Ties

I cannot believe how quickly this year is going and that we are already to the end of May! I just barely uploaded pictures today and can hardly believe that I haven't posted any of our pictures from Samuel's birthday, Easter, and other fun adventures. We have been staying so busy - I will try to update the blog with some of the pictures of the things we have done the past few months.
Here is a picture that just makes me laugh! Samuel is getting so big. On Sunday he "helped" Daddy get ready for church by picking out a tie. Well, if Daddy was going to wear a tie then Samuel wanted one too....so Samuel wore one of David's ties. He loved it....that is, Samuel loved it. Wearing a tie is not something that David loves, but we all love how much Samuel adores David and wants to be just like him.

Oh My Words!

Samuel has had a language explosion....here are the words that he says regularly (and he list grows daily!):

All Amen Apple At Baby Ball Bed Beep Belly Bye
Binky Bird Bite Blanket Bock Book Bread Bubble Buddy Bug
Bus Button Buzz Candy Cheese Choo Choo Church Cold Color
Come Cookie Cow Cracker Daddy Diaper Did Dog Done Down
Drink Duck E I E I O Eat Elmo Eye Fast Fish Fork Fruit
Glasses Go Hat Happy Hello Help Hi Hot It Key
Kitty Lion Look Milk Mine Mommy Moo More Mouse Nemo
Nice No Nose Off On Open Ouch Outside Pants Papa
Paper Peaches Pizza Play-Doh Please Pocket Quack Raining
Rawr Running Seat Shirt Shoes Sit Snack Sneak Socks Sorry Sticker Teeth
Thanks That This Toast Toes Towel Toy Truck Turtle Uh Oh
Up Walk Wash Water What Where Windy Woof


That is 117 words and counting...Samuel is doing really well in every way. We are loving watching and helping him grow. He is a great little boy. We have pictures to share and hopefully I will soon have the time to upload and share them all!

Hiding Place

I really am enjoying re-reading this book. Here is another quote, this one is from a conversation between Corrie and her mother:
"Happiness isn`t something that depends on our surroundings, Corrie. It`s something we make inside ourselves."

David`s Adventure

He`s sick. I guess it is his turn to be sick, though ;) He was admitted into the hospital yesterday and hopefully we be released today. He is feeling better this morning....so we will try to keep everyone posted.

Cornelia ten Boom

One of my favorite books is The Hiding Place. I decided to re-read this book and in the forward I read the above quote. I love it. I do believe that God has a plan and that he is preparing us for what is to come by introducing people and experiences into our lives. As long as we stay close to His spirit we will know what we need to learn and how we can grow from our experiences.

Zoo day, Hooray!

The Zoo had a free day while we were in town so we went! Luckily Samuel was able to borrow some mittens and a hat from his cousins. He really didn't know what to think about mittens...when we first put them on he just stared at his hands. We got to see many of the baby animals at the zoo and I think Samuel's favorite was the giraffe. At any rate, that is the one animal we do have in a picture!

Samuel got to ride the carousel with his cousins as a treat from Auntie Shelley. Samuel had mixed emotions about the ride. He liked being on the elephant until the carousel started to go. He also liked to see his dad and grandpa standing there, but when they were out of sight Samuel would start to whimper because he wanted to be with them.

Family Time

I am sad at how few pictures I have of us spending time with our family. We really did have a great time with family dinners, playing games, chatting....I wish my camera would know when to just take pictures because I so often forget to pull it out to capture those moments!