Robert and Debbie's Wedding!

I was asked to take photos at Robert and Debbie's (Jen's mom) wedding and these are the results. I had never taken any wedding photos before so it was a new experience. I tweaked them a bit. I hope you enjoy.

Long awaited post

Most of you know that Jenny was in an accident recently. I won't go into that much but to say that she is on the mend, and we hope she will recover fully, and soon!

I will just put up some fun pictures of the boy and the Greta. We borrowed our friends digital slr and have been having way too much fun. Some of the pictures are of Sam and his new toy his Grandpa Joe bought him. Also, Greta found a nice spot to lay down under Sam's crib. Enjoy.

Harry Potter Halloween

For Sam's first Halloween, we went with a Harry Potter theme. I went as Minerva McGonagall, Sam went as Harry Potter (of course), and Drew went as Remus Lupin.

Our friends, Matt & Chenae and their son, Jackson also went with the HP theme. Jackson's red hair actually inspired the whole get-up. Here's a picture of the whole gang.


The best of the evening.... Ron (Jackson) & Harry (Sam).


Chenae crocheted the Gryffindor scarves, I sewed the robes and Drew whittled the wands. What a fun Halloween. This holiday is a heck of a lot more fun when it's celebrated with children!

Happy Halloween from our Sam & our Sam O'Lantern

We welcome autumn

9 months strong

For those of you who dig stats, here are Sam's most recent:
19lb 3oz, 27 1/4"

He's babbling, crawling, pulling to standing, cruising, standing on his own for a few seconds, and is currently cutting his 2nd tooth (on the bottom next to his first). I think the top two are following very soon, I can feel them under the gums. He's seems like he's just beginning to catch on to the idea of waving bye-bye. Drew, Danny & I get so excited when he does.

He is so curious and bold. It's so fun to watch him explore his world. Today his Su-Su and Granddad (Cavin) are coming into town & I just can't wait to share him with them.

You know, I haven't mentioned Danny much, but I should! Danny is our housemate & friend and is a huge part of Sam's life. When Danny gets home from work about 3pm, Sam & Danny play and both of them positively light up! It's so good for "Uncle Danny" to be a part of all our lives. Thanks, Danny!

Thank goodness we have dogs!

...because without our pups we wouldn't have these videos to share

a day in his life

Sam loves the dogs. He hasn't mastered petting them gently, though. When they go out, he crawls over to the back door and waits (somewhat) patiently for them to come back in. Greta & Juneau are trying to teach him.




Sam & Drew playing the piano. Sam loves to play. At least twice a day he crawls up to the piano, pulls up & reaches up to play as best he can. When he's not playing the piano, he's often playing Drew's guitar.

Sam & me brushing our teeth. Sam thinks this is really fun. He was so interested in me brushing my teeth that we got him is own tooth brush for his single tooth. (In this picture he had recently been treated with Gentian violet for thrush. He hadn't been eating otter pops! He did really need to brush those gums though.)

Sam's new hobbies

Sam has taken up a couple of new hobbies. Crawling, and the beastie boys! Check out the videos below.

Colorado Videos

Here are some random videos from our trip to Colorado. Drew has some more, but hasn't had the time to edit them together nicely. He wants to make a "Summer of Love - 2007" video with all the best video from this summer.

Sam + Mountains = Love at first sight

Here is a schmorgasborg of photos from our trip to Colorado. We met up with our friends Steven and Heidi from South Carolina and went climbing and exploring in the mountains. Heidi took some really great pics that I will post soon. (She actually took a couple in this bunch as well.) Look out for some video as well. Enjoy.

Stats

Susan reminded me today that I never posted Sam's stats from his six month checkup. On July 19 he weighed 17 lb, 3 oz and was 27 1/2 inches long. He's almost out of 6-9 month clothing - 6-12 month things are usually safe though, & 12 month clothes fit with a little room to spare.

We've been taking swimming lessons the last two weeks. Sam & I went to the Starfish class at Adamson Lagoon. Sam had lots of fun & is learning to be comfortable in the water early. There are lots of summer pics to post. I may need to figure out how to post them, since Drew's been pretty busy lately.

For now, check out theleesblogspot.blogspot.com for some photos that Steph took of Drew, Sam & I and also of Melissa & Elijah.

Sam and Cereal

Sam likes lots of other foods, but not this plum/rice cereal concoction that Mis made. I hope to have a montage of our trip to Arkansas up soon.

Pictures from Family reunion in Arkansas

...and over again

Yesterday evening Drew was playing with Sam with a piece of junk mail while I was cooking dinner. Sam found the mail so interesting that when he dropped it he moved from sitting to his tummy, rolled onto his back, and then onto his tummy again to retrieve it each time it fell. Today he reaffirmed that he can roll onto his tummy from his back. I was pretty convinced that he had no interest in rolling whatsoever. He has only rolled a handful of times since April, for crying out loud!

During the first part of July, we took a family vacation to Cotter, Arkansas (the town where I grew up). We had tons of fun staying at Hopkinswoode, the house where my great-grandparents lived (and my great-great-grandparents, too). It's now a beautiful Bed & Breakfast near clear deep lakes and freezing cold rivers filled with rainbow trout.

We've got lots of pictures and video that we will be posting soon. Drew's trying not to devote too much time to it - he's putting his nose to the grindstone with his research. I'll add more commentary when he is able to post videos & pics.

Sam's 6 month check up is tomorrow, so I'll post then with his most current stats.

Five generations

These are from the Mulkey family reunion and Grandmother Mulkey's 98th birthday party!!! There is a great sequence where Elijah grabs Sam's pacifier. You can see how long that lasted!

Sam in Arizona

classic

Some of the women and our kids from the little home church we were a part of not long ago got together on Thursday (May 24). When we joined the group none of us had children. Would you believe that three more cuties weren't able to make it and there are two more on the way... in only 2 1/2 short years!?

You're looking at (right to left) Sam, Jada, Jerusha, Toby & Elliana.

To be fair there were others in the group with children that had moved just previous to our joining, so there could be even more in this count - Whew!

bare

Couldn't be much cuter than a naked baby.

Sam Laughing, finally

We finally got a quick laugh of Sam's on video. Enjoy:


Also, Sam had his 4 month check up on friday.
25 1/8th inches long
15 lbs, 8 oz.

He's a growing baby, that's for sure!