There and Back Again: A Baby’s Tale

Once upon a time in a Happy Valley there lived a lad named Liam.  At six month’s old Liam had great ambitions to one day roll over, walk, and talk.  He had wonderful parents, whom he loved very, very, VERY much.  They took him on the most excellent adventures.

A plane took Liam on his first adventure to a land called Hanalei (ok, so actually he went to Poipu which is on Kauai, but so is Hanalei and we went there too).

Liam had fun doing things such as: 

Going to the Beach

 

Swimming,

Driving up Waiamea Canyon

 and Hiking the Napali Coast

While he was sleeping his parents would check out the sea turtles

And while he hung out with grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins…

his VERY APPRECIATIVE parents would play in the ocean, snorkel, and swim

  What fun Liam had this adventure.

 

From this adventure to his next big adventure, Liam went to Enoch, UT for Thanksgiving, Ola, ID for Christmas, and Heber, UT for New Years.  While in Heber Liam’s dad went snowmobiling, and Liam and mom stayed warm in the car.

Liam did get to experience snow for the first time. 

     Liam enjoyed his first New Years party by staying up to ring in the new year.

After a quick trip back to Enoch for a funeral Liam hopped back on a plane that took him on his next big adventure to a land where the sun shines, and oranges grow, Florida.

Here he played with cousins

and his new favorite uncle, Albert, who was very happy to have another man around the house.

Liam had a cold when he left for Florida and was taking a medicine that made him have diarrhea and made him throw up for the first time, and the second time, and the third time. So no more medicine and soon after no more cold.

Cousin Kylee celebrated her 8th birthday while Liam was visiting.  She had a crazy party with lots of screaming girls.  

                 

Because Kylee turned 8 she chose to get baptized.  She was VERY Happy and couldn’t stop smiling.

One day sitting around watching his mom, grandma, and aunt play games Liam became hungry.  Grandma gave him an apple which he LOVED.

The weather in Florida was much warmer than in Utah so everyone decided to go to the beach.  Liam dipped his feet in the ocean, liking it much more than he did in Hawaii even though it was tons colder.

Liam’s mom enjoyed spending time with her sister Camille and Grandma.

Liam’s adventures have taken him from sea to shining sea and on two plane rides all by the time he was six months old.  This is a great feat since his mom didn’t reach this accomplishment until she was 29. 

Liam looks forward to many more adventures, but is SO glad to be at home, and hopes to be there for a while.