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!