Laughing Sam

Sam has started laughing and I'm obsessed. You can tell I'm obsessed because I'm downloading a video on the internet where I look (or sound) a complete fool. The things you do for your kids.

P.S. Sorry about the weird angle. I had to prop the camera up on one of his baskets so I could use my hands...

Man I love this kid!

Sleepy Sam

I can't believe my little bugaboo is just a week and a half shy of 3 months. He's so big now! When I went to the doctor right before his blessing he was 12 lbs 2 oz and 23" long. So by now he's probably almost double his birth weight. As my back can attest...

But as sad as I am to see him getting so big and growing out of even his 0-3 month clothes, with his age does come some advantages. For one, he's almost grown out of his colic. YAY! He's been sleeping 7-8 hours a night for the last 4 nights. I feel like super woman. AND, I ate a huge bowl of ice cream the other night and he still slept 8 hours. I'm thinking this whole no dairy thing is bogus.

Anyhow, one of my favorite things to see over the past few months is all the funny ways Sam sleeps. And I have documented them all. Probably because I'm a crazy first time mom who takes like a million pictures a day. But I thought you might get a kick out of some of them. Here are my top 10 favorite sleepy moments in chronological order (sorry some are duplicates of previous blogs):

He slept with his arms and legs up like this for the first 3 weeks of his life. 

This cracks me up. He was just waking up and his legs were up inside his sleeper, making him look unusually large for a three-day-old. 

My one-armed mummy baby 

Can't get enough of this picture 

Almost asleep with mama 

I promise when I put him in there he was wrapped tight like a burrito and was straight up and down. How he could stay asleep like this, I'm not sure... 

Can you tell yet that he loves to have his arms out?

Boppy picture #1: so happy 

Boppy picture #2: so peaceful 

Boppy picture #3...what the heck? This is my all time favorite forever and always. He was sitting up and wide awake when I went to make his bottle. Literally 2 minutes later I turned around and this is how I found him. Naked and sound asleep. What a life.

So there they are. What a cutie, huh? He takes after his dad.

Baby Blessing

On Sunday we had Samuel's baby blessing. It was such a special occasion, made even more special by all the family that was able to attend. Here are some pictures from the big day.

With Grandma and Grandpa Griffin 

 All the grandparents. Just a side note: Blaze wore the same little boots and blanket when he was blessed 25 years ago.

 The Mortensen fam (we missed you, Lathens!)

 The proud parents

Getting tired of pictures...

5 Generations: Sam's Great Great Grandma Laura (she's 107!), Great Grandma Ludean, Grandma Jeanne, Blaze and Sam

Sam and Dad 

Cute little boy

On the same day we took a drive to Douglas, one of my favorite spots not too far from here. It was so fun! We saw cows and baby ducks, though somehow they all avoided our camera. Here are some pics from the adventure:

 Stef (my brother's fiance! yay!), Steve, and Me

My little family and my mom! 

The cute lovebirds 

Blowing bubbles :) 

Gotta love 'em.

It was an awesome weekend! And even though I don't have pictures of them, thanks Proctors and Smith's for coming out as well! We sure appreciated it.