Liam Ops

Liam Ops (that's "operations" for you non-NASA folks) take up a significant portion of my week (and Thomas' too!), but sometimes, ops extend beyond formula and diapers to some really, really fun stuff...like dressing him up like a giraffe. That's right. He was a giraffe for Halloween. For five minutes at our house. Then five minutes at Oma's house. Then five minutes at the Cejka house. Just long enough to snap a few pics before he screamed his head off. In his defense, the costume was hot even though we were experiencing some of the coolest temperatures we had seen in a long while.

Our latest challenge in Liam ops is keeping him entertained. His all-time favorite play toy, his gym where he can swat his stuffed bee and chew on everything else really doesn't cut it anymore when Oma went and one-upped us and got a stationary bouncy thing with lots of toys. So we had to go out and buy our own stationary bouncy thing with lots of toys...because he was aware that we did not own a stationary bouncy thing with lots of toys. I said it before when we bought the swing that gave us a solid 6 hours of sleep (which at the time was amazing - now he does that plus some in his crib...woohoo!), but this is probably the best money I've ever spent.

That's "Bat Spud" hanging out in his newest toy (Spud is his normal nickname...the "Bat" only ocomes in when he's wearing his Batman onesie...yup, we are those people.) My living room is starting to resemble an aisle in Babies 'R Us - swings, toys, diapers, etc., etc. This is so not what I wanted, but you have to roll with what works. At least the playpen is in our bedroom and not the living room. Besides, where else would Thomas put laundry that needed to be folded if we didn't have the playpen in our room? It's cheaper than a treadmill and serves the same purpose :)