Happy birthday sweet boy!

I can't believe a year has come and gone so quickly! It feels like just weeks ago that I was sitting in the hospital window seat, holding you in my arms, watching the trains go by from our room.   I remember thinking how perfect you looked. The only imperfection I could find was on the tip of your left ear...it was curled over on top of itself. Every nurse that held you seemed to mention it - i couldn't understand why they kept reassuring me that it would fix itself in a few days. It didn't bother me at all, in fact, I thought it was quite charming myself.  Well, they were right, it did straighten out and you began to grow and grow everyday! You were my only chunky baby and it took all I had not squeeze your little chubs to pieces!
 Here you are today...a happy, not so chubby, little ONE year old!
You make everyone smile with your 2 HUGE dimples, your silly scrunched up cheeser smile that do for everyone who sits behind us in church, I adore the manly way that you dance to Taylor Swift songs...let's just say i love EVERYTHING about you! Happy Birthday little sambo...now quit growing up, alright?

On a funny side note..

I went to tuck in Rachel and emily last night, Rachel started to cry. I asked her what was wrong, she said,"I don't want sam to grow up!" Then emily broke into tears too! Paul came in to see what all the crying was about. When I told him, he said " girls are strange" and walked off! I think I have 2 emotional little girls on my hands!

{ 2 little babies, 2 cute families}

Every June I have to prepare for a baby boom! I swear, it is ALWAYS the month of babies! I won't complain, i LOVE the wrinkly little poopers to pieces and each one makes my heart melt. I especially love that I can just sweetly hand them back over to mommy when I am done playing with them!:) Stay tuned for more little bundles...I have 5 more due by the end of the month!

summer laziness...

I am a bit lazy on my blogging - we are too busy birthday partying, swimming, lagooning and just doing plain old NOTHING. It is FABULOUS! Okay, I will admit that the thought crosses my mind a few times a day "when does school start again?"  Yes, I LOVE them. Yes, the feedom is WONDERFUL. Yes, warm summer afternoons at the park are GRAND...but does the constant bickering between the little rugrats EVER stop? It is driving me up the wall!!! I have a ton of birthday / baptism day pictures still to come, but for today here are a few from some recent sessions!

a good day.

Yesterday was a good relaxing day, filled with yummy food and good company. I love Memorial Day - it is always a great way to kick off the summer! My little man looked to scrumptious not to photograph....

moving on...

Man, I hate that post below...I HAVE to move on from it. (thank you though for making me feel better about myself!) Oh, just in case you were wondering - the guy came back the next morning around 7:30am - Thank you to my sweet little neighbor lady who happened to be watching out for me! i LOVE her. She came rushing over in her jammies banging and ringing my doorbell to let me know he was back. My heart about stopped when she rang the bell so frantically, but i was so relieved to look out and find her standing on my porch. Police were called again and hopefully this dude will get the hint that he is NOT wanted and leave!
I have been teaching my ducks to become attack ducks....not going over so well....they are terrified of me and I am the one who feeds the darn things! oh well...

onto better and cuter things! I have been photographing these little monkeys for quite sometime now, check out their cuteness!

lesson learned.

I wish I had a happy post with lovely pics tonight, but I don't. Instead I am sitting here in the dark thinking about how blessed i am tonight to have all of children home and safe in their beds. You see, I experienced one of the worst feelings of my life today. I left sam asleep in his car seat (in our driveway) while I ran to the backyard to put the ducks back into their pen. I was only gone for a minute when I heard the van door open...followed by a frantic screaming cry from sam. I went straight to the van - the door was open and there was my baby screaming! I settled him back down and looked behind me just in time to see a man in a grey hooded sweatshirt walking in front of my house! I almost threw up. Why was that man in my van and what did he do to my baby? I felt like the worst mother in the world at that moment. I soon discovered that my purse was missing. I thought for sure he had taken it! I tore the house apart...no purse. I needed a phone to call paul and the police, but my phone was in my purse! I tried a few of my neighbor's, but nobody was home.  just as I was heading back home from across the street I saw Paul coming around the corner. He was home early! I met him in tears trying to explain what happened - he called the police. The officer acted like I was an idiot to have left sam alone - I already felt that way, his input didn't help me feel any better.
Anyway, once things calmed down a bit, I sat down and had the thought to check the backyard for my purse. I sent the kids out to check...there it was! I had dropped my purse when i went to rescue Sam! I am so glad to have it!
So, i learned the hard way...NEVER leave children alone - not even for a minute. I lucked out that the man was scared away...I can't even imagine where I would be tonight if he would have snatched my sweet baby.  I have already checked on him twice tonight...I just feel so grateful that it turned out alright and no harm was done!

popsicles!!!

Hi All! This is Sam here..... You see my mommy gave me this DELICIOUS thing called a Popsicle...it is pure heaven I tell ya. It is cold and sweet and feels so wonderful on my swollen little gums. I am REALLY wanting one right about now, but she says I  can't have one because it is cold outside today..

please came back sunshine - I must get my hands on this Popsicle thingy again soon!