Mr Frog

Daddy bought Sam some new Froggy pyjamas! We're off Trick or Treating tonight so I will get some photos of that later :-)

It's Halloween

Today it was the Halloween party at Playgroup. Sam was in his monster outfit and we met all our friends at the park. Here he is with his best friend Michael (the monkey). We are so lucky to have found Sam a friend that is roughly his age. Michael and Sam have so much fun together (while Nellie and I chat!!) they steal each others dummies and Michael loves to lick on Sams head.

Tonight is our 1st night of implementing the 'No Cry Sleep Solution' book. In an effort to get Sam to sleep through the night I have read this book and we're all ready to put things into action. We'll see how it goes. Im probably in for a rough night (Daddy will be in the spare room!!) woohoo!!

Sam's learning to eat food

We arn't quite sure if he is learning to eat or just making fun of me and sophie going from my sense of humor I am going to pick making fun...

Sam dances in the Rain

Once he stopped being so overwhelmed by the rain he started playing in it forever!!!

Sam's first shower video

Well Sam sat there for a while confused about what and where this rain was coming from so Bryan decided to get the camera to show his family just how confused he was (Take advantage of a baby)

Big Samuel loves his old chair

For those of you that seen him in this chair as an infant I had to put him in it now to see how chubby monkey would look so here is a picture of my imagination

Jim-Jams

Sam wore 'proper' pyjamas for the 1st time today. It was VERY exciting. They are the ones Grandma Cindi got for him when he was tiny. They are actually for an 18month old, but he is a big boy so they fit perfectly. Lets hope he actually sleeps in them, instead of giving me the night from hell like last night (awake from 10pm-1:30am) that was NOT very fun. In fact, I could have cried with tiredness!!

Bathtime

Our new routine includes a nightly lavender bath in an effort to get Sam to sleep through the night (fat chance of that gaaaaaaaah!!) he LOVES to pull him self up and stare at the water running, it's so sweet. Im sure it does help a little bit, he goes to bed without a fuss at 7pm and sleeps through usually until 2am when he wants milk and then he'll usually sleep until 5am ish...so not too bad I suppose....except for the fact that after the 2am feed he stays in bed with us and takes up all the space so I cant really get any more sleep! - we NEED a bigger bed (or a child that sleeps though-that will probably be cheaper haha)

Peek-a-Boo

This is Daddy supposedly helping me wind down Sam so he is sleepy for bed!!! yeah...doesn't exactly look like that was happening! Sam LOVES playing with Bryan, he seems to enjoy this game too. Luckily about 20 minutes after this was taken he was fast asleep!!

Sam took us to Phoenix

After forcing us to take him to the Apache Trails he then went on to force us to carry him too see the hills and a Dam (sophie = hils Bryan = the water dam)

Nappy change madness

Recently nappy changes have become a test. Sam thinks it's so funny to roll over during the procedure and even more funny to flip over and crawl away at high speeds. Here he is demonstrating his high-speed naughty crawl!!

Sams trying to be Lola

Baby Samuel has seen a photo of how Lola used to eat our empty plastic containers when we were done with them now he is doing it too isn't it funny how all of our pets/children turn into dribbleys (or little Sophies)

Everything goes in Sam's mouth, his toys, my flip-flops, daddy's boots (yuk) the wheels of the pushchair!! aaah!! we have to be so careful about where he goes and what he sees as it ALL goes in there!! oh well, it boosts his immune system I suppose.

We had the night from HELL last night. Sam decided to scream for no apparent reason, he didn't want to be in his cot or our bed. He didn't want to lay down, he wanted to crawl and he wanted mummy to get him a bottle at 3am....UM NO! not happening! He was NOT impressed by having water from his beaker and proceeded to scream SO loudly I'm sure the neighbours could hear. He eventually began to settle and decided it could be fun to lay next to me and repeatedly hit me in the face and pull my hair. Needless to say by 5am I had had enough! he finally went to sleep until 6:15am (lucky me!) Lets hope tonight is better and Daddy doesn't have to escape to the sofa!

The coffee table bit Sam

My poor, poor Samuel. He was playing on the floor as I expressed some milk (joy!) and I heard a thump and saw that Sam had slipped and bashed into the corner of the coffee table :-( he barely cried at all, just whined. I wrapped an ice pack in a tea towel and pressed it on there and he wanted none of that, he then cried!! I distracted him with my mobile phone and the remote (haha) and he let me put the ice on there for a couple of minutes. Its a bit swollen and it bled a little bit :( poor, brave Sam.

My best boys

Here are my best boys this morning. Sam had me up at 3am for an hour after his nappy leaked and he was covered in weewee...NICE!! there was half asleep me stripping him off in the light of the night-light trying to keep him asleep as I did it...No such luck, hence he was up then for an hour pulling my hair and trying to crawl onto Daddy! JOY!! Since Daddy went to a party today Sam and I went to lunch with Jackie and Dave, which was lovely and then went to buy Sam some 'finger food' as he seems very eager to feed himself recently. I got him some baby rice puff thingies that say they dissolve in the mouth....should hopefull be OK...im phobic of him choking!!

He's standing

So the milestones are coming thick and fast now. He has started crawling (properly) sitting (confidently) and now standing all in a matter of weeks. He is such a happy boy. The whole sleeping thing isn't going too well. Most nights he ends up in bed with us, which, while annoying in a way is also nice in a way. I hate the thought that he feels lonely in his own bed..and its lovely to snuggle with my small man. However, it is a squash in there, we need a bigger bed!

Excuse Bryans legs (and boxers) in the video haha.

Sam has finally got the hang of crawling properly...not his weird 'Sam crawl'. He is now just gathering speed. If he knows I want to pick him he'll crawl away at a crazy speed and have me following him all over the house as he squeels in naughty laughter. People say 'oooh you'll have your hands full with him'...but I already have!!! He is so full of character. This video doesnt actually capture it very well as he is distracted by the nappy box! ....which I then put him inside and he LOVED it haha...what a beautiful fool!