Packing, graduation, moving and more

I haven't posted for a while things have been pretty busy. Here is a quick update. I will add pictures when I find where I packed the chord that connects our camera to the computer. Jared graduated with a PHD in Pharmacy. He now insits that we all call him Dr. Smith. Actually he is really humble about it more humble than I would be. It is me who is insists we call him Dr. Smith. I am really proud of him. We haven't really got to celebrate or breath. After graduation we moved to Provo, UT. We are here now trying to get settled which has been hard because we have been traveling a lot for weddings and holidays and our apartment has been under construction. It is going to continue to be a busy summer with two family reunions but we will get settled eventually. I am so excited to start visitng all my family and friends that are so close now!!! Jared started work at Wal Greens about a week ago.The day before he started his store got held up at gun point. Nothing says welcome to Wal Greens like a gunman seeking oxycodone. Other than that things are going well for him. Liam is growing and learning so much.He understands everything we say to him and he is saying new words all the time.He knows almost all the farm animal sounds and is getting good at signing. His favorite signs are please and thank you. He is also becoming more independent and strong willed. He has mastered the glare. He is hilarious and so much fun. Although things have been crazy we have had a good time and feel really blessed to be done with school and here in utah.

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY LIAM!

Liam turned one year old Saturday May 16TH. I can not believe it. It has been the best year of our lives. Happy birthday my sweet boy I am so thankful you were born. Here is Liam on the morning of his birthday. I gave him a little sample of his birthday cup cakes.

The cake

This is my first attempt at a birthday cake and I would say it turned out great. Jared and I worked hard. It was a lot of fun.

Cake and Presents

When we gave liam a piece of the cake he started just squashing it in his hands. I wasn't sure if he was going to eat it but then he started shoveling it in his mouth and saying Mmmm Mmmm.It was adorable. Liam also had a great time opening presents. He loved ripping the paper.

We love weddings!

Jared, Liam and I recently went to Nevada for the wedding of Jared's brother Steve to Amanda. It was so much fun. Here are some pics from the wedding.

Fun with the smith's

Here are pictures with the Jared's family. We always have a fantastic time when we visit them.

Congrats Cass!

Liam and Cadie took a trip to Utah for Cassidy's graduation; we had so much fun. Cass is a graduate of Utah State University with a double major in Speech Pathology and Anthropology. That is a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Arts. Can you tell I am a little proud of her? She is amazing!!!

He walks

Liam took his first steps right after he turned 10 months. He started actually walking about a week before he was 11 months. He started out really slow and crawling half the time but now all he does is walk and he is getting really fast. He also just learned to get up by himself. Here he is with a balloon one of his favorite things.

Mommy's helper

Liam loves cleaning supplies such as vacums and brooms. Whenever I sweep or vacum he has to help.

Brushes

Liam is obsessed with brushes: tooth brushes, scrub brushes and blush brushes. He loves rubbing them all over everything. Here he is helping cassidy with her makeup.

Tana and Bronson gave Liam the cutest outfit for St. Patrick's Day so of coarse I have to post pictures. Thanks Tana and Bronson.

Cassidy came to visit us in Arizona during her spring break. We went on a hike and Liam loved it. He even took a little nap during part of it. Here are a few pictures of our hike. Thanks Cass for spending your spring break with us!

Trip To Utah

Liam and I went to Utah to visit everyone. We stayed in Parowan then went to Logan to visit Cass and celebrate our Mom's birthday with all the sisters. Then we stayed with Tana and Bronson. We had a great time.

Tana and Bronson's House

We stayed with Tana and Bronson for a couple of Days. Liam had fun playing wii with Bronson and cuddling with Tana and Mommy.

Who needs a high chair

We didn't have a high chair at Cass's house so Mi Mi tied Liam to the chair with her scarf. We all thought it was pretty funny.

Bobba and Poppa

When we were in Parowan Liam and I liked to go visit Bobba and Poppa while everyone was at school. We always had so much fun. They are so great with Liam. He loves them.

Lil" T-Bird

We took Liam to an SUU game. We watched the game with Jared's brother Steven and his fiance Amanda and Jared's sister Amber. It was a lot of fun. Papa bought Liam a shirt that says Lil" T-Bird. GO SUU! The next day Steven, Amanda and Amber came to Parowan to hang out with us. It was a lot of fun.

Liam loves dogs

Liam really loves dogs now. He gets really excited and always says or tries to say dog or doggy when he sees a dog. He couldn't get enough of Koda; my family's dog. Koda was very patient and gentle and let liam crawl all over him.

Update

Sorry I haven't posted for so long. A lot of things have happened. Liam is crawling and pulling himself up on everyting. It is his favorite thing to do. He hardly plays with toys. He also has six teeth. Four on the top and two on the bottom. His front teeth have a gap. It is really cute now but I can see some major orthadonture in the future.
On a sadder note Liam got really sick over a month ago and we had to take him to the ER. It turned out he had bronchitis and an ear infection. It was awful but has recovered beautifully.
liam is starting to say what sounds like words da da or daddy , doggy, hi and sometimes when he is sad or mad he will sort of say ma ma. He loves books, songs, playing with his cousins, and getting into everyhing. He is even starting to eat better. Cadie is having so much fun being a stay at home mom.
Jared is working hard at his rotations.He is at Fry's now. We only have about three and a half months left. Jared recently had job interviews and got offered a job at Wallgreens in the Provo Orem area in Utah. We are really excited!!! Jared loves being a Dad. Liam gets so excited to see him in the morning and when he comes home from work. Things are busy but happy.Here are a few postings from when Liam was seven and eight months. I will post his more recent picture soon.

Valentine's Pics

Lori had some material so she set it up for a background to take pictures of our kids for Valentine's. Lori took the pictures and I entertained. She did a great job here are some of the pics.

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Liam is really using his hands a lot. He loves when I sing songs with hand motions like itsy Bitsy spider, popcorn popping, Wise Man, and Patty Cake. He tries to do the motions sometimes. Here is a picture of hime doing Itsy Bitsy spider and some other cute pics.

Liam loves Liam

Liam loves looking at pictures of himself. Here is a video of him watching the laptop cycle through pictures of himself.

Fireman Liam

This is a cute picture that my friend Heather took of Liam when she babysat him.

Trip to the Zoo

Jared's brother Steven and His Fiance Amanda came to visit so we took them to the Zoo. It was a lot of fun. Liam's favorite part was the petting zoo.It doesn't look like it in this picture but he got really excited about petting the baby deer and goats. The baby goats kept chewing on his shirt and pants it was adorable. When Liam got tired of being in the stoller Jared carried him in the front pack. he loved it.

He crawls and climbs

Around 7 months old liam started pulling himself up on things like his crib and the couch. Soon after he finally started crawling instead of just scooting around on his stomach. Now he crawls fast and pulls himself up quickly onto everything here is a some video and pic of his beginings as a climber.

Update

Everything is going really well with our family. We really enjoyed our Christmas vacation visiting family. Now Jared is back to rotations and Cadie is keeping busy with Liam. We are very blessed and happy.

Happy New Year!

We spent New Years with Aaron and Lori this year. We made good food, watched a movie and played games.It was fun! Lori and Cadie bought hats for everyone.