We've arrived...

at the age where Liam wants to do/see/read the same things over and over and over and over.  He loves the wiggles and as SOON as we go downstairs he'll bring me the picture from the vhs case (that he ripped off) and grunt at me until I put it on for him.  I think I've had all I can take of Hoop-Dee-Doo.  He didn't used to like tv at all and would never sit still long enough to watch anything unless he was really tired and this is the ONLY thing that he'll sit and watch for more than two minutes.  I'm sure I've watched it a million times already.  The best part is that he has a cd of wiggles too that he insists on listening to all the time so even when they aren't on the tv I still have to listen to them.  They are technically different songs, but they all sound the same after awhile.  I've tried to get him interested in other ones too, but he wants that. 

His favorite books are "The Foot Book" and "Fidgety Fish".  We've read those a million times too.  He has tons of books, but if you try to read any other ones he'll just bring over the foot book or fidgety fish and grunt until you read it to him. 

The other thing about this age is that he obviously has strong opinions about what he wants and how he wants it but so far he doesn't have the verbal skills to tell me what his opinions are.  Thus, most of my day is spent playing a hilarious yet frustrating  game of charades with a 17 month old while trying to figure out what it is that he is asking so nicely for.  (When he wants something he'll sign please and point over and over until you figure out what it is he's asking for).  At least he's saying please right??  The only problem comes when Mom can't figure out what he wants or figures it out and then tells him no.  That's when the crying and throwing yourself on the ground part comes.  I keep thinking he's too young for that, but obviously not.  Thank goodness he's the cutest boy around or I wouldn't be able to take it all!  ;)   I love this picture.  He was eating cheese and I was teasing him telling him to say cheese for a picture and this is the face I got. 

A few more Liam things...we went with our transracial adoption playgroup to the Bean museum last week.  I knew he was still probably too little to appreciate it, but we went anyway.  I think he was more interested in the many benches and stairs he could climb on than the actual animals, but here are a couple pictures.  Finally, we were at Jason's parents house last Sunday and they brought up this tool bench toy they've had for awhile.  It was really cute and way cooler than any that I've seen recently.  Anyway...Liam found this drill that spins when you push the button and since he couldn't figure out how to actually use it to make the bolts go into their little plastic board he decided to try it out on himself.  He sat on the floor doing this for awhile.  Can you see all the slobber that's soaking the front of his shirt?  It made me wonder if that spinning somehow felt good on his teeth.  I love you little guy!