Sleeping Through the Crash

The market crashed today while Liam slept. Grandma Nemeth (Nana) arrives tomorrow (!) and will meet her grandchild on the set of a TV show! (Tune to ABC: The View from the Bay at 3PM PST. (Channel 7 in the SF Bay Area)

Peace and Light!

Liam Lux meet Johnny Pax -- with names like these, are they not destined to be a team of some sort? The Nemeth family went to San Francisco today to have brunch with Jantje, Kim and Johnny Pax. This was the much anticipated meeting between LL and JP and as you can see in the video, there was instant rock and roll chemistry. Jantje was Mark's first San Francisco friend and Johnny Pax appears to be Liam's first San Francisco friend.

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Waking up....AGAIN!

Nine One Eight (Labor Day)

Hooray For Fish

It was very hot in the hills of Oakland today so of course we had our piano tuned. Liam went shirtless and slept a lot. Liam slept through the start of Barack Obama's speech tonight, but ultimately became very interested in it.... not as interested however as he is in books.

Tired from Tummy Time?

Today Liam weighed in at 10 pounds 11 ounces (with clothes on). He's growing quickly. He also slept a lot -- likely in response to tummy time from yesterday. (ha)

Tummy Time!

Liam woke in Melanie's arms today though Melanie got little sleep. Crazy things happen at night that we often just don't talk about the next day, for no other reason than we're delirious and have other things to do (like staring into space while eating cereal together). Our mantra for what to do when he cries is the same as what to do when we're exhausted -- don't ask questions, just keep moving. There are probably other life situations which that can apply to but we won't discuss these today, however keep the mantra in mind in case you ever need it.

The crazy things that happen at night usually include crying fits where nothing seems to work, though there's always that moment where something does work and that's a powerful moment for us as newbie parents. "Wow, he's sleeping" or "Wow, no more hiccups", we think proudly and triumphantly to ourselves and then quickly the moment passes and we close our own eyes to rest, leading Liam to think, "Wow, I finally got them to stop singing to me."

This morning we all had some tummy time, which you can see in the following video. I know I needed the exercise!

Laps:

Lifting weights:

Waking a Dreamer: End of Week Two

Today Mark received a haircut and Melanie received accupuncture while Liam dreamed of milk.

Lucky 13 Days Old

Is 13 a lucky or unlucky number? It is whatever you make of it. Melanie was born on Friday the 13th as was her mother, her brother and several people she's met over the years. Melanie has chosen to make 13 a lucky number.

Today Liam lost the remainder of his umbilical cord.

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Monday Neck-Ups

It's never too early to exercise, which is why we've created a program for Liam. It consists primarily of neck-ups -- laying on his tummy and lifting his neck. We want what Liam wants -- it is his life to live not ours, so of course we worked with him to develop this program, but the following video might not convince you of that. He may have been tired -- it was taken right after a nap and after 10 hours of these exercises (joking!)

Later we installed his musical mobile which is really very cool!
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We've received many amazing gifts and lots of very practical hand-me-downs. We really appreciate them all! Liam's room is packed full! One of the chores I'm behind on is moving a shelf into his room so that we can make more of his stuff readily available. We will be personally thanking everyone, but let me thank you publicly now! By chance, some items will be shown in the photos of this blog, but we appreciate ALL of them! Thanks!

Mom ("Nana" Nemeth) made this blanket special for Liam over a period of time. Its a special blanket! Thanks nana!! :) Aunt Angela made Liam TWO special blankets!! Liam is a lucky guy!! We'll show you the blankets Aunt Angela made in an upcoming blog entry.

Friday, Day Two - 8/8/8

Heidi Awesome and Dave Awesome are Liam Awesome's first visitors. Liam looks forward to meeting their son Noah Awesome.