Crawling (still not yet!)

Here's some video of how we practice.  Well, not really.  Usually I just let Sam do his thing but he's so close that I'm becoming a little impatient! :-) 

Sorry the video is so dark.  It's so hot out that I keep the curtains closed to help keep out all the heat.  Also, please ignore Sam's 1st St. Patrick's Day bib.
**We miss you, J (Daddy!).  2 more sleeps! (well, 3 for Sam)

Ahhh...the weekend.

Even though I'm home all day with Sam during the week, I find myself impatient for the weekend when the 3 of us get to hang out together even if it's just running errands.

Saturday, we headed to the Farmer's Market.  It was a beautiful day.  Hot, but still pretty.  We didn't spend too much at the market b/c Sam has decided he hates the stroller and Ergo and he's just too heavy to carry around.

Before we headed back to the park, we stopped to take some pictures.  Please ignore Sam's hair.  He seems to have a bad hair day every day.  (Kinda like his momma.)

**J is very close to Sam (out of shot) so there was no danger of Sam falling in the water.

In this shot, I am crouched down behind Sam and holding him to make sure he doesn't fall.

Posing with the Army seal in honor of GP.

I look at this pic and can't even believe how big Sam is!  How was this boy only 5lb 14oz at birth?!?

8 months old

Whew!  These last couple of months have seemed to fly by. 

Age: 8 months

Weight:  24lbs and 9.5oz (we had a follow up appt today so we were able to get his weight)

Length: Not sure but around 31 inches.

Size:  Currently wearing 18 month clothes.

Teeth:  2 bottom, front teeth so far

Sleeping:   Still like crap and worse. (waking 2-3 times during the night to eat.)  He also does 2 naps during the day.

Eating:  Sam is trying new foods and some table foods.  He really enjoys pickles and has tried tomatoes and pancakes.  Sam loves mum-mums and yogurt melts but has difficulty committing to swallowing any puffs and gags when you put them in his mouth.

Movement:  No crawling yet but there's lots of rolling and Sam can support himself up on his hands and knees!

Milestones:  2nd tooth and starting to eat finger foods. Still laughing a ton and starting to babble just a little.

Favorite Toys:  We got Sam some rubber blocks that he likes to nom on.  He also likes to play with foam letters and numbers.  However, Sam's favorite toys seem to be the things that are not toys.  Like a water bottle or a plastic container or the lid to the container.  He's so funny.  Sam also really likes to swim!

Dislikes:  Sleeping. Still.  OMG.  He also doesn't like when anyone except mom and dad hold him and screams his freakin' head off.  He hates loud noises and will cry if he's startled by them.  And he hates putting his arms through sleeves and doesn't like things on his head.  Strange boy.

Happy 4th of July!

From our family to yours!  <3

Crawling (not yet!)

Sam is getting stronger and stronger.  He can hold himself up now but only for maybe 30 seconds.  Then he falls to the side or collapses onto his belly.

And he's up and drooling:

The arms are weakening:

And he's down:

But he's okay!

New toy

J and Sam got up early on Saturday and hit the farmer's market and then stopped at a garage sale on the way home.  J picked up a little riding toy for Sam.

After cleaning it, Sam tried it out and seemed to like it!

So, funny story about these pictures.  J is obsessed with the background in my pics.  I could care less if the messy house is in the background but J is holding a blanket up behind Sam.  He was not amused when he saw the stools peeking out on the side and also that there is baby food on the blanket.  :-)  I took more pics after J adjusted the blanket but am posting these just to irritate him.  <3


Today we headed to TRU to try out their riding toys.  I think this is the one we'll be getting Sam.

All I can say is OMG. **Warning** - Pic of POOP in this entry (seriously)

So, here's how it all started.  Sam has been very cranky.  VERY CRANKY.  Like he cries a lot and screams a lot.  He has an ear infection so that's part of the reason and he's teething.  I also noticed a couple of nights ago that he seemed crampy.  Like maybe backed up.  He's been passing a lot of gas but there hasn't been much poop. 

Here's my first mistake.  Instead of just letting Sam work it out on his own, I fed him a container of prunes with his oatmeal this morning.  THEN there was something that involved a q-tip, vaseline and well...I'm not going to discuss the rest b/c Sam will read this in the future and it's somewhat embarrassing.

My second mistake was getting ALL caught up in a blog I was reading about how to make strawberry cupcakes.  The pics were amazing and I was trying to decide if I was brave enough to try to make them from all the ingredients.  Sam was giving me a few minutes of peace after screaming all morning and I was trying to take advantage of that and the fact that he didn't want me to hold him.

Third mistake is that there was some serious grunting going on that I ignored and I knew he was probably pooping but I never expected what I got.

Suddenly I heard Sam giggling and I looked down and he was just laying there smiling at me.  I thought "oh, look at how cute he is when he smiles."  Then I saw it.  OMG.  OMG.  OMG.

This:

Can you see all the poop?  I know you're saying "what do you mean, can I see all the poop?  There's a ton of it, Sandra."

Um, yeah.  So I jump up and just keep saying "holy sh*t" over and over again.  Then of course I have to grab the camera and take a pic b/c I will hold this over Sam until the day he buries me.  I mean, seriously?  It's all down his legs and you can't see that it is all up the right side of his body as well as all over the blanket, carpet and boppy and even some of his toys!

So, after the pic, I run into the bathroom and quick fill Sam's bathtub up with soapy water.  Then I run back and grab Sam and take him into the bathroom.  This is where I got all flustered.  Do I just dunk him in the tub?  But then what about the poop in the diaper?  So I run into the bedroom where the changing table is but I don't want to set him on the pad b/c of all the poop.  So I'm just holding Sam like he's radioactive and saying "holy shit" again.  Then I just say screw it and lay him on the pad to take his onesie off but I can't figure out how to get it off without getting poo on his face.

Genius idea!  I pick up Sam and run into the kitchen and get the scissors and then run back to the changing table.  I cut the onesie off of him (I loved that onesie, BTW!) and then proceed to clean the poop out of the diaper and off his body as much as possible.  There was A LOT of POOP! 

I put the onesie, diaper and wipes in a bag which promptly fell off the dresser and onto my foot and then the floor.  So now, Sam is covered in poop, the changing table is covered in poop, the floor is covered in poop, my hands are covered in poop and my foot is covered in poop.  You get the idea, right?

Then I give Sam a bath.


You can tell he feels REAL bad about what he did.


Next was cleaning up the mess.  Of course, the blue blanket got thrown away.  I took the boppy cover off and rinsed it in the toilet (um, I almost vomited) and washed it. 

This is what Sam was doing as I was scrubbing poop off the carpet.

That's my story!  Anyone else have a pooptastic day?  Anyone?  No?   :-)

**Someone, and by someone I mean J, should buy me some freakin' strawberry cupcakes for what I did today!**