Well, I know it's been forever, but I just needed to get out here and post these cute pictures I took today of my sweetie pie (or cutie patootie as his Uncle Chris calls him).
Here's our best Bulldog supporter!
And a quick update. My son now has 10 teeth (please don't ask me to identify them) and is working on a bunch more. He had a rough time a couple of weeks ago... such a bad rash that he had blisters on his bottom. I'd never seen that and hope I never do again!
He has such a vast vocabulary, I am really impressed with him. Although I have to pay close attention to some words to try and figure out what he's saying, most of the time I can pick it up quickly. He is even trying to repeat the Pledge of Allegiance... his favorite word from that is "all".
His sitter is teaching him some simple sign language which I think is great. He can do "more", "milk", and "cup". "More" comes at mealtimes pretty readily. I have to prompt for "milk" and "cup". I'm trying to teach him "please" and "thank you" in sign language since he's already got those down in words. He even will say "please" on his own and sometimes "thank you" on his own. This is really important to Kris and me, so we work really hard to teach him nice manners.
I know every parent thinks their child is the best, but I really must say that this boy is super-smart! He is a genius! :)
OK.. Gotta go do something really productive, but finally I will post a comparison picture. I've been thinking a lot lately about how much he has changed since he was born. I've been wanting to compare pictures, so here is Samuel one year ago today next to today's picture:
