sammy

sammy's getting more mobile by the minute. i lose him all the time! the other day i couldn't find him and he wasn't making any sounds so i had audrey and jack be super quiet. turns out, he was in the foyer, playing with shoes! we never know where we'll find him next! i guess we can always follow the trail of drool:)

isn't he a cutie? this smile is infectious, especially at church!

they're playing choo choo train. i have no idea how this game even started:)

he's sitting in the tub!! bathing him is soooo much easier now!
this is where sammy waits for jack to drop food...he's like a puppy dog! i found cheese in his mouth one day! audrey's response was, "sammy need teeth"

we have no idea how he gets up here or how he gets down. he's just suddenly there and then he's not. it's magic:)

my big man in training

jack's just a cutie. he's picked up so many words and phrases from audrey, but at the same time, he's really starting to make up his own catch phrases:) it's hard not to hug him all the time because he's just sooooo squeezable!

this is jack's "funny face":)

this tie gets picked every sunday for daddy to wear. jacob's getting pretty tired of it, but the kids love it!:)

jack and his "cowboy hat"- it's the hat that started everything for me and jacob

he's a hoarder...he'll just walk around the house picking things up and carry them. everyday he collects new items.

they discovered the pockets in their pants. i think audrey's hands are stuck

audrey's 3rd b-day bash

audrey's finally three!!! we always have to birthday celebrations- a party for friends and one for the family, with cake and presents. jacob's big on milking the one day a kid can be selfish:) we had a "scream for ice cream" party where five little kids made their own ice cream sundaes. in lieu of gifts, we had each child bring their favorite ice cream topping- there was a HUGE assortment. of course the most popular were the sprinkles;) afterwards, the kids ran out their energy with a round of head-shoulders-knees-and-toes, all the while unable to focus due to the mass amounts of sugar coursing through their little bodies! jacob and i were pretty disappointed when all the parents showed up on time to pick up their kids. we all had a fantastic time!

audrey with her sundae- she opted for every topping!

left- right- jack, audrey, morgan, eddie, and cole

audrey with her cake:) in our home, the b-day kid gets the remainder of the cake after everyone has a slice:) yum!

audrey with her presents- she's nutso for wall-e, so we gave her her three favorite characters. she also got a baby alive with a doctor's kit, so she spent a week playing doctor:)

he's growing up!!

sammy's sitting up all by himself!! i just sat him up on day, just to see if he could, and he stayed!! and he's eating cheerios, bread, and yummy mushy baby food:) it's a good thing too because he was getting tired of eating bland oat cereal. audrey and jack were like that too- they get it from their dad:) no bland food allowed in our home!:) sammy's also been doing this little tummy scootch around the house. he's pretty fast now and there have been times when i turn around and sammy's not where i left him:) he's catching up to audrey and jack pretty quickly, especially when it comes to playing with toys:)

i love this pic- they talked for about fifteen minutes and jack was showing sammy his lion, or "rar":)