Love in a Onsie

After the last post, my friend Christie sent me a photo of her little boy smiling in the same outfit! Here it is. It is a well-used outfit. Looking through her old blog posts it is so funny how many of those clothes have been past back and forth and I just love the memories they bring back of my boys. Many of Sam's clothes have been passed from Jon Conal (now 10), to Noah, to Ben, to Wyatt, to Zach & Jordan (friends of ours), to Cameron, to Jayden and then to Sam. Not to mention all the new things added to the stash with each birth- so much stuff that this time around I split it all up between myself and another friend with a baby the same age as Sam. It just reminds me of how blessed I am to have such close, wonderful family and friends there to support us- in the little things, like baby clothes, but also in the big things like pouring out love on a 4lb foster baby for 9 months without knowing if he would stay. I can't imagine trying to raise a family without all of you. And special thanks to Mimi (and Ben's Mimi!) who has purchased a large majority of the baby boy traveling wardrobe! I kinda hope Dori has a boy so I can pay it forward again.

Caliche, Dump Trucks and Backhoes, oh my!

They are spreading new caliche on the roads here at the ranch. It is keeping every boy in a two mile radius totally entertained. Here are the boys and their second cousins watching with fascination.

Compare

Smile!

Here is Sam's first on camera smile! He's wearing the same outfit as Wyatts first camera smile. I'll have to find that pic and post it too. Or just look back in my archives. I started this blog about the time Wyatt was born. Getting this photo I realized that Sam has to wiggle to smile, making it hard to take a clear shot. I bet he is going to shake when he laughs just like Greg!

Sick Sam I Am

Sam has been pretty sick for the last few days. He is on his third night with a fever. Today he was stuck, poked, and tortuously xrayed. He has two ear infections and, as far as we can tell, a really awful cold. Here he is being very sweet for having such a hard day. He is not so peaceful right now or else I wouldn't be up at 11 blogging.

Sick baby

Sam is sick. This is the best pic I can get by my self while holding him. He is very sweet sick. He eats a little and sleeps a lot (in my arms of course) and even smiles for me in between. He lost his 'voice' so his cry are little squeaks. He opens his mouth wide to give a big cry and all that comes out is a sad little 'eee'. Funny how if this was 7 years ago with Noah I would be panicked but with the fourth baby I am amused and endeared. Don't worry, he is eating good and doesn't have a fever.

Click!

Here are a few photos from an impromptu photo session. I have been trying very hard to capture Sam's smile. However, he is mesmorized by the red blinky light on my new flash. He is all smiles until I start clicking. When he actually enjoys being outside where I don't need the flash, maybe I will have better luck. Take a look at my Flickr for more pics.
Cute story for this post: The other morning we had our usual Flax seed waffles (I squeeze healthy stuff in wherever I can) for breakfast. Afterwards Wyatt came up to me with a tiny seed on his finger. He said "look what I found in my teeth!"
"Yuck. Why don't you throw that away." I replied
"I'm saving it."
"Why?"

Wyatt, with a proud grin, "When it gets warm, I am going to put it in the garden and grow a waffle plant!"

What a great idea!

Wyatt pulling Noah on roller skates with an old bike tube.