Happy 1st Birthday, Samuel!!

Samuel's "Little" Cake

Daddy & Samuel

Opening gifts.............

and more gifts...........

Look - this phone talks back!

What is going on around here?

Why is everyone singing?

Curious Ariel?

Belly Laughs

This is kind of dark, but I am throwing the farmer out of his bed.
You've gotta love this belly laugh!

Watching the rain (and the camera).

Playing in his new toy tub.

Watch me go!

Forget walking, crawling's faster!

Happy Independence Day!

Splish Splash!

This just shows what a little pill Samuel is, but moments like this make it all worth it (even the clean up afterwards!). Sorry about the camera shaking - I'm laughing!

Dukesfest 2008

On June 28th we took a little 3 mile trip to the Hazzard County Fair for Dukefest 2008. This year the Dukes returned to Atlanta to celebrate 30 years. Check out these two "Good Ol' Boys"!!

The Batmobile was there, too!

Boss Hogg's Caddy

John Schneider riding his bike on the track.

John Schneider riding the bike he auctioned on Sunday.
(Marc took this pic right after John visited the Port-a-Potty.)

Samuel enjoying the festivities on Saturday night.

Happy First Father's Day, Marc!!

Don't forget to turn your speakers on!

Potty Learning

I (Sarah) have been reading this book called Diaper Free! The Gentle Wisdom of Natural Infant Hygiene by Ingrid Bauer. The book is all about Elimination Communication and how to tune in to your infant's need to eliminate via timing, intuition, cueing and signals or body language. Apparently, babies are born with the ability to let us know from birth when they need to potty, just as they can let us know when they are tired, hungry or bored. Although this method has been practiced since time began and continues to be practiced in many other countries, the art of EC has been nearly lost in the West. Well, I couldn't wait to get started! So, I bought Samuel a potty at the end of April and as soon as we got home he did #1 and #2 on it right away. I couldn't believe it and was so excited! Anyway, I figure if we can even save a diaper a day it is worth it!

Samuel using his little potty.

Samuel playing in his FTLs.

For more info check out these sites:

http://www.diaperfreebaby.org/

http://www.natural-wisdom.com/

We have a climber on our hands!!

No longer can Samuel just sit still on the couch, he has to stand on it! Yesterday he even figured out how to get down off the couch. He's going to be walking before we know it!

Is our son retarded?

Samuel started doing this crazy head thing on Saturday, May 17th. Then the next day he was doing it non-stop and Marc seriously thought that something was wrong with him! I told him not to worry about it, but Marc said that people are going to think he is a retard or something. So, every time Samuel would do it, I would laugh and Marc would say, "No! No!" Talk about confusing! Then Marc would get mad at me for laughing. Well, now after some online research, Marc knows that it is normal. Samuel does it to make us (and anyone else he is in the mood to entertain) laugh. We call it the "Ray Charles".