He started crawling soon after he turned 8 months old and has been on the move every since! His favorite things are computer cords, the dishwasher, dog food, Maya's water bowl, and shoes. He also loves to close doors, and often he closes himself in a room and then sits right in front of the door so there's no easy way to retrieve him. He's also been pulling up to stand for quite awhile and can sidestep along the couch or coffee table to get to wherever he wants to go. He can say Dadada and says it all day long. He's also waved a couple times.
His favorite toys are whatever Beckett is playing with at any given time. And Beckett is certainly his favorite person on earth. When I'm carrying Sammy I always know when Beckett comes within sight because his whole body surges with excitement.
On a less positive note, his sleeping at night is still terrible. We started giving him a bottle of formula at bedtime to top him off and helped him learn how to soothe himself to sleep (which took us letting him cry for about 10-15 minutes twice... he's a fast learner apparently) and maybe a week later he started waking up just once at night, sometimes twice. It was glorious. But also short lived. He had a couple of pesky little colds that I think threw a wrench in things but I'm not sure what to even blame. Waking up 3-4 times every night is pretty typical again, and now it's not easy to get him to go back to sleep each time. I'll be honest and say that there are times I dread going to bed because of how rough I know the night is going to be. But I know it'll pass soon enough.
And the boy is so fun and cute and sweet, I'll forgive him the sleeplessness :) Here are some pictures over the past few months...
And the boy is so fun and cute and sweet, I'll forgive him the sleeplessness :) Here are some pictures over the past few months...
Hanging with Daddy
Lots of love from cousin Sadie
Six(ish) month checkup
He's a hair grabber so Maya is his wonderland
He loves to grab my face. Just one of those things I want to remember.
Cute boy
He still loves to sit and play with toys (this was before he learned to crawl)
Tiny human
In Wimberley with Gran and Daddy Monk
At the ranch with his girlfriend, Emma
Starting to fill out
Our little sunshine boy with Mimi
Because I can't get enough of sleeping baby pictures. That face, though.
Hanging out with his cousin, Kirby (they are just a few weeks apart!)
His first Rangers game!
F is for freakin' cute
Just hanging around
He loved the neighborhood pool, which is good because we went all the time
Getting so big (and trying so hard to crawl)!
His hair got pretty blonde over the summer. It's lighter than Beckett's was at this age.
Relaxing with Grams
This is Samuel with his babysitter, Megan. She kept him while I worked part-time after my maternity leave and before Kolby was out for the summer (Beckett continued to go to preschool). Then she kept both boys a couple mornings a week over the summer. They were buddies and we all miss her so much!
Cousins!
Samuel and Gran in Wimberley
This was us at one of probably 3 doctors visits over the summer where we thought he must have an ear infection or something since he was sleeping so terribly, but nope...
So glad we had another boy to wear this onesie because I still think it's funny
What do you mean we had a rough night?!?
Nine month checkup. He made it up to the 30th percentile!
And the mischief begins...
Visiting Mimi (and Great Grandfather)
Cutie patootie
You know it's a good Tex-Mex dining experience when you make such a mess you get stripped naked and banished to the parking lot.
At the Webb Family annual reunion over Labor Day we had three new babies! Samuel is the oldest (by a few months) but smallest.
Another useless doctor appointment. Little stinker.
First Baylor football game!
