Forever and a Day!

So it truly has been a very long time since I lasted posted. As I like to say, it's been forever and a day! But... I'm back! I have decided that if I don't write it in my blog, I tend to not write whatever it is down at all. So here we go again, back on board!

The end of my pregnancy was a little crazy....complete bed rest, NST, AFI, BPP tests done twice a week, and 3 hospitalizations. All which resulted in a completely healthy baby boy being born Dec. 5, 2008 at 6:47 pm, weighing in at 8 lbs., 15 oz, and measuring 20 in. long. We named him Liam. The month of December and part of January were filled with weight checks as he dropped 12% of his birth weight very quickly and we struggled to get him to gain it back. But of course he did gain weight back and we are happy to say that he has chunky thighs! He is a very mild tempered baby. He started laughing on March 13, 2009. He smiles all the time and is quite the cuddler. Like his siblings he is always trying to talk, (I love the baby cooing response stage!) and put his two cents in. Liam's hair is coming in blond and we think his eyes are turning brown. As Aidan says, all the boys eyes will "match". He has finally started sleeping longer and I have more energy! I am truly grateful for his safe arrival and his continued good health at this time.

The other day Aidan said something that I have to write down before I forget. We bought him 2 new pairs of Converse sneakers. The first time in a long time that we have given him shoes with laces. After about a week we thought we would teach him how to tie his shoes. He was not particularly interested in learning this task. He then sighed and said, "I don't need to learn how to tie my shoes." Dad asks him "Why?". Aidan replies "Because Dad I will have servants to do that for me when I'm grown-up." Of course he was so sure about this fact which made this exchange even funnier.