Wednesday, April 2, 2008

One step forward, one step back







If March comes in like a lamb, it goes out like a lion.






We had one crazy month. It started with a nice party, new friends and a new school. Along the way, we had a few "monster-trance" first steps and much happiness. We celebrated St. Patrick's Day with a party and Easter with an Egg Hunt. Unfortunately the month ended with tears, infection and an assortment of messiness.
**The egg hunt photo**

On Easter morning, Liam wake up too sick to go to church. Luckily, he and Dev went to the neighborhood egg hunt on Saturday. We also went to the other park, to try out the baby swing again.

Just after Easter, Liam went to the doc because he wasn't keeping much down. He had a whopper ear infection in both ears. The medicine made poor Liam erupt from both ends before doing any good. He missed almost a week of school. Lester went out of town to help my mom move from San Diego to San Antonio. It was a difficult and mostly sleepless weekend here as Liam suffered from painful diaper rash, continued explosions around the clock, and boredom from being cooped up at home. Luckily, our neighbors fed us and helped while Lester was gone.


Over the weekend, Krysti and Carter were over, and the two boys played happily together. Liam studied Carter's walking (and running) ability, which fueled a zeal to take more steps at once. He walks a little every day, but still prefers to crawl. Being so sick, Liam didn't get much walking practice for about a week.


It snowed just before Lester left, and again on Friday.


Liam's lost a little weight. He's down to 20 pounds again, having lost nearly two. However, in the last two days, he has eaten nearly everything in sight. He once again likes food he previously didn't, including some new solids, like dried apricots. The doc said we'll worry about his eating issues once we know his ear infections are gone.

More next week, including photos from Liam's first haircut.