We attended a friend's 2 year old birthday party at the CuriOdyssey. Finn thoroughly enjoyed seeing the animals and the cool science experiments. He also spend some time running around the mini outdoor amphitheater. Funny to see him growing so big and cool to see him bravely exploring on his own.
CA weather! So unpredictable. This is two days before our supposed Snowpocalypse. Who knows! Maybe there will be snow in Northern CA?
Today many breakthroughs have been had.
Finn insisted on holding Liam last night. He also insisted on holding Liam's hand. I have no doubt that these two brothers will always be the best of friends.
Today was our first break in the weather for a past week. It's been rainy and icky all week. We took this as our opportunity to get Finny out in the carport area to get out his yaya's and I got some cool pics of our neighbors succulents after the rain. Tricky to try to capture water. Most of my other pics were blurry. This one turned out pretty decent.
My father in law made a fabuloso dinner at my folks house as a thank you for taking such good care of us on the West Coast. Following dinner, most of us just layed around vegging after pigging out. Finn was the only one running around the house jogging around with Jiichan's flashlight.
My inlaws are in town for the next two weeks. They have been soaking up quality time with the kids. Liam took a snooze with Gramps yesterday afternoon.
Liam is getting to be quite spoiled like his older brother. He sleeps like a champ when he is held in someone's arms. Today, I keep trying to set him down to sleep on his own and after about 15-20 minutes he awakens and cries until someone picks him up. Seconds after he is picked up, he knocks back out again. I need to just let him cry it out, but I keep reminding myself that they are only this little once and we will most likely not be having another one, so I should enjoy this while I can.
Though Liam's cheeks do not rival his brothers, I find them irresistable to kiss. The sleepy boy was just snoozing in the morning following his first morning meal.
Getting a clear shot of an ever moving toddler is virtually impossible. Here's one of numerous "cheeser weezer" shots I attempted to get of Finny. Turned out pretty cute! Might just be the cute subject!
My in laws just got into town this afternoon. They got to spend Valentine's with their newest loves, Finny and Liam. Liam was charming as ever, simply cuddling and sleeping like a dream child.
Finn decided to help Papa with the dishes this afternoon. Jesse got his all decked out with his "Shiitake Happens" Apron and all. I think we are on to something here! Now as soon as Liam starts walking we can train him to sweep.
I forgot to take a picture yesterday! But multiple good pics were taken today, so I am cheating and posting 2 2/13 pics today. Finn is enjoying playing with bubbles this morning. Tried to capture some bubble popping shots, but this is the best I could get!
Love CA for the great weather. In the middle of February, it is warm enough to head to the beach. Some people were actually sunbathing. Finn enjoyed building and destroying sandcastles and finding and then burying seashells. It was so cute. Finn was so excited to be finding the shells and then so excited to hide them again.
Finny sees us checking the news and our emails so much, they he caught on and needed to log in to check his emails and email his grandmothers. Too smart and cute!
It's funny how you forget so much of the first couple weeks of new parenthood. I remembered the lack of sleep. I remember the crying. I remember the spitup. But I didn't remember how much time you spend just sitting on the couch holding the baby. Jesse and I take turns holding Mr. Liam while he sleeps peacefully in our arms. Funny how he sleeps best when he is being held. I have tried to put him down in the packnplay and on the couch for naps, but so far in the first 2 weeks, the naps never last as long as naps snuggled in his parents' arms. I got almost 6 hours straight out of him from last night until this morning.
Finn is getting quite accustomed to his role as Big Brother. Everything is "I can do it." "Let me help." "I do it myself." Though for most things, it is quite cute to have him do it himself, sometimes it seems a little scary to have him do it. Finn is pretty fixated on the camera and with the money that we spent on it, I would hate for there to be an accident as he insists on taking pictures. So far, so good. Sometimes you just have to trust your kid and let them try things out. Maybe not quite yet though.
Finny is getting used to the idea of being a big brother. His favorite brotherly duties are to pat him when he's sleeping and getting sweetly in his face to wake him up. Finn is a fantastic big brother! Liam is very lucky!!
So I know that when newborns smile at this point, they are not really smiling, it is mostly attributed to gas, but this seemed like such a sweet little half smile. Liam is just enjoying this warm February CA weather. Warm enough to warrant breaking out the short sleeve onesies!!
Liam spends most of the day just sleeping, pooping and eating. Not a bad life, if I may say so myself.
Our newest little baby bear is growing up quickly. Just 2 ounces shy of his birth weight a week out! He was drowning in this outfit a week ago and now is starting to fit it pretty well!!
Liam got his first bath today. Needless to say it was slightly traumatic. I know that he will eventually come to love them, but for the timebeing, it's rather traumatic for me to watch. Jesse suggested I catalog it with photos. Someday he will hate me for this!
Cars and trucks are the number one toy of choice for my Finny. Lately the big thing is getting the cars in crazy collisions and having the Rescue vehicles come to the scene of the accident. The firetruck had just arrived to assess the situation.
