Cruisin'

I Am Just Going To Rest Here For A Minute

Oh My God, Like Gag Me With A Spoon....

Fun Times With Daddy

1 Year Stats

First Year Stats:
Weight- 23 pounds 10 ounces- 70%
Height- 30 inches- 70%
Number of teeth- 2
Milk- soy
Food- hot dogs and chicken nuggets
Juice- apple
Snacks- animal crackers
Book- all of them!
Favorite past times- baths, pulling out his toys, morning bottles, swimming lessons, loving his mommy and daddy

"f" art

I really need to do a post that I actually write about all that has been going on...maybe tonight. But for now "f" art. I think we have an artist on our hands.

That was then...this is now!

Happy 1st Birthday! We love you!!!!!!!

Daddy!!! Help Mommy Has The Gel Out Again!

Yeah, we are dorks like that...

We Were Both Concentrating Really Hard

Samuel has been standing on his own for like 10 seconds!!! He even attempts to take steps. Failed attempts, but he tries none the less. He usually ends up flat on his face :o). He is just growing up too fast for me! I know that is so cliche, but SO true.

The Whole Tooth and Nothing But The Tooth

With a little over a week to spare, Samuel's first tooth cut last night!

Couple Pictures From Today

Will post more later.....

Wagon

Click here for wagon

White Diapers

Okay, what happen to go ol' fashion white diapers? Okay, not OLD fashion because I don't know how to use cloth diapers. So I should rephrase. What happen to old school white diapers? We are going for Samuel's one year pictures tomorrow (yes a few weeks early) and I need a white diaper. So if you happen to read this and know of a brand that still makes just plain white diapers please tell.

Nuggets!

The camera started working again this morning. Just my luck, I was going to buy a new one this afternoon.

Major Issue!

My camera is not working! Samuel started clapping today and I wanted to take a video and the camera will not work. I am stressing, as you can imagine. I hope Dave sees the urgency in replacing it. This will be the first day in Samuel's life that he has not had his picture taken. Okay, maybe not the first day but pretty darn close!

Another Swim Picture

This one was an action shot, excuse the blur. Samuel has loads fun at swim lessons. And I like it because he gets daddy bonding time.

Samuel's sleep habits are kind of on the fritz right now. He is pretty good about going to bed at his bedtime, but waking up is a different story. He is usually waking up between 4:30-5:30- ON THE WEEKENDS! Come weekdays he sleeps until like 6:15, when I am already awake, go figure.

I am not even going to blame his teeth. Because quite frankly, I think he will be getting dentures. In two weeks he will one! The countdown has begun. Okay, I totally tried to rhyme on purpose. I will quit while I am ahead.

First Haircut

We decided since you were pointing, waving bye bye and hello it was time for a big boy hair cut. Not to mention the fact that I could put a pony tail on top of your head and really only girls should have those.

I don't know, you are looking pretty handsome.

YIKES!

Um, this face is just a little scary.

Pure Innocence

Happy Birthday Daddy!

We love you!

Mirror Mirror (Dust and All), Who Is The Most Handsome Of Them All?

Wild Times At Caleb's First Birthday

Samuel had a great time celebrating his best buddy Caleb's 1st Birthday!

11 Months Big Eyes

Here we are 11 glorious months later! The word of the month is “no”. Did you know that “no” is a game? I didn’t. But it is and it is fun. See it goes like this, Mommy or Daddy say “Samuel NO” and Samuel turns around and smiles at you and moves on. Then he goes back to the “no” object pauses looks at you to say “no” and then proceeds to the “no” object. Oh, this game can go on for hours. This game makes your crave nap time or even invent a new nap time. We love the “no” game at our house.

And it is fun and games. Samuel is starting to understand the concept of a cell phone; he now puts it up to his ear and says Da Da. The remote too, he now changes the channels. He prefers OETA, very educational. He loves his toy kitchen courtesy of Kayla. She out grew it and knew how much Samuel liked playing with the one his Grandma and Grandpa Williams house.

He is crawling all over the place and pulling up on anything he can. He can mess up the house in 2.2 seconds. I am in no hurry for walking. Crawling is enough.

His laugh is contagious and his smile can melt hearts. That is my little Samuel toothless and all. And in one month he will be 1!

Swim Lessons

Samuel started Diaper Dolphins today. He took his Daddy along with him. They played games and sang songs, though I didn’t see Daddy’s mouth moving. I think he is a natural he was kicking his feet like crazy and laughing. One part he didn’t like was climbing out. The teacher said if he can crawl he could get out of the pool. Well, that wasn’t 100% true. Dad helped him out of the water, but he made sure the teacher wasn’t looking. They will have 8 lessons and on the 4th lesson they will put their heads under water! Exciting times.

Breaking Weather

Hurricane Samuel his the Williams' Home. How can he do so much damage in such little time?

Please Don't Climb On Furniture

Thug

I pull his pants up before he goes to school and pick him up and he is "saggin" again. I vote for school uniforms.

Fun Times In Nebraska

They Notice Each Other Now :o)

Zoo

Samuel and Caleb finally got together. They went to the zoo! We had a lot of fun. It was normally both of their nap times but they didn't care, we walked around the zoo for a couple of hours. Samuel came home and slept for 2 hours. He was wore out. He can't wait to celebrate Caleb's first birthday...it is already next month! Time flies when you are having fun..or when you work full time and come home and be a Mom full time and chase your crawling, rolling, scooting pre-toddler around the house, who has figured out how to pull himself up on any and everything and open any and everything :o). I was warned by all my friends, don't be in a rush for him to be mobile. Now I know why :o).

I would be out with the girls...

I decided to go out with the girls tonight. We had a birthday to celebrate, and I needed to go out. Tell me you could enjoy yourself if you got the following text messages....

"Samuel is crawling"
"Not army crawl either"
"I have a video"

I swear it took the waiter soooooo long to bring me my check and then I hit every light. By the time I got home Samuel was asleep. So all I had was the video.
click here for proof

And he was right..Samuel crawled and it wasn't the army crawl.

Happy Mom's Day to Me!

10 Months...a day late!

Samuel you turned 10 months old yesterday. I can't wait until you are a year old because I won't feel obligated to tell all about your past month. Once you turn a year we are going to celebrate every 6 months :o). A year old, all this talk makes me remember that you are going to be 1 year old here in a few months. I think you would be happy to celebrate with graham crackers, apple juice, grape propel and cheerios. What a spread! You are trying to let me know you are boss. You are still trying to decide what you like to eat and what you don't. You like everything I like and your Dad too. You also like to eat off of grown up forks and spoons. I hate to tell you Samuel, you are still a baby. And I am not letting you grow up too fast. Sappy mom looks at you and thinks..will you remember how much you love me in 12 years? You still prefer rolling as your main mode of transportation. You love when we clap for you! Drawers and cabinets are your new favorite toy. I am sticking to my story of you don't understand what "no" means. Because surely you would stop if you knew.

You are just you and I wouldn't want it any other way. I couldn't imagine loving you anymore than I do, until I wake up the next day and figure out that I do!

Why The Big Smile??

Well, I will tell you. Today Samuel "graduated". That means...dah duh! No helmet. And they said it would take 3-6 months..ha! They were very happy with Samuel's progress. He went from being 3/4 of an inch off to just millimeters. So this is good, because as the weather gets warmer and muggier the helmet was going to be come more and more stinky.

The doctor promised me it wouldn't go back to how it was, phew. And he also said that no ones head is perfect so millimeters is probably just like you and me.

We think Samuel will miss his helmet now, no more "bam bam". He will learn that quick once the padding is gone.

Well, I have used all my energy now. I have a new respect for Mom's stay at home and working! It is exhausting. But don't get me wrong, worth every yawn!

Add biter biscuits to the list. Those things are MESSY. You know I use to say before I had Samuel that I would not let him get dirty. Believe it or not I am a bit anal about that kind of stuff. And for about 9 months I could actually control that. If there was a drop of food on him, I would change his outfit. If he had food on his face I would wipe right off. But I work full time and come home and play with Samuel, make dinner (except the nights my wonderful husband cooks) and give him a bath. And to be quite honest, I am tired. So, he leaves the house with a spot on his shirt...sometimes even a burger in his nose....and for sure food on his mouth.

By the time meal time comes a long I have given the control to Samuel. After all I want to encourage his Independence. Even if it does mean he will need to get another bath.

With Independence comes the realization that my little baby doesn't need me as much anymore. He doesn't want me to hold him until he goes to sleep anymore, he wants to go to his crib. And to be honest, since I seem to be honest today that makes me REALLY sad.

But I am not giving up on this, he will for sure never play in the mud. I mean yuck :o)

Drop And Give Me 10 :o)

Puffs & Cheerios oh and a Few Orange Veggies

Suddenly, all Samuel wants to eat are sweet potatoes, puffs, cheerios and carrots. Not sure what happen there. His Daddy then informs that all he would eat was pb&j and hot dogs.