Liam Turns 4!

Liam turned 4!

We had Liam's 4 year checkup with his doctor, Dr. Danielle Cherian, who happens to be my BFF's older sister.  She is great with my boys and always has the best advice.  He did very well at his appointment and was a champ after getting his shots.  He weighed 33 pounds (24th percentile) and was 3 feet 3 inches (22nd percentile).  

Funny things Liam has said:

He asked when I would have a baby in my belly? (he's asked this many time)

5/9/19

Liam asked me when I'm going to be a boy.  He's very into the girl/boy thing and how we are different.  He thinks my potty comes out of my butt.  It's really hard keeping a straight face when I'm trying to explain how we are different.  

5/11/19

Daddy said, "Who is your favorite Daddy?"  Liam said, "Mommy!"

Some of the cute things he does/says:

skiggles (skittles), old mcdonuts (McDonald's), grocken (broken), siber (spider), lello (yellow), neaky (stinky), quockcorn (popcorn), lemmalade (lemonade)

His favorite things:

His daddy, brother Grayson (whatever he wants is what Liam wants), his family (Mommy, Oma, Juju and ET), his friends (best friends from St Alphonsus are Declan, Connor, Henry and Landon), riding his scooter and bike, playing at the park, playing sports (soccer, baseball and windy city ninjas), dinosaurs, cars, nerf guns, magnatiles, reading books and puzzles.  He absolutely loves pretend play.  He can entertain himself for a while by playing with his dinosaurs or anything else he can do imaginative play with including cars, etc.  He even changes the voices while he plays.  We get the biggest kick out of watching his imagination at work.  He loves popsicles, suckers, chocolate, popcorn, lemonade, skittles, and m&ms.  He loves trying anything Daddy is eating.

Liam's personality:

Liam is such a sweet little boy.  He is very caring, sensitive, handsome, loving, affectionate, but he also has a slight temper like Daddy.  He's very stubborn and wants everything his way.  We are working on this with OT and hope he can be more flexible in the near future.  He has the biggest heart especially if he thinks you are upset.  He loves to cuddle and always asks us to cuddle with him if we are not cuddling.  We love our little Lili so much and look forward to watching him grow up to be a young man.  Happy 4th Birthday, sweet Liam.  We love you to the moon and back times infinity (and more than words).

Grayson's 4th Birthday

Happy 4th Birthday, Grayson!  

You have brought us so many laughs, smiles and all the love in the world and more the last 4 years.  You are one special little boy.  We are in awe of how smart you are and know you are going places in life.  We can't wait to see what the future holds for you.  You are so inquisitive and ask a million questions about everything from what God looks like to adding numbers (you told me 4 and 4 and 3 make 11).  You are obsessed with babies and are so gentle and sweet with them.  It's so cute to see this, although I wish you were always this way with Liam.  You and Liam have formed such a cute bond and are actually playing nicely with each other (most of the time).  We love to watch you give each other hugs and do sweet things like let Liam break down a big tower you've made.  

To celebrate Grayson's birthday, we put up streamers hanging over his door to his bedroom as well as balloons in his bed.  When we woke up he was surprised to see all of this and had fun playing with the balloons.  I went to his classroom and brought popsicles and read his favorite book, The Pout Pout Fish.  He also got to wear a crown that the kids in his class made for him.  It was such a special treat to get to read the book to his class while he sat next to me.  Afterwards we went to have his 4 year old check up and he did great.  He weighs 35 pounds, 8 ounces (47th percentile).  He is 39.5 inches tall or 3 feet 3.5 inches (33rd percentile).  His blood pressure was 86/44 and his BMI is 16.  He has to get several shots, but we scheduled it for a few weeks out.  He wears a size 3t for pants (some 4t), size 3t and some 4t for shirts, size 9 shoe, size 4t for pajamas, size 4t-5t for socks and 3t-4t for underwear.  Next we had a special date at Sweet Mandy B's and had cookies and cupcakes.  Next we all went to dinner at Uncle Julio's (his request) and had some delicious Mexican food.  For dessert we ordered the chocolate piñata and he had fun knocking it down and eating all the yummy stuff inside.  We opened presents when we got home and the boys (they both get presents on their own birthday as well as the others since they are close together) got remote controlled cars, car carriers, Cars 3 board game, dvd players and several movies.

We can't wait to see how much you grow and mature over the next year.

We love you so much, Grayson!