Hair Cut?

Check out this wild and crazy hair Sam has! Craig enjoyed creating his bath tub hair style in the pictures below :-) But as you can see in my previous blog, Sam's hair is pretty long and out of control! Although I think what he has going now completely suits his personality, I see a 1st hair cut in the near future. It makes me so sad that our little baby boy is growing up so quickly!

The Bubble Wash!

This past weekend we took our little corolla through the Bubble Wash - this was the first car wash for Sam :-) I know this is pretty silly to "blog" about, but his reaction to this new experience was super cute!

At first he was really excited because there was so much to look at! Although I forgot how noisy the Bubble Wash is because once the water started spraying I could tell Sam was nervous - he would quickly look out each window and then look at me to make sure this was all ok :-)

Sam is smiling in this picture above but he was actually starting to cry because we were in the "dryer" and it was really loud!

And as we drove away in our shiny car, Sam was relaxed and happy again :-) A very interesting first car wash experience for Sam!

He's 11 months!

Sam is a very happy, very busy little 11th month old! If he's not going 100 miles an hour, then he is sittting quietly with his thumb in his mouth.

Look at that blonde hair! Who knew I would have a little blonde boy!

Sam loves hiding under his Sesame Street walker - he laughs when I find him!

Prayer Pal

Sam received the cuttest gift from some friends for Valentine's Day this year...it's call a Prayer Pal. He really enjoys snuggling with his new friend and pushing its tummy to hear the good night prayer. This is what his Prayer Pal says...

"Now I lay me down to sleep,

I pray the Lord my soul to keep,

That angels watch me through the night,

And keep me in their blessed sight.

Amen."

These are some photos of Sam giving his Prayer Pal a good night kiss :-)

Story Time with Tigger

Sam is going through a Good Night Moon phase! He loves this book and will read it with anyone willing to listen, including furry stuffed animals :-)

He points to his favorite pictures in the story which include the fireplace, kittens, moon and red balloon.

Maybe it's the teacher in me, but I think these are the cuttest pictures! I am so happy that Sam is fascinated with books. We read together all the time but I think it's so important that he enjoys "reading" independently too (or with Tigger!).

Snow!

This is why I absolutely love being a stay-at-home mommy...I get to be apart of all of Sam's 1st's! Well, except for the walking 1st...oops! On Super Bowl Sunday I went into the kitchen to get a drink and according to Craig, Sam took 5 steps all by himself in hopes of catching me! I was sad that I missed it but he's made it up to me by showing off his walking skills lots and lots over the last few weeks :-) So last week we had a crazy mini blizzard for about an hour in the morning - Sam woke up and couldn't take his eyes off of the window since he had never seen snow before! He was babbling to the window and trying to touch the flakes, very cute! He stayed at the window until the blizzard stopped and within hours the snow was gone and the temperture was back up into the 50's...love that midwest weather!

Super Bowl XLIII

We had a quiet family super bowl party at home this year. Sam seemed to be entertained for the majority of the game, especially the half time show! Craig and I were laughing because he danced and clapped his hands the whole time Bruce Springsteen was on! I guess he's a fan? We tried to get Sam to use his 3-D glasses for some of the 3-D commericals but he wasn't interested. He would rather chew on them! We weren't really routing for either of the teams playing this year - Craig is hoping the Lions will make it to the super bowl some day :-)