Happy 1st Thanksgiving! "cough, cough"

My poor little turkey got his first bad cold of course the day before Thanksgiving. We were planning on going up to my Grandma Kathleen's for our family's dinner. That didn't happen. My poor baby has the worst little bark cough which breaks my heart everytime. What's funny, is that we were just at the dr.'s office on Tuesday! Go figure!

Our little family ended up having a good day though. We stayed in our pajamas late, cuddled lots, took naps and went on a nice walk. We did not have turkey, oh well. We were together and that was all that mattered. We have so much to be thankful this year. Vince's new job, his degree, the possibility of a new house, my job, our wonderful family and friends and of course Sam and each other. Before I make any one sick with my mushy talk, I'll stop here!

CK now CP

I'm very late on this....

 

On Oct 1, 2011, my best friend growing up got married! Courtney (whose nickname was always CK, think back to Calvin Klein's CK1) married the best man for her, Joey Phillips! I couldn't have been more happy for her. I was lucky to be in her beautiful (I mean beautiful, like off of a tv show!) wedding. Here is a few pics!

like a mini date for Vince and I!

Courtney and Natatlie

The happy couple!

Crazy to think we've been friends since we were five years old!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

I love this book! I always have. Poor Sam has to be subjected to it. He has several “Very Hungry Caterpillar” items, including an onesie I made for him. So for Halloween it was a given, what he was going to be. I looked and looked and could not find one I liked to buy, besides making one is so much more fun. He’s what I came up with. I can’t take complete credit. I saw a picture on Pinterest.com (my newest obsession) and created my own version. What a cute little caterpillar Sam is, if I do say so myself!

Making my own baby food!

Make your own baby food?!?! I don’t have time for that, or so I thought. I’ve been making Sam’s food for the last month and it is truly easy! I’ve been following the book “The Best Baby Food on the Planet” and so far I’ve made: sweet potatoes, acorn and butternut squash, carrots, green beans, pears, apples, peas, and peaches and it have been so easy! I even made my own rice cereal. All you need is ice trays with lids, a stove and a blender and you are set! Takes less than 10 minutes! It makes me feel a lot better knowing exactly what is going into little Sam Sam’s tummy!

7 months

Still trying to catch up on my blogging….

Sam is now 7 months old and everywhere. He started off with a great army crawl that was pretty entertaining to watch but is now full steam ahead, crawling! And boy is he quick! I turn my back for a second and he’s gone. I feel like this month, he’s changed the most. He’s personality has really come through. He’s a calm, funny little guy. He can go from a crawl to a sit and a sit to a crawl in no time. He’s also talking all the time saying “ba-ba” and “da-da” and all other kinds of sounds. I’m still waiting on the “ma-ma” sound. We practice a lot!

Stats:
We did not go to the doctors this month so we do not have official stats. I’d guess though he’s a little over nineteen pounds. Believe it or not, he’s slimming down a little bit, must be all that moving!
Likes:
Moving around, Sam is so quick! He loves to stand and does not like to be in one place for long.
Loves his sweet potatoes and squash. Sam sometimes cries if you don’t feed it to him fast enough.
Playing in the bath tub, still a fav! He splashes now!
Pulling up on his toy basket to see what’s inside
The baby Einstein music toy can keep him occupied for quite a while!
Singing “Old MacDonald” or “ABC’s” with mommy!
Jumping and dancing with daddy!
“Helping” mommy with the laundry

Dislikes
Taking naps and sleeping in. It is getting a little better, still not great. We’ve managed to get him out of our bed at least. Some nights are worse than others. I would like to blame it on teething but who knows!
Sitting still, whether this be getting his diaper changed or getting dressed. Sam likes to MOVE!
This month flew! I feel like he grew up to much and is getting to big too quick. We are in 9 month or 12 month clothes and now pulling up on everything. My favorite part though, is that he definitely knows who momma is. He crawls up to me, and raises his arms up to be picked up!