Sam's 1st Birthday Party

Making cards to thank the people for coming to my party

Finger painting the decorations for my party

The cupcakes and cake Mommy and Aunt Tori work so hard on.

Opening presents is so much fun!

Mommy and Daddy had to help me blow out the candle

That cake sure was good!

My Best Buddy Silas

I had to take his hat off.

Then he took mine off

I love playing with basketballs

Balloons!

Aren't I cute!

Sam is 10 months old

My baby is 10 months old! It has gone so fast. He is such a joy. I love just watching him play and discover new things about his world. Here are a few of Sam's favorite things.

Sam loves to stand and is getting braver at taking steps inbetween things.

He now has four teeth. Two on bottom and four on top.

Some of Sam's first steps (Yes he is starting to walk)

He LOVES to eat, especially when he gets to do it himself.

Sam has learned to say "please" when he wants something especially food. It has made life a lot less whiny.

Sam has figured out he can crawl under things.

He loves remotes and cell phones

Grandpa curl

He is a sweaty boy when he falls asleep in his car seat.

Sam likes to figure out how he can fit things into other things.

Christmas Pictures

Decorating the Christmas Tree

Christmas at the Truesdale's

Christmas Morning with Mommy and Daddy

Christmas at the Ledyard's

Busy Week

Adam has something every night this week. This made the week incredible long. I was in desprate need of some adult time and a little time to myself. I did get 45 min to go get lunch, frozen pizzas for dinner, food for Sam, and a movie for the night and I got to do it all by myself.

Sam missed his daddy but we did get to go see him at the many games. Sam loves to steal Adam's hat and chew on it. All that chewing helped Sam's first tooth poke through. That's right we have a tooth. I can't quite get a picture of it yet, but I am working on it.

Still not crawling yet, but I am starting to think that he is going to just skip crawling and go right to walking. He is constantly pulling himself up on what ever is close. He even pushed Silas over and tried to pull himself up on him. Silas didn't seem to mind too much.

Well Tarah is offically full term (37 weeks) so we are waiting paitently to meet our new addition and find out what her name will be. I am excited to see how Sam will be with a baby around.

The cuttiest baby bumblebee in the world!

Sam is seven months old!

It is hard to believe Sam is seven months old!

He is not quite crawling, as you will see in the video he gets up on his knees and rocks.

He is teething, which is why I think we are getting more of these fits than I would like.

He is eating three meals of solid baby food a day.

He loves his Johnny-Jump-Up.

He is a mommy's boy especially at bed time.

He is finally fitting into size 6-9 months.

And he still makes us laugh and smile everyday.

Sam frowed a fit
Sorry it is side ways. I was able to flip it in my kodak program, but it did not translate here.

Almost crawling

The GREATEST sound in the world.

Helping Mommy with laundry.

Ledyard Update

Sorry I am not very good at this blogging thing, but I really am going to try and get at least one post a week up. I can't believe how fast my boy is growing up. He is such a joy! He is sitting up all by himself now. It is so great to be able to put him on the floor with a couple of toys and have him entertain himself. His favorite thing right now is his Johnny-Jump-Up. He will jump for a half hour at a time. Check out the video. He is also a big talker now. After a couple months of Adam and I saying "mama" and "dada" he has finally caught on and says "dada" for everything now. It is really cute, but as mama I am trying to get him to say "mama" too.

For those of you that don't know I am not teaching any more. I am staying home with Sam and babysitting. I watch Silas 3 or 4 days a week. Silas is 3 weeks and one day younger than Sam so it is like having twins. I get asked that everytime I have them out together. It has been really fun and I don't miss teaching at all. It is an incredible joy to be a mom and getting to stay home. I am so greatfull that we have been able to make it work. I am trying to find another child to watch so if you know of anyone who is look for a babysitter let me know.

Enjoy the pictures and videos.

Silas and Samson Best Friends in the Making

Sam sitting in the rocking chair Grandma and Grandpa Ledyard gave him.

Samson sitting all by himself

Look at those Big Beautiful Blue Eyes

What a difference a couple of months makes