Weekend Recap

This weekend was full of fun! Friday little Liam turned 11 months old! WHERE HAS TIME GONE?! Look at this cutie! 

At 11 months he is laughing all the time, clearly. He's such a little goober! He has two teeth--one on top and one on bottom. They interlock! Too funny. He is cruising along furniture but hasn't been brave enough to try on his own quite yet. He is obsessed with eating puffs! And eating in general, really. NO ONE can have food out unless they share with him...or he whines! He begs at my feet like a dog while I'm eating my breakfast! Parenting tips to help with this would be GREAT. He loves to read Goodnight Moon, Night-Night Forest Friends, and SPRING (a touch and feel book from Grammie). He loves our dogs! And he gets totally excited when you clap and cheer for him! He's getting SO BIG!

Friday night we went to Outback with some of our friend group to celebrate Megan and Sam returning from their honeymoon! However, Outback must think they're something, and they didn't get us in after we waited for quite a while. So we were divas, said PEACE, and went to Wild Wings. Holy YUM. So good! Liam was begging, of course! SO, he colored for the first time and ate some cheese fries. His day was made.

Saturday we hung out with these friends...

Shannon, Lesley (who came in to visit from Birmingham), and I went to Grits and Groceries for breakfast. If you've never been there and are local...GO! Two words: Praline bacon. WOAH. Party in your mouth!

Sunday was my first Mother's Day with Liam here! I've been thinking about Mother's Day this past week and have come to the conclusion that we should've celebrated last year! Life begins at conception, therefore I was FOR SURE a mommy last year too! My boys took care of me. They were so sweet! I walked into the kitchen Sunday morning to find this...

(p.s. don't judge my shades or paint color...they came with our church house! I need to change them...where's the time?)

I've been dreaming about Olive Garden's breadsticks and salad for a month now, so that's where I chose! After church, we loaded up and ate OG!

Liam LOVED my noodles. He was like a baby bird eating worms! He had olives, bread, AND pasta! Full course meal (mommy's kisses were dessert)!

Someone found the stickers...you probably automatically thought it was Liam...or Tyler. NOPE. This was mommy's doing. Gotta have a little fun, right?!

This guy helped make Mother's Day possible! Love him so much.

Oh, I could eat him, he's just so sweet! Thankful to be his mommy!

Yesterday we had a sweet lady from church drop off some freshly picked strawberries! She made my day!

She made Liam's day, too! Pureed fresh strawberries!

And to finish off the weekend, our Qalo rings came in! These rings are great for outdoorsy people, athletic people, and workout people...I'm none of these. However, Tyler and I are going with a group from our church to the Dominican Republic for a mission trip this summer. We will be laying some brick and working with concrete, so we are taking these instead of our original wedding rings! We love them! Check out their website here!

I hope you have a great week! Feel the sunshine, drink a cup of coffee, and wear your comfy pants!

Life Lately

Oh my goodness! TIME FLIES! I can't believe it's almost been a whole year since Liam came into our crazy world and since I blogged last. To my faithful readers (mom, dad)--I'm so sorry I've been absent. Here's a very small glimpse into what life has been like since the last time I emerged from my cave...

Liam was born on June 8th.

This was one of the happiest and hardest days of my life! We are BEYOND thankful for our sweet little man!

That first month was all about adjusting...sleepless nights, breast feeding, many naps, and just trying to survive! My wonderful mom came to town and helped us immensely! I often tell her I wouldn't have survived without her.

Tyler would be sad if I didn't document Liam's first trip to Academy Sports :) He looks incredibly into it, huh?

Tyler got to experience his first Father's Day and we celebrated my birthday on June 15th!

 We also celebrated the 4th of July (his first time to church)!

Then this little guy turned 1 month old on July 8th!

July consisted of a ton of hanging around our home and visiting grandparents in Tennessee!

Liam, Tyler, his dad-Gary, and his granddad- Papaw (4 generations of Clem men) met and took a picture!

Toward the end of July Liam started smiling intentionally :)

On August 8th, Liam turned 2 months old!

At the end of August we went to the beach for Liam's first time! This was interesting...I thought we'd never go back. However, now that he's older I'm ready for another beach trip!

On September 8th, Liam turned 3 months old!

Liam was 4 months old on October 8th.

We went to mine and Tyler's high school football game with our new addition...go Blackman!

We went to a pumpkin patch, and Liam got his own pumpkin!

We were the Robertson's for our church's fall festival.

And we decided we had the cutest pumpkin of all!

Liam was 5 months old on November 8th. This was the point when he was seriously bald. All of that dark hair fell out and he rocked the bald look for a while...

We took some really DARLING pictures outside on a beautiful fall day

He turned 6 months old on December 8th.

He met Santa Claus and didn't mind him much. We even got a smirk!

He even got to go to a firehouse!

We celebrated Jesus during Christmas season!

Then he turned 7 months old on January 8th...a new year for Liam!

Mommy and daddy escaped for the day and went to watch Kentucky dominate South Carolina in basketball! This was my first KY game!

We escaped again on February 5th to see WICKED! This was a Christmas present from "Liam" to mommy. BEST PRESENT EVER. We love a good date night!

February 8th he turned 8 months old.

We celebrated Valentine's Day by finger painting for grandparents! Someone got excited!

He also experienced his first snow (more like ice)!

On March 8th he turned 9 months old. At 9 months old he got his very first tooth! His bottom left tooth is cute as can be!

We went to Gatlinburg for Liam's first mountain trip and to celebrate Tyler's birthday. Sadly, momma got sick. But we had one fun day!

We also celebrated his first Easter!

He turned 10 months old (I CANNOT believe it) on April 8th.

We welcomed his best friend into the world on April 20th--little Henry (my best friend's baby)

And this is the first picture where I truly felt like Liam was becoming a toddler...

He was completely engaged in the Palmetto softball game!

Liam truly has the best personality! He smiles at us all the time, crinkles his nose, loves to play with daddy, and has the greatest baby laugh. He loves the our dogs! He even says DO(silent G). He says "dada" all the time and only says "mama" when he's upset. He crawls like a CHAMP (since February). He cruises alongside objects and will be walking before we know it. He has a head full of blonde hair and gorgeous blue eyes! He now has a top right tooth to accompany his bottom left. He is giving us high fives and gets thrilled when we cheer for him! He loves to take baths and LOVES playing with balls! He makes us so happy!

If you made it to the end of this, you are a CHAMP! I am going to try my best to be consistent now that I'm all caught up!