Because I am a Nerd . . .

I registered for the T.emple Grandlin's upcoming presentation in Bran.son!  YAY!  I have heard her speak before, but she is bringing her mother for this presentation and I am ECSTATIC!! I come by my nerdiness naturally considering my mother is also going.  Another positive is that it meets the requirements I need to maintain my certification.

I also want to thank Alison at Giggly Girl Designs for our new look.  You can click on her blinkie on the side of my page to check out her work.

Wordless Wednesday

Thanks for our new look Alison!!  

Soap Box

When I started this blog I did so with the intention of moving forward.  The past few years have been difficult for us.  Yes,  I am an infertile.  I am one of the lucky ones.  Only 40% of infertile couples that move on to IVF are successful.

Dealing with infertility is publicly taboo.  It is not a topic that I have been comfortable sharing with many in my day-to-day life.  Over the course of our infertility struggle, I connected with other women suffering from the same issues across the country.  In doing so, some of us have had success and others are still dealing with the daily struggle.  With that being said, one of those friends I have made posted an article on her FB page--  huffingtonpost.  I am posting this article because I would encourage everyone to read it.  Whether or not you or someone you know has suffered from infertility, it gives you a glance at what it is like for those of us that do.  Please be mindful of others and educate yourself before making rash comments.

Souper Bowl Sunday!

Ah, what a wonderful day it was filled with family, celebration, and shoes!

Liam officially reached the five month mark on Sunday.  He is growing way too quickly for me.  I look at how much he can do now and it amazes me daily!  He is such a happy baby giggling, smiling, and talking up a storm. He is not quite reading novels yet, but we are continuing with our daily reading lesson.  He is pretty entertained, but is easily distracted; I am hoping his inattentiveness is not the prelude to what is to come.  Chris and I are both easily distracted at times, so I guess he has no chance.  We had to stop his rice cereal a couple of weeks ago, so we are a little behind on table foods.  Needless to say, he started oatmeal on Sunday, so we are hoping for better results.  Thus far, he really is pretty disinterested.

Everything goes in his mouth

Seriously, everything goes in his mouth.  Even his dad's cup.

Super Bow.l Sunday also resulted in some fabulous shoe shopping for me :-)  I am so excited about my purchases!

Honestly I rarely wear heels, but they were too awesome to pass up.  Now if we could only get rid of this snow .  .  . at least we got to finish the day with some fabulous beef stew thanks to Carolyn!

Big Head

We continue to have daily changes!  We went to the doctor on Friday and found out all of Liam's most recent "stats."

Weight = 14lbs. 15.5 oz (We'll just round this up to 15)
Height = 25 1/2 inches

Drum roll please ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Head Circumference:  17.25 inches -- i.e. 100th percentile

I knew his head was big, but apparently it can't get any bigger.  Since his birth, I have always said he was advanced, but I guess his "big brains" just add credibility to my hypothesis :-)

Since he has such brain power, we have decided to start the My Baby Can R.ead program.  My mother decided that we needed, so we will see how it goes.  Thus far my only complaint is there are no written guidelines to follow.  We hope to start it soon, so I will keep everyone updated on what I think about the program.

In other news this week, we officially started cereal after our doctor's appointment.  The following pictures show it all:

Seriously, what is this stuff??

Back it up Mom

And we're done .  .  .

So Much has Happened in Such a Short Amount of Time!

Where to start???  Life changed drastically for us September 6, 2010.  Our precious baby boy was born after 14 hours of labor.  (All I can say is that I am VERY thankful for epidurals even if I had to labor a long time without it!!)

We have had to get used to a lot of changes; but don't get me wrong, the changes are TOTALLY worth it!  I think we thought we knew what life would be like, but in all reality, we didn't!  We got a card from my brother-in-law and sister-in-law that said, "You have a new boss in town" and they were totally right!  Liam rules our world right now without a doubt.  No more running errands on the fly.  No more exercising without "officially" scheduling it.  No more eating without interruption.  With all of those complaints, I wouldn't change my life for anything in this world.

Although some people are aware, not all are.  It took a lot to get Mr. Liam here.  We hoped and prayed for him month after month.  There were lots of disappointments as we continued to struggle trying to get pregnant.  We have done just about every infertility treatment possible and were finally one of the lucky infertile couples who were able to get pregnant via IVF.  He was our lone surviving little one and we cannot imagine life without him.  We try to share him as much as possible with our family, but I miss him desperately when ever I am away from him.

It is amazing to watch him change and grow in such a short time span.  He just turned four months and he astonishes me everyday.  Right now, he is smiling and giggling.  He also has begun rolling from his tummy to his back and will roll up on his side when he is placed on his back.  He was approximately 14 lbs. and is about 24 inches long.  (We go in for our 4 month check-up on Friday, so we will get exacts then!)  We haven't started cereal yet, but will most likely be moving to it soon.

We are truly blessed to have such a wonderful baby.  He generally is not fussy unless he is hungry, wet, or sleepy.  He LOVES watching football with his daddy and is easily entertained by items as simple as colorful paper.  I feel like I could write a book about all of his changes, but I'm pretty sure no one (besides grandparents) really care to read it.

We are home today because of snow and as you can see Liam is very excited.  I realize there are only more changes to come .  .  .