Happy, happy birthday!

Well, as you can see the party was a ton of fun! Sorry it has taken me so long to get these on here! I have been so busy this week. I had class 4 days this week and on Tuesday I had a mid-term. :( So please forgive me.















Samuel's party was great! There were about 40 people there and it was a beautiful day! Samuel loved eating his cup-cake, he found it very tasty! After cake time it was time for presents! Alle girl helped him some and so did Daniel. Daniel saw a "Thomas the Train" toy peeking out of a bag and couldn't keep his hands off! :) It was so funny! The whole time before present time Daniel spent trying to get a hold of the train. Finally I told Dana just to let him play with it. I don't think Samuel minded. ;) The rest of the day Daniel would not let that toy out of his sight! When it was time to go we all thought it was going to be hard to get him to part with it but Elizabeth said "It's time to go. Give baby Samuel Thomas." and low and behold he did! We were all amazed. But not for long... as soon as he was out the door he must have thought "Hey wait a minute! Where is Thomas!?" because he stared to cry for Thomas. But by then it was too late Samuel already had the train.

Samuel really enjoyed getting to play with his big cousins, Christian, Sullivan, Daniel, and Micky! It was so cute all of them kept coming up to Samuel and saying "Happy Birthday Baby Samuel!" Christian helped put together the fort(slide and swing) and once it was done came running up to Samuel saying "Come on Baby Samuel your fort is done and it is so fun!" So off we went to break in the new fort. Samuel slide down the slide and relaxed in the swing while Sullivan pushed him. Sullivan told me that he was getting ready to push his new baby sister in a swing.

All in all it was a wonderful day! I would like to thank Momma, Daddy, Aunt Liz, and Uncle J. With out ya'll this party would not have been a party! Thank you Momma and Daddy for Samuel's slide and swing and David and Sharon for the sand box. We are going to have a great summer playing with them. (Hopefully I can get Samuel to play in the sand box... more on that later.) Also thanks to everyone who came!

A note to Alle: We can't wait until your b-day party! I hope the pollen is gone by then. :)

We are off to see the Oma!

Last Thursday Gigi took me and Samuel to see Oma, Opa, and Uncle Steve. It was lots of fun. When we first got there we met Oma at Chili's and ate a wonderful meal. I ate Country Fried Steak and corn on the cob. Samuel got to eat chicken hot dogs and pears(not from Chili's), Gigi ate her normal but good chicken tacos and Oma got a steak. Oma's steak was not cooked good enough so she had to send it back and by the time it came back to her Gigi and I were almost done eating our food! But it didn't matter because we were enjoying Samuel and having a nice talk. When we were done we decided it was time for dessert, so we ordered a Chocolate something. It was hot fudge cake with vanilla ice cream on top and then chocolate syrup on top of that! It was divine!!

We left Chili's around 2:30 and Gigi and I went to a friend of Rebekah's house to give her back some clothes that Rebekah had borrowed. Samuel and I stayed in the car because he was getting a little sleepy. When we got back to Oma's Samuel was very very sleepy but he would not take a nap. So we just let him play on the floor. He would rub his eyes and lay down on the ground but would not sleep. Uncle Steve came over and we listened to a song he had written, sang, and played! It was pretty good! Uncle Steve has always been a good song writer. (Not as good as Poppy though) :)










Finally it was time for Samuel to eat again so Gigi feed him his bottle and he fell asleep! While he was asleep Oma got out so old photos of her family when she was young and some from before she was born! That was the most fun part of the day. She was so happy to have gotten them from her brother. I loved hearing all the stories that were behind all of the pictures. There was a picture of her whole family (before she was born I think) sitting outside. Her Mom and Dad were in the middle and then their kids and then their grandkids. In between her parents there was a little boy with his tongue sticking out! It was so cute. Then she said that someone later asked the little boy, once he was grown, why he had done that and he said that it was starting to rain and he wanted to catch some of it on his tongue! I love it. In another picture of her whole family, she was probably around 10 years old, I asked why everyone looked so sad but one of her brothers and she told me that the picture was taken right before he went off to the war so they were not happy.



Not long after Samuel fell asleep he woke up. He was still very sleepy but soon he got in a good mood. I feed him more food and then we went down stairs to visit with Opa. Samuel thought it was lots of fun to look in the mirror closet doors and to play and laugh at Oma playing "Patty cake". Then he started getting very antsy so we had to leave. It was a really fun day and I am glad we were able to visit.


P.S. In case you were wondering Samuel was naked because it was so hot in the house. :)

Busy, I'm very very busy

Well, we have been so busy doing such important things! We have been playing in the car seat, hanging out with Alle Girl, rocking out in my rocking chair, going to the park with Mom and Dad on my 11 month birthday, and going to visit Oma, Opa, and Uncle Steve.

Last week Alle, Courtney, and Mimi came over a couple times once they didn't stay long...just long enough to share the rocking chair. Samuel didn't find this very fun. I guess I haven't done a good job teaching him to share. But you really can't blame him because he was getting in his first molars. I can't say that I would be that happy either.

The other time that week they came to walk with us to the park. We didn't start walking until a little past 6pm so by the time we got there it was almost dark. But it was fun to get to see Alle swing for the first time. She thought it was just as much fun as Samuel had told her it would be. By the time we started to walk back it was dark. Mimi didn't like this one bit and Samuel got a little sad but all and all it was fun and good exercise!

On Samuel's 11 month birthday Dad and Mom took him to the park. That was the first time Dad had come with us and oh what fun we had! We went really fast and high in the swings! Slide down the slides, which Samuel really likes now. When it was time to go Dad walked and Samuel and I drove. Dad thought he could beat us but we proved him wrong! We won by a landslide! After we got home Samuel and I needed ice cream so we went out and got a vanilla Frosty with Oreo pieces. It was perfect! I think Samuel had a great day.