Baby goes to the Park

Well, it occurs to me as I'm picking a title, I must change it from Baby goes to the park, because Sam is only going to qualify as a Baby for a little while longer. He turns 1 in a week and a half. Yipes. Next thing I know he's going to be walking. He cruises pretty well, and goes up and down, but he's not inclined to walk, or hold my fingers while I walk him, when I try, he just bounces his legs on the ground. But he did discover a new form of motion today.
In the last couple weeks, he's gone to town eating all things wheat, and boy does he love him some bread! Now that he eats bread, he's a WHOLE lot easier to feed in public. Today we had Sam's first Picnic where he could eat some of the same foods as brother...though he only ate animal crackers. Once he saw them come out of the lunchpail, he just yelled about the other snacks I packed for him. He signs More, or rather, he claps once and holds his hands together. Sometimes he'll even say Mmmmm. So I think he's saying more. I can pack crackers, animal crackers, saltines, even Cheese Nips, and he's happy, and tonight at church the boy ate 2 rolls! More than big brother ate. However, once again we've had a bottom flare up. Though I'm not sure if it's because I started him on Blueberry yogurt on Monday, or because Daddy gave him pizza crust with sauce on the edges. Hope it's the tomato, because at least we knew about that one. A few more days will tell.

Meanwhile, Someone LOVES Spring, and his name is Samuel.

So to prove what a big boy we have, today we packed up and took a walk to the park.
Someone who loves Spring, didn't want to miss out on any part of the party the first half of the day had to offer. So since he didn't get a morning nap, he fell totally asleep on the way to the park. Happy St. Paddy's Day Baby!



When Big Brother got to Swing on the Big Boy swing, Little Brother had a little bit to say about that.



So we put Sam in the baby swing. He was shaking with JOY! He loved it.



He giggled like a madman. Every time I pushed, he'd giggle. He was having a most wonderful time.



He had so much fun in that swing, he could've stayed there all day.



All the kids loved the swing! My boys were so happy on the swingset, they really would stay there all day.



Emily pushed Chris, and the twins joined Sam in their first Swing session too.



Do. Re. Egon.



Eventually, big brother and Emily moved on, and though Sam didn't want to get out of the swing, he did discover he could lean forward.



But he didn't want to get out.



Someone is a springy sunshine boy.

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Sticky Fingers

This one is for Corie. :) She didn't make it to MOPS today, which was particularly sad since Kathleen and I both chose (independently of course) to put our kids in the clothes that she gave us. And of course, our babies looked absolutely adorable. Thanks Corie!



Of course, Sam does not live by Adorable alone. We brought the Julius babies' over for lunch, and parked them in their buckets in the living room. I think Sam has decided they are old enough to play. 8 months is enough for him! He was gently crawling around them in their buckets, stealing their toys to play with. Kristin did not appreciate Sam stealing her shaky butterfly. She didn't appreciate Fina or Angel much either. But Sam loves the animals enough for everyone. He really ought to not steal toys from his girlfriends while they are playing with them though.

Another Big Day

OK, today was another big day for Sam's. First, we took him for baby's first public haircut. By New Years', some of Sam's hair was Out of Control, so we trimmed at home. Seems the boy's hair grows fast, because it was in his eyes, over his ears, and forming another fabulously fashionable tail. This time, Off to Cookie Cutters we went. Sam was a champ. He did keep trying to Dive forward (ironically just like brother was doing in the chair next to him) as the gal buzzed the back. But Boy did he come out looking like a Big Boy!



And then we went to lunch with his girlfriends the Julius girls. And Sam ate his weight in sourdough bread. Boy loves him some Bread. While last week, he enjoyed real bread and saltines, this week we tried cottage cheese. Yesterday as I was feeding him breakfast he started clapping and yelling for my bagels. Little mini-strawberry bagels. I had given him bites before it even occurred to me it was strawberry until later, and that he hadn't had strawberries yet. Though really, I thought, how much real strawberry is in a mini-bagel. Enough apparently, because during his diaper change at lunch, I found some redness and splotchiness. THIS is why we've taken forever in introducing new foods' to Sam. Because now we've discovered Sensitivities to large quantities of Tomato (like spaghettios) and now Strawberries.

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Sam says Hi

We've been joking that Sam says Hi, for a while. But this morning, he was flapping his hand in a wave. I laughed at him and said HI. He smiled at me, and said Hi back. Then he had fun waving at himself.



So much fun he held on to his own hand. Thinking this may just be a fluke, I've been practicing with him all day. Nope, he says HI and waves HI! Genius!!



In other news,

He gave me a scare yesterday (well, Wednesday night/Thurs morning) when he wouldn't nurse. He nursed fine at our friend Amy's house, but then when we got home instead of his normal bedtime 'snack', he kept rolling around. I thought he'd wake sometime soon to nurse, but he didn't. He woke up at 2:30 fighting nursing and barely awake the whole time. It really scared me when he was up at 6 yesterday and still turning away from me. Finally, after he'd been up for an hour and a half, he nursed. Well. But it spooked me. I thought something might've been wrong with him. Then he nursed fine for the rest of the day.
I thought he might've been teething, that last bottom incisor has popped through then disappeared all week long. I could see it but not feel it.
Now, today I can comfortably say the elusive Tooth #8 has broken through,
And we have the stomach flu.

Sam has puked twice today, but seems to be nursing ok now....so far. His saying HI and waving was the joyous start to the day before he got sick.

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