What a Brave Boy!

Folding his hands....little angel. (Is that a Nick Jr. or what!)

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Sam was such a trooper at the doctor this morning. The doc was so impressed with Sam's growth and development. Sam weighs 18 lbs and 12 oz....he measures 26 1/2 inches. That puts him in the 90th percentile for weight and the 75th percentile for height. That is not on the preemie scale....the preemie chart has him above the 97th for weight and at the 97th for height. The doc said Sam shows absolutely no signs of being born 10 weeks premature. Praise the Lord! He had his shots today and was such a brave little guy. I didn't have to hold his arms this time. I just stood up by his face and whispered in his ear. He did cry, but he stopped when I played his glow worm music. That's his favorite toy this week. We discovered last night that he likes to play with his baby spoon. Sam was very focused on me eating dinner last night. He would watch me take food from my plate to my mouth, so we let him play with one of his baby spoons. That entertained him for 5-10 minutes. Sam has also discovered that he can fit his fist in his mouth. He will gag himself over and over and look at me like, "What are you doing to me Mommy?" Another new thing this past week---We pray before Sam eats. First I tell him to fold his hands, and then I help him put his hands together and we pray. This past week, when I asked Sam to fold his hands, and he did all by himself. So sweet! Twice this week, Sam has melted my heart by grabbing my face with both of his hands and pulling me in for a kiss. How precious is that! He hasn't done this to Daddy yet...I think he senses Daddy's secret fear of baby drool. :) We've had tons of that lately. Still no teeth though. Sam made my heart skip a beat over the weekend. Nick and I had him upstairs on his belly. He was playing and all of the sudden his pushed off my leg. I thought he was starting to crawl...false alarm. He is close, but not quite there yet. He will scoot all around his bed....so much that he's beginning to wear fuzzy onto the knees of all his jammies. He's not too interested in the rolling over thing. He can do it but he has only done it a handful of times. I anticipate this will increase within the next month or so. Sam will turn 6 months old next Sunday. That's all I can think of for now. Until next time....xoxox

My fist tastes SO good!

Playing after breakfast.

We've started using the high chair tray.... a great place to spread Sam's toys out.

What is that!

Does this go in my eye? :)

Sam isn't eating the Cheerios on the tray yet, he just pushes them around.

We are working on fine motor skills. :)