Elvis' Birthday

I was looking through my picture archive and found these pictures from the Elvis birthday party we had. My mother is a little crazy with the whole Elvis thing and decided to get others involved as well. We celebrated The King's 73rd birthday on January 8 (which is more importantly Grandpa Randy's birthday). We had a birthday cake, Elvis trivia games and a couple rounds of Catch Phrase. I think even Elvis would have agreed that this was better than that party at the county jail...

Elivis' Birthday Cake.. (yummy... the Funfetti kind!! The creme de la creme of all boxed cake mixes)

An original "Elvis Rocks!" t-shirt (my mom made it for me just for this event.. I told you she was a little nuts about this guy)

Blowing out the candles

Liam at One (month)

Being the extremely kind hearted person you all know me to be, you can understand why I am letting (well.. tolerating for now) Liam use my blog to update his life. From my humble observation of him so far, I can't see what there is to update.. he eats, sleeps, does some diaper damage, and then starts all over again. Not too exciting. Whereas I, as you all know, have a very exciting existence that is indeed very blog-worthy... But I will graciously defer to Liam for now, until he is able and willing to create his own site. But never fear Lila super-fans, I will still figure prominently in this blog as that is one of the stipulations of 'baby brother' using this space.

( A little update.. my new favorite joke is "What's black and white and re(a)d all over?' A newspaper!!! When I tell this joke, I provide my own hearty laughter, so don't worry if you don't find it that funny...ask me to tell it to you the next time you see me)

Sleeping Beauty
(My favorite things are pictured... my blanket, my cow, and my COOKIE MONSTER!!! Won't go to sleep without them.)

Olivia... on Lila's bestseller list for the past 3 weeks. Aunt Kate and Uncle John got me this book and I just can't put it down. A fascinating read about a girl much like myself. In fact, the parallels are eerie...except for the fact that Olivia is a pig.

A winsome Liam in his crib

Test shots for GQ

A cheesy smile for all you ladies out there ;-)

Liam's 3rd bath. Mommy and Daddy were not prepared with the camera the 1st or 2nd time. (They are really slacking off here)


A reluctant Superman

Our house after the Valentine's Day Blizzard

Liam is in the House

Strike a pose

Ok, so I have been postponing the inevitable by not acknowledging my new baby brother's existence sooner...let's just say that I am still adjusting to not being the center of mommy and daddy's world anymore.

Liam arrived at 6:55 AM on January 17th. He weighed 8lbs. 4oz (quite a chunky one huh?). I slept through the whole thing while mommy and daddy were at the hospital, so I didn't have to get involved with all the messy details of childbirth (I lived through that experience once, and that was enough for this girl's lifetime) Anyway, we have all been adjusting nicely to being a family of four. Daddy keeps saying that he can't wait for us to be older so we can play family board games together (ahhh... a man of simple tastes). I just can't wait for Liam (or "baby brother" as I refer to him ) to get older so he stops being so needy... To paraphrase my Cousin Richie when commenting on his little sister Nia's arrival: "He's here, and he's a lot of work" (Richie, you can correct me if I got that wrong).

Anyway, here are some pictures of the little man, the family, and of course, yours truly.

Too young to be camera shy

The new and improved family (The 'improved' part is yet to be determined)


The proud West grandparents

Mommy and Liam

My first attempt at hypnotizing Liam (I think it worked, too! Every time a bell rings he clucks like a chicken.)

Liam clucking like a chicken.


Sleeping Beauty



The proud Pafield grandparents