SO Big!

Liam is now officially 1 year old! (His birthday was Feb. 23-yes, I'm a little late. Oh, well.) It is amazing how fast a year goes by. Here are the some of my favorite photos of his special day.


Liam's special birthday hat!




Liam's Birthday Boy Shirt!



Liam's Birthday cake. So fun to make, but ended up HUGE. Not exactly what I was expecting.

Liam and his cake. He loved the frosting!

Too much cake too close to bedtime :)

His favorite doggie from Grandma & Grandpa Bennion

Liam just can't believe it's his birthday!

Little snippits of Liam;
1. He walks everywhere now
2. He loves to pull everything out of the cupboards
3. He loves doggies and kitties and calls them "itty" and "da da"
4. He loves cars and trucks and anything with wheels
5. He loves to play outside.
6. He is very independant and wants do to EVERYTHING by himself.
We are so lucky to have such a fun, energetic little boy in our family. We love him to pieces an are excited to watch him grow even more!

From Drop Box

We're back in business!

Since I am way behind on updating the world, or really just moms, here are some quick picts and snippets on our lives for the last 5 months...

July/August  

1st row: Visit G-ma &G-pa Bennion in MT, Two baldys, visit with G-pa and G-ma Murdock in ID
2nd: Liam's cousins in Montana, visit with friends, Holly loves to photo Liam, Holly's awesome picts of Liam
3rd:Chimmney Rock, Liam LOVES the dog, Rob proposed to Katie, Tanner passed boards and 1st yr of dental school!
4th: Liam 6 months, 4 generation picture with G-pa Jones, Liam loves the Kitty, Grant home from his mission

My sister-in-law Kenna took some wonderful family pictures for us while we were in Utah.
Here is just a sample. We LOVE them! Thanks Kenna!

September

1st row: Liam loves conference, we turned 25, Swingin' fun!

2nd: Fun with mom, Liam learned to sit up, Yummy leaf
3rd: Liam's push up, Liam grew 6 teeth in a month, Mom's birthday
4th: Dad's birthday, fun with Dad, Liam loves the computer

October

1st row: Cute boy, Mom, Dad, Grant and Holly came to visit. We had a blast! Come and visit again!

2nd: Cute boy just getting into everything!

3rd: Halloween Mom was Dori, Dad was Nemo and Liam was Squirt, He loved to pull out the candy, The squirrels who ate our pumpkins

4th:Liam can pull himself up and crawl now!, some doubles--oops!

November

1st row: Feeding himself, playing in his favorite box, cute lipstick Derrik, King Liam

2nd: Liam and mom, Thanksgiving in MT, yummy cookies on the plane, Marshmallow boy

3rd: Fun at the airport, Our 2nd Anniversary, Liam's bubble beard, Big smile

December



1st row: Grant's Ukrainian Borsh--Yum!, Little Tux at the wedding, Cute Liam playing around 

2nd: Liam LOVES the phone, 1st Santa encounter :), Tanner's blue Coat Ceremony, Christmas Eve P.J's and Pizza
3rd: Tanner made dentures, back at home doin' dishes, G-pa Jones and Liam-best buddies, G-ma Jones and Liam, Robbie and Katie's wedding
4th: G-pa Boone gave Liam his first sucker-yum, falling asleep in his chair, fun with dad, hiding in Dad's jacket, we got to play Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus at the ward party.

We had a wonderful year!

The Baby Bump and Birthdays!

This post is mostly for Holly and Jocie. They have been dying to see the "baby bump" I'm getting and so here it is: We finally took this picture on my birthday (Sept. 17) which also happened to be our first Doctor's appointment here in Lincoln. At the appointment we got to hear the baby's heart beat and it was super cool! Tanner had the biggest grin on his face (I love the "Tanner Grin"! :D)

Since then I have gotten a little bigger and can no longer fit into my normal pants. :( Oh well, it had to happen sometime right? It has been neat though, growing and changing. I can feel the baby's movement a little everyday and that is exciting! Tanner keeps trying to feel, but I think it will take some more time. We are also excited because we have our first ultrasound scheduled for next week October 15. We were supposed to have it yesterday, but the doctor got jury duty. Crazy! I'm glad it wasn't me though. But next week we should be finding out what we are having! All I can really say about this whole thing is it is definitely an interesting journey!

In addition to my growing tummy, Tanner and I both had our birthdays and are officially 24! Weird. Tanner made me our favorite Sour Cream Enchiladas (Yum!) and I took the easy road and we ordered take out Olive Garden for his. In between we went out with some friends. Lots of food you can tell, but hey I'm pregnant so the more food the better right? Ha ha! They were both great days.