East Coast Cousins

Sam's cousin Luke and his parents (Tom & Alysha) visited us from Brooklyn for the day. It's always fun to have family around!

Our Starving Son

We thought this was hilarious, we were able to capture Sam going from happy baby to starving in no time flat!

Where's my food?

Blankie Love

Sam has found a new love for his tabbie blankie that his mom made just for him, although he may not be using it in the way she intended it to be used.

Random Samness

We thought these pictures were cool, so we decided to post them. Enjoy!

Sam snuggling on daddy, melts his heart!

After a long day of feeding and napping.

While cleaning out the basement we thought it would be fun for Sam to model a hat daddy bought in Vietnam.

Mom was keeping Sam busy while folding the laundry, but Sam had other ideas of how to use dad's socks.

Happy 4 Months Sam!

July 8, 2007 Sam turned 4 months! We celebrated his big day after church by going for a walk around the neighborhood. Right before our walk Sam and I posed by our new door daddy painted, hung and slaved over after my little mishap 3 weeks ago.

Sam celebrates Independence Day 2007

Sam experienced his first "fun" holiday on July 4th. He got all spiffied up in a patriotic outfit courtesy of his Great Aunt Kathy. We spent the evening with a slew of friends at a barbecue. Unfortunately, weather precluded us from staying outside too long, but we did get to eat some great hamburgers and watermelon.

Bedtime!

I wish I could sleep like this kid! Sam has continued to fall asleep just about anywhere. From the bouncer to the play mat to the boppy, if sleep calls he will listen.

Getting ready for bedtime, daddy has some fun with his pajamas.

Asleep on the Baby Einstein play mat. We thought it was so cute he still had the rings in his hand.

Asleep on mommy in the rocking chair. Mommy's Little Firecracker wasn't cracking too much then.

A momentous occasion in feats of sleep. It was our goal that before Sam turned four months he would sleep in his crib in his very own room. We wanted to put away the co-sleeper and the night light in the worst kind of way. July 1st was that day. Sam went down in his crib and slept soundly through the night. Of course mommy was up every half hour to check on him. The quality of sleep we got was much better without the dreaded night light, but the quantity was way down. Needless to say we all lived through it, and Sam is as happy as ever.

Sam 's first morning in the crib. Wide eyed and ready for a long day of feeding, napping, and playing.

Sleepyhead

Sam has been pretty good at taking his two naps in the day for his Mom, but today he seemed to have other plans. So after many attempts of trying to get him to go down for a nap and failing, Mom finally gave up and placed him in his bouncer next to her so she could have some down time at the computer. After a few minutes, she looked over to find a drifting baby and that is where he ended up taking his nap for the next 45 minutes. Whatever it takes!

Someone is knocking...

This is our pretty front door. Isn't it a great door?

This is our pretty door after two of Lumberton's finest kicked it in.

Poor, poor door.

It took a while to post this, but we thought it was worthy-so here it is. Last Saturday I went to the Manhattan temple with our ward, so Laura went off gallivanting with Sam. They had a great time shopping, Sam even lasted the entire drive home from the factory outlets. Mom was anxious to get him out of his car seat and out of the heat, so when she arrived home he was her first priority. Being a safety conscious mother, she put him in the house and promptly locked the front door while she went through the garage to retrieve the stroller. "CLICK" was the sound the garage door made as it swung closed and locked behind her. This sent Laura into a flurry of tears, and not surprisingly, as she peered through the front window she saw Sam in the same state. A couple of good neighbors later, two police officers arrived on the seen and tried to break into the house. The only consolation of the day was the comment of one officer, "Well ma'am, your house is well secured." Not exactly a bad thing, but in this case it was worrisome. So they gave Laura two options: 1-wait several hours for a locksmith (while Sam is still crying in his car seat) or 2- we kick in your door like on Cops. The broken hearted mother wanted in to console her son right away, so she chose the latter.

LESSONS LEARNED:

1. Babies forgive and forget quickly

2. Leave a key with a neighbor

3. Doors are more expensive than you realize

Father's Day!

Today we celebrated my first Father's Day! It was busy, as any Sunday is now, but I was able to break away from the church building by 1:45, a bit earlier than normal. Sam was again the hit of Sacrament meeting, sporting an awesome onesie with a tie. This was his gift for me!
Everyone loved the tie and his socks, he still gets a ton of attention from just about everyone in the ward. I just wish I could sit with him during Sacrament, but it can be fun to watch him from the stand (not so much for Laura, who gets to watch him on her own). The rest of the day I opened gifts and had a great dinner prepared by Laura, she is quite the cook (taking after her mom of course).

We have started putting him down for naps in his crib in preparation for getting him out of our bedroom and into his nursery. So far he has slept in his co-sleeper in our room. It was annoying at first to have a night light to deal with, but now we are both used to it. I am getting excited for the nights to be completely dark again, however.

Lately he is becoming more aware of his surroundings, which I guess is to be expected. He loves looking at the colors on this burp cloth, and he really loves the tree in the upstairs hallway. I think he would stare at it for hours if we let him.

He is also growing physically. I can't believe how big he is getting, and how quickly time seems to be moving. It is amazing to me to see the difference in just three months, but this is totally new to me.