Sunday, January 31, 2010

A New Year -

Abram is taking 2010 by storm.  He's trying all kinds of new things. 

He's able to push himself on his hands and knees and is able to go backward but hasn't quite mastered forward motion which is quite frustrating.  Once he does figure out forward motion I don't think they'll be anything stopping him. 

 

Something that is not new is the amazing amount of drool the kid produces.  This picture caught him in mid-drool.

 

He still has bright blue eyes.

 

He's started eating crackers.  Here he is with his first teething biscuit.  He is very persistent and it doesn't leave his mouth until he's completely done.

 

Grandma and Grandpa Livermore came over today.  They read books and.....

 

went sledding!!!!!!
This was Abram's first sledding trip.  Abram got the sled for Christmas but it's been too cold until today.  We were only out for a few minutes when the adults got cold but I think Abram would have kept going.  He definately had fun!

Video of sledding fun...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnNGPuiS-MA 


 

  

  

  

What a great day!

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Fun with Max and Addy

Abram and I had a playdate with Max, Addy and their mom Kelly.  Max is about 5 months older than Abram and Addy is 4.  She is a wonderful big sister to Max so she did a great job of entertaining and playing with Abram.  Kelly was able to capture some fantastic pictures of them. Abram kept wanting to give Addy hugs all night.  Unfortunately Max didn't make it into any pictures but hopefully we'll have many more playdates to come so look for him in future posts.



Hugs, Hugs, I love Hugs

 

What nice loves

 

 

Come back here Addy!

 

Standing practice

 

This is my favorite picture - I love Addy's grin




Time to say goodnight



One last hug for the road.

Monday, January 18, 2010

8 Months Old!

Abram turned 8 months old yesterday!  We went to the doctor today and he is 28 inches and 21 pounds.  He's getting to be a big boy!!

A few of his favorite things are:
-Hugging
-Chewing on anything...really anything, yesterday he tried to eat a table
-Grunting
-Scooting backwards
-Sudoku (just seeing if you were paying attention)
-Bouncing
-Playing with all his toys...especially the toys someone else is holding
-Dancing
-Laughing


A few pictures of Abram...



 
So tired






Fun times with Liz and Peter



Peter, that was hilarious - tell me again
 

Yummy basketball
 




Two cuties!

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Vacation!

Abram, Josh and I were lucky enough to spend the last week in sunny Florida.  While we hit the coldest week in Florida for the past 30 years we still had fun!  We picked Florida because of the non-stop flight from Cedar Rapids.  Abram did a great job on the flight, better than we did in fact.  Probably due to the fact that he doesn't have to use those airplane bathrooms and his beverages get through security.  On the way down he played peek-a-boo with a woman sitting behind us, flirted with the girls in our row.  On the way home he slept 3/4 of the flight.  What a great little boy we have!

Once we got to Florida the first couple of days were spent hanging out with Abram's Aunt Lisa and Uncle Mike.  We haven't seen each other since Abram was about a week old.  What a reunion.  There were lots of smiles, hugs, dancing and laughter...and Abram had fun too :)


Here I am in my cool high chair for the first time - while mom and dad pack for our trip!






Vacation is great!  Papa is reading to me all about the hotel amenities.  What a good book!


Yeah!  My first trip to the beach.  I may look a little sad but that's cause it's too cold to go in the water.











Self portrait of a family vacation fun moment.



The party really started when Auntie Lisa got there.  She even brought me a cool present.  I am still good at opening from all that practice at Christmas. 








 
 Uncle Mike got a work out playing Superbaby with Abram.

 Abram and Auntie Lisa share a love of reading.  I bet she didn't know there were such great works written on the merits of underwear!



Abram was so sad when it was time to say goodbye :(


The rest of the trip was just the three of us...









Papa experienced a hurricane simulator.  Abram thought it was hilarious.


We managed to get in one day in the water- thanks to a heated pool.  He really had much more fun than he's showing here. 


Last day on the beach.





 Another vacation come and gone.  The best thing about the end of vacation is planning the next one!  Who knows where we'll show up next.