11 Months Old

Sam turned 11 Months over the weekend. He still weighs right under 25 pounds, and he is measuring 31 inches. He is into EVERYTHING! Our lives are changing each day. :) Sam has 6 teeth now...and I think 1 more is about to poke through. We have had two snow days since my last post.....definitely not typical weather here. Sam has enjoyed playing in it...but he really loves watching the dogs run around in it. Sam got his "ears lowered"...as my dad says...this weekend. He was getting a little rough around the ears, so Daddy got the clippers out and cleaned him up a bit. We got another great hand me down from my friend Ms. Kati....a train table. Sam loves it! He walks all around it. He enjoys moving back and forth between it and other pieces of furniture. Speaking of furniture, we have found that Sam can get off of the couch without help. Yikes...this kid is getting mighty brave.

Lions, Tigers, and Bears.......

Sam took another trip to the park with Aunt Jess. He had so much fun and got to try out a few new things.

All these kiddos (cousins) spent the night with Sam on Saturday!

This is where Sam spent the night on Saturday night(Mommy and Daddy's bed).....poor little guy was cutting another tooth.

Look at all those sleepy heads! :)

Walking around this coffee table is one of my new favorite things.

Posing for a quick picture before heading into church.

Sam got his 1st big boy toothbrush on Saturday. He loves getting his teeth brushed. He always wants to help...so we take turns. :) He'll have his 1st dentist appointment very soon. We'll take lots of pictures of that.

Mommy's turn :)

So big!
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On my way to the zoo!

Lions, Tigers and Bears....oh my! Sam had his 1st trip to the zoo on Saturday. My brother gave us some free passes. Sam loved it....Nick and I had a blast too. I never tire of strolling through the zoo. I always see something new each time I go. I think Sam really liked the panda bear and the polar bear. He was able to get very close to both of those animals. The muskrats really caught his attention too. We definitely will be going back soon.

We watched the polar bear for a long time. Sure wish you could have seen Sam's face every time it swam near him.....so sweet!

Elephants

Panda Bears

Monkeys

Sam liked all the fountains and water falls.

Taking a break in the farm area.

Those tigers are big!

Is that gorilla real? :)

Having so much fun!

10 1/2 Months!

Sam is 10 1/2 months old today. Wow, we are getting closer and closer to the one year mark! We took our first trip to the park on Monday....Mommy had the day off for MLK Day....poor Daddy had to go to work. Sam loves swinging. That's all we tried that day....the morning dew was still over everything. We'll have to visit again when the equipment is dry. Good thing I packed extra burp cloths...I had something to dry off Sam's swing.

Long Time No Post...10 Months Old

Happy New Year!!!! Sorry, I have tried posting pictures several times over the last month. For some reason, I couldn't get the pics to upload. Anyway, we had a wonderful Christmas break. It was nice and relaxing and great to see friends and family. We couldn't have asked for a better 1st Christmas for our little guy. Sam is 10 months old...well, almost 10 1/2 months old. He weighs 24-25 pounds and we still haven't gotten the ole measuring tape out for his length(bad parents...I know...busy bad parents). Over the past month, lots of new things have been happening around our house. Sam has cut 5 teeth...and is working on a few more. Poor little guy is getting them all at once! He got the bottom two first, and then started cutting one on top. Not a top front, Sam cut one on the side and then the top front cut. You have to see the up close pic below. He looks so funny when he smiles....funny, but sweet as ever. Sam also started crawling. He has been "army crawling" since he was about 4 1/2 months old, but he is now officially crawling. We thought he was going to skip crawling all together, but we were wrong. Sam also pulls up on furniture and is into everything. His new thing is standing up in his bed. This was mighty cute at first, but now he does it in the middle of the night and thinks it is time to play....not so cute at 2 am. :) Sam experienced his 1st snow last week. It was only a light dusting, but he thought is was cool. We are trying more and more table foods with Sam these days. He has taken well to this. He is great at letting us know when he has had enough of a certain food or if he just doesn't like it. Well, I have a ton of pics to post from Christmas Day, but the library is about to close. I promise to get those up really soon.

Clapping this morning.

Mommy and Sam after a bath.


Sweet guys. :)

Getting ready for bed.

Look at my new teeth. It's hard to see the 2 bottom ones in this pic.

Snow!

What is that on my pants?

This stuff is fun!

Look how big I look!