6 months.

Liam had is 6 month check up on Wednesday. It was our first visit to a pediatrician here in Richmond. All was well. Baby Liam was 19.8 lbs and 27 3/4" long. I remember having Shawn go with me to all Abbi Kate's check ups for moral support. She hates the doctor and never wanted him doing even the simplest things like listening to her breathing. Liam, on the other hand, spent the whole time trying to get the stethoscope and tearing the paper he was sitting on so he could put it in his mouth. I believe the doctor's exact words to him were, "Liam, paper has no nutritional value."

She then went on to tell me that I needed to baby proof ASAP and spent the next solid 5 minutes explaining to me that since he was sitting up so well he would be an early walker and I should prepare myself because he just might try to kill himself. Unknowingly, of course.

This wasn't exactly news to me. I mean, I hadn't thought about the crawling or walking, but I knew that his toddler years were going to be a bit more challenging than Abbi Kate's. We could have left a pile of change next to her crib (don't worry, we never did) and she'd have never tried to eat it.

Can you believe that after his first two shots, the little stinker was smiling and laughing with the nurses? Seriously, He didn't cry after the first two and stopped crying within seconds of getting the second two. By the time I got him back in his car seat he was just babbling away, as happy as he could be.

I tried to commemorate his checkup later that day with a photo.. He was unimpressed.