The long awaited milestone has finally arrived.........Liam's first tooth! He's been teething for several months now and has been in obvious discomfort for the last few weeks, but now we can all breath a big sigh of relief - well, at least until the next one comes in - because on November 2nd his bottom tooth poked through. Yay! Nana and Pop-pop (my parents) were here visiting the week before and we thought we could see it under his gums, then sure enough, the day after they left.........pop! The lonely little tooth appeared!

7 Months!!

Crawling + Standing = Crashing

Yep, you guessed it- the injuries have begun! Liam started crawling about a month ago (at 6 months) and before we even got used to that....he was already on to standing and now even holding on to things and attempting to walk. (His crib is his favorite place to practice his new skill of standing - especially when he's supposed to be sleeping!) Last Friday he had his first real injury, smacking the edge of the entertainment center and getting a pretty good gash above his eye. Though it was traumatizing for all of us (it bled a lot and we weren't sure if he was going to need medical attention), we were so thankful that he didn't injure the eye itself and that he didn't need stitches. And actually, it is healing up quite nicely! It definitely didn't slow him down a bit though! He now has several bruises on his forehead from various other smaller crashes....Oh dear! (I recently saw an advertisement in a parenting magazing for a padded baby helmet....not a bad idea, eh?)