Liam took a trip with his mommy, auntie, and grammy up to Iowa City for the day. When they all came back, we went to The Old Dairy to celebrate Liam’s First Birthday. Liam had so much fun! He first played with the balloons. Then, I took a cup of water and let him try drinking from it. He would take a gulp, but keep his mouth open and let most of the water fall out. His eyes would get real big and he would start laughing. I think he enjoyed the experience and thought the cold water was an interesting sensation. For dinner, we tried to feed him a grilled cheese sandwich. Surprisingly, although bread and cheese are some of his favorites, he kept pushing them out of his mouth. Instead, he enjoyed the chicken salad sandwich his grammy was feeding him. For dessert, his first ice cream flavor was Blue Bunny’s Rainbow Sherbet. He had an interesting first reaction to the cold treat that was caught on picture. When we got home, Liam opened birthday presents, and lots of them! Thanks to all of his generous family members!!! After presents, we sat Liam in front of his cake and he began to touch and pull and poke at it. That was fun to watch! He gladly accepted a few bites of cake. Then we fed him formula. He took a short nap, then woke up a little unhappy. So we gave him some water/apple juice mix and he felt much better. It looked like he had a sugar crash at that time because he had this happy little grin on his face and he was so mellow. It was an amazing First Birthday for Liam – Praise God!