Sam: 2010

Monday, October 25, 2010

Samisms

Sam is now 20 months old and his personality has really come out recently. Here are a few things that our little Sam loves to do:
1. He is always asking "Where's Natalie". Aww!
2. He loves to find bugs and unfortunately there are lots of ants around our house. One day he laid on the sidewalk watching the ants for a long time!
3. He gets so excited any time he sees a truck, bus, fire truck, any kind of BIG vehicle.
4. He is still so sweet! he loves to give hugs, kisses and say "I love you".
5. His favorite pass time is watching "kisses" his class room fish. Every morning when we get to day care he has Natalie or I pick him up so he can see the fishy and make a fish face. I also hear from his teachers that he is very protective of this little fish. No one else can touch the bowl but him or the teachers! :) Haha, possessive, maybe?
6. He loves to wrestle with Jason on the floor. Jason pretends to roll over him and says "roooll oooover". Sam will lay on the floor and say it too for Jason to come and play with him.
7. It took him one try to learn the word awesome. AWESOME! He will repeat anything we say!
8. He saw a jeep and said "There's daddy" and was terribly disappointed when we pulled up next to it and daddy was not driving. Only daddy can have a jeep!
9. He still loves to push things: stroller, lawn mower, trucks, whatever he can find. He will push anything and find the hardest route around. This week he has been pushing the stroller in the backyard around and under the playset and under some tree branches that Jason cut down.
10. He talks in a monster voice every once in a while. A lot of times in the car. I will be driving down the road and all of a sudden a hear a "MAMI" in a deep hoarse voice! I turn around and he has his fists up making muscles and he has a big grin on his face. It is hilarious! I just laugh and turn back around!
11. He likes to make a fire truck sound, doggy sounds, anything he can pretend to be.
12. We have done this since Natalie was a baby but we ask while we are at the dinner table "who loves Mami", then "who loves Daddy?", and so on. Of course everyone says "I do!". Sam has started asking his own questions. He just says a bunch of gibberish with a question intonation an then yells "I do!!". Who knows what we are agreeing to when we say "I do" too!! :)
13. The other night he pulled me from my pant leg from the kitchen into the tv room. When we got to the couch he patted the couch and said "sit, sit", of course I did. Once i was sitting, he pushed me down so I was laying and then he climbed up and laid beside me. He has done this twice! it is so stinking sweet I can hardly stand it!
14. He loves to say "Oh, Gosh!"

He is such a cute little boy. Full of fun, laughter and sweetness. We love you very much little man!

Cruising Around the Neighborhood

This jeep was in the basement because the battery is dying and the garage was so full. Sam almost past out when he saw it becuase he was so exited. He started screaming "car, car" and got in it and would not get out. So we took it outside and they rode it until it died! We need to get it a new battery!

Pumpkin Picking

Every year we go to a coworkers farm for a cook out and pumpkin picking. This year the weather was great. A little dry but better than the muddy mess we had last year. Sam had a great time playing and watching the cows. He was a little crazy when we were o the hay ride. I think he would have walked right off the trailer if we let him.

Sam watching the "mooos"

Sam and Natalie getting itchy.

Picking the perfect pumpkin.

Is this an apple?

or a ball?

Look at all the bugs!

A little heavy.

Waiting to go back.

Sam's Summer at All About Kids.

This is what Sam gets to do while big sis is in gymnastics. He has already figured out that there are trampolines on the other side of the barriers. Some days it's impossible to keep him contained!

Eating Out with Sam...

...is always interesting. Drawing on his hands to keep him occupied. Probably not the best idea but it worked.

Sam's First Parade

Natalie was in the Middletown parade with her gymnastics class. We all went and had a great time. This was Sam's first parade. He waved at the floats like a champ and got lots of candy. I think he ate 3 suckers while we were standing there!

Natalie riding on the float.

Sam and Daddy looking at the floats.

Sam and his sucker. He loves them!

Sam trying to get away from Mami.

Going old school with some iphone apps.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Conquering the Play Set

We had a lot of time to play out side this summer. Sam is very close to being able to go up the ladder on his own. He's done it a couple of times but still gets stuck a lot. He does really well on the swings. He holds on as tight as possible and will stay there until i am tired of swinging him! i guess that is pretty typical. Good news is, Natalie can swing on her own now!