Adventures in Albany day 1...

Adventures in Albany day 1... 1:00 AM. We arrive, get to our hotel, we are all about to go to bed and Abby falls off the bed hits her head on the nightstand and cuts her eyebrow bad enough she probably needs stitches. 

Soccer game talk...

We are at Abby's Soccer game and I asked Stu if I should get up and do a cheer. He said, "I wanna see a toe touch." Sam got mad and said, "It's not a toe touch it's a tow truck!"

Abby and soccer

Abby hates soccer!

We fight her every week to go to soccer. The first time someone stole the ball from her she cried. She has asked me multiple times to unsign me up for soccer. Today Abby is kind of willing to go in and play but then just walks around. I think we will stick to dance or gymnastics!

Fabreeze

We are downstairs packing and Stu says to Sam, "Let's go change your bum you stink."  Sam refuses as usual and goes upstairs a little while later her comes back downstairs smelling really strongly of fabeeze.  He had gone upstairs and sprayed himself with Fabreeze. Didn't quite cut it though!

Best friends

The past couple weeks Abby and Sam have become best friends. I love it. I love to watch them and listen to them. It makes me so happy. They do everything together. If Sam is sad he goes to "Babby" to make him feel better. Or if he is crying or gets hurt he wants Babby to calm him down. Those are his exact words. They just play and play for hours. Tonight Abby wanted him to read stories at bed time with her and she wanted to sit right by him. Tonight they were kind of wrestling and I heard Abby say, "Sam, I love you," and Sam said, "Babby you love me? Ahhh!"  It was the cutest thing. It melted my heart. They built a train tonight and came to show it to me and said that is was a very slow moving train, it was a "slowcamotive."  I thought that was very creative on Abby's part. They are always together. Sam says to Abby all the time, "Babby you want to play with me!" And Abby is constantly asking Sam to color with her or do puzzles or just telling him what to do and Sam loves it. I hope this is a start of a life long friendship     I really hope it continues it's so dang fun and I makes my life easier too. They are such cuties. I love them so much.

Little things...

I love finding little things like this. Sam must have lined up his shoes with daddy's. Stu asked if I had done it. ( : 

Today's funnies!

Sam got up at 6:40 this morning so I went up stairs turned on a movie and went back to bed. Them Abby came in an hour later or so and she wanted someone to go up stairs with her. I told her Sam was up there so she went up. A little while later Stu and I went up stairs and Abby says to us, "I had to babysit Sam while you guys where sleeping and I'm tired of him!" Stu and I busted out laughing and Stu say, "Sounds a lot like you... I've had the kids all day and I'm tired of them." That's why it was so funny!

Now Sam... He is walking down the stairs and wines, "These stairs are too big I need smaller ones." Granted he goes down those stairs a million times a day. 

Abby and Sam found our little duck toilet downstairs and they brought it up and cause Abby says Sam wants to potty train. Them they take it in the bathroom and a little while later they both come out and Abby says, "Sam sat on the duck toilet and went potty in his diaper so I put a new one on." Sam comes walking out with a very loose fitting diaper. It was pretty funny!

Here is a laugh!

Recap on some of the funnies today... Abby was wearing the new striped outfit her grandma sent her and she stuck her head inside the neck and said, "Wow it's a rainbow fantasy in here!" Then I bought Sam a new play drill with my 20 bucks at toysrus because the one he got for Christmas isn't battery powered so he thinks it is broken.  He holds it and says, "Now I can screw!" Then he proceeded to wear the goggles that came with the drill all night and carry his drill. He was having a great time drilling or screwing his beans at El Farol with his safety goggles on for protection. 

And Sam thought the car wash was hilarious!

Abby's drawing.

This is a pic Abby drew of her at Disneyland with a Mickey balloon and nemo in a fish tank with a cactus growing on the top with a Donald Duck balloon. 

White Christmas

Abby, Why is this guy on the iPod singing about a white Christmas. What does that mean. 

Me, maybe because he lives somewhere where it doesn't snow and he wishes he could have snow for Christmas. 

Abby, where does he live, where does it not snow? 

Me, maybe Florida. 

Abby, maybe Disneyland or California. Me, maybe. 

Abby, I want to go to Disneyland or somewhere it doesn't snow. 

Me, me too, but for now let's just enjoy our beautiful white Christmas. 

Abby, no I want to go somewhere where there is no snow!

Comment of the day by Sam!

Comment of the day from Sam...He came walking in the room and Stuart said to him, "Sam are you poopy?" Sam replies, "Nope!" Stu then says, "Then who is?" Sam, "Baby Jesus."

Funny Sam

We are at Discovery Gateway playing on the life flight helicopter and Sam just said to me, "Helicopter doesn't blast off it's just stuck!" He is very frustrated about that. 

Care Bear

Abby drew this Care Bear and I thought it was pretty cute!

Sam's 2 Year Appointment...Only 5 months behind

Sam's 2 year appointment was on Sept. 19th 2013. He was...

-Wights, 33.29 lbs (94%)

-Height, 35.83 inches (85%)

-Head Circ. 19.8 in (86%)

Once again he is a big boy!  So it is really Feb. 12th 2014. So Sam is really almost 2 1/2.  I am only about 5 months behind on writing this.  Sam has grown up so much since September.  Stuart left for Nashville for the entire month of September and while he was gone Sam just started talking so well.  Stu couldn't believe how well he was talking when he came home.  He started talking so much clearer and in full sentences.  I love to listen to him talk he has the cutest little voice.  He had to learn to talk to keep up with Abby.  Now I have two talkers.  He loves his daddy.  He is such a daddy's boy, maybe even more than Stuart would like.  Stu had the entire month of November, December and January off to do interviews and I don't know if I changed a diaper the entire time.  Only daddy could change it.  Only daddy could get him a drink or food and help him.  I was a little annoying but I'm glad he loves his daddy.  

A little about Sam right now.  He was a really good eater for a while.  He was willing to try anything we put on his plate.  We found out that he loves, Meatballs, lettuce and spinach with ranch, he love Caesar salad and carrots.  Most everything else he has liked for a while like Strawberries, pears, apples, watermelon broccoli, corn, chicken nuggets, hot dogs, PB and J.  He will not eat Cheese quesadilla, noodles or oranges.  While child doesn't like noodles?  

in the passed couple months he has started to really like Super heroes, Ninja (engine) Turtles, fighting, boy stuff.  It is so fun to see the difference between girls and boys.  The other day he was galloping through the kitchen with a light saber saying, "It's a fight parade and I am going to shoot meatballs at the bad guys!" He also still loves trains.  He was obsessed with a DVD we got from the library called The Alphabet Train.  He called it Grandpas trains show and he watched it constantly for a week and still asks for it.  He wanted to take it to California to show it to Grandpa Ron.  He really likes Monster trucks and trucks and cars too. He at Abby have been best friends lately.  They play so well together.  He always wants Babby when he is sad. I love when he comes up to Abby and says, "Babby, lets play!"  He also loves his cousin Joshy.  He get so excited to play with Joshy.  The other day when we went to Emily's house Josh opened the door and gave Sam a hug and said, "I haven't seen you in forever."  Melts my heart.  Love that they are buds.

He learned how to crawl out of his crib about 6 weeks ago.  That has been fun, but he is my sleeper.  He loves his bed and his blankets, all three of them, and his binkies.  He will still go to bed so easily and most of the time still take naps though sometimes he will climb out because he needs a drink or a "bandaid."   He just says the cutest things.  I just love what he says.  I love this age so much.  The other day I said, Sam I need to change your poopy.  He said it's not a poopy, its just a nugget. He cracks me up!  I need to be better at typing what the kids say.  They are so funny.  Sambo is my favorite little guy.  I love him so much.  He makes me to happy.  I can't imagine life with out my little red headed buckaroo!

 A few pictures from September 19th, 2013 at his 2 year appointment with Dr. Gustin.

 And a few pictures that are a little more recent.. Mr. Tools, he loves his Tools

 Best buddies

Daddy Working Again?

When I got Sam out of his bed this morning he said to me with this sad voice, "Daddy ooking gen?"  I said, "Yes he is working again." He said all disappointed, "Okay."  We are all really missing daddy. 3 1/2 weeks more today till daddy comes home. 

Missing Daddy!

Yesterday Sam saw a bus and said daddy's bus. Abby said no daddy went on an airplane for a hundred years.  I guess a month is a really long time for a kid. I kinda feel the same way though. 

My first Strawberry...

The first strawberry from my garden. 

Introducing Sadie and Turtle

Meet Turtle

Meet Sadie

The newest members of our family!  I'm hoping they will keep the kids busy for a bit while daddy is gone!