Amazing

Mr. Sam has now said a total of 8 words. Mama, Dada, ByeBye, Daddy, Baba, Poppa, Jacob and Cup, plus he is trying his hardest to say Diaper and Dog. That kid constantly amazes me.

Sam spent Saturday night with his Daddy for the first time. It was much harder on me than it seemed to be for him. Ezell said he did fine and went to sleep fairly easily. But when I got him back on Sunday he kept leaning back to look at my face and then diving into my shoulder for a hug. So so cute. Thought I was going to cry. Ezell said that their dog is now afraid of Sam. Apparently he cornered the dog with his walker and the dog freaks out when Sam goes for him now.

I applied for a home loan today. I should find out today or tomorrow if all my ducks are in a row for the approval. I can't wait to get Sam in his own room! I think he is going to like having the extra space to cruise in his walker (or like Ezell says "his Ferrari" lol).

Father's day was good. I bought Dad a ticket to go see George Jones and he went with Uncle Lloyd. They had a blast. Then on Sunday we didn't do much of anything. Dad and I played Lego Batman which is the only video game I can get my self to play (well any Lego versions).

I am hoping to get some more pics done of Sam and I soon. I will send them out as soon as I can.

Love love love ya. :)

My heart might break

SO... Ezell told me for Father's day he wants Sam to spend the night. That will be his first full night away from me. I gotta tell ya, I'm not handling it too well. I'm pretty sure I will cry shortly after I drop him off. I worry that Sam will wake up and need me or be upset that I am not there. I know Sam needs his Daddy time but I'm not sure I will be able to sleep. Luckily I get to take my cousin Joyce out for her birthday on Saturday so maybe that will keep me occupied. I guess that is something all parents go thru.

Nothing really going on this week. Sam is still working on saying dog and has the two separate syllables of diaper down. He refuses to say them together though. So I will either get a "di" or "per". He knows who everyone is though. You can ask where Papa or Grandma are and he will look around the room until he sees them. Pretty cute stuff.

We have just started saying "no" to Sam. The Dr made sure to tell me that we should be firm when we say it and not back down. So we have been saying no and then if he tries again, we tap the top of his hand. It's pretty hard not to laugh when he looks at you like you have lost your mind for first saying no and then daring to touch him like that.

Uncle Matt was nice enough to show Sam how to use a straw today. Unluckily enough (for Mommy), it was Sprite. So I had to wait for his sugar high to go away before I could him to bed. But Sam picked up pretty quickly on how to use the straw. I wonder if we can just skip the sippy cup stage.

God willing, Sam and I will be looking for a house beginning July 1st. Just waiting to make sure my credit has updated like I was told it would. I'm pretty excited about it.

Well it's late and I am exhausted. Good night everyone!

Sam Update

So, I figured I would start a blog so that everyone can keep up with Sam and I.
Let's see... Sam had his 9 month appointment this week. He is 22lbs, 30 inches long, top 94% for his height, top 75% for his weight and top 90% for his big 'ol head. The Dr finally gave me something useful for his eczema. Apparently there is a difference between an outbreak and a flare up (an outbreak is the scaly skin and a flare up is the open wound looking bit). Now, 3 times a day we have to mix a steroid and a topical cream together and put it on his spots. The Dr said it would only take about a week for him to heal. If not, back to the Dr.
Sam said "grog" this week when the dog came up to him. He has also been trying to say diaper. He can say mom mom,mama, dada and baba but he doesn't know what they mean. He defiantly doesn't associate mama or mom mom with me yet.
I'm so blessed to have such a happy baby. He sat straight up the other morning and just started clapping. He was laughing and just really excited. lol. Sometimes he will laugh in his sleep. I don't know what's funny, but he just giggles until he falls back to sleep. Crazy kid.
I have tried to start planning his 1st birthday party but the amount of people I would have to invite is insane. 78 people! I guess I don't have to invite them all but those are all the people I feel obligated to invite. Ugh. I can't do it. I guess we are just going to make a cake at home and not have a party.
Anyhow, back to work for me. I'll try to remember to update this often cause I know I don't email most of you as often as I should.