2 Month Stats

I'm sorry it's been so long since I posted a blog. This month has flown by. What with Dar being sick, I had a kidney infection, Louis climbing Mt. Fuji and then going to Sasebo, I've been completely non-blog oriented. Anyway, Liam had his 2 month check up today and for the first time a child of ours is above the normal. When Dar was new he was in the 50th percentile. After a couple of months he went to around the 25th percentile and stayed there until this year. Liam is in the 85th percentile. He is 24" tall, and 12 lbs and 9 oz. I didn't ask the head circumference but I'm assuming that is on the large side as well as he isn't too disproportienate. No wonder he is outgrowing his 0-3 month cloths. My adorable little chubby chunker!

Our Farm

We've lovingly nicknamed both of our children after farm animals. Dar has always been the little pig. I know, it sounds harsh doesn't it...but really, when he was an infant, he would root and wallow around in our bed like a little piggy. Hence the name. Now, Louis has started to call Liam his little toad. I asked him why, because I didn't see it. Even though most everyone in his office saw it too. Well, at least the guys...maybe it's a guy thing?? Anyway, his reasoning was two fold. 1. His legs, Dar loved to keep his legs stretched. Liam keeps them constantly tucked in like frog legs. And 2. He has a chubby little bullfrog belly that hangs out on the sides like in the pictured image below. Especially in his carseat. Here's to our animal like children.

So I guess that means I should start calling Louis Old MacDonald?...

Summer snoozers

My boys!! Love it!!

Interesting and confusing

I haven't posted much about while my parents were here with the exception of Liam's birth. One thing we actually did take pictures of was while we were in Tokyo. We went into Hiro-O plaza, a.k.a. a mall. Anyway, on the main floor was a grocery store, a fairly large one too for Japan standards. As we left, Liam was in need of a bum change and to eat, their happened to be a nice seat right outside the exit. While sitting there I noticed a sign posted on the glass...
look to the left... on the glas...under the Kanji...

...notice the middle sign. I understand the no animals, and the no smoking, but the no pictures?? That seems a little odd to me. Of course, this is probably the very reason why they posted that sign...but come on! You put a sign up like that your bound to get more of what you are trying to prevent. I guess I labeled myself a tourist. Oh well.

There's a NEW sherriff in town!

Picture Que

Finally!

Welcome to this world, Liam Nathaniel Butler. Born July 1, 2009 at 2:06 A.M. 20 3/4 inches long. 7lbs 10oz. Both Liam and I are doing very well. One of the most content little infants I have ever seen. He is finally nursing well, but it took his circumcision to get it jump started. His night time routines will need a little tweeking as he gets used to everything. But that is normal. Dar loves his little brother. He is 16th grandchild on both sides of the family, my mother was present for the first labor other than her own 5 much to my surprise. The labor went rather quickly. We are assuming that my water broke while I was in the shower around 9:30, because otherwise I'm sure I would have noticed. As it was, I didn't. I went in at 10:12, was admitted around 11, had my epidural around 12:30, started pushing at 1:40 and saw a very blue baby appear at 2:06. He promptly started crying and all over the Dr. He then spent the next 2 hours looking around and not doing very much crying, thankfully. We are very happy to discover that he is a very sound sleeper. The only problem is that right now, it's during the day. I'm sure that won't take too long to convert to normal scheduling, however, in the mean time, I'm suffering. His head is already normal shaped, much faster than I anticipated, but fine by me. He has ten very long skiny fingers, and ten very long skiny toes! Reddish brown hair, and big dark blue-gray eyes, for the moment. Thanks for all the prayers.