Favorite December pictures

In an effort to catch up, here are some pre-Christmas pictures - my favorites. =)
Christmas pictures will follow hopefully soon.
[Sorry for those of you on facebook, these will be repeats]

Working on the computer with daddy

Cuddling with mommy!

Making faces

The cats waiting for snow

Loving his bumbo seat!

Samuel loves looking at himself in the mirror!

Hanging out in the sink =)

A few favorite pictures from November

Things finally slowed down a bit for us in November. So we made time with family and friends. =) Here are a few pictures:

Getting ready for colder weather

Sweet boy!

"Helping" mommy do laundry

Napping with the cats

Spending time with Opa (Heike's dad)

Totally asleep in his great-grandfather's arms

"Helping" Grammy (Doug's mom) play cards

Enjoying cards with his Papa (Doug's dad)

3 months old!

Some pictures from October

October was a busy month for us.

My Grandma died and God provided for us to go up to IL for her funeral. Even the circumstances were sad, it was so good to spend time with family that we don't see often.

Samuel was a hit

Back home, we had a Halloween party:

Star Trek themed Riddles!

Doug and his little Romulan

We also celebrated Doug's grandparents' 60th wedding anniversary and 80th birthdays. We really enjoyed reuniting with Doug's side of the family. 

Joseph holding his cousin

Timothy holding his cousin

Aunt Sarah getting some cuddle time in

Family picture!

Samuel is starting to smile more and more!

My amazing little boy!

Some of our favorite pictures

A few more pictures of Samuel in September:

Happy boy!

He makes some excellent faces

Cuddle time with Dad. When Doug gets home from work, EVERYONE is happy to see him.

Doug and Samuel talking about their day

Samuel likes to sleep with his hands near (or on) his face

Enjoying his favorite chair

Samuel with the midwife who delivered him, at my 6 week checkup

Some of our relatives came down for a visit for a couple days

We're pretty tired these days, and looking forward to Samuel sleeping for more hours at a time, but we're so enjoying this precious gift from God!

Samuel loves camping!

We went to Pisgah, NC with a group from our church for the weekend. Samuel slept better then he sleeps at home!

We hardly had to hold him all weekend. =)

Samuel was also one of the few people who actually stayed dry all day Saturday.

The Bachellors had tarps that we stretched over picnic tables and so we got to hang out with them and the Faders for the weekend.

The Bachellors also have a baby Samuel and here they are sharing a stroller =)

All bundled up to stay warm and mosquito free:

He also got to meet his other great-grandparents, who had their honeymoon in that area 60-some years ago:

First Bath

A couple weeks ago we gave Samuel his first - and second - bath. He wasn't too excited about it (though he's started to enjoy them more). After his first bath he decided to give us a little present before we got him back into a diaper, so he got his second bath within a few minutes. At least we got to use both of the cute hoodie towels that we have.

Samuel in his Lion hoodie towel after his first bath - also our favorite photo

Apparently Samuel doesn't like being clean

Samuel's second bath

Samuel in his cute duckie towel