4 Months In... 18 years to go

Welp, he done did it - he made it to 4 months, but more importantly, so did we. Liam is eating us out of house and home and now weighs 18 lbs - the same as most 9 month olds. He's also starting to act like a real baby, check it out!

Snow Day

We wanted to share the link to a special video that Cousin Kelsey pulled together for Dana's brother Grant, who is still recovering from his stroke and could always use more prayers. He has always loved the song "Lean on Me" and she thought it would be a good idea to gather pictures of his friends and family holding each word to the song and spell out the song so that he could see us singing it to him, as he is not able to hear much at all. We all thought it was a great idea - check out this very cool Christmas gift (especially the ending:-):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuRTIy5C7z0

Well the holidays are beginning to fade into the past and we are starting to get back into the swing of things. However, this past week's snow storm that hit Columbia slowed down the town a bit and resulted in many school closings, but it created an atmosphere for many fun adventures for those kids who got to stay home. This includes the Simonson boys who managed to have quite an adventure of their own. Check out what fun Lawrence and Liam had...

Hope you all have an adventurous week of your own!

New Year with a New Baby

We would like to thank everyone for their patience with us as we figure out just how we will be adapting to our new family life. As you probably already know, we were blessed with a very healthy, 8 lb 10.7 oz baby boy on September 18th at 11:29pm. It was a stormy night, which should be no surprise as during all major events in our lives, the angels start throwing some loud parties to celebrate with us. This day has even more special meaning now because Liam Paul shares his birthday with his Uncle Grant as well as his GrammaLou and Papa's anniversary.

Here are a few of our favorite pictures & videos from Liam's first 3 months.

It's hard to believe that Liam is almost 4 months old! He already looks so different after going back through his first baby pictures, but we know he'll continue to change each and every day so we really try to live in the moment when we spend our waking hours with him. We will say those first 3 months did not seem short at the time, but we can appreciate that much more these happy days that we continue to experience as Liam develops in many ways other than his style of crying. He's having cooing conversations with us, holding his head up very well, and giggles when we cuddle up with him.

We hope to better keep up with our family blog so that you can share in the joy of Liam's development. You're always welcome to stop by and visit our cyber as well as physical home. Happy and healthy new year to you all!