8 Months Today

8 months old... really? Why does this first year go by in the blink of an eye? Bringing you home from the hospital and middle of the night feedings feel like yesterday. You were very busy your 7th month of life. You went from sitting up unassisted to crawling in a matter of weeks. You finally transitioned from your bassinet to your crib. You got your first tooth on the 23rd of December- bottom left- just like Sam! You are changing so fast I can barely keep up.

Calm, determined, fearless, silly, content... all words we use to describe you so far. You love to go to the park with Sam and just sit in your stroller and watch the world go by. You more interested in laughing with me then eating your solid foods. You hardly ever cry but when you do it is with such intensity something really has to be wrong. You love to be tickled and you are in love with Sams' Elmo pillow!

Sponge

Our lives just went from busy to busier since Harper started crawling on December 28th. She went from kind of crawling to really crawling in a matter of days. She is all over the place and is fearless and determined. Sam has always been very cautious so this is new for us! Sam is so excited the more and more she is interacting with him and playing. He is slowly but surely getting the idea of sharing. We are working on it.

Sam is talking so much and comes up with the cutest things. He is, as my father says, an absorbent sponge and is learning so much at such an incredible rate. He is silly and loving and such a good boy. He is a wonderful big brother and they two of them are so silly together. Our house is filled with laughter and chaos and I love every second of it.

I will post more pictures once things calm down a bit- if they ever do!

New Camera

I have just started to play around with our new Nikon D90 and I love it. Between that and my new MacBook I have a lot to learn which I love. I signed up at our local art school for a 3 hour workshop specific to my D90 so I can learn all that it can do. We went down to Park Avenue today so I thought I would try the camera out. Here are some of the pictures we took:

Playground Magazine

My friend Amy just e-mailed me and asked me if I saw Sams' picture in an Amy Smith ad in a local magazine.

NO!!

I went to the website and downloaded the current issue and there he was! She included his picture from our most recent session that we used for our Christmas cards. How neat... I will be scouring the town for copies of this magazine tonight!!

Check out our cutie on page 4 here!

Laughing

Laughing, originally uploaded by Sam&Harper.

Music Man

DSC_0061, originally uploaded by Sam&Harper.

New Robe

I have decided living with a 2 year consists of a lot of drama- at least in our house it does. When Sam gets out of the bath every day he is FREEZING- teeth chattering, begging to be covered with blankets. My mom and dad ordered him a monogrammed bath robe for Christmas so he could keep warm after his bath. He loves it. I didn't post the pictures of him lifting up the robe like a skirt and cracking up!! He is quite a character...

Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas day with my parents. Russ fried a turkey for us which was delicious. Sam was so excited and could not believe his eyes when he saw what Santa had left. He was wound up all day! Harper got into the spirit enjoying her new toys. Sams' big gift from Santa was a wooden fire station which he loved. Santa was also pretty good to me. I got the Nikon camera I have had my eye on. What fun starting Christmas traditions with our kids.