No Harm Done

Our little guy has become ever so mobile. And we all know they put everything in their mouth. Last night he relieved himself on the toilet, lo and behold a hexagon broke loose and floated to the surface. It then dawned on me I had seen this little shape before....the little corks that stick to the inside of the cupboards to keep them from slamming hard. This is to my knowledge the first non-edible object that he has eaten and passed. LOL.

In other news, these are some things he has picked up since Thanksgiving: pulling himself up to stand on furniture and people, crawling, making truck and tractor noises while playing, uses sign language for "milk" (nursing), "more", and "all done". He also rolls a ball back and forth to play with you, he stacks blocks 5 high, he knows his head, tummy, toes, teeth, sometimes ears and nose. He points to what he wants, or wants you to see, and points to many things in books when I ask him 'where's the....?' including tractor, truck, sheep, cow, chicken, pig. He is fascinated with doors, drawers, wheels, switches, faucets, anything mechanical. It seems like everyday now there is something new with him and I love it, it is so much fun. Hope you all have a happy New year!

Busy Fall

This is the beginning of restarting to blog, we have moved, and now are settled. Here are some photos of life this fall. This fall has been busy, in addition to the hard drive frying on our computer, so my posts have been none existant. Sorry about that, I know many of you like to see recent photos of S. Here he is at Colorfest, the balloon festival over the hot springs in September.

He enjoyed the entire experience, the people, the dogs and especially the balloons when they flew right over us.

We had a small patch of grass that was thoroughly taken advantage of this summer and fall, usually when I was hanging clothes on the line or taking them down.

With Aunt Janice at Grandma Florence's house.

Playing the organ with Grandma Judy.

He finally got to meet Grandpa Bill, they had a good time. He also got to hang out with Grandpa and Grandma H, but unfortunately we didn't get pictures on my camera. (Mom: send me some so I can put them up)

Little did we know at the time that his love for tractors would blossom. He is one tractor lovin' kid ! When I ask him 'Where is the tractor?' he unfailingly points to the tractor on the page, or his toy tractor. He is now doing this with trucks, chickens and sheep also.

It's so great to have cousins. L here with S is great at 'trading' toys, if what S had was more desirable.

Snuggled up with Great grandma Florence.

When we got home from Wisconsin, our friend Andy came to visit from Summit. Our house had sold at this point and we were trying to garage sale in frigid weather.

In November we went to ABQ so J could help our friends Lorraine and Andrew reroof one of their houses. Samuel made some new friends including the 20 chickens who reside at the dead end oasis and Drummlin, their black lab.

summer fun

We've had a pretty good summer, but have spent more time outside than on the computer, so these photos are from the past 2 months or so.

At the fair petting a Gypsy Vanner, beautiful horse.

Checking out the chickens, rabbits and turkeys, he was quite intrigued by these animals. Didn't get any photos of him with the goats, sheep, pigs and cows, but we touched them also.

Summer has brought many opportunities to get filthy, and therefore also get "tub time", which he absolutely loves.

Maybe it's just water in general, we've been taking him down to swim in the river and he can't get enough of it. He sleeps pretty sound and long after a river day of kicking and splashing.

His typical stare.

Look, can you see his teeth?

After we were at camp for 2 weeks, we took everything to the laudromat to be cleaned and dried, J couldn't pass up the opportunity to take a few shots.

At camp with friend Leah, 4 months younger but the same size.

The lupines were splendid at the time we were at camp, and also happened to be a good toy.

Picking more lupines.

After 3 months....

We finally have teeth...or at least the buds. I'm so thankful I can finally see the two bottom teeth trying to poke through his gums. Since the beginning of April he has been actively gnawing on his hands and anything else he can find accompanied by fussiness and drooling. I know we have many more to go, but it's nice to see the first few showing their pearly heads.

We went hiking last weekend with some friends near the camp where we used to work. See who took a nap when we stopped for lunch. It was a bit rainy but he didn't seem to mind, neither did the other little ones. We are going to camp for the next 2 months or so, coming home for a week here and there.

Swinging, Eating and Talking...

He's a pretty good eater, preferring sweet potatoes and applesauce over peas :)

Some friends gave us this backpack carrier and he seems to really like it, up where he can see everything. He hangs clothes on the line with me and sometimes I "wear" him when I'm cooking.

I found a red swing at a yard sale and it's one of his new favorite activities.

Too cute, this is going to be one of my favorites I think.

look at those chicken legs! Happy of course in his swing.

Snuggly bug.

If he were a little older, he would have realized what fun potential a box of peanuts can hold.

Dryer clothes don't compare to the smell of line fresh clothes.

James posted the bed he made but didn't show off his incredible table and chairs, so here they are.

Sambo's crazy world

"No daddy, I'm not stoned, but I can't move!"


" My daddy wrestles dinosaurs"

"I love ME.......and my daddy!"

Sambo's 4th cousin "grizzly"

The Bed Big Pappa made

The scary giggly chicken boy

Precious sleep

I woke up this morning realizing I had slept all night....and that means so did the little one! yeah! I'm pretty excited about this weeks changes. Did I mention he also peed in the toilet? We're going to try this thing called infant potty learning, we'll see how it goes :)

Our first little road trip

J found a shaper on Craig's list in Canyon City, so we all went along and enjoyed the day. We stopped at the park/riverwalk in Salida and took some pictures.

His first real swing ride...thanks Pop!

Hanging in the back seat while Pop gets the shaper.

We were both working in the garage one day so we bundled him up and he sat and watched until we had to use the saw...too loud for little ears

I think he's just the cutest.

I don't know what J is doing here, but it's a good picture of S.

J is giving the cheesy beaver smile, but otherwise it's a good fam shot.

Praise the Lord

We finally heard back from the insurance commissioner and then the insurance company that they will cover my surgery and hospital stay, we're still waiting to hear about Samuel's NICU stay but they don't have any reason to deny it. Thank you Lord! what a relief. It's been awhile since I've updated the blog, so here's some new photos.