My first birthday cake

Hello again ... just a quick post this time with a photo of my birthday cake which mammy made for me

I shared my birthday cake with 2 of my playgroup friends who also had birthdays around the same time.... Madison and Poppy

we had a great time .. we were in a big garden in Mount macedon and we had great fun rolling and playing in the grass and grounds...

Now that i am old and mature at 1 year old, it's been a busy year for me and mamy and daddy.

thanks to everyone for their birthday wishes from all over the world - it's always great to hear from you all ...

see ya !!

Liamo

Do I love cycling ???

Do i love cycling or what ????

finally i get to ride a real bike , even if it is only in a bike seat, but i think i have the best seat

I think i look really cute in the helmet , even if it is a bit big for me.

Thanks to Ian and Kane who gave this present to mammy and Daddy for their wedding present , it has taken a while to get some use, but now it'll be well used.

This was my first trip in it, we went around to auntie Alex's house - it was only a short trip , but i enjoyed it.

since then Mammy has taken me to playgroup in it - the other chicks at playgroup were impressed with my wheels !!! I'm a star !!!

My helmet is a bit big for me - it's a cool one with trains on it ... daddy's jealous , he wants one just like ,

It's good sitting on the back of the bike ... i can slap mammy on the backside , when she's not pedalling fast enough.

Daddy hasn't taken me out for a ride yet - maybe thats a good thing.... !!! I think mammy may be safer.

Hope you are all keeping well !!

michellin man - but very snug

hello again - only a quick posting this time , to post this picture of me in my new puffy jacket - thanks to auntie jenny and uncle johnny for sending it over - guess who will be a warm little fella this winter

and we'll need it !!

I'll be seeing you all in Ireland very soon - it's 11 weeks till we depart - i am looking forward to my plane trip - but i'm not sure if mammy and daddy are !!!

take care everyone - lots of love Liamo

Happy Birthday to me ......

hello everyone - don't i look old !!!

I'm one year old now and i've already got my bike license - well not quite , but i am practicing on my new trike that mammy and daddy got for me for my birthday.

It's really cool and it's got a handle on it so they can push me around and i don't even have to peddle - i know some of you out there would like one fo these as well !!

As you can see , mammy has still not been brave enough to cut my hair so my curls are flowing in the wind !

I'm now able to crawl on all fours and i am very mobile - they have to be very quick to close doors or i am gone out the door !! i have been spotted standing a few times at the toy box or at mammy's bed side locker. I'm still very wobbly on the feet and still have my L plates on !!

But i am getting stronger and soon i will be running around - there'll be no stopping me then !!

it' getting colder here now and thanks to my auntie jenny in ireland , i now have a lovely warm jacket which will keep me warm - i might get daddy to put that picture up in my next posting !

hope you are all keeping well

hugs and kisses

Liam C

i'm very active and determined !!!

Hello again -- do you like my curls ??? i think it's time mammy got brave and cut my hair !! although i lik my curls

mammy thought she was safe on the couch but i now what i want - and now i'm pretty determined to get it !

I can commando crawl along the ground and i can get on all fours , but still haven't figured out how to move on all fours - i can my little friends at play-group doing it , but i just can't figure out all my moving parts yet !! i can pull myslef up and kneel at the toy box and take out my toys from the box - i alos haven't figured out how to put them back in..... mammy sayd that i get that from my daddy - ie never putting things back !!!

I'm not gettig into that argument !!

Hugs and kisses to all out there !!

Liam

i'm hungry !!!

In case anyone thought that i was not eating enough , here's prrof that i take my food seriously !!!

I have a problem , one yummy crusket , 2 hands and only one mouth - a sure fire way to create a mess !!!

I still like my food , porridge in the morning - daddy feeds me before he heads off to work. I wave bye-bye to him now as he drives off to the train station. i don't tell him that i think he is lazy and he should walk to the station ..... that would be too cheeky of me and i will need him to drive me around when i am older , so i better keep him on-side !!

I love the blackberries that grow on our road - ( hence the name "Blackberry Lane!!! " ) mammy picks them for me and i eat them but they stain my clothes - more washing for poor mammy !!

my favourite food at the moment is mashed veggies with some stew/pasta sauce/chow mein on top - yummy !!

hope you are all keeping well - looking forward to my first trip to ireland in june !!

take care

Liamo

Winter woolies ....brrrrr

Hello my friends

Don't I look like a right little Irish pixie here !! mammy put this hat on my head , and it's a very tight fit - big head like my Daddy !! and then i forgot i was wearing it !!!

Notice how i am on all-fours now !! i can do this quite a bit now , but i still haven't figured out to move my knees and hands at the same time to get moving !! i can rock back and forth , but no movement ...

won't be long though ! My 4th tooth has FINALLY come down and i now have 4 chompers - all the better for biting Daddy's finger with - well if he is stupid enough tp put it in ....... :)

I've been a bit sick the last few days - bit of a temperature and a bit of a virus - so not feeling myself - been to the doctor today but not much they can do for me ! i will suffer on thru it !! - the little trouper that i am !!!
I'll milk it for another few days with all the attention !

It's getting cold up here now - hence why i am wearing the heavy clothing - summer seems to have left us early and Woodend is cetainly colder than Melbourne ... well i have to take Mammy and Daddy's word for that as i was nice and warm inside my mammy this time last year !!!

I hope mammy and daddy get the heating put into the house soon ..bit chilly on the willy at night time !! ( bit cheeky i know !! )

time for my bottle and i think daddy will have a bottle of a diferent kind once i am in bed - well it is Friday evening .... so he says !!

Bye for now

Liam

What a hot day

Hello again

here a picture of me in my little paddle pool - it;s a little turtle shell , but it's really good for the summer time when it's very hot. this day it was 35C , so i was very warm , but after a paddle in this , i was nice and cool - mammy and daddy were too big to sit i it , so i had it all to myslef - i even had a chair in it !!

happy days !!!

Liam o

Happy 2008 - my first New years wishes to you

Hello all ,

and a happy new year to you all. I have finally managed to get Daddy to update the site - too much christmas cheer and pudding , i think !!!

Santa was really good to me this year - he brought me som lovely wrapping paper which was lovelly and crinkly and made for some good fun times playing around with it. There were some toys in there as well , but for the first bit , i loved the paper - thanks to all the generous people who gave me a present - - many thanks indeed - i am so lukcy to have so many kind people in my life...

We had a quiet christmas in Woodend , we had Damian and Linda with 2 year old Mia - i liked her - she made me smile !! i didn't get much turkey though - the others ate it all ... but overall i had a great day ...

I now had 2 bottom teeth and one top tooth with the other top one coming thru so now there will be no finger safe.... as i like to chew other people's finger - not my own !!

I went thru a sick patch last weeek , which had mammy and Daddy a bit worried, becasue i had the liquid poohs and not drinking much , although i didn't lose my appetite at all... i am a callaghan , after all !!!

anyways enough for me for now

hugs and kisses

Liam

Family Photo

This photo was taken on Mount Kosiusko national park, which is just below the highest point in australia ( mount kosiusko ) - thanks to daddy for the spelling

We stayed at the ski resort of Thredbo , and then took a chair lift up to the top - i was very brave and loved the chair ride - although i think daddy was a bit nervous holding me !! He held me tight going up !

It was cold enough up there , hence why i am rugged up ! I saw my first snow as well - there was some left up at the top of the mountain. didn't think too much of it actually - i was hungry adn wanted my bottle !!

We are back home now .... i am settling down a bit better now although the first few nights home , i was not too happy , but i am sleeping a bit better now - usually from 7pm till about 4am , when i may have some issues and really try to get back to sleep again !

i'm back eating well again , as you can see, i am not a starving child !!

I love my porridge in the morning with mammy and daddy and this morning I had my first Weetabix cereal. I love my fruit.

I used to like Veggies but not so much now , but mammy thinks she tricks me by putting some pureed apple in with the veggies to get me to eat them. I eat them , but i know what her trick is - she's not fooling anyone with that trick 1!!

unusual taste though !!

thats it for now - hope you are all keeping well around the world !!

hugs and kisses

Liam

Blue eyes

Hello again - who do you reckon has the bluest eyes between me and mammy ???

this is one trait that Mammy takes credit for !!

My first holiday ...

Hello everyone

Last week , we wnet our on first family holiday , well i am not counting the wedding weekend as a holiday , - this was our first real family holiday away and i don't think Mammy or Daddy would call it a very relaxing holiday.

Unfortunately I did not sleep well at night and spent a lot of time crying and generally unhappy - i was not a happy camper , as they say !!

We went to Eden on the south Eastern coast of New South Wales and stayed there for 3 nights. On the way we called to see where Mammy went to school and tried to visit some of the places she used to visit as a young nipper all those years ago !!!

You can see in the photo that i now have a new favourite seat - and it's Daddy powered as well. It's great fun as i can get to hit daddy on the head. I would pull his hair , but he doesn't have much at the moment !! I get a great view from up here.

This picture was taken in our beach-side cabin , which was only 10 metres from the sea and i got my first wet foot from the sea - mammy dunked my feet into the sea !!

Daddy went fishing and caught 3 fish - although he did get sick on the boat - see i am not the only one who vomits !!!

no sign of any teeth yet either - i'm blaming them for my grumpiness on holidays !!!

I will get Daddy to put some more photos of me up in the next installment

rgds

Liam

Hello everyone - thank you for your lovely comments. it's great to hear from you all.

At the moment , i'm not feeling the best , i am going thru some teething issues , as you can see by my big red rosy cheeks.

i'm not that hungry now , i don't eat as much as i used to and sometimes i don't want to eat the lovely pureed veggies that Mammy has made for me, ... but i do still like some stewed fruit and yogurt ... organic yogurt of course...

hopefully they come out soon , there's no sign of them yet ... they are a rela pain in the bum , except the pain is in my mouth !!! but you know what i mean....

This is only a short post as Daddy want to go watch "The Bill" on tv - he should get his priorities right !!!

Bythe way , i have now lost my green chair - it was only a loan and the other person wanted it back - the funny thing is that his name is also Liam and he lives next door to us in Woodend - he is about 4 weeks younger than I am !!!

imagine that - 2 liams living next door to each other !!

Toodle pip everyone !!

chat again soon !!

Liamo

Hello everybody - it's been a long time coming but i've got Daddy off his lazy bum and updated my Blog. He had some technical issues with the camera downloading photos , but i think he's just lazy !!

Since my last entry a lot has happened , we have moved house to Woodend , which i love. I have new friends next door who is also called Liam and about 4 weeks younger than me , so that will be fun when we grow up !

Do you like my chair ? it's made of foam and allows me to sit up straight - i can't sit in a chair on my own yet so this keeps me from falling sideways.

daddy says he would like one when he has a few beers now as he falls sideways too !!

Our house is really cool up here and now that winetr has past , the weather should be getting a bit warmer. apparently we are getting ducted heating for next winter ...yes please !!

We have joined a mothers group up here and i get to play with loads of other kids my own age and there's plenty og girls about - yeuch , girly germs !!!

Also i have started swimming , well its called water familiarisation which just introduces us to water. mammy is very good to bring me to this - apparently i looked quite cute in my swimmers and top - i can nearly swim as much as Daddy ...... thats not saying a lot though !! Mammy's a good swimmer though...

Now that Daddy has started to update again , i will get him to post another one to tellyou about our house in Woodend and what else is happening in our lives !!

slan leat ( daddy is teaching me some irish !! )

Teaching Daddy to read

Hello again people - a quick action shot of me trying to teach Daddy to read. It's a nice bok with pop-out pictures and daddy seems to like it.

He's a bit slow on the reading bit , but i think i can help him. He needs practice but i intend to make him read to me all the time.

apparently he needs some practice on his "th"s

gotta go - daddy needs some help with his writing as well !!