Decorating the Christmas Tree

We had fun decorating the Christmas tree.  Oma got Grayson several books about Santa and Christmas so we've been reading up a lot on it.  It's so fun experiencing it all through his eyes.  Our little Liam slept through most of the festivities though.  Daddy decided to put all of the Braham Family picture ornaments by each other so it's fun to see how much we've changed over the years.  We are counting down the days until Christmas.       

Thanksgiving

 We had a nice Thanksgiving this year with Julia, Ethan, Grayson, Liam, Oma, Bryan, Lauren and Aidan.  We had appetizers of cheese, crackers, onion dip, chips, hummus and pita chips, sausage, pepperoni and Lauren's delicious caramel corn.  We had Thanksgiving dinner with turkey, gravy, ham, sweet potato casserole, mashed potatoes, cranberry salad, green bean casserole, brussels sprouts, pumpkin squash and croissant rolls.  Lauren brought dessert in addition to several of the side dishes.  Her apple crisp and chocolate cake with homemade whipped cream were delicious.  

The kids had fun playing together and we ended the night watching the movie Planes.  It was great having Julia and Ethan home for the holiday.  The boys adore them and had the best time hanging out.  It was Liam's first Thanksgiving so we had to dress him up in the same outfit that Grayson wore on his 1st Thanksgiving.  I did a side-by-side comparison picture and it's amazing how much they resemble each other.  They are not identical, but definitely brothers.  What a great Thanksgiving!    

Liam ~ 3 Months ~

Liam is now 3 months old and such a smiley, happy little guy.  He loves attention and smiles, coos and squeals when we talk to him.  He will carry on a conversation with you in baby talk and its fun to see his little eyes light up in excitement.  He has the best smiles that just melt your heart.  He does not like to be alone and sometimes will fuss until you bring him to where the party is going on.

~ Firsts ~

He has started swatting at his toys (the owl) on his play mat and really likes to move his arms and legs.  He had his first airplane ride and international trip on November 4th to Mexico for Amanda and Dave's wedding.  He did great on the plane and slept most of the flight.             

~ Sleeping and Eating ~

We started putting him in his crib for bedtime around 6:30/7pm on October 28th and then moved him to our room when we went to bed.  I'm glad we did this as it made the transition to his crib much easier.  He officially moved to his crib on November 8th, the day we got back from Mexico and he did great with the transition.  He now goes to sleep around 6:30/7:30 and will sometimes be down for the night while other times he gets up an hour later for one last feeding.  He normally gets up around 12/1am and 3/4am and then again around 6am, but will usually go back to sleep until 7.  Occasionally he will get up at 12, 2, 4 and 6am.  He's good about eating and then going right back to sleep so the whole process is normally 15-20 minutes.  He also eats 4 ounces, sometimes 5 ounces (started doing this on 11/1) around these times: 8am, 10am, 12pm, 3pm, 5:30/6:30pm.