Samuel at birth
Samuel at age 1
Samuel at age 2
- He runs EVERYWHERE and jumps all over the place. He will run until he is out of breath and I have to force him to sit still because he is almost wheezing. I swear he has asthma.
- He always, always, always has a matchbox car in his hand (including in the bathtub and bed).
- He wants to do everything by himself. "I do it self!"
- He loves to eat. Anything. He's not picky.
- I hear "look at me, look at me mommy" numerous times every day.
- Every time he sees me he says "Hi Mommy, hi!"
- He calls Lydia "Li-ee-uh girl".
- He loves his stomp rocket (thank you Kio family).
- He throws everything and that is often the cause of his timeouts.
- He loves books and to be read to.
- He blames Maggie for everything. For example: I will ask him where his socks are and his response is "Maggie has it." Poor dog.
- He doesn't want any help using the toilet and will hawk you while you go so he can flush it when you're done.
- He puts his shoes on by himself and attempts to dress himself but often needs help.
- He loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Little Einsteins.
- He does not stop talking.
- He loves trains, airplanes, tractors and combines and gets so excited when he sees them.
- Whenever he hears something and he doesn't know what it is he says "What'sa sound Mommy?"
- He loves running errands and being out of the house.
- He usually takes a 3 hour nap every afternoon and sleeps from 7:30 pm-6:30 am.
- Whenever he's watching a movie or show or reading a book and someone does something bad in his mind (i.e. the kitty in the book Bad Kitty bites Grandma) he says "not nice! Oh no mommy, not nice!"
- At night he always needs his blanket and water cup and usually wraps the blanket around his head which kind of freaks me out quite frankly.
- He calls Lydia sweetie and honey and talks to her in the sweetest voice you've ever heard. If she's crying he always says "I know Li-ee-uh, I know."
- He loves playing with Grace, favorites being trains, coloring, play-doh, reading books and anything upstairs.
- It is almost impossible to get a good picture of him because he automatically closes his eyes when he sees a camera (see picture below). :)
- He runs to the door everyday when Steve gets home yelling "daddy, daddy's home!"
- He plays like such a boy...running, tackling, jumping off of things and knocking things over without even realizing it.
- Calls my dad "pampa Chupp" and thinks he's hilarious.
- He is obsessed with taking walks and will walk for over a mile with me.
- Cries when he's holding Lydia and I have to take her away often bawling "hold Li-ee-uh!" This meltdown is another cause of a lot of timeouts. Don't misunderstand...I find it endearing that he wants to hold his sister that badly however when he gets so mad that he throws something the endearing factor goes out the window. :)
- He is truly one of the sweetest, most hilarious little kids I've ever known. He makes me laugh many many times on a daily basis. We love you Sam-bam!
