Crocodile Stewart

If Martha Stewart had had the Crocodile Hunter's love child, the result would have been Samantha. She refuses to get her hair cut because she doesn't want to look like a boy, yet last week when we were thinning out closets, she happily claimed Chris' old clothes for herself. She more than holds her own in Nerf gun battles with her brother and neighborhood boys, but will happily play Polly Pockets with her cousin Kathleen.

She is dreaming of the day when she can take part in the TV show the Alaska experiment. Yet on Wednesday afternoon she held the cutest tea party for her cousin. The Easter bunny brought her a teapot and four teacups with little luncheon plates. The plates have a spot for the teacup and a couple of cookies. Sami decided that our kitchen table was too dirty for the tea party, so she set up the card table. Last weekend we attended a Green Festival in Chicago and one of the displays was selling organic tea, and she bought a teaball. She picked the one she thought would best match her teaset. She decorated the table with a blue vase she made in pottery class. The vase matched the blue plates and cups. She found some artificial flowers to put in it. She put out placemats and even found dresses for them to wear. You can't go to a teaparty in play clothes after all. She served cornbread that she had made the day before, lunchmeat and some veggies. She even had a little note to invite Kathleen over. She was very enthusiastic and wanted everything perfect. They had a very good time.

She wants to have a teaparty for her grandmas. We will probably have to serve cheesecake as Chris is determined to bake a plain cheesecake, a strawberry cheesecake and a chocolate cheesecake. Sami likes to make bread. She would have better luck if she would use a recipe. Chris likes to make pies and lately cheesecake. We are going to have to open a bakery soon.

9 is fine

Today I've been out as long as I was in. ;)

Things truly are fine except that I have my first real cold. I'm taking motrin for my fever and my nose is running like a faucet. We even had to miss Sibling Gym today. Thankfully, Evelyn has already forgiven me.

I'm a crawling maniac and can even pull myself up on almost anything so I can stand.

I have 2 teeth now and am drooling like crazy so more are on their way.

I still drink 4 times a day and eat cereal twice with a fruit or veggie. I have tried yogurt and have fallen absolutely in love with it. I can feed myself puffs too! My sippy cup and I are getting acquainted with milk and water in it, but, at this point, I'm not a huge fan. (keep trying Mommy)

My vocabulary consists of gaga, baba, & dada and do not relate to anything. One day...

I love playing on our new swing set and going for rides in the bike trailer and I never get bored looking at the fish tank.

Dear Pop,

Some Pictures

Sorry I don't have time to write anything fun and witty. CLICK HERE to see some pictures from our visit with Mom and Pop.

Happy belated Easter, everyone!

Enjoying our visit

Hard to believe that Mom and Pop have been here almost a week already. The weather hasn't been too cooperative and between work and my surgery, we haven't kept them very well entertained. We made up for lost time yesterday by going to Willow Park playground and to Willow Park Zoo. Afterward we stopped at the Fairgrounds to drop off our aluminum cans because our local metal recycler was doing a special Earth Day promotion. Got $.70/lb for 73 pounds of cans! I was all set to buy lunch with our earnings, but it turned out they were handing out free hot dogs and hamburgers at the event. Bonus! After that we went out for ice cream and then got Gavin's mop cut. Quite a lot for one day! Brandon came home just in time for dinner. Today we went out for breakfast in Paradise and now we're just lazing around the house, watching the Bulls game. Hope you're all enjoying your respective weekends!

after 7 comes...

You guessed it...8! I'm very proud to be 8 months old today because I have accomplished SO much this past month and can tell the month ahead will be great too.

I still drink 4 times a day, but now I eat cereal and a fruit or veggie twice daily. I even tried Puffs the other day and can definitely get used to them.

Within the past few days, I have taken a few "steps" crawling. I now see what the big deal is since it took me half as long to get to the ball I wanted than it takes me when I do the "worm". And I can go from lying down, to sitting, to crawling and back in seconds flat. Watch out Evelyn...here I come!

I still sleep about 11 hours at night and take a 2 hour afternoon nap, but I've been waking up randomly because my mouth hurts. I have a tooth! And number 2 isn't far behind. I like to move my tongue over it because it feels funny.

I have been to the park a few times and enjoy swinging! It's quite relaxing. I'm also really liking watching all the birds eat from the feeders in our backyard.

7 months...

Hiya!

So, I'm 7 months old today. I'm a super happy little man.

I love eating cereal twice a day as well as a vegetable. My favorite so far is sweet potatoes and peas are close behind. My least favorite is carrots, but Mommy keeps feeding them to me.

I'm sitting up on my own now and am quite mobile. I'm not crawling yet, but I get up on my hands and knees and scoot backwards and turn myself around which allows me to explore some serious surface area. My favorite activities include playing in my jumpy jump, chillin in the exersaucer and playing with my awesome big sister Evelyn. I'm also really liking Baby Signing Time movies.