Another budget-friendly purchase

I told J that I wanted some type of climbing toy for Sam to keep inside during the winter so that he has something to climb out when it's too cold to go outside.

He started looking during the summer and stayed patient when he didn't find anything that wasn't perfect and at the perfect price point.

Then, there it was on CraigsList. 

Sam's new car

Well, J is at it again.  He might need a support group.  He itches for a great deal.  He searches and searches and finds such great steals.  I can't complain b/c he keeps us within budget and finds great toys for Sam.

Sam's new car was just $3!!!  Amazing, I tell ya.

Sam loved it.

Checking things out.

This one is right before he decided to taste the steering wheel:

More walking pics

I think this one might be one of my favorites:

He's still just a little unsteady sometimes:

Sam's first visit with a horse

We went to the farm yesterday to celebrate Aunt KC's birthday and Sam got to visit with one of the horses before dinner.

Bike riding in the Village

J came home from work today and asked if we wanted to go for a ride.  Um...YES! 

J pulled Sam in the trailer at first but the trailer attachment thingy kept rubbing on J's tire so I got to have the trailer attached to my bike!  It's so awesome b/c you don't feel like you're pulling anything at all.

Yes, that's Sam slumped over in his seat.  I think he was dozing but the helmet covers his face so I couldn't really tell.  Everytime I look at Sam with his helmet on, I laugh.  Poor kid with the ginormous head.  His helmet is for a 3 year old. :-)

The cuteness that is J

So, normally my posts are about Sam but I think my next couple of posts are going to be about J b/c he's been especially cute/funny lately.

This morning, J took Sam out of the house so that I could sleep in (thank you, J!) and I slept until 11AM!
The boys were gone until 2PM.  They'd been out all over including to Grammy and Grandpa Shap's and to a couple of grocery stores.

The funny/cute part is what Sam was wearing the ENTIRE day:

Yup.  That's Sam still in his PJs.  J said that he had matching socks on but somehow Sam managed to get one of his socks off and J couldn't find it so he just put a different one on the other foot.  Ha!  Too funny.  I can only imagine what people thought at the grocery store.  I'm sure Sam and J's adorable smiles provided a distraction from the PJs and mismatched socks. 

 I took this pic of the diaper bag to show that inside are a pair of jeans and a shirt.  I guess that's just for emergencies.  :-)

I heart my boys!

The cuteness that is Sam

Sam is extra cute lately.  I mean, he's starting to develop such a personality and he's way fun to play with.  He's learned to clap so that's really cute. 

Most of all, Sam learning to walk is by far, the cutest thing EVER.  I don't think I'll ever get tired of taking pictures and/or video of him walking.  You may get tired of looking at them though.  :-)



Walking the bleachers at Cousin Logan's football game.





Getting snacks from Aunt KC



And here's some video of my cutie. (I'm not sure what I did to make it sideways.  I definitely don't know how to fix it. Still cute though.)

Sam's first haircut

I wanted Sam to grow his hair out b/c I'm convinced that the longer it gets, the curlier it will get.  J was not digging Sam's crazy hair right now and was firm on the need for his first haircut.

So, off we went.  If I hadn't been so distracted on trying to keep Sam distracted, I may have cried.  I held it together and so did Sam for the majority of the haircut.

We picked the mini cooper to sit in b/c it's my mom's (Harmony) favorite car!

Sitting still, watching Elmo  (that didn't last long)

Certificate, hair, and picture



Happy times after the haircut is over



Let's Go Cowboys??

J is making sure that Sam is rooting for his team.  Ew!

Let's go GIANTS!!!  I see that I have some shopping to do.  :-)

Looking out at the horses with Grandpa Shap.

This is how Sam prefers to hold his toys.

I want to ride my bicycle. BICYCLE! BICYCLE!

Do you know that song?  I can't get it out of my head now.  If I could figure out how to add music to my blog posts, I'd play that song for this one.

J has been searching all summer for a great deal on a bike trailer so that he can take Sam on a bike ride.  He finally found an awesome one on CraigsList.  (We love CraigsList!)

So we took the trailer to the farm to try it out.  Sam seemed to like the ride.  The helmet was a different story though.

**Mom, I know Sam doesn't have socks on and that he should.**

"Get this thing off!"

It started to rain, but luckily we have a rain shield!

Chillin'

Walk this way!

Sam took his first unassisted steps today (September 18th) and we got it on video!

**I turned the sound off on the video.**

I'm thinking it's time for a haircut

::shooting daggers at J for giving his son HIS crazy hair::

Another photo shoot in the neighborhood

We went outside to practice more walking and also to take some more pics.  Sam loves the fountain and on this trip he just kept walking around and around the fountain.