Samuel {7 months}

My dear Samuel is 7 months old.  Life is moving so fast that I never posted or even took official pictures of him at 6 months.  I wish someone could invent a pause button for life...a way to freeze time.  If I could just keep them little for a bit longer. They are only all mine for such short time.  Then I have to share them with the rest of the world...teachers, friends, a wife (OMG, I am not ready for that one) and so on and so on.

But for now here is my sweet Samuel at a mere 7 months old.

 1...2...3...pictures laying down and then...

 "I'm done mama."

 On the go again.

 Now time to stop for a snack.

 "Can  I eat this grass, Mom?"

 "How about this block?"

"I want that camera."

 "Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba!  Did you get that everyone?"

 So adorable!

three handsome boys

high five

my other sweet boy

Dear Samuel,

The last two months with you have been wonderful and challenging.  Two little teeth have been trying to come in for a while now and they are causing you some considerable discomfort.  It is so hard to see you having a hard time. Mamas never want to see their babies suffer.  Plus you are still not sleeping through the night.

So in review...

teething + not sleeping =

unhappy baby

But we have new developments...you are crawling everywhere. You are so happy that you can crawl and get the toys that you want.  We have to be careful though. One day I found you chewing on a lamp cord.  It was a good thing those teeth weren't in yet.  It did not take you long to master crawling. Now you can get to the other side of the house in no time.  You always look for me in the kitchen first. 

You have a lot to say and are talking all of the time.  Ba ba ba, da da da...two of your favorite words.  

Transiting to solid food has been so easy.  If there is a banana in sight you have to have it.  I think they are your favorite.  (They are my favorite too!)  You like all kinds of food...apple cinnamon oatmeal, yogurt, pears, butternut squash, you even tried a saltine cracker, and carrots to name a few.  We tried to feed you some chunkier stage 3 foods but you did not seem to like the taste or texture.  

You love toys and have figured out how to push all of the buttons to make songs and sounds.  And of course all of them are covered with slobber. Matthew calls you to come into his tent and turns on his cd player and the two of you listen to books together. He tells me to go and closes his door. He loves to play with you.

"Can we listen to this one, Matthew?"

You have also graduated to the big bathtub and have so much fun taking a bath with your brother.  I have decided that you are going to be my water baby.  You slip and slide and get water in your face which does not phase you a bit.

 This was your first bath in the big tub.  Since then you have gotten very brave and splash and swim all around.

Well that's all for now...

As always we are thankful that you are part of our family.  We would not be complete without you!

Love Mommy