Boy in the Hood

Liam goes one of two ways when the camera is on. He either: 1) Gets completely serious or 2) Gives me his patented "pucker smile" or some variation there of. While the pucker smile is cute, I don't want every picture from his first year home being of the pucker smile. In an attempt to get a few natural smiles and expressions, we played nearly a gajillion games of "Where's Liam?!?!" today while he was wearing the hood on his favorite play outfit. It was hard work. He was heartbroken from being excluded form going sled riding this afternoon, though he didn't know a thing about the sled riding, he just knew that Papa and Evah left without him and it was sad and he was sad and not even the cat could cheer him up there for a few minutes. Mama prevailed though. Yes, she did. She did not resort to a sweet snack, why would you think that? Nope. She did it all with her very own brand of Mama Magic, which does not include sweet treats. Ever. Never ever. Well.....maybe sometimes. In desperate situations...

Billy Bones would like you all to know that He is always photogenic, even when He is about to commit a heinous crime such as clawing the couch in an attempt to wrest Mama's attention away from, what He calls, "That Thing". Please note his stripes.