Holy Chicken - Nine Months Old

When I chose an "every month" photo opportunity, I should have thought ahead a little better... this little chickadee doesn't want to sit on his cow anymore.  But he is nine months old today!

Happy Halloween!

Colonel Sanders and his little chicken

Sam Devours an Apple

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Brunch with Uncle Andrew

Coat Peekaboo

Sam plays peekaboo with Grandpa's jacket.

24 Hours with Grandma and Grandpa

"Crawling"

Head of the Charles

On Sunday, we went to the Head of the Charles regatta with the Bortingers.

Time to Lower the Crib

And we thought yesterday was a milestone...

This morning, during a "nap time" that has yet to contain a nap, Sam figured out how to kneel in his crib...

and then how to stand up.  He was very proud of himself.  Too proud, in fact, to sleep.

Pumpkin Patch

At that rate, Sam costs about $13.

Sam Learned to Sit Up on His Own

This is how I found Sam at 6 am this morning -- sitting up in his crib, mobile on, video monitor in the crib, wide awake.

Shake Shake

Sam was very happy to have a visit from Nana and Papa! Here is is showing Nana how he can "shake shake."

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More Fun with Nana, Papa, and Dino

Visit from Nana and Papa

Sam and Nana read a book

Nana helps teach Sam to crawl

Sam, Nana, and Papa out to dinner at Legal Seafood

Shoed Dude

Our nanny's grandson outgrew these shoes, so she gave them to Sam.  His first pair of shoes!
(Also, he now smiles like this whenever I pick up the camera and point it at him.  He's a born ham.)

He kept picking up his new "toys" and being confused when his feet were attached to them.

Ribs

We went with Sam and some of our friends to the East Cambridge Rib Fest this afternoon.  The East Cambridge Business Association shut down most of Cambridge Street, and all the local restaurants competed in a rib contest.  Sam tasted his first ribs.

Tasting...

Examining...

Loving!

Hanging out with Daddy on a beautiful 85-degree fall afternoon.

Break Fast

Sam has found a new favorite food -- bagels!

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Teeth!

Holy Cow Part Two

Managed to get this right before he attempted to roll off.  Don't worry, we caught him.

Our next few cow chair pictures may just be standing up like this, since that's all Sam wants to do these days.

Holy Cow -- We Won't Sit on the Cow

Sam's eight-month-old cow chair photo shoot didn't go so well this week.  He's too big/old/active to lay calmly on the cow chair, but too young to know that rolling over on the cow chair is detrimental to your health.  So this is the best I got.


Petting the cow chair

Holding hands with the cow chair