Best shot yet!!

Sam and his buddy Kristie at the baby secret santa party. We can't stop laughing over this one. It looks like a card of an old married couple. Happy 60th Anniversary Sam and Kristie!

Random Fun.

Sam's latest face. Daddy taught him to make this one. If you do it to him, he will make it back at you. Not the most lovely shot, but too funny!


Why is there a dachshund chihuahua on my gorillas? Sam just woke up (big surprise with that great hair) to find Jerry snoozing on his gorillas! For those of you who had the pleasure of living with me or visiting my room, that is Large and Medium Koko! Davis Cecchin keep you snout off them! :)
And still happy about brushing his teeth. We finally got him some Thomas the Tank Engine toothpaste now he loves it even more. Loves chewing the brush that is. I love how the toothbrush package says, do not let baby chew on it. Yeah right. Put it in their mouth and expect it won't be chewed?

Some Christmas Fun

Sam helped us to make holiday ornaments. It was very fun and turned out cute. What a great helper. Next year he will be an old pro!!

Kneading the dough


Very focused on rolling it out


and it would not be complete without sampling the rolling pin!




Helping Dad to decorate the tree. Having a tree in our living room has been much smoother than I thought. It hasn't fallen over yet and no ornaments have been broken. Hopefully I am not jinxing us :)

Festival of Lights!

Some folks were concerned that Sam has one Jewish parent and one Catholic one. This definitely works on out Sam's favor since he gets to celebrate both holidays. Learning to play with the dreidel.

and enjoying some latkes and candle lighting, gifts too of couse at Grammy and Grandpa's house. Happy Hanukkah Sam. This one was much better than last year. Last year Sam was only 6 weeks old and what a disaster. He cried for hours. Maybe having a meal at 9pm was not the best idea. Rookie parents!

Sam's Second Haircut!

While it may not be as exciting as the first, still worth documenting. He was very good and seems to have fun getting it done. We went to a different place this time. Paying $22 for a few snips seemed a bit much. Very dapper!!

Uncle Al is here!

I was a bad Mom and did not take any pictures at Thanksgiving, oops! I did take one of Sam with his Great Uncle Al who was here from NY for Turkey Day. They had only met one time before but seemed like they will be good buds! Sam's hair does look somewhat red in this shot. Peple have noticed this before, we have Uncle Al to thank for that!

Mom told me they would still be here!

Sam was so excited to come to the family room the morning after his party and see that his million new toys were still there. He loves playing with all of them, here are a few shots of him having fun!

and pushing the firetruck from Diane and David, yeah so fun! Just don't let it get blocked by anything or cover your ears!

and riding in my push buggy to our family portrait session. Sam does prefer to be the pusher not the rider but cooperated for a bit!