June 2011

My baby eats everything-even grass!

8 Months old!

Dressing up like Daddy:)

Missing teeth

This is one of Tate's favorite hobbies. Yes, it's dangerous (he actually started a cracker box on fire once)... But I let him have fun with a magnifying glass under my supervision.

Me and my baby sharing a licorice

6 Months Old (as of yesterday)

Sam has changed A LOT in the past 6 months. He went from being a tiny baby with tons of dark hair, to a big chubby blonde/baldish baby. Oh how I love him!!!

Feeding Time

Here's me attempting to feed Sam some oatmeal. He has NOT figured out how to work his tongue properly when eating. It mostly just comes out of his mouth again. Here's Bryan feeding him backwards. Too cute!

All Wrapped Up

Even though he's six months old... I still swaddle Samuel. He almost always gets out by the time nap time is over, but he is still very content with going to bed all wrapped up.

March 2011

Here's some March happenings in one big blog post...These pictures are out of order and I'm too lazy to re-arrange them right now. Enjoy anyway.

Sam is really liking his toys. I can't say that I remember Tate ever being as interested in toys (at that age) as Sam is.

He's practicing sitting up. He usually makes it about a minute and then get's distracted, looks up at something and falls over on his noggin.

Playing trains together (sorta) Tate's playing t-ball again. And he hates it just about as much as last year. The only reason why he wanted to play was because every day after school when he wanted to play with his friends, they couldn't because they had some t-ball something going on.

Samuel and his wild crazy hair. Everyone kept calling him an old man so I buzzed it off! And I'm glad I did too! He looks much better.

We heard about this BALD EAGLE family (from someone at Tate's school) that had built a nest in some huge trees on the corner of Brown and McKellips. One afternoon after school we went to go see them. It was so awesome!

Tate had this idea to build some sorta wooden car. He drew up a design on paper and showed it to Bryan who designed it further using auto cad. Then they went to Home Depot, bought the supplies, and started building it together. Tate's already named it the AMAZING CART. It's currently in our garage half finished. Maybe sometime soon they will have time to complete it.

Bryan's aunt (Cheryl) passed away. Sad day:( We will miss her tremendously). This is a picture of Sam on the way home from the funeral that was in Wyoming. It was a long drive and we entertained him by letting him suck on Wheat Thin sticks. YUM!

I got to go with Tate on a field trip to the Children's Museum of Phoenix. We had a fun time. He's already talking about going back.

Rice Cereal

Samuel is a good sleeper. Typically he will sleep from 7pm-6am. And... I've gotten used to having a good uninterrupted night's sleep... So when he started waking up at 1am... I couldn't handle it. So what did I do? I started him on rice cereal, and he is back to his 11 hour night schedule! Yeah!!!
BTW, he absolutely LOVES the rice cereal. I thought he wouldn't since Tate didn't when he was little. It always amazes me how different Tate and Sam are:)

4 Months

Samuel is four months old-already! How did that happen? It's kinda sad how fast time goes... he's going to be up and walking before too long.

Here's his 3 months scrapbook page:

Sorry to those of you who think their baby is the cutest...

Because they just don't come any cuter than Samuel!

He is one little chunk... And I LOVE it!!!

This is Sam's most favorite toy... Here he is just sucking away on it.

Happy Valentines Day!!!

Here's a close up of the boys valentines this year.

For Sam's valentine I found a picture of him where he had made a fist with his hand. Then using Photoshop, I wrote text on it. Then I cut two slits in it, slid the lollipop through and we were done! For Tate's, I helped him draw a picture of a dinosaur and color it. I then scanned it onto the computer, used Photoshop to shrink the picture, wrote text, and added a border. Lastly, we punched holes and slid the lollipop through the holes. (He helped a lot with this part... See post below)

My Little-Old Man

This is Sam's "Elder Holland" Face...

Baking

I LOVE to bake... and I do it all the time. Tate and Sam are my little helpers.

My Favorite

My MIL gave me this baby carrier a while ago. It's by far my favorite... I like that it's homemade, has huge pockets, a nice head rest, and Sam is far enough back to actually see me. It's a keeper!
P.S. Doesn't Sam's hair look red?

The Bumbo

Sam is using this chair more and more and I like it! Obviously you can see that he's holding his head up really good now.

Bath Time

Samuel sure LOVES his baths. There are never any complaints from him when he's in the water. I think that I equally enjoy his bath time.

He is just chubby and too cute!!!

Uh Oh!!!

Samuel has discovered how to stick his entire fist in his mouth to suck on it. He's been doing it a lot recently. When I saw him doing it earlier today, I quickly traded it for his pacifier. Next thing I knew his pacifier was out and the hand was back in. It must taste a lot better.

Cuteness

I love dressing my baby up cute!

Reflection

Sam discovered himself in the mirror today.

Grandma Margaret's House

The boys LOVE going to my Mom's house. She spoils them and gives them individual attention every time... Like going on the swing around with Tate and playing the clavinova with Samuel.

Loving my Baby!

3 Months

Samuel is 3 months old today. How fast time goes!!!
We brought him in to Urgent Care this evening because he's been screaming pretty much non stop since Friday night. We found out that he has double ear infections and his right ear is actually ruptured. The doctor prescribed some antibiotics. Hopefully he gets better soon. I feel so bad for him!