First plane ride!

Matt has a business meeting in California a few weeks ago and so I thought hey why don't I go home for a few days so I don't have to be by myself with Liam.  So off we went to South Dakota.  I do not like flying at all and tend to panic a bit about flying.  I was absolutely terrified to fly with Liam alone because of all the 'gear' I was going to need to take with me.  Turns out that my fears were unfounded (as usual) and we had a great flight both ways.  We sat next to helpful people both ways and had a wonderful trip (other than the lack of sleep I had because someone wouldn't sleep)

We made it through security

Hold on there is planes out there!

Snacks and plane watching

We're on the plane!

He passed out for half of the flight which was awesome!

Little guy was in a new place and not his bed

All my nieces and nephews

A constant in a new place, our wrap

Pizza ranch!

Parallel play with his cousin

My sister's boys and my kiddo playing together

Taco Johns in the high chair mommy sat in as a baby

Nope, it's cold and what is this white stuff?

Grandpa was so excited to take Liam in the sled around the house

Liam was unimpressed to say the least

Our constant, our wrap

Mr. No Sleep with Grandma's phone

My dad is a retired fireman and going to the fire station was a fun trip for me until I was almost 25

He figured out that firetrucks are just big cars

Exploring

More exploring

My sister's boys and my son with Grandpa

'splash splash' having fun with my sister

He was sleepy but he liked the fishies

Butterfly house

Exploring

Did you see that?

He didn't notice the butterfly right away

He looked at it

And looked at it and then he reached out and grabbed it!  He shook it as I was saying 'no!' It flew away thankfully!

The butterfly house and fishies were tiring!  Those eyelashes though right?

Looking at my uncle's phone

Mr. No Sleep

Leaving South Dakota with a tired boy

He napped on both flights which was awesome!

My grandma (the only living grandparent that I have)

Bug is 1!

It's been a year.  I'm super late in posting this as he's now nearly 14 months old.  Oops!  There has been a lot of changes in our lives in the past couple months and so blogging went on the back burner.

Shortly before bug's first birthday he started to walk! 

My little sicky who was still pretty happy!

He wouldn't wake up so we put all sorts of stuffed animals with him, took lots of pictures with flash...nothing

Chocolate froyo

Giving his puppy a toy to play with

Green beans Mama!

This is our nanny's son (on the right) they are such good friends!

How we accomplish things in our house.  I believe we were making carrot cake :)

Birthday toy!

He's too cool

Pick bug up

It's so hard to be almost one

Walking with Dad

I did it, I stepped down all by myself

Slides

This is neat

Climbing stairs to go down the slide

Captain Bug!

Sliding with Mom

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Our birthday boy was getting a little sleepy

Carousel at the zoo  

Snuggles with Mama on his birthday in our trusty ring sling

Is this for me?

Cake smash!

I guess I do like cake

One year ago we welcomed this little guy!

Our 1 year professional pictures

He was a bit of a ham

Loves his mama

My Mama!

Our photographer thought I should wear the crown because not only is Liam 1 but I made it 1 year as his mama

Still needs mama cuddles

He loved looking at the water below

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This little boy was long awaited for.  Many tears were shed by both of us when I lost our first baby.  Many tears were shed as treatment after treatment led to no baby.  God led us through all of those trials, he led us to a doctor who listened to us and helped us to have this little boy.  Every prayer, every tear, every pill, every shot, all the pain of nearly 4.5 years of trying to have this baby, the 3 days of induction, the unexpected expected c-section, the RA flare after birth...everything absolutely everything was worth seeing the smile on this boy's face and knowing the God entrusted Matt and I to raise this little boy.

The silly man I married

Liam and his Daddy get to spend lots of time together in the evening when I work; this created a wonderful relationship between them that's so much fun to watch!

A boy and his rocks

Clapping, something he does when he's happy

Shower disks

Here is the recipe I used to make some shower disks for Matt to use to have the whole steam and essential oils working for him

1 cup of baking soda
1 T cornstartch
1/3c of water

Mix together until the mixture is pourable, you may need to add more water.

Place in either a silicone muffin pan or into paper cupcake liners and bake at 350 for 15-20 min.

Here's where I messed up:
I should've added the water 1/4 c at a time
I overfilled my cupcake liners at about 1/2 full
I overbaked by 5ish min.

After my disks were cool I added my essential oils:
1-2 drops of OnGuard
1-2 drops of Breathe
1-2 drops of Peppermint
1-2 drops of Rosemary

Place in the bottom of shower and shower as usual.  I turned my shower slightly hotter than I usually have it and then put my disk in.  My whole bathroom smelled awesome and Matt reports less congestion overall. 

I got 8 disks out of this batch, but if I would've filled the liners 1/4 I would've gotten 16 or so.

I use DoTerra essential oils for my family because I trust how they are processed and truly enjoy the smell of them.  Here is where to buy: http://www.mydoterra.com/bugmama/