Play Time & a Birthday!

Sam's favorite winter hang out!

Relaxing after a busy morning of playing!

The boys slaving in the kitchen making Mommy's birthay cake - look at those faces! I think a nap is in order after all of that baking :)

Just a taste please!

Celebrating 29 years of life with my 3 favorite boys :)

Quickly making my wish before Sam dives into the candles! This cake, by the way, was DELICIOUS!! I have quite the bakers in my house :)

Mommy & Daddy came home from their date with some yummy treats to share with Sam! Cannolis from Mikes Pastry, mmm :)

Heaven!

haha...look at that face! A new taste for Sam - don't worry, he came back for seconds!

Christmas 2009

Santa came!!

Sam decided to sleep in on Christmas morning so Gus opened the 1st gift of the day! Santa brought him a new bone :)

It didn't take Sam long to find the remote control car that Daddy bought for him! It took what seemed like forever before he was ready to move on to the next gift - he LOVES cars, or "crrrrs" as he likes to say :)

MORE crrrrs!!

And another...

Wow - Santa really went overboard with the cars, huh? :)

Sam is just getting into the CARS movie - we read this book every single day!


Showing off Sam's favorite book from Santa :)



Gus gave Sam some new puzzles!

We had a very Merry Christmas this year. Craig and I kept saying how strange it felt to be spending the day in a place other than Kansas...we spent quite a few Christmas's there! We had a quiet day with lots of present opening, lots of eating, and lots of family time - it doesn't get any better than that! We look forward to many more Christmas's in Boston :)

Snow & Santa!

Our 1st snow storm in Boston...time to play!

Yes, that is Craig hiding behind that scary ski mask!

Waiting to see Santa!
We were hoping that Sam would he happy while sitting on his lap this year...

But he saw the beard and started to tear up...

"Mama, Mama!" he shouts!

Still not happy - even with Mama and a lollipop! We'll try again next year :)

Some December Highlights

Visiting the Christmas tree in Faneuil Hall.

This is Sam very excited about the tree!

Quick stop to visit the sea lions at the Aquarium.

Sam could spend hours watching the sea lions swim by!

1st snowman of the season!

Sam with his friends at a Christmas party...as you can see, he was more interested in the train set around the tree than taking a picture!

Our little tree!! We decided on a 4.5 ft. tree this year instead of our 9 ft. tree which remains in the basement - definitely the perfect "apartment" tree :)

Sam sharing his morning snack with his best friend, Gus.

Modeling mommy's boots!

Sam and Daddy's nightly activity - playing with the train set downstairs! Sam has really perfected his "Choo-Choo!" over the last few weeks :) He has become quite the little chatter box!

Learning how to be the conductor.

Thanksgiving

The Cochran's had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year! As you can see, Sam thoroughly enjoyed the pie eating part :) He ate my pie AND Craig's pie...piggy!

Doubling fisting forks to ensure he gets down as much pie as possible!

Sam is working off all of that pie flying around the playroom!

Thankful for my happy, healthy family!

and my Gus!

Batman!

Sam had a great Halloween this year - as you can see he was Batman! The picture above was taken a few days before Halloween - Sam was on his way to his 1st Halloween Party :)

Sam refused to wear his Batman mask on Halloween night - we tried but he was very insistant on keeping it OFF! The picture above was taken before we started our Trick-or-Treating adventure!

Sam is ready to go!

We walked a few blocks up from our house to a street that is completely blocked off on Halloween - no cars allowed so the kids can safely run around from house to house. I was so impressed - this neighborhood was decked out with ALL the Halloween decorations! Sam loved just standing in front of each hosue looking at the lights and listening to the spooky music!

Our 1st house!

Craig did a great job teaching Sam how the whole "Trick-or-Treating" thing works! Didn't take Sam long to figure it out :)

Just a few of the houses we visited...

Sam tasted his first sour patch kid in the picture above...he made the yucky face but then asked for more!

Sam's loot :)