wow, it's hard to believe a whole year has flown by since I had Sam. How many changes have taken place in that year. The 'Browns' have: had a baby, moved 3 times, lived in two countries....so much has changed. This time last year I was probably laying in bed feeling like id been hit by a bus staring at a crinkly, tiny Samuel in the cold of an English February. Today I'm staring at a chubby, walking little eating machine who is into absolutely EVERYTHING in the heat of the Arizona spring. So, Sam had a party. A low key affair with a few friends and some nibbles. Sam was so excited that mummy had blown up lots of balloons that he promptly threw up down his new 'First Birthday' vest-lovely! He ingested too much sugar but loved every second of it!

February 21st 2008

February 21st 2009

Here is Sam today in the garden. He loves the tap and the hose and would play with it for hours. When I took him inside he cried for ages! He also said his 1st word today-'poo' what a good 1st word haha

Sam walks EVERYWHERE now. He walks more than he crawls. It's still somewhat wobbly but getting better daily! He can really pick up speed now too, and almost run!

The list of naughty adventures grows daily too, he has, in the last few days: jammed a DVD into the back of the DVD player (Bryan had to remove the top of the DVD player to get it out) Pulled my fake plants apart and shoved some of them into his mouth (he cried when I removed them!!) Got into the cupboard in the kitchen and tried to hide amongst the cans...I'm sure there is more but it's late and my brain function is slowing (Sam has slept from 7:15-10:36pm so far!!!!!!!)

New teeth need new toothbrushes. Sam's tooth appeared on Sunday and yesterday we went out to get him his very first toothbrush and some baby-toothpaste. He didn't object too much, I think he just thought it was a new toy to suck on!

This is the next thing in a long line of naughty tricks! I just managed to get the camera going as he lifted his leg.

Sleepy Sam. Here he is just now (yes, he's STILL asleep!!) in our bed (as usual). Last night wasn't good, he woke at 8:30 and would NOT go back to sleep so ended up coming to bed with us at 10pm! Of course as soon as he got in bed with us he falls asleep within half and hour!

He is doing really well with getting rid of bottles, I want him to have no more bottles after his 1st birthday for a number of reasons, but mainly because I don't want to be lugging bottles etc to Las Vegas next month...yes...Sam and I are going to be spending 2 weeks in Vegas doing some gambling ;-) and then a month later we're off to England for a month. I will be travelling on my own with Sam so I need to be as lightly packed as possible...that means NO bottles. So, he now has 1 bottle a day (at bedtime) all the rest of his milk/water intake is from a cup now! What a big boy!!

walking

So finally, a month after his 1st steps I managed to catch him on video doing some walking! He can walk much further than this now, but at least I am able to finally post a video of some steps!

He does seem like he is drunk while he walks haha...hopefully that weird wobbly walk wont last for long!