Come Out, Come Out...

Wherever you are... I wonder who he could be hiding from?!?

Here Sam Grows - Months 7 and 8

7 Month Baby




8 month baby

No "B's" Allowed

Now that our big boy (or I should say ig oy) has started talking more and more, we have realized that he has rejected the letter B, and a few other consonants for that matter. It is hilarious, and I am not quite sure how this aversion developed.... Examples -

Uncle Bryce = uh uh IIIIIIIICE

Bus = US (one of our 2 true loves right now)

Binker = inker

Bye Bye = uh-EYE

and so on...

The letter M seems to be on probation, and the only acceptable use of this letter is to express how delicious our food tastes (i.e. mmmmmmm) and, of course, to identify me, MA MA. However, other traditional uses of the letter, such as in the word "mouth," are strictly forbidden. Thus, the hole in our face containing teeth and surrounded by lips is referred to by our boy as OUF.

Funny

I am way behind on blogging... and hopefully I will catch up in the next few weeks since I will be home most weekends, but for now - a cute, but blurry, video of my boys today...

Rocking Out

...to the leap frog music table. Sweet.

Six Month Sammy Pants

At 6 months - Sam can sit up by himself... but he is a bit unstable at times. He loves to blow raspberries and chatter. He wants to crawl, and pulls himself all over the place, but has not mastered being up on all fours. Henry is his favorite person. Sam watches him all day long and screams and laughs to get his attention. He is still a bit of a fuss bucket, but the start of solid foods is easing that a bit. It does not help that he is getting 4 teeth up top at the same time right now. Those are in addition to the two on bottom. Naps are inconsistent, at best, and nighttime sleep is great, as long as he is in bed with us. He will sleep all night in his crib, but we have to get up several times to find a lovey or a binker for him... or flip him over. He is obsessed with solid foods... oatmeal is his favorite cereal, and he LOVES bananas, sweet potatoes and mixed veggies. Applesauce is a hit as well, but do not try to give the kid peas... that gets messy. We just introduced puffs this weekend, and he makes the funniest face asking for more. At 6 months, Sam weighed in at 16 lbs 8 oz... which is somewhere around the 40th percentile. He is tall, like Henry, clocking in at the 97th percentile for height. Tall, skinny baby!

Here Sam Grows - Month 6

Coming home from the hospital 01.10

Month 1 -2.6.10

Month 2 - 3.6.10

Month 3 - 4.6.10

Month 4 - 5.6.10

Month 5- 6.6.10

And now for this month - sweet Sammy sitting up all by himself!

To the 2 best dads I know...

I wish I was a little bit taller...

I wish I was a baller... well the rest of the song doesn't really apply, but I like to sing it when I look at these pictures of Hank playing some ball with his daddy. in his diaper. his denim diaper. and his shoes. and nothing else. Ah, the life of a 19 month old!

Buddies

Jimmy (1 week) and Sammy (3 weeks) in January 2010...

...and Jimmy and Sammy in May 2010 (4 months old)!

Betcha can't tell them apart... they look just like twins, right?!?!?
Hopefully their nana/nanny/great aunts can figure it out!

Chillaxin

Watch Sammy Grow - Month 5

Going home from the hospital - 1.9.10

Month 1

Month 2

Month 3

Month 4


And the 5th month... we have upgraded to the Bumbo for the most part... Big boy sitting up!

Our hands are constantly in our mouth!