Happy Birthday To You!

We want to wish our good friend Amy a happy birthday! Have a great day and enjoy spending some time with your family:)

WOW!

So Sams' favorite word is WOW. Driving in the car all we hear from the backseat is WOW,WOW,WOW. We live near an executive airport and every plane that flies over gets a WOW and a point from our little guy. Russ had the idea to take him down to the airport to get close up to the airplane's. This was a huge hit and I have a feeling we will be spending quite a bit of time down there. Check out some pictures and the one with his mouth wide open is Sam in mid WOW.


Our little dancing man....

My Not So Itsy Bitsy Spider

Trick or treating started out rough as you can tell from the 1st photo. Sam was not too sure about the whole costume idea. He quickly recovered and did enjoy going door to door to see some of the neighbors. He looked so cute in his costume...

Sam Loves to Help me Clean

A couple of weeks ago we noticed Sam wiping up spills and cleaning the windows. Great... I knew someone would help me with housework one day (sorry Russ!). I bought him a toddler sized "housekeeping set" which he can't put down. He carries the broom around and sweeps all day. The other day he dropped some crackers and went straight for the broom to clean it up. This morning he wouldn't let go of the broom when he was eating breakfast. He held that broom for 25 minutes while he enjoyed his food.

Science Center

Russ and I took Sam to the science center this past weekend. Sam really enjoyed it and made it clear he did not want to leave. We bribed him out with an apple... it always does the trick! He kept calling the turtles "ugs"(bugs) and his favorite book is Ten Little Ladybugs so it made sense. Those turtles did look like the ladybugs in the book!

For Amy

My friend Amy requested that I post some pictures of Sam from last year at the pumpkin patch when he was only 3 months old. Look at my little baby... where did he go? Now he is such a big boy. Good thing we have another one on the way! Look at the change:

Picking Out a Pumpkin

12 weeks

I tend to be a little old fashioned and wait to tell everyone I am pregnant until 12 weeks. Well, I am pregnant... 12 weeks tomorrow! We are VERY excited. I had my check up today and everything looks good. They did an ultrasound and I was amazed at the baby's development. I could see arms, legs and tiny ears. No wonder I have been feeling so exhausted. Compared to my picture of our "jellybean" at 7 weeks there was so much growth. I am due May 17th.
In case anyone was wondering: it is possible to live on a row of crackers a day and Gatorade for 6 weeks straight.
I was explainig to a friend I am so much more emotional about everything this time. When we saw Sams' heartbeat on an ultrasound I was amazed and this time I cried instantly. I have the experience of mothering Sam to attach to this pregnancy. I know the love I have for our child. Before Sam I could not imagine it. Now I can and I can't wait to do it again.