Keeping with tradition

My grandmother made my mom and uncles stockings when they were just babies and then made all of the grandchildren's. When Ryan and I were engaged she began working on his. A few years later my brother, Stephen, got married but my grandmother just didn't think she was going to be able to make Tiffany's stocking, so I stepped up to the plate. I didn't quite know what I was getting myself into, but it was really fun and I know that I will enjoy keeping up with this family tradition. When I found out I was pregnant with Samuel I knew it was time to begin the next stocking. I completed the cross stitching last night and sewed the back on this afternoon. Below is the end product and all of our stockings hanging on our mantel!

Samuel's eating peas and carrots!

Samuel started eating cereal a few weeks ago and is doing so great. Last week we tried carrots and he LOVED them...he even got a little upset when he had emptied the jar! Below are some pictures of him eating!

This is his TRUE reaction to peas. We literally snapped this right after he swallowed his first bite! I think he's going to grow up eating all his veggies!

some cereal shots

he is definitely getting a big belly!

bath time and spikey hair, he likes to stick his hands in his mouth and then all over his head when they are covered in cereal, but no other time!

Just a few pictures of Samuel

Wordless Wednesdays

A few things

I haven't had access to my camera cord or internet on our computer (due to the big move) so I wanted to add a few pictures of what has been going on lately! I will add some pictures of the house as I get more stuff put away...it is kind of a reck right now!

Samuel and his Bebe. She came to help me box up our townhouse while Ryan was at a conference in Atlanta. Samuel loved having her!

Samuel was a duck for halloween. Unfortunately it was about 80 degrees that day, so he was only in his costume for about 10 minutes so we could snap some photos!

Our friend Stephanie's birthday is halloween and they decided to have some people (and their kids) over to grill out and then trick or treat together. We decided to get a photo of all the kiddos together before we went out! They were so cute and we had so much fun!

Just a little cameo of our stud. He is getting so big so fast! Samuel is now very vocal and seems to still be a very happy baby! We love it!

video of Samuel's cereal experience

Samuel's first cereal!

We went to the doctor last week and we got a great report. Samuel is doing so great! We were given the ok to start him on cereal, but decided to wait until we got moved...no need to add to many things to the already overflowing plate! There are a few pictures and a video at the end! We were quite entertained!

This was our 2nd attempt. About halfway through he was opening his mouth and trying to get it down...most landed on his belly or all over his hands because he kept grabbing at the spoon! The major plus to the cereal is that he slept from 8pm to 7am last night!