One of the best parts of visiting Zachary's family is going to church together on Sundays. One day, it will be awesome to have Liam and Malia sit with us during church but for now it is better for everyone involved if they hang out in the nursery. When we came to pick Malia up at the end she was doing this:
Later, we went shopping- we tried to find some shoes for Liam that will fit around his little braces but we didn't have a lot of luck. Grandma found the cutest overalls and a shirt to match for Ms. Malia and we went to toys-r-us to find this broom set for Liam. He is so cute- always wanting to help whether it be sweeping or putting the dishes in the dishwasher. So this is a nice clean broom he can use to help! We gave him the choice between orange and green and he chose green- that's my boy!
I think Liam's second favorite part of coming to Smithfield (the first being spending time with his grandparents of course) is getting to play in the fenced in back yard. Mo and I were chatting while Liam roamed around:
Then he decided he should join the conversation and had a seat:
Later, Zachary found some bubble and Malia was fascinated!
I really wanted to give Liam one last day that was all about him. Pretty soon- any day now Miss Malia- it's gonna be a lot harder to make a day all about Liam. So Zachary had the idea of going to the National Aquarium in Baltimore- about 45 minutes away from us. If he had known they didn't allow strollers, he might have picked a different place ;)
We started the day at Miss Shirley's Cafe in downtown Annapolis for breakfast. I got blackberry pancakes and turkey sausage, Zachary got an omelet made of egg whites with zucchini and green peppers and we got Liam the Belgian waffles which came with a side of fruit (strawberries, cantaloupe, honeydew melon, pineapple and blackberries) and eggs. This was probably the best breakfast he's ever been presented with but since he drank some milk on the way to the restaurant- oops- he didn't eat hardly any of it.
After breakfast, we ran and got the tickets and refilled drinks and then headed to Baltimore! We saw the stadium where the Ravens play and got a really good view of Camden Yards where the Orioles play. Then we parked and walked to the aquarium. As we're getting our tickets checked, the lady told us the stroller check was on the right and Zachary and I looked at each other like "oh noooooo." So we left our tiny, umbrella stroller behind and the adventure began. Liam wanted to do everything himself- he was Mr. Independent. Zachary said he saw 3 exhibits the entire time we were there but it was all about Liam and I think he had fun walking around even if he didn't pay attention to a single fish. This was by far his favorite part.
This was towards the beginning when he was still being slightly cooperative- one of the few exhibits Zachary saw.
I like this little guy:
Liam led us to the cafe where we got to look at the view.
This was one of my favorite exhibits:
We got the stroller back!
I love pictures of my little man sleeping- he gave it a good fight but when we were about 5 minutes from home, he gave up.
Nothing better than this:
