Full of First's

When I look back at this week it didn't seem like a real crazy week, but as I begin to write I think of how many 1st's Samuel, Ben and I had this week. Ben had his 1st week off from school and began his summer as Daddy Daycare. Samuel seemed to really enjoy spending the extra time with his Dad and I think this is going to be a great summer for both of them.

Sam sitting on Dad's lap as he reads to him.

On Friday, we went up to Omaha to help celebrate a friends birthday and had a really good time. We also went to a wedding shower on Saturday morning and there were a lot of mothers there and they couldn't stop talking about how much he looks like his dad, and what a happy baby he is. When we got home we had some friends over for a BBQ and Samuel was able to play with some friends of his own. Samuel loves having people around his own size, and all three of them had a great time, smiling, squealing and babbling the entire night.

Some of the mothers helped me figure out how the Boppy can help support Samuel as he learns how to sit and it really works. On Sunday he sat up for 10-15 minutes on his own, another 1st (with support of the boppy) before he fell back and relaxed.

Then on Sunday we were full of firsts. Samuel got to sit in his new high-chair for the 1st time, and he really seemed to like it. We put some toys on it and he was as happy as can be, we think he likes being more at our eye level when we are sitting down, and that he gets to do it on his own. Next, was the big event FOOD, we have been delaying giving Samuel food because he has been growing so well without it, but also because we are trying to avoid allergies and asthma that I have and our pediatrician said waiting a little longer may help. Well, Samuel sure showed us, he LOVED IT!! I think he was trying to tell us....

"Finally, I didn't know if either of you bone heads were ever going to figure out the signals I was giving you telling you FEED ME, FEED ME!!"

Samuel, ate all of his rice cereal, or we think he did a lot of it ended up all over his face on his bib and down his legs. I think the people that tell you to feed your children naked in a diaper are genius, as Sam's outfit was done for the day once we finished.

Samuel with his monkey bib and his 1st box of rice cereal.

Sam diving in for more rice cereal. I think he would have eaten the entire box.

We think Sam has just as much rice cereal on his face as he ate on Sunday.

Samuel shining his pearly gums at us!

We were very glad that it turned out the night we first fed Sam was also bath night, because he needed it. Ben and I have debated on when to try and put him in the tub without his baby tub and so Ben put on swim trunks last night and took Sam's 1st big boy bath. Sam has always loved bath time, but seemed even more excited last night, when he could move around and dad had him swimming on his back and doing all kinds of activities. I think we will continue to do this when we are both home since he loved it so much, but may be a lot for one person to do alone.

Last, Samuel had his 1st night of sleep where he only woke up once!! He has never slept through the night or woke up only 1 time but last night was our 1st. I woke up this morning and thought I only fed him once last night, and then thought no I must just be delirious from lack of sleep, but it is true, our little guy is finally getting the hang of it. We put him in a lighter swaddle (as he was sweating a ton in the other swaddle) and he really enjoyed it and I think it allowed him to sleep a little easier. Every morning we go in to see him, he greets us with a big smile, and I can say with confidence he got the BIGGEST smile from me this morning.

Here is a picture of Samuel with Homer. Now that he can track with movement he is obsessed with our dogs, or any dogs. He tries to pet them or follow them all the time. Homer and Otis are in big trouble when this little guy starts crawling and walking.

Finally, we found out yesterday that Samuel has made his way into the printed world. Our friends called and told us that they picked up a local KC magazine and inside was Samuel's picture. He is now on the advertisement space for our photographer. Ben and I were smiling ear to ear, we had no idea she had done this but are very proud of our little cutie!!