Happy Father's Day! Part 1

First, I want to wish my dad a very, very Happy Father's Day!  I know he's relaxing at the cabin this weekend so I'm hoping the weather clears up for you, Dad!

And here are some pics that I know he'd love for me to put out there on the interweb.  :-)  Thanks for being so great and working so hard for us.  Love you!

Seriously...my dad is too cool for school.

J and I both had to examine this pic to make sure it was Dad.  He looks so different!  Oh and yes, that is me.

And a peek at Sam's gift to his GP:

Picture Perfect Neighborhood

I love the neighborhood we live in.  Makes living in our tiny apartment so worth it.  Today Sam and I went for a walk and stopped to take some pictures.

**Christie, if you're reading this, make sure to take notes b/c this is exactly what I want except better and prettier and with all 3 of us. :-)**

Makes me wish I had a better camera.  Oh and that I had the skillz of a real photographer.  I just put Sam in the same pose in every single picture.  Classy!

Anyway...there are so many perfect picture spots but we only visited a few.

Morning cartoons

This is how Sam prefers to watch Super Why in the morning.

"Super Readers!  To The Rescue!"

Once again, please ignore the non-matching pajamas.   What can I say?  That's how we roll!

Anybody not eating their pickle? (And 7 month stats)

Cause Sam's not sharing his:

 Age: 7 months

Weight:  Around 23 lbs

Length: not sure

Size:  Wearing 12 month clothes now but growing out of those.  Can wear some 18mo clothes.

Teeth:  We got our first tooth last Saturday!  I can feel a 2nd tooth through the gum so that one should be here soon.

Sleeping:   Like crap.

Eating:  Sam is very picky about what he'll eat and not eat.  Some days he likes apples and other days he gags everytime I give him a spoonful.  Still won't do peas or peaches.

Movement:  Still rolling over and can lift his butt in the air with his legs while laying on his belly.  (can you picture that?)  If only he could lift his upper body while lifting his butt and then we'd be closer to crawling on all fours.

Milestones:  One new tooth.  Sitting unassisted.

Favorite Toys:  He loves this VTech toy that my parents got him.  It's like the dashboard of the car with a steering wheel and plays music and has a horn. 

Dislikes:  Sleeping.

Strawberry picking

Another beautiful day = another family outing.  This time we headed to the strawberry farm.

You should know that J and I aren't the best strawberry pickers.  We left after picking a whole $1.82 worth of strawberries.  (In my defense, I had just bought 2 containers of strawberries the day before at the grocery store.)

77 degrees (pic heavy)

When the temperature is 77 degrees, there are only a few things I want to be doing.  All of them involve hanging with my boys.

Swinging is a must:

And then there's the slide:

...which we're not quite into yet:

Of course, pretending to be Superman is always fun:

There are the pics I always make everyone pose for b/c I HAVE to capture these moments, right?

And then there are moments when we need to kick off our shoes and lay in the grass:

I watch J feed Sam his afternoon snack:

And lay back and stare up into the trees and make lots of wishes for every day to be 77 degrees:

Baltimore with Harmony and GP

Our trip was shorter than planned b/c Sam had difficulty adjusting but I think Sam still managed to get in some quality time with H and GP.

Watching cartoons with Harmony:

Playing with new toys with GP:

Reading before bed:

 Getting "walked" to sleep:

Enjoying the fountain at the mall:

Thanks for a great visit, Mom and Dad!  I promise we'll be back soon.

<3