Slam Dunk

In the eyes of our little man playing inside is equivalent to being left alone in his crib. He loves it outside, and we now even have to shut the garage before we take Samuel out of the car so he can't even seen the outside. Playing in the garage is almost as good so we now leave one car outside and leave him room to push around his cars, and pull his wagon's.

Last weekend, I was out of town for a friends engagement party and Ben and Samuel stayed in town. The weather in KC wasn't great so the boys were stuck inside. Dad thought it would be a great idea to unpack Samuel's basketball hoop and set it up in the living room (where we have no room, this was still in the box so we could put it in the basement) and from the pictures Ben sent and the stories he told me they had a blast. Sam would dunk the ball, and then chase it laughing, he even tried to throw it in the hoop. If dad tries it Sam has to do it to, its really fun to watch the two of them together and watch Sam imitate his dad. Who knows Samuel may just be the next Kyle Korver!

Samuel has always been a pretty good eater, but lately he only wants to eat what I am eating. If I have something on my fork or on my plate even if he has the same thing on his plate he wants mine. Earlier this week we were having bratwurst and we had cut Sam's up into pieces but he quickly told us he wanted the real deal. Here is our little man trying to fit the entire brat and bun in his mouth!

15 Months

Samuel turned 15 months almost 2 weeks ago, which meant we also had a trip to the doctor. No surprise Samuel continues to grow like a weed both up and out! He weighed over 27lbs and is 33 inches tall! I can't believe our little guy is already over half as tall as me, not that it takes much. This was our 1st appointment with our new pediatrician and she was really nice. Samuel was a little tentative when she got close but he warmed up to her by the end. What he didn't like was that she had beach balls tied from the ceiling that he couldn't reach, he was trying to stand on his

toes and do everything possible to reach them, it was pretty funny.

We have been taking Samuel to the park most weekends and a few weeks ago was the 1st time we let him go down the slide by himself (not sure if we should have tried this months ago.) and he loved it. He would climb up and sit down and go down the slide and each time his smile got bigger and bigger. It was so great to watch, I tried to take some pictures but I never captured it as good as it was to be there. Lauren and Sophia came with us to the park and they chased each other all over. They would try to jump on the shaky bridge to make it move and then giggle really hard, they are so cute to watch together.

Thats some wild hair!

Samuel is such a little boy. He can't get enough of the trucks in the neighborhood, holding some type of ball, making car noises, using technology (ipad, iphone)and playing with dirt, sticks and anything he can find in the yard. He is constantly making piles with sticks, rocks and pinecones (OCD??.) He points only to buses cars and trucks outside and has tried to wear dad's baseball caps around the house lately. He found this dirty baseball in our garage and wouldn't put it down to do anything. Even looks like he may have a pretty good curve ball! He loves to climb on everything inside and outside and is so glued to the windows when we are inside so he doesn't miss a beat watching the men building the house behind us. You would think he had just seen a bowl of blueberries and goldfish, but no the workers have just added a new shingle to the roof, amazing what generates excitement at our house these days.

As much as Samuel loves being around older kids, he is really interested in babies these days and he is very careful with them. He just looks and looks like he is puzzled and then points and giggles (we hope these are signs of a good big brother some day.)