Breaking all the Barriers

If you've never spent hours talking to a 4-month old, you're really missing out. It is as though the muscle control over speech is developed incrementally, one sound at a time coming from a different way to hold the tounge or open the mouth. It's absolutely astonishing and simultaneously HI-larious. While this has been progressing over the past couple weeks, Liam has accomplished the significant hurdle of making fart noises and cracking himself up - and me too in the process. To actually witness the birth of something that will make him laugh well into adulthood was very special to see - enough so to feel compelled to share with all of you.

And speaking of big hurdles...one almost as significant as making fart noises... is that this past weekend, Liam has broken all sleep records to date. Two nights in a row, Liam has slept MORE THAN 8 hours in an row. No Shit! Two nights in a row...delicious. This is no doubt a direct consequence of his successfully chowing his very first meal. The menu for Liam's first dinner was dried hypoallergenic rice cereal re-hydrated in breast milk. Delish! While our first attempt at feeding was met with caution and curiousity, the second attemtp was met with enthusiasm not seen since his morning poo. I just put a couple pictures taken from that first feeding, and indeed, we had a grand time. So, after his first bowl of rice cereal, he fell asleep around 11pm and did not wake up until almost 8am. OUT-FRIKKEN-STANDING!

And finally, Liam met Santa Clause! In keeping with other significant events in recent memory, Liam pretty much slept through the entire affair and had to be awoken for the main event. Basically, he woke up with a camera and some bells dangling in his face and through all that he still looked super cute.

That's the update for now. I'm sure I'll have more pictures and stories once Abuelita and Aunt Lindsay come visit this friday.

dr. rock