TGIF

I am so ready for the weekend.  I'm so ready to relax.  Not much is going on here. 

I think I am going to be taking Samuel to Gymboree right by our house today.  You can go to one class for free to try it out and I figured that is what we would do.  Should be interesting.  

I also wanted to wish Justin a Happy 31st Birthday today!  

He is walking...with a little help

Samuel is wearing me out.  He is everywhere.  I turn my head for a second and he has taken off around the room.  

He started to walk this past weekend with his little toy.  He is really good at going straight.  He doesn't really know what to do once it hits the wall.  

I am off to run a few miles and shower before the monster wakes up.

Busy Weekend

I wish I could say that we relaxed this weekend, but we were really busy.  I tried to set up the stupid wireless router all weekend.  I have it connected to my computer now, but it is terrible.  I couldn't configure it with this desktop.  Then it worked with out laptop for a day and then stopped working.  I was on the phone with technical support for 2 hours on Saturday with two different guys and neither one of them could help me.  They didn't know why it wouldn't work.  I was so frustrated and in a terrible mood.  I am going to disconnect it about I have done all the stuff I need to do on the internet this morning and then I am going to return it today.  I decided that I am just going to call AT & T and get their wireless router because I am sick of dealing with this.  Hopefully they will be more helpful.  

I already went to the grocery store this morning and I have tons more errands to do today.  Hopefully I will have a productive day.  

Here are some pictures from the weekend.

We have a 9 month old

I know I say this all the time, but I time really flies.  I can't believe that Samuel is 9 months old today.  He has grown so much and has developed so quickly.  I look at him sometimes and I am amazed that Dave and I made him.  It truly is a miracle.  

So yesterday my Internet was down all day.  I was going crazy.  I think I screwed things up somehow because I tried to install our wireless router and then all of the sudden the Internet was gone.  I was on the hone with AT & T for about 20 minutes and they got me going again, but I really need to get this wireless thing set up so I can use my laptop.  

Samuel has been super needy lately.  He has a runny nose, but I don't really think he is sick, he is just crabby.  He was wide awake this morning at 6 and I think that is because he couldn't breathe very well due to his stuffy nose.  He is already back asleep again and it is 7:15.  It is going to be an interesting day.  

Yesterday I was looking through his clothes and I knew that I bought him an outfit many months ago.  In my head I thought it was huge and 24 month size.  I remember when I bought it I was thinking that it would be a long time before he could fit into it.  I pulled it out and it was 9 months size in the pants and 12 month in the shirt.  Thank goodness I found it now.  He fits into it perfectly.  I took some pictures.  I also include a shot of Samuel with all the family members.  There aren't many times that we remember to get pictures of ourselves too.  

Since he is 9 months today, I am going to try desperately to get a good picture of him.  We need one for his monthly picture calendar and for the holiday card.  I will get a good one of him today!

My goal today is to set up the wireless router.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Yo man, what's up?


He LOVES George.

Happy Birthday Oma

I wanted to wish Oma and very Happy Birthday today.  We love you!

The Statistics

We went to Samuel's 9 month appointment yesterday.  He has grown a ton.  

At 6 months he was 64% in height and 76% in weight.  Now at 9 months he is 29 inches, which is 76% and 22 lbs 6.5 oz which is 79%.  His head circ. was 45 cm which is 42%.  I seriously don't know how he can have such a small head.  Anyway, he is a big boy.  

We talked to the doctor about his lack of sleeping through the night and we were told that he is big enough to go 12 hours without eating.  They told us to let  him cry it out.  So last night we did just that and it wasn't easy.  He cried off and on for an hour from 12:30 to 1:30.  We will see how it goes tonight.  I hate that we are having to deal with sleep issues, but I guess if that is the only major thing then we are doing okay.

Some pictures from this morning.

Picture time

Opa is in our thoughts and prayers today.  He is have a major surgery this afternoon and we are thinking about him today and we know he will recover quickly.  We love you!

On a lighter note, I am trying everyday to get pictures of Samuel and George for our holiday cards.  Today was exceptionally difficult.  Samuel was much more interested in laughing and smiling at George.  Then when I finally got him to look at the camera and I told him to smile, I got the most ridiculous smile from him.  Hopefully in the next week or so, I can get a good picture of the two of them.  

I am also working on getting a few more pictures to add to our 2009 calendar.  Hopefully I can get that done in the next week or so, that way we will have a calendar by January 1, 2009.  

Samuel has his 9 month doctor's appointment today.  He is officially 9 months on Friday.  I can't believe how time is just flying by.  I am sure he weights a ton.  Dave is just hoping that he isn't below average in height.  We will see.

I am off to figure out something for dinner while the crazy boy is sleeping.  

Here are the pictures from today: