My son...the Rockstar!

Today was one of those super happy, easy days. It was Bill's last day off before he heads back to work for a six day stretch, and we actually had nothing planned. For some reason we always end up packing so much into his time off. Maybe everyone is like that. Before his time off has even arrived we've got trips to Ottawa planned, to-do lists made, gardens to plants, etc.etc. So today was great. For the first 2 days of his time off we were pretty busy. Bills parents came to Pet to help us build a shed in our backyard. We bought the shed awhile ago now (for a really, really great price), but we didn't realize how complicated it was going to be to build. I'm sure the look on my face when we opened up the box and I looked at the instructions was priceless. It ended up taking us all day Monday and Tuesday to get the whole project completed....but we are SO happy to have it (thanks Mom and Dad-in-law!!). My friend Nichole also came down for a visit on Monday afternoon, and stayed until Tuesday afternoon. So I should add some thanks for her too, as she ended up helping out a lot with the shed.

We had a barbeque on Monday for all the "shed builders" and Bill invited one of his co-workers and his family. It was kind of cool to meet them because they brought their daughter Addy who was born on the exact same day as Liam. Turns out they only live around the corner, so I told the woman (Pauline) that she should carpool to playgroup on Tuesdays (she doesn't have a car during the day) On Monday night, after Liam was all bathed and ready for bed, Nichole and I drove to Pembroke to check out the theater there and to see "Eat, Pray, Love." The theater...not so great! lol. No cupholders, squeeky seats, REALLY loud, and you could hear the movie in the next room. BUT the awesome movie made up for it. SO good :) Somehow, we managed to stay up long enough when we got back to enjoy a glass of wine and to chat for awhile. Needless to say we were both a little zombie-ish the next day.

Tuesday was another shed-building day. It was also Liams playgroup day, so in the afternoon I stole Nichole and my mom-in-law away to come check it out with Liam and I. Not a lot of the regulars were there, but we did meet some new mommy's and some cute lil ones. We even met a little guy named Calum who was also born on Dec. 8th! Cute cute cute.

And that brings us back to today. Our rock-star day!! Lately I have been seeing all of these lil ones Liams age doing things that he isn't really interested in yet. Like climbing up on things for example. Liam could stand up, holding onto things, if we put him there. But today...oh today...he was sitting in his crib looking at me, and he just reached out, grabbed the rail, and pulled himself up. I was so excited I started jumping up and down and clapping for him. He got all excited with himself. And that was just the start of our day :) He's been working on getting to a sitting position from his belly lately, but hadn't really mastered it until today. Smarty pants. After his morning "snack" bottle, we headed over to a park near us. Liam has never been to a park, so it was really fun for us to share the experience as a family. We pushed him in the swing....

We helped him to go down the slide, and we let him explore the cool, squishy ground beneath the playground...

Then we went home, and tried some cheerios and apple juice for the first time. It seemed to be the day to venture out and try new things.

All in all...a great day! I'm so happy that Bill was able to be there for so many of Liams firsts. He missed so much being away at boot camp, and then for the G20 summit, I am always thankful when he is around now. That being said, tomorrow Liam and I are leaving for Ottawa. We're just staying the day, and then driving to Trenton on Friday. Saturday we are planning on going to the beach with some of our friends...I can't wait to see Liams reaction to the sand :)