Car trips are for the birds.

Our drive to Cleveland was pretty eventful.  Sam cried a lot.  He vomited in his carseat which took forever to clean.  Dora the Explorer played loudly in the car enabled Sam to finally fall asleep.  Whew!  Needless to say, no pictures were taken on the way to Ohio.

However, Sam slept all the way home and only woke up to eat during our stops. 

Here he is hanging out on the grass:

Hmmm...what is this green stuff?

Mommy, this does NOT taste good.

Hanging out of the sunroof at another stop:

Oh Me-E, Oh My-O, Oh Cleveland, Ohio!

This past weekend, the fam traveled to Cleveland, Ohio to celebrate the life of Sam's Aunt K-dog's father who passed away at the end of July.

The church was beautiful, the service was touching and we were glad that our family was able to be there.

After the service, Sam and his cousins, Alyssa and Eli, had an opportunity to hang out and play. 

Sam LOVED pool time with Alyssa.

Hanging with Uncle D:

Playing Peek-A-Boo with Al:

And laughing it up with E and Al:

Love you, Denver Shaps!

What my morning was like...

::sigh::

"I'm stuck!"



"Stop taking pictures and help me!!!"



Mobile Sam = Exhausted Mommy

Now that Sam is on the move, he is not really interested in the many toys that we have gone to the trouble of buying/finding for him.  Instead he prefers to climb up anything and everything he can reach.  He puts cords, cameras, phones, remotes, flip flops and anything else that isn't a toy into his mouth.

He climbs up the tv stand, couch, laundry basket, stools, wall, bed...you get the picture. 

Here he is when I left him sitting on his mat on the floor to go into the kitchen and make some formula:

"Hmmm...this is a nice looking frame.  I think I'll put this in my mouth."


This is where he was when I turned my back to finish some ironing:

Looking for toys that I've hidden in the closet.

So I've removed all the frames off the tv stand, put shoes away, cords are out of reach, and J and I have talked about how the larger pieces of furniture need to be secured to the wall so that they don't fall on Sam when he inevitably climbs them. 

I.am.exhausted.  Who would've thought I could get more tired? 


Bath time fun with Daddy!

These are just a few pics and a video that J took when giving Sam a bath.  They have too much fun!

Working on another milestone.

We've been working with Sam on holding his own bottle.  This one is especially important to me b/c it gives me a little break!

Sam's struggling just a bit.

Here he just flat out refuses to hold it and cries until we help him:

Here...well...we're still working on it.

We had some success here!  Please ignore the belly shirt.  It's just a tad small for him.

Talking to Harmony

My mom calls and always wants to say hi to Sam.  He likes it.  :-)