The Liger (An Update)

No, that is not a typo. I meant "Liger". We have many nicknames for Liam (most of which make no sense) but this one, is the one that we use the most. It was bestowed upon him by my sister when he made a noise resembling a baby cat and she said, "What are you, a baby liger?!" (If you're not a fan of Napoleon Dynamite you might not get it). Funnily enough, I am reading the book Eat, Pray, Love and there is a part that discusses the Balinese culture's idea that the day of the week you are born on tells a lot about you. Apparently people born on Thursday, like Liam, are guided by the spirits lion and tiger! No I have not gone off the deep end, I just think it is funny that we call him Liger and he was born on a Thursday....

So, anyway, Liam is well into month 3 and doing all sorts of things now. He is smiling and laughing and cooing and talking (and sometimes squeaking) like a crazy person. He is working on sitting up and the other day, while sitting in the Bumbo seat he grabbed a toy. He was very excited until he tried to grab another toy and couldn't do it, at which point he worked himself up into such a fury that I had to take him out of the seat so that he didn't hurt himself. My children are both a little bit prone to temper tantrums...I have no idea where they get it! (hint, me!) Liam also rolled from his stomach to his back for the first time yesterday which was pretty exciting.

He is much more laid back than Noah was - unless of course he is hungry and then all bets are off! He doesn't nap much but does sleep very well at night. He is pretty much done with life around 7:30 and is ready to eat and then be put in his crib and left alone! He will sleep about 7 or 8 hours and then wake up again to eat, immediately go back to sleep and then wake up for good around 6:30. So, if he is a cat napper during the day I am not complaining because I will take good sleep at night any day! Plus we are gone so much that he couldn't really take a solid nap during the day even if he wanted to!

Liam and Noah get along so well and it is so sweet to watch them be brothers! I can't wait to watch their relationship develop as they grow up. We are having so much fun with these two little guys!

Our Family

Here is our first decent family photo, taken on the fourth of July. (There was another one, taken about 3 days after Liam's birth but nobody - except maybe Noah - looks good in that one, and if I have my way it will never be seen by any other human eyes!)

Random Thoughts

I have often been asked, especially when I was training for my half marathons, What do you think about while you run? Usually, people say it in the tone of voice that implies what they really mean is, How are you not bored out of your mind? I never know how to respond because I am not usually consciously processing the thoughts cross my mind while I run, but the other day I decided to try to remember what I was thinking about during my 3 mile run so that I could accurately answer the question next time it came up. So, without further ado....

I hope that I actually think interesting thoughs. Oh my gosh, what if my thoughts are totally banal and make me seem dumb?!

Did I charge my IPod? Dear God, please tell me I charged it, I cannot make it 3 miles without music today! (Check battery icon on nano and find it half full and breathe a sigh of relief.)

This feels pretty good...3 miles should be easy.

3 minutes later....

Ughh...maybe I should only run 2 miles. No! No, I will do 3. I swear. Unless my right hamstring starts to get sore then I will cut it short.

Is my right hamstring sore?

"We've only got 4 minutes to save the world....."

I wonder if there are geese in the back pond today. I wonder if today is the day they will give chase and peck my eyes out. (Have I mentioned my irrational fear of birds?)

No geese, but lots of goose poop. Watch out!

I want to walk, I want to walk. Wait, someone is coming. Look cool. Pick up the pace, yeah that's it Kelly. Smile like it aint no thang!

Nothing. I think nothing for at least half a mile. It's like a black hole of thoughts.

Okay, "Bulls on Parade" on repeat for the rest of the run.

Not much longer now. Pretend you are racing Kelly, but your actually good and fast and at the front of the pack. (Running stronger now.)

And...I'm....done! (Breathing heavy). Now, that feels good!

A Day At The Beach

To celebrate the 4th of July we packed up (a ton of crap) and headed to the beach. Now, I know that doesn't sound like all that novel of a concept seeing as how we live at the beach BUT we almost never go. This year however, Noah is really into it so we decided we must make a trip there and what better time than a holiday weekend when Wes has 3 days off in a row! Of course we had to invest in a tent/umbrella for Liam to sit under so we literally looked like pack mules carrying all our stuff across the sand but it was well worth the work!



Liam and Noah under the umbrella...Noah was not into sitting still to pose for a picture....


.....he was much more into playing by the water....



....and building sand castles!