Sammy's 10 month update & recent happenings

My sweet little baby is already 10 months old! Time is rushing past more quickly than I ever thought possible. I love this precious boy to death. He is so happy and cuddly and playful. He is also extremely laid back and hardly makes a sound when we are out and about. Sam is constantly exploring and discovering new things. He has 6 teeth and is pulling himself up and standing for long stretches of time on his own! He is a pro stair climber, super fast crawler, and loves to splash around in the bath tub with Lewis. We just can't imagine life without you Sam!

In other news: we have been loving this fall season. Each day has been gorgeous and super warm. Last Friday we rode bikes down to the CSU homecoming parade and had a blast! I just love seeing the boys together in the bike cart (Lewis with his fireman jacket on of course)

This week we have been blessed to spend time with some much beloved friends! Hannah and her girls are here from Utah and it has been so awesome to have play dates with her and Tara. Love these girls and their sweet babies!

The kids

Lewis and Madelyn on their scooters

A day in the life: 14 months

Its been way too long since I've done one of these posts. Last time Lewis was only 10 months old!
Lewis is truly a toddler now. Gaining more and more confidence in his own independence every day he is constantly exploring and zooming around the house. Here is what a typical day looks like for us:

Our day begins between 7/7:30 when we head down stairs to eat some breakfast. Lewis LOVES frozen pineapple and blueberries these days so he always points to the freezer first thing when we get into the kitchen. While he snacks on his frozen fruit I prep his breakfast which usually consists of an egg or two and some toast with coconut oil and almond butter on it.

After breakfast we head up to his room to play and get ready for the day. Sometimes we take a walk in the mornings before his short (45-60 min) nap. After nap: snack time. His latest obsession are Annie's Cheddar Bunnies. Pretty sure he would eat the whole box if I let him

We usually try to get out in the afternoons if possible. Some days we play outside if its sunny. Some days we play inside. Occasionally we will meet up with friends at the park (loves going down the slide!) or the zoo.

Lunch time is pretty fun these days as he is eating pretty much everything we are. He is also getting very bold and thinks its hilarious to stand up in his high chair when I don't buckle him in

After lunch and play its afternoon nap time. He sleeps for a couple of hours usually and wakes up very refreshed and hungry for another snack

New things:

• 12 teeth! and is getting several more (new: 3 molars and 1 canine)
• Food Loves: black olives, frozen pineapple & blueberries, toast, cheddar bunnies
• A natural in the water. Loves to be in the pool
• Plays hide and seek
• Points at pictures in books when he wants to know the name
• Says "hi" and waves
• Toy Loves: shape sorter, a big stick we use to keep the sliding door closed, legos, his plastic animal figurines (bear, tiger, zebra, bernese mnt dog)
• Disobedience! Loves throwing food off his tray and standing up in his high chair when we tell him not to

Happy First Birthday Little Lew!

One year ago today we met our little boy for the first time!
My water broke at 5:45 am and contractions started immediately after that. At this time last year Jeff and I were sitting on the couch watching the office, waiting to hear back from my Midwife. My contractions were about 7 minutes apart by this point but not incredibly intense and we were both so excited that the day was finally here! At around 11 contractions were very intense and hard to talk through. So we decided that walking would be a good idea. Ouch.

Feeling like I want to puke

And then many many more contractions later....Tada! Lewis was born

 

 

 Our first visitors from Colorado :)

One year later we love him even more then when we first met him

He is goofy and smart and contemplative. Loves to laugh and play and be chased! Its hard to believe he has grown and changed so much in just one short year. He is eating pretty much everything we eat now and loves it. He had pork green chili stew the other night and some chicken tikki masala last night!

Favorites:

• toast 
• bananas
• playing hide and seek
• his big orange ball
• bath time
• daddy
• reading
• playing the guitar
• looking out of the window

Words:

• bath
• ball
• mama
• dada
• more

Skills:

• climbing
• crawling
• clapping
• turning on and off lights
• dancing
• singing
• standing
• barking like a dog & roaring like a tiger

Baby Lewis we love you so much and are so glad God chose us to be your parents! Happy first birthday sweet boy!

11 months old

11 months old today!
Lewis is such a big boy. He has been chatting up a storm every day. He is even starting to say some words:
*bath
*bye
*mama
*dada
*ball

He understands so much, how to play games, when its time to eat or drink water, when I tell him no no, how to be gentle

Things he loves:
*throwing toys in the bath tub
*bath time
*being chased/hide and seek
*playing "so big"
*shaking his head no
*turning pages in his books
*feeding mommy and daddy snacks
*dogs & little children (he points and squeals)
* his little wooden puppy toy. He chews on it all day and loves putting the beads in his mouth

Instead of spending my day with a baby it's beginning to feel more and more like I'm spending time with a little boy. He is just the sweetest boy and is always happy and laughing. He makes each day so fun!

Family tree

One of the fun parts of having a baby is getting to see their features develop. We are always getting comments from people about Lewis, saying that he looks totally like me, exactly like Jeff, or a perfect mixture of both. Sometimes its hard to tell who he looks like, to us he just looks like Lewis, so I dug up some of our old baby pictures so that we could all compare!

Random happenings

We have a sick baby in the house. Poor lew lew has been stuffy all week and has a tiny baby cough too. We spent the day cuddling :)

Two fun things about today:
* Lewis learned to shake his head "no". Most adorable thing in the world now, maybe not so much in a few years haha
* Lewis finally started saying "dada"! He has been saying mama for months but just started saying dada today. It's the sweetest thing!


I read this on a friend's Facebook today And it made me laugh so much I just had to share it
http://fb-troublemakers.com/how-to-stop-mommy-from-sleeping-through-the-night-5168/

A day in the life of a 10 month old

Lewis turned 10 months yesterday! Its amazing how much he has changed in just 4 short weeks since his 9 month update. I feel like he is looking less like a baby and more like a little boy every day.

 These days he is loving food and eats three meals a day. Its amazing how much he can eat! He still enjoys purees so depending on the week I will either make my own or get some baby food from the store. This week I made some zucchini + carrots and sweet potato + butternut squash purees to have on hand. For breakfast lunch and dinner I try to pair his purees with some little pieces of food that he can eat on his own. He LOVES picking up his food and feeding himself. We do banana, egg yolks, meat, avocado, and pear mostly. His favorite foods right now:

• Egg yolks
• Pear

Clapping!

 After eating we play for a couple of hours. He loves to play Jeff's guitar. We keep the guitar in our guest bedroom and Lewis will speed crawl in there and start playing it on his own

He is doing a lot of standing. We really just have one table that is short enough for him to stand near so he is always standing up and walking between the couch and table, nocking the coasters off and being adorable in general.

He has also been practicing his walking! Still a little wobbly in the hip area but he's getting there

Before naps and bed time we read books. He has always loved reading but in the past few days he has started to love it even more. He tries to turn the pages by himself and loves pointing to different things on each page. His favorite book right now is Goodnight Moon

When Jeff gets home from work we like to take walks. Lewis loves riding on his shoulders and using his hair for "reigns"

We love our sweet baby boy! It still feels like just yesterday we were holding him in our arms for the first time. He is such a goofy, smart, funny baby. So excited to see what this month holds!

9 months in 9 months out

Happy 9 months lew lew!
This little guy is a mover. Crawling, pulling himself up on everything, and even standing on his own for short periods of time.
Loves: drumming on the table, playing "where's my baby", wrestling with his daddy, eating, drinking water out of a straw, walks, singing in church
Hates: getting his diaper changed, getting
His nose wiped, bed time!
New skills: waving, clicking his tongue, feeding himself, drinking from a straw, standing by himself
Eats: he eats 1-2 meals a day now in addition to nursing. He loves everything we give him: avocado, butternut/acorn squash, egg yolk, pear, banana, apple, zucchini, broccoli, and turkey soup!
Lewis is such a happy and sweet baby, each day with him is more fun than the last!

Weekend Adventures

We spent this past weekend relaxing and recovering from a busy week. Saturday morning we got up early and went to the Maltby Cafe for breakfast! I love going to breakfast; its so nice not having to lift a finger and getting yummy food in return. We got the hugest cinnamon roll I have ever seen! It was the size of a large dinner plate and we couldn't even eat 1/2 of it. The food was delicious; we will definitely be going again soon!

I came into Lewis's nursery and found him standing! This boy is growing way to quickly

 It has been pretty chilly here so we had to bundle little Lew up for our walks

Such a relaxing weekend with my two favorite boys

7 months

Our little baby is 7 months old (as of the 15th)! He is changing more and more each day.  Some new things:

• 6 teeth (two front are new!)
• Foods: peas, carrots, sweet potato, banana, apple, butternut & acorn squash, pear
• Biting... he thinks its the best thing ever to suck on my arm until he can get a little skin in between his razor sharp teeth to chomp on. OUCH
• Crawling: he is moving around all over the place. Of course he loves trying to get at everything he isn't supposed to have (computer cords!)
• Intense loathing of diaper changes: changing his diaper and clothes each day has become something of a nightmare lately. As soon as I put him on his changing table he will let out a pterodactyl like screech and roll onto his stomach. Little monster!
• Loves: Cowboy Small, Mr. Panda Bear, his brush, mesh feeder stuffed with banana, walks, and peekaboo! 

Big mouth full of teeth!

Sucking his thumb on our walk today

Crawling all over the place

Stood up by himself resting against Jeff's leg!