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Seventy Toes Turns 2. Amazing.

March 25, 2008 at 8:00 pm | In Family, Liam | No Comments

Liam's Header

Remember a year ago when Liam was born? See the page at Geocities. I used the banner above to anticipate Liam’s birth. It was so fun making this. He’s now two years old.

Liam's 0 days old!

Liam's 1 year old Liam is 2 years old

Liam - one cute kid!

August 3, 2007 at 5:13 am | In Liam | No Comments

So Liam’s one cute kid. Here’s some proof.

Here’s an excerpt from a previous entry: "We re-arranged the Liam fell asleep in the living room. furniture in the living room. It looks nice. So nice that Liam fell asleep with the music going full blast. He was sitting up in the middle of the floor and then was swaying and eyes were closing…I put a blanket over him and a pillow in front of him and within a minute he was curled up on the floor. I arranged the blanket andhe was out for about an hour. Real cute, that kid."

Here are just a few more pictures. I hope you enjoy ‘em!

Liam's smile is to die for!

Liam and his hat - he keeps it on!

Parakeet Parakeet - Show me your colors

July 18, 2007 at 2:32 am | In Liam, Natter, magic | No Comments

We bought a parakeet. I don’t exactly remember what the last thing I told you about the baby finches was, but we had decided to keep a baby finch. We did some reading and decided that it was a bad idea, but Lundi decided that and she was devastated. In our feeble attempt to console her during the eventual release of the bird, Kim promised Lundi a parakeet. His name is Henry. That is - if it’s still a male within the next few weeks. You see, the area just under their nostrils and just superior to their beak is brown for girls, blue for boys. They color within the next few weeks. If it’s a girl, I don’t know what we’ll name it. It likes to sing to the water when we put it on.

We re-arranged the furniture in the living room. It looks nice. So nice that Liam fell asleep with the music going full blast. He was sitting up in the middle of the floor and then was swaying and eyes were closing…I put a blanket over him and a pillow in front of him and within a minute he was curled up on the floor. I arranged the blanket andhe was out for about an hour. Real cute, that kid.

Liam’s on the move, Easter toys

April 7, 2007 at 11:12 am | In Extra! Extra!, Liam | No Comments

Liam is crawling, he took his first few crawls two days ago. He is going faster and faster, but he’s so cute just chuggin’ along. Today, Nana and Grandpa Dan came. They brought Easter baskets for all the kids. Thank you! Great for mommy & papa (we don’t have to get them). Oh, and our house god egged last night. The easter bunny came and put candy filled eggs all over the foot of snow we got last Wednesday. The kids were delighted! They were out in their jammies and boots collecting all the goodies. Thank you Easter Bunny!

Lundi helps with Liam

July 27, 2006 at 11:15 am | In Homeschool, Liam, Lundi | No Comments

Lundi is such a good helper - especially when it comes to Liam. Home-schooling is always in our minds, but when Liam was fussin’ and Lundi was doing 23 pages of school - she wanted to do something. She swept him up in her lap and they got busy on the schoolwork. Lundi helped Liam “learn” how to write. Mom was doing something else, so this was a tremendous help!

My kids poopy behavior

April 26, 2006 at 4:37 am | In Family, Humor, Liam | No Comments

The discovery that our newborn baby Liam was cute was a shocker to us. You see, all the other four kids were cute…so we kinda thought that our cute baby days were done with. Not so. Liam is one cute kid. With a cute kid comes the unending ability to look like a zombie. That’s right…I’m tired. Liam is doing well…pee, poop, eat, sleep, cry (occasional smile). Keeps us up a bit, but overall it’s fine. My message this month is about poop.

Liam’s got this reputation, see. He just keeps pooping while you have the diaper off. You think he’s done so you dive in…but when the diaper’s off he starts perkolating. We’ve figured out how to keep the bed clean, the clothes clean, and yes - us clean (only after some mistakes…you think we’d get this right…he IS our 5th kid). Well last night he took it to a new level. I pulled the diaper off and cleaned up that little bottom, but right after I put the diaper under him and before I closed the diaper and was still lifting his bottom in the air to adjust the diaper, he had hippo poop. A nice stream literally shot 3 feet across the room from our bed. It soiled the bouncy seat on the floor next to the bed. Today, he did the same thing, just not so spectacular - 2 feet. I’m thinkin’ Olympics here.

I’ve been peed on, puked on, pooped on, coughed on and sneezed on in the past 4 days. If you think for one moment that you’re up to having kids…think again. On second thought…those eyes and smiles…those coos and giggles. Those hugs and kisses. Those first steps. The list goes on. Responsibly have children. Love them. Care for them. Let them have two parents, husband and wife, legally wedded. But for pete’s sake, wear proper protective gear when changing a poopy diaper.