Uncle Darren came to visit!

Bottoms UP!

More mommy MORE!!

We've discoverd a new love of food! Mac n cheese! We often believe that Sam doesn't even breathe while eating it. He devowers it and demands more. As you notice, keeping a clean house these days is a little next to impossible. Sam likes to think that he can feed the floor as well. The books all tell us that he is just trying to understand cause and effect. I'm trying to understand how to hire a cleaning lady!

Outside Elmo

It's Elmo! Sam adores everything about Elmo. We go to the store, he can spot him a mile away and start to panic. Recently we purchased a elmo sprinkler and Sam just thinks this is the best gift ever. He will crawl to the window and pound on the glass. It is hilarious!

My New Cousin

Sela Ivy Teplin was born on August 28, 2005.

Dinner with Papa Stan

Tonight we went out for dinner with Papa Stan...all we're going to say is babysitter!! I think this will be the last time for a while that Sam goes with us out to dinner. He was a mess. Didn't want to sit in his highchair...didn't want to eat....didn't want anything to do with anything, except go outside and watch the cars pass the restaurant. So needless to say, we've learned our lesson. Thank goodness the waitress put us kind of in the back...it looked like a tornado ripped through our table. Sam is still fighting a cold (again) so we'll hope to get some sleep tonight.

9 month pictures in the Park!

Whoever knew that haveing a 9 month old picture took could be so draining. We tried to go to the studio to get his picture, however, it turned into a nightmare, not to mention that Sears photography was running 2 hours behind and we had a screaming baby on our hands. Once we got into the room, Sam would not sit still and just wanted to crawl around and get into everything. So we packed up and left. Brad and I decided to use some of our hidden creativity and make a day out of it and go to Clody park and be our own "professional" photographers!