Applesauce Shampoo

Sam found a new ingredient to wash his hair with - Applesauce! Here are some pictures and video of him covering himself with Mott's Blueberry Delight applesauce. Sometimes it's nice that he can feed himself and sometimes it not and you just have to laugh....

Take me out to the Ball Game

Andy and Jacob went to a Tigers Baseball game Saturday night. Grandpa Ed, Rob with Kelsey and Lucy and Matt joined them too. They had an awesome time and they WON!!! They played against the Cleveland Indians. Check out all the pics of the game here!

Lucy & Sam

Sam's counsin Lucy came over today to help Grandma out. They went to the mall play area, Sam goes almost everyday and he LOVES it there! But he had even more fun with Lucy there to play with and run after! Lucy was worn out after they were done! Thanks Lucy - hope you had fun! You can see all the pics here.

A New View...

Sam has learned how to climb. And so he is climbing on everything and being quite the little dare devil. His first thing to climb on was the dishwasher, I don't mind as long as the dishes are clean (of course anything breakable or sharp has to removed before he runs over to the dishwasher - so lets just say I can unload it with lighting speed now!). Recently we put a rocking chair in his room which he learned to climb and sit down on fairly quickly and he looked really cute sitting in it. Now he climbs up and rather than sitting down, stands up in it and then gets up onto the arm of it where he tries to get into his crib from there. He can't get into his crib from this position yet, but I think it is only a matter of time. The pretend four wheeler that great-grandma and grandpa got him he has mastered getting on and off of that, so much that now he climbs on and tries to stand on the back on the seat with his hands on the bars, like he is going to do a wheely on it or something! He has also discovered that if he climb on the kitchen chairs you can get to an even higher point - the kitchen table! So kitchen chairs are always pushed under the table - even if you have to get up for millisecond. He loves to sit on the couch and until the other day we would have to help him. But now he can get up there too and he loves sitting up there like a big person. Of all the places he can climb this is the only safe one, but I shouldn't say that too quickly or next thing I know he is going to be trying to jump off it! Check out the video of his new accomplishment. Sam seems to like all the new places he can reach and the new view he has to see where his new adventure might lead him.

Sam's First Trip to the Zoo

My best friend Erin and her daughter, Maya and Sam and I went to the Detroit Zoo today. It was pretty hot and some of the animals were not out. But we did see a lot of animals, some of them Sam took interest in and he wanted to climb over the railing too play with them. Other animals he could care less about. I think that his favorite animal was the monkeys - probably because he could bang on the glass at them. We all had a great time and it was really nice to spend some time with Erin and Maya. You can see all the pics of the kids and the animals here.

Sam- Video Clip

I was playing around with the camera and the video functions and made a quick video of Sam in his rocking chair (that use to be Jacob's when he was little) and his blankie. This blankie goes everywhere with us now by the way! Click the link below to see the video.

Sam in his rocking chair with his blankie

Sam's First Day at the Beach

We took Sam to the beach for the first time today. We went to Independence Oaks Beach (and what a coincidence we went on the Fourth of July!). He loved it! He sat right down in the sand and starting playing. Then he noticed the kids playing in the water and walked right over to the lake. He plopped right down in the water and was splashing and playing. Once we got back over to the sand he loved having all the sand stick to him. Guess we will be visiting the beach some more this summer. Check out the pics.

A Fun Sunday!

Today we went over Andy's brother's house and we celebrated our niece Kelsey's birthday. The boys had so much fun. Jacob went swimming with Kelsey at the local pool and Sam even tried it out too! He wouldn't go in at first with mommy, but later daddy sat down with him and for some reason he liked it better with his clothes on! We took a ton of pictures as always. Check them out!

Sam's 1st Birthday - Party #2

Today Sam celebrated his first birthday with Andy's side of the family. We had a beautiful day, but hot, in the 90's. Sam got lots of new toys, his room is starting to over-flow now! Grandma and Grandpa got him his first little swimming pool and toys to go with it. Even though this was his second cake he still wasn't sure about it. But it only took him a few seconds and he was into the frosting! He got a little bit of cake in his mouth too! While people where leaving Daddy was pushing him in his swing outside and he was so exhausted he fell asleep out there! Thank you everyone for coming and for the gifts! You can see more pictures here.

Happy 1st Birthday Sam!

Today is Sam's 1st Birthday. Just a year ago he couldn't even hold his own head up or smile. Now he is walking (trying to run!), talking, laughing and loves to play. It's amazing how much he has changed in this first year and how he is becoming his own person!

Happy Birthday Sam!