Samuel {5 Months}

It is hard to believe that five months of your life has zoomed by.  Here are a few things that happened during your 5th month of life.



1. We gave you solid food and you loved it!  It took a few times for you to get the hang of it but now you reach  for the spoon and try to feed yourself.

Here you are trying sweet potatoes for the first time.  You have great expressions when you try something new.  It is so fun taking your picture.  We never know how you are going to react.  Although your face tells a different story, you actually really like the sweet potatoes. 

2.  Sitting up.  Your are sitting up with no help at all and only fall over occasionally.  You are a very strong baby and continue to amaze us every day!

You are content to sit and play with toys on a blanket for long periods of time.  This lets mommy get lots of stuff done around the house.  Yay!

3.  Rolling over.  You started to roll over from your back to your tummy this month.  You are getting pretty good at scooting yourself around with your feet while you lay on your back too.

Here you are on your back.  But you won't be there for long.

4. Bath time.  You love taking a bath and are so happy in the water.  

You spend most of bath time chewing on the wash cloth or trying to reach the water faucet.  The running water is so fascinating!

5. Feet.  You love your feet and can amazingly get them in your mouth.  I don't know how babies can be so flexible.

You have a pair of socks that have a ladybug and dragonfly on them.  Here you are wearing them and have managed to get them in your mouth.

6. Swinging.  We have a swing in our front yard hanging from one of our live oak trees.  You love it!

You are happy to sit and swing for along time.  You are so happy and calm when you are swinging.

7. No more swaddle.  You are too big to swaddle.  No matter how tight we swaddled you, you managed to wiggle out of it.  So no more swaddling little one.  This makes me sad because it means you are growing up. 

I snuck into your room to take this picture.  You were sleeping so peacefully.

Here are you official 5 month old pictures...

I wonder why your blanket is all dirty???

You have a mischievous big brother that wanted some attention too!  We were lucky that he did not dump it on top of you. 

 It was much more fun to play with the blocks than to take pictures.

"Are we done yet mom?"

 "Tasty!"

 Such a pretty baby!

 I love all of your little rolls.

We even managed to get a couple of pics together.  

My dearest Sam,

You grow more precious each day.  You are working very hard to crawl right now.  I know that I only have a short amount of time before the house needs to be baby proofed again.  I am already aware that I should be vacuuming much more often.  You find all of the littlest things in the carpet and on the floor.  

This month was a busy one.  We had Easter at home and also went to Austin to hunt eggs at Papa's house. You slept through the hunt both times but your brother sure had a good time.  When we shop now you sit in the cart all by yourself.  Sometimes your big brother squeezes in next to you and which causes you to fall over.  You are content to chew on all things including my grocery list.  But Sophie the giraffe is your favorite. We are on our second giraffe, as we take her everywhere and she has gotten lost.  

You love looking at yourself in the mirror and I am sure you wonder "who is that baby looking at me?".  Your sleep has fluctuated from sometimes good to sometimes not so good.  We are still working on that though.  Maybe your sixth month will be the one.  I sure hope so.  This mama sure could use some extra zzz's.  We thought solids would help but they have not seemed to make a difference.  But you sure love to eat!

All in all, you are definitely a keeper and I cherish each moment we get with you.

Love,

Mommy

We're going on an egg hunt!

This year we died Easter eggs for the first time.  Matthew was very excited even though I don't think he knew what we were doing.  We only managed to break one egg.  Amazing!

It had gotten dark outside so we decided to go ahead and dye them inside.  Patrick thought I was very brave to attempt this project in the dining room.  

 Look at my blue hands!

The eggs turned out so colorful.  We used the vinegar method.

 It was not easy getting Matthew to smile in these pictures.  He does not pose for the camera. I can't remember what we were talking about to make him smile so big.

This year we weren't sneaky enough and Matthew saw me hiding the eggs outside.  So he already knew where some of them were.  When he finally got to go outside he was so excited.

 He knew there was candy in them so it was hard to keep him on task.  I don't think he ended up finding all of the eggs.  Maybe we hid too many?!

This year I am so thankful that our family has grown.  Now we have two sweet boys to teach about Jesus. How awesome that we have a Savior that died and now lives for us and in us.  He is the glue that hold us together.

Are you wondering where Samuel is?

Well...he was sleeping while we colored eggs and during the hunt.  It made dying the eggs much easier.  But we took plenty of pictures of him too.  I will post those soon.

Samuel {4 months}

You are actually 5 months old today but I am just getting around to posting your 4 month old pictures.

Dear Samuel,

This month you are all things feet and all things mouth.  You love to take your pacie in and out of your mouth and play with it.  Your feet are fascinating to you as well.  One day while I was eating a banana you pulled it to your mouth and started gnawing on it.  I was watching Matthew playing outside so I didn't even notice that you had grabbed it.  When I took it away, you reached for it with both hands to get some more.  I guess you are going to like bananas.

I think you are teething too.  You are very slobbery and chew on everything. Thank goodness for Sophie.  She is our best friend.

You are working very hard to crawl and can sit up by yourself some also. You are such a strong baby.  You continue to give us a hard time at night though. Maybe you will sleep all night in your 5th month of life. Mommy and Daddy are very tired.

You love your brother and are always happy when he is nearby.  He brings you toys and puts (shoves) your pacifier back in your mouth.  You are very distracted when I nurse you if he is in the room.  It is much more fun to watch him jump, play, and make noise than focus on eating.  I understand though because I think he is great too!

We took a long trip to Corpus Christi this month and decided to take you out of the carrier and put you in a big stationary car seat.  You don't like being in your car seat and normally cry when you are not asleep.  We thought the bigger car seat would help.  Boy were we wrong.  I guess you just don't like riding in the car.  We are hoping that will get better with time.  It is very hard on a mommy when she can't comfort her baby when he is upset.

As alway, I love you!!
Mommy

captured beauty

What is beauty?

I am sure that we all have different ideas of what beauty is.  Beauty is found in many places, things, people. Here are a few definitions I found for beauty.

Webster's says:

the quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit.

Wikipedia says:

Beauty (also called prettiness, loveliness, or comeliness) is a characteristic of a person, animal, place, object, or idea that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure or satisfaction.

Song of Soloman  4:7

You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you. 

After a photo session with my sweet baby Samuel, I no longer questioned the definition of beauty.

Words fail me!

Thank you Lord for creating Samuel and giving him to us to treasure.

My dear Samuel,

You are beautiful!
We are delighted to have you in our life!

Love, Mommy