Liam loves his Auntie Kate

7 {months} is heaven!

Little man, you are seven months old, and we are in heaven!  You would barely sit still for your picture this month and you refused to hold your "7 months" paper up.

Here are some of the things you are doing these days:

• you are babbling and saying "mama" 
• you love blowing bubbles
• you have two teeth, and two on the way
• you got your first cold :( .... and then shared it with mom and dad 
• you rarely fuss and smile a lot
• you love playing peek-a-boo--especially with dad
• we love getting slobbery kisses from you
• you love grabbing anything that you shouldn't have--phones, remotes, plastic bags, sunglasses, keys--basically anything that is off limits
• no official crawling, but you are scooting about

You are fun, cute, sweet and making us so proud of you!

Mr. Traveler

Liam was quite the traveler this past week.  We flew down and up the state of California... twice!  We started off last Friday with a quick, weekend trip to Los Angeles to visit with Liam's aunt and godmother, Katie; my girlfriends from college (and their kiddos) and to watch dad race around the Fontana speedway in REALLY fast cars.

We then popped home for a day, unpacked, did laundry and repacked for a week in Santa Barbara for a work function.  Grammy Kratz came along and we had a fantasmic time.  While I was in meetings, Grammy and Liam played on the beach, took trail walks and did a LOT of bouncing in front of the mirror.  When I was out of meetings, I snuggle-cuddled with my babe, showed him off to adoring co-workers and enjoyed the beauty of my surroundings.  (Debbie and I also managed to squeeze in massages too!)

It was a whirlwind week, and we are paying for it now with a sick kiddo :(, but it was fun while it lasted.

liam meets diana, season, selah and baby caleb 

liam meets lindsay, sienna and baby jones (currently residing in linz's tummy)

first trip to disney--downtown disney that is

he loves sunny socal

ahhhh...if only this was our view all the time

liam loved matt's helmet

i hate to brag, but aren't my boys handsome?!?

snuggling with aunt katie.  it was SOOOOO cold!

at the airport

happy to be flying home

Three Day Weekend Recap

Eight years ago, I met this little girl:


This adorable munchkin and her two sisters stole my heart and kept me very busy for a couple years. Being their nanny never felt like a job, it was pure love.   And it was great training for my current role as mommy.

Fast forward to now--I am a mommy and Brooke is almost a teenager.  She came to visit the Kratz home last weekend and here's a glimpse at the fun that we had.  A trip to the snow, six hours of baking Alaska (yum!), and lots of card games.  We loved her, William loved her and we loved having her here.  We can't wait to have her visit again!

Field Trip

I just realized that this post was saved in my drafts...I wrote it in November.  Oh well, I am slacking on new posts so this will have to do for tonight.

William joined me on my first work trip since his birth.  Matt was able to come with us to Monterey and be daddy-on-duty for three days.  Other than going a little stir crazy in the hotel room, they did pretty good.  My parents were also at the function (we work in the same industry), and offered to take some family pictures for us.

....strange that we ended up with more pictures of Liam with his grandparents than his parents....

January is almost over...but I made a promise....

I made a promise to blog about Christmas.  I almost decided to break that promise.  Instead, below are a collage of pictures from what was, so far, the best Christmas I have experienced.  It had less to do with William opening presents (he had no clue what was going on), and mostly to do with the realization that I have everything I could ever want.  Gifts are great--don't get me wrong (disclaimer so my husband doesn't cancel future gifts), but the greatest gift I have is my family.  I am blessed with a faith that gives me purpose, an amazing husband, a healthy and happy baby and a family that loves us more than we deserve.  I am so so so blessed.  2010: you kicked butt.  I challenge 2011 to surpass you.

6 months

Liam,
It is 1.11.11 and you are halfway to one! 

Today you are six months and I hate to be so cliche, but....TIME FLIES BY WAAAAAAAAAY TOO FAST!!!  I keep asking you to stop growing up, and you keep disobeying me.

Here you are at six months in your standard pose:  eyes bright, mouth open and drool rolling down your chin.

In the last month, you experienced Christmas (yes, I still need to blog about that):

Okay...this one is better:)

You decided you liked boxes more than the content of the boxes:

You ate your first food--avocado:

You smile and giggle all day long:

And you make us happier than we ever thought we would be: