use the frozen since there's less sodium and that I should mix in some formula to thin it out some.

As for his fussiness....it's because he's a boy. She said he's just getting mad. Liam wants to get up and go but his body can't yet, so he's getting bored and frustrated. After he starts crawling he should be his normal content self again. He is also starting to cut his bottom two teeth. Dr Lockhart says it could be a week or several weeks it just depends. And then there was two shots and one oral vaccine. I think that's everything.

Almost Ovah

So yesterday was our last full day in Boston. We had a late start that morning, but we all needed it. For lunch, we went to Quincy Market were Clay got a lobstah roll (sub with lobster) and I got real pizza. Not that junk they call pizza in Florida. Afterwards we headed towards Boston Common. On our way we stopped at the grave yard where Ben Franklin, Paul Revere, and Mother Goose are buried. When we got to Boston Common, I got some fried dough, which the also don't have in Florida (they have elephant ears and funnel cake, which aren't the same), found a nice spot to sit down and laid out a blanket for Liam. It was nice to know that we didn't have to worry about the sun, bugs, or ants. We could just sit and relax. Liam and Clay took a nice little nap in the park. It was such a relaxing day.

As for dinner, the Astuccio's came up. I had made tacos, fresh salsa, and refried beans. Later, Angie's neighbors burnt something in their apartment so all the fire alarms went off as I was trying to put Liam down to bed. So we waited outside until the firemen said we could go back in. I don't know what they did next door, but when we came inside the police were checking their IDs. I still can't believe our week is over. It went by so fast, but I'm glad we got to come. We had a great time at my cousin's wedding, as well as visiting with our friends.

1st Foods

After last night, we have decided to start putting Liam on rice cereal. He woke up at 3:30, 5:10, 6:25, and 7:20. It has been like that for almost a week now. He was sleeping for 11-12hrs, but now he's been going backwards. His pediatrician did said at his last appt (2mth) that we would start putting him on solids at his next appt (4mth). Originally, it was scheduled for the 2nd and we had it changed. Mom and Dad are out in Hawaii to be with Jimmy for his deployment, so I have Mitchell. Since Liam was already supposed to have had his appt, this afternoon we bought some rice cereal. I feed him first, then I mixed 1oz of pumped milk with only a 1/4 tsp of rice cereal. I would say only half of what went in stayed in. He seemed to like the rice cereal, just not the texture of the spoon. He probably ate only a quarter of what I made, but it's a start.

Sam Adams Brewery

This morning Devon, Jess, Jay B, Clay, Liam, and I hopped on the T and went to the Samuel Adams Brewery. The tour was free which is always a plus in my book. But the best part though is its a free tour with free beer. You each get your own sampling glass and they place a pitcher of beer in front of you. There was five different types for us to try. Afterwards we all went to a local pub for lunch. As for tonight Mimi plans on watching Laim so that we can all go out tonight, since Angie had to work earlier today.

NEA

Today we are taking Liam on the T to New England Aquarmine. It was one of my favorite things as a kid and I wanted to take him. Plus we all know I really just want to see the penguins. Afterwards, Angie's work has rented out a bowling alley, so we are going to go...and its free. We figured if it was lame we would leave. As for dinner, I think the plan is to hit up the North End. Man, it's good to be home.

Tour of Boston?

So as you all may know, we left yesterday to Boston. We came up for my cousins wedding which is this Sunday. But until then we are staying at Angie's and Devon's apartment, which is on Boston Harbour. They had invited us to stay so we could spend a week in Boston without paying for a hotel. She has also let us have her car while we are here so we don't even have to pay for a rental car. Awesome!

Yesterday was also our third wedding anniversary. I can't believe that its been three years already. We decided to grilled out on Boston Harbour at sunset. It was so pretty. However our wonderful day changed quickly while walking home. Liam's car seat fell off the stroller and he smacked his head on the sidewalk. Unfortunately, due to the "bag" pjs we was wearing he wasn't strapped into the car seat, so there was no way to figure out how much force he hit the sidewalk with. We called the pediatrician and they told us we needed to take him to the ER, since he was still very little and that even though he seems fine, he very easily may not be. We were there from 9:30 until 3:30am cause with head injuries the 1st six hours are the most critical. They checked him for a broken collar bone, skull fractures, concussion, bleeding, swelling in the skull, neck injuries......so on and so on. His CT scan show that he had evidence of a head trauma but no swelling or bleeding, and that he has very active brain. I needed to continue to monitor him for the next 24hrs. Needless to say, that's not how we wanted to spend our first day of our vacation or our anniversary. We are just so glad that he's ok.