Decorating......

We love to put our tree up the day after Thanksgiving! This year it was delayed a few days because we had to replace it and we hadn't planned on that. Sam loved putting up a few old ornaments that I had from when the boys were young. Cookie Monster, Thomas the Train and all that fun stuff that makes a little one light up. He is pretty good about leaving the other ornaments alone so that helps! It is so pretty and it helps me embrace the shorter days because it looks so pretty all lite up. We have the manger underneath the tree that I made with Andrew was a baby. Sam keeps knocking over everyone though. :) That boy! Luckily it is fabric so no harm done.

Sentimental Sunday.....

People person at heart!

Sam is a people person at heart! He also loves anything long (pencils, nail files, spoons and scarfs!) so we had to snap this picture recently when our dear friend and photographer was loving on him after our family photo shoot.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!!!

Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action. -W. J. Cameron

A big week for our independent little guy!

This was a big week for Sam! Lots of milestones. Some great and some that brought a bit of challenge to the week. He climbed (fell) out of his bed, learned to climb up on Jacobs bed, learn to open doors and climb on the step stool on his own. Praise God he was OK after the bed incident and hasn't tried it since. It was a scary moment and hoping he is scared enough to never try it again. One morning I was feeding him his cereal (oatmeal with banana mixed it) and he was fussing something awful. I thought it might be his teeth. I walked away to get something and when I turned around he had the biggest grin on his face and was saying , "MMMMMMMMMMM" and was a very happy boy! Yep, all he wanted to do was feed himself. He has been using a fork for a few months and was trying to let his mama know it was time to progress to the spoon.

Family times......

We were blessed with a visit from Trae's mom and James. We had a great day with them and as you can tell Sam really enjoyed it too! We tried to snap some great pictures to capture the moments. They are going to stop back by on their way out of town too. Getting to spend time with family around the holidays makes it seem a little more like the holiday time to us. We will be headed to my moms this Thanksgiving and are looking forward to a 4 day weekend.

A little under the weather.....

Sam loves Elmo! I found his these Elmo slippers recently and he enjoys wearing them. He has had a fever the past few days so we have been hanging out at home, reading books and watching waaaaaay more kids shows than normal. It appears to be something throat related with some major teething added in. I took him to the Dr. this morning just to make sure it wasn't anything else and praise God everything tested negative. So we are praying, watching Sesame Street and grateful for motrin!