Standing on His Own

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Thrilled to Stand

 
 

iPhone

Sam sees Mommy and Daddy on their iPhones all the time, and wants nothing more than to have one of his own.  We gave him my old first-gen iPhone today and he was very excited.  Then he tried to eat it and lost his iPhone privileges.

 

Standing Up!

Sam loves standing up.  He's been practicing by holding onto our hands.  He can get up all by himself, but he needs a little help to stay there.  Lately, he's been even letting go with one hand and balancing.  Today's innovation was holding on to things other than our hands.  At this rate, he'll be walking in no time!

 
 
Very proud of himself.

Sammy Eats a Dinner Roll

We went out to dinner last night, and Sam was getting a little bored (and jealous) as the adults ate, so we gave him a dinner roll to keep him busy.  He certainly made a mess of things, but he loved it -- and he even ate (put in his mouth, chewed, and swallowed) it!

Excuse the poor quality photos -- we forgot our camera so these were taken with my cell phone in a dark restaurant.
 
 
 

Totally Daddy's Son

 

Fun with Grandma and Grandpa

 
 
 

Sam's Weekend with Grandma and Grandpa

 
 

Enjoying yogurt in the park.

Sam in the Box

 

Mmmm Watermelon

 

Sam's First Trip to the Beach

 
Nantasket Beach
 
Sam's very first sand toys -- thanks Rubin family!
 

 
Sam tests out the sand
 

On Today's Menu

 

Greek yogurt with peaches (and by the way, notice the name of the shark on Sam's bib)

 

Pretzels

Sam Rolled Over!

Sam rolled over from his back to his belly for the first (and second) time last night. He's discovered a new mode of locomotion: rolling over and over and over until he gets the toy he wants!

Food

The list of foods our little shrimpy boy (at 13 lbs 2 oz, he's in the 0.73rd percentile for weight!) has tried now includes:
- apples
- avocado
- bananas
- carrots
- cucumber
- lettuce
- mashed potatoes
- oatmeal
- pears
- peas
- peppers
- prunes
- rice cereal
- spinach
- squash
- string beans
- sweet potato
- vanilla yogurt

with a new food introduced every few days. On deck: mango, Greek yogurt, and goat cheese.

Yogurt

As part of our quest to fatten Sam up, we got some yogurt at the grocery store today.  Although Sam usually shies away from cold foods, he loved the yogurt, quickly gobbling up more than half a full-sized serving.



Sam loved the yogurt so much, once it was gone he licked it off his bib.

New Toys

Roll the Ball

From the minute Sam was born -- no, from the minute we found out he was a boy -- Brian has been looking forward to playing ball with Sam. He's not 100% there yet, but we can certainly try!



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