100th Blog!

Today I am posting for the 100th time! Sam is 5 months old. We have had a good morning so far. He woke up around 7:30 and we played for a little bit before heading downstairs for breakfast. Sam is so cute and playful when he first wakes up. I sing the good morning song to him and just smiles and laughs at me. He had rice cereal and applesauce for breakfast. We are going to try oatmeal cereal when this box runs out. After reading a few books and singing a few songs, we headed to Old Navy. I wanted to see if I could catch some deals on clothes for Sam. I headed straight for the sale rack and practically the whole thing was girl clothes. Then we went to this used children's shop to look at clothes. I found a few cute outfits, but I couldn't see paying as much as they were asking for used stuff. So no new clothes for Sam today. We'll try again another day. He is quickly out growing everything! I never believed people when they said kids grow up fast.....I completely understand now.

Fun Day

This morning, Sam and I headed to the NICU at St. Francis Hospital in Bartlett. We saw lots of familiar faces. They could not believe how much Samuel had grown. They told me to mark my calendar for the NICU reunion in the spring. They are planning a carnival with clowns and such. Fun, huh! Sam will be about a year old by then. After catching up with everyone at the hospital, we headed to St. Francis School. I saw lots of friends there and they too gooed and gawed over Sam. It was so nice to see them. Just as we were fixing to leave, Sam had a major poopie diaper. Seriously, it was the biggest I've seen him do. It took 8 wipes to clean him up! Well, I didn't want to leave that in a trash can at school, so I took it with me. I put it in the back of the Pilot and headed home. Well when I got in the car to come to the library this afternoon.....some 7 hours later....my car smelled horrible. I had totally forgotten about that diaper in the back. It had been baking in there all afternoon. Yuck! I don't think I'll ever do that again. :)

I put Sam on the scale with me and he now weighs 17 pounds and 6 ounces. He eats solids twice a day.....usually 3-4 tablespoons of cereal, veggies, and fruit. He drinks 4-5 bottles a day...usually 5 ounces with his solids and 6-8 ounces the other times. Today he drank 3 ounces of milk from his sippie cup. The doc said it was fine to replace one bottle per day with a sippie cup drink of milk. I have noticed that Sam's gums are swollen on the bottom left. No signs of a pearly white yet. The past couple of nights, Sam has been moving around a lot in his bed. We will put him down on one side and he will soon scoot or roll to the other side. Last night, he belly scooted and did a complete 180 degree turn! I don't think I'm quite ready for Sam to be mobile yet. Our little guy will be 5 months old in 2 days. Nick and I are really enjoying parenthood.

More Pics

Playing the piano at Grandmother's house.

Showing Granddad Willett how to play patty cake. :)

Taking a sip from Mommy's cup.

All tuckered out after playing on my floor gym.

Welcome home Grandmother and Granddad Willett! Do you think I grew while you were gone?

My 1st sippy cup!

1st drink from a sippy cup....what a big boy!

We had a nice relaxing week. On Thursday afternoon, Sam experienced his 2nd tornado warning! We took cover under the stairs in our laundry room for about an hour and a half. He did fine. Although he did begin to fuss when he started getting hot. I had him strapped in his car seat and surrounded by pillows and blankets. We received no damage....although there was significant damage to the Wolfchase area about 8 miles up the road. Very scary afternoon. As you can see from the pics, Sam has tried out a sippy cup this week. He seems to like it. I have been letting him drink about an ounce from it a day. He will drink from a regular cup too. That makes me nervous with Sam's ever moving arms. He will turn 5 months old this Thursday! Big big boy.

Getting Close to 5 Months Old

Just about a week and a half away from turning 5 months old. Wow, time sure does fly. Sam is changing more and more with each passing day. He seems to do something new all the time. He is really drooling a lot lately. We almost have to keep a bib on him all the time to catch the spit. I don't see any teeth breaking through yet. He likes to chew on his burp cloth or his bib. It must feel good on his gums. We have been putting Sam in his jumperoo this past week. His feet don't quite touch the ground yet. He likes looking at all the toys on it. We weighed Sam the other day and he has reached 17 pounds. He is still only 24 inches long. We can tell that his feet are starting to get bigger. We will soon be graduating to size 3 diapers. Sam has now had all of the stage 1 fruits and vegetables. He is doing great! :)

Just Pics

Aunt Meecy and Sam

Taking a walk with Mommy, Daddy, Georgia, and Yankee.

Looking up at my monkey friends.

Sleeping in....we got Sam up one morning and he wasn't quite ready for breakfast.

Daddy feeding Sam breakfast.

I'm a great eater.....barely got anything on my bib this time.

Staring at my friend Ms. Laine.

Hi Aunt Debbie!

This is my doggie, Yankee.

Hi puppy dog!

Sweet angel face.

Getting mighty brave....

Getting better and better at pushing up.....you should see my abs! :)

4 1/2 Months Old

Sam is 16 pounds and 5 ounces. He is 24 inches long. What a big growing boy! This afternoon Nick got off work early and we went to see the new Harry Potter movie. Sam did pretty good. We did have to give him a bottle half way into the show. He was a little noisy while he was sleeping...but I don't think anyone noticed except Nick and I. Sam is a pro at eating veggies now. So far he has tried sweet potatoes, squash, carrots, and sweet peas. He doesn't seem to like carrots too much. He will eat them, but he seems to enjoy all the others better. We have one more stage 1 veggie to try before moving onto fruits. Sam's new thing this past week is getting his giggle box turned over. The first time he did it, I was singing a funny song to him and he just couldn't stop laughing. The next day Nick got him going when they were playing on his floor gym. I got that time on video....it's too cute for words. Sam has really starting holding his head up higher and is starting to push his chest up. This is a new thing, so he only does it for a moment and then gets mad. We'll keep practicing. He loves his floor gym...it has a hanging penguin and gator. Sam boxes at the two of those when playing on his back. I got a few pictures of it...he really does look like he's boxing. We are having so much fun this summer. It's hard to believe we are coming to the end of another summer. Please keep me in your prayers. I have had several interviews and am waiting to hear if I will have a teaching position in the fall or not. Nick and I have put our trust in God.

Sleeping beauty. :)

Sam boxing the animals on his floor gym.

Daddy and Sam chilling on Sunday.

Georgia and Yankee love Sam's new floor mat.

I'm done playing Mommy!

Sam has rediscovered his swing this week. He looks like he's having fun...doesn't he!

No more carrots Mommy! (You should have seen me after Sam spit carrots all over the place.)

Can you tell how big I am getting!

Hanging out with Daddy.

Sam and his new friend.....Georgia :)

I love sweet peas!

Sam at his 1st movie...Harry Potter. :)

Yummy Sweet Potatoes!

Going to work with Daddy...while Mommy was at an interview.

Happy baby boy!

Sweet little Sam

Am I cute or what!

Sam had sweet potatoes for the 1st time on Monday. He seemed to like them a lot...he was smacking his lips the whole time. He was even fussing in between bites because I guess I wasn't getting those bites to his mouth fast enough. :) Tomorrow we will start Sam on squash...we'll see how he likes those. We weighed our little guy yesterday....he is about 15 pounds and 11 ounces. His weight seems to be leveling out.....but who knows, he could have another growth spurt over the weekend. We are taking him to get his 4 month pictures done tomorrow. Hopefully we will get one or two cute ones. :)