Sam bumped his head

Poor Sam! He also bumped his head this week. It happened about 5 minutes before we left the apartment to go to his 12 month check-up at the pediatrician's office. He was walking in the hallway and slipped and hit his head on the marble base board. It swelled up immediately of course and is now a big purple bump. On one hand, I am glad he can walk because he is happy to be able to get around and follow Lucas everywhere, but he is also too young to be walking and gets injured way too often. Tonight while I was brushing Luc's teeth, Sam fell into the bath tub and bumped his head again. He cried and Lucas said, "Why did Sam want to fall into the bath tub?" Good question, Lucas! Poor little Sam!

At his 12 month check up, Sam weighed in at 19 pounds 4 ounces and he is 29 1/2 inches long. (Just for fun - Lucas was 22 pounds 6 ounces and 32 inches long at this age.)

Sam's appointment was on Doug's birthday. After Sam's appointment, Julianne took some pictures of Sam in Central Park. Stay tuned for those...they are really cute! (And it was not easy - Sam didn't nap, bumped his head, and got three shots right beforehand).

Central Park Zoo - Poor Lucas

Both of my boys took tumbles this week. For Lucas, it happened at the Central Park Zoo when we had not been there 5 minutes. He fell on his chin, which he has already had stitches in. Poor guy! He wanted to see what it looked like, so I took two pictures:



But we managed to stay and have a fun time. What a brave boy! (It may have helped that Hillary gave him some chocolate!)

Funny boys

Lucas made a special picture for Doug for his birthday. He didn't let me help at all:


When I asked him to get dressed, this is what he did (what a joker!):


Sam got a glow sea horse for his birthday and he loves it. Lucas loves it too and he even told me he was jealous. Thanks, Grandad and Nai-Nai:



And a few more:

Scootering in the Leaves

Happy Birthday, Doug!

I hope you have a great day. I love you.

Happy 1st Birthday, Sam!

Sam, you are 1 today. I cannot believe it. What a joy you are in our family! I am so proud to be your Mom. When you see Daddy, you reach for him and giggle. Lucas loves to call you Sama-lama-ding-dong. You and Lucas have a bond that is precious to watch. You have big brown eyes that look green sometimes when we are outside. You have been walking for about a month. You have two top teeth and two bottom teeth and in the last few days, 4 more teeth have broken through the gums. When you hear music you dance and tonight you were trying to jump in place. Yesterday you climbed on the couch all by yourself and then on to the table where the fish tank is. You are always moving stuff around so you can climb up on other stuff with it. You love animals, mostly the neighbors' cats. When we are out, you love to watch for birds and then you squawk at them. And you are loud, perhaps you know you must be in order to be heard over your brother. When we put your cake in front of you tonight, you did not hesitate to jump in and cram it into your mouth (I hope you don't have a tummy ache tonight). Sam, we love you!

















I wish we had a group picture from tonight. Thank you Scott, Sarah, and Julianne for joining us for the festivities! We love you guys, too!

Happy Halloween 2009

We had a wonderful Halloween, though we were sans Doug. Our building threw a Halloween party followed by trick-or-treating. It was awesome. We enjoyed a fun evening with friends from the building and friends that came over to join us as well.
Here are the highlights:














And here's how the day ended...not too shabby:

Mema in NYC for a day

Mema was in town for one day. We made every minute count. We had a great time!

Trick-or-Treating at Doug's office

Today we went to Doug's office for some trick-or-treating.


Even Sam knew what to do:


We had a lot of fun:



And we were all impressed by Bernadette's costume:

The boys

I tried to get some pictures of the boys in their matching sweater vests. Lucas was cooperative, but Sam wasn't. Here are the pictures anyway:



And here are some other funny pictures of the boys: